Graphics Programs Reference
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With the main elements in place, he brings in the textural elements, which he
collects and keeps in separate files for reuse. In the case of this lovely ode to the
San Francisco Embarcadero waterfront, Perez brought in a field of repeating dots.
Using a sequence of Option-dragging/Alt-dragging to duplicate, then -D/Ctrl-D to
repeat the duplication, he transformed one dot into a line of dots, offsetting that line
of dots into a pair, and then duplicating/repeating that pair into a field of dots. For
the circle with dots (
Dot Textures
), he selected his masking object with the dot set
beneath it and applied Object> Clipping Mask> Make. The masking object's fill
disappeared, but by Direct Selecting (or targeting the <Clipping Path> in the Layers
panel), he could reapply the fill. Keeping the dots related in color to the fill beneath
helps to imply a halftone, overlay, or transparency.
