![]() ![]() Select Window > Symbol Libraries, and choose any of the sets of pre-made symbol libraries from the submenu to open a panel with a set of symbols.I’ll use the technique of borrowing one of the preset symbols that ship with Illustrator as a pattern. The following procedure shows how to generate, save, and apply pattern fills. Creating and Applying a Simple Pattern Fill Have you adoptedIllustrator’s alternative Live Paint logic? The Swatches panel is usedhere as well to apply pattern fills. ![]() Those pattern fills can be applied to closed paths (in which the first anchor is also the last), or openpaths (in which the first and last anchors differ). You use Illustrator’s omnipotent Swatches panel to collect, store,save, and apply patterns as object fills. In this article, I’ll explain how to perform all of these techniques.But first, let’s examine how patterns are created in Illustrator, and howthey’re applied to shapes. ![]()
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