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- [Instructor] In this
movie I'll show you how to

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align objects to the
pixel grid as you draw

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or transform them,

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and as you may recall a transformation

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includes movement, scaling and so forth.

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Now, I've gone ahead and saved

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an updated version of this file,

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and so notice if I go to the View menu

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that Pixel Preview is turned on,

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and that's because this function

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is a saved attribute of the file,

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and so, if I were to go ahead

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and zoom in, once again,
by control space bar

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or command space bar clicking

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and then I were to grab
my Line Segment Tool

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and now crank the line weight value up

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to let's say eight points,

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just so that it's all
together unambiguous,

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and I'll draw with the line tool

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while pressing the shift key

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in order to constrain the angle

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of my line to exactly horizontal.

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Notice, that I'll once again end up

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with that unnecessary anti-aliasing.

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Now, of course I can get rid of it

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by clicking on this align selected

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art to pixel grid icon on the far left

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side of the control panel,

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but let's say what I
really want to do is ensure

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that all future objects
align to the pixel grid.

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In that case, I would click
on this next icon over,

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align art to pixel grid on
creation and transformation,

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and so, notice when I click on that icon,

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it's sticky.

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So, it turns the function on.

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It does not affect the selected line.

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It rather affects all future lines,

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and so now if I draw another
line with the line tool

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while pressing and holding the shift key,

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this time it is aligned
perfectly into place.

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Also, notice if I were to press the v key

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to switch to my black arrow tool up here

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at the top of the toolbox,

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and I were to drag this guy
to a different position,

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it will remain aligned to the pixel grid,

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but if it was created off the
pixel grid in the first place

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and you drag it to a different position,

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it will remain unnecessarily anti-aliased

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until you click on this
first icon over here

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in order to align it like so.

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Also, notice where the
line weight is concerned,

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you need to move and
hold pixel increments,

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and so if I changed this line
weight to 8.5 points instead,

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then I will end up with anti-aliasing.

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Even if I click that icon to align

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that object to the pixel grid.

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So, notice at this point,
most of the line is black,

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but we do have a little bit
of grayness up here at the top

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and the bottom.

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That goes double if you go
with a very low line weight

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such as a quarter point.

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Notice now we end up with
this light gray line.

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If that's not what you want,

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just go ahead and select
the line once again,

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increase the line weight
to let's say one point

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and then click on that alignment icon

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on the far right side
of the control panel.

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Now, this alignment is going to work

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with any perpendicular line,

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whether you draw it with a line tool.

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You can draw it with a
pen or curvature tool.

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You could even use something like

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the rectangle tool if you want to,

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and so notice if I select
the rectangle tool,

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and once again, crank that line weight

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value up to eight points,

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when I draw the rectangle it is going

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to appear perfectly aligned.

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You have to draw these shapes

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however using the Shape tools.

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If you try to work with
the Shaper tool instead,

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you're not going to get
pixel perfect alignment,

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and so notice if I just go ahead

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and draw this terrible rectangle,

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Illustrator correctly interprets it

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in this case as a square,

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but the the square is out of alignment,

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and so if you want to align it,

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then you need to select it,

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and I'm going to do that
by going to the view menu

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and turning on the Bounding Box

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by choosing the Show Bounding Box command.

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Then I'll click on that
shape in order to select it

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and I'll go up to this
icon on the far right side

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of the control panel

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and click on it and
everything works out swell.

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Now, I want you to notice that
there's this down pointing

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arrowhead next to this icon.

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If you click on it,
you'll actually bring up

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a kind of dialogue box
that's going to tell you

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the various snapping options
that are available to you

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and you can see this snapping
demonstrated when you hover

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over a certain area.

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So, notice the animation changes

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when I hover over this middle area

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and when I hover over
this bottom area as well,

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and so you can check those
out as much as you like.

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What I want you to notice
is these moving options.

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Notice Illustrator's going
to try to snap your objects

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into the proper alignment when
moving whole path outlines,

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when moving individual
perpendicular segments incidentally,

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as well as anchor points.

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Now, this anchor points option here

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also affects control handles,

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and so, if you want more freedom

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when positioning your control handles,

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you need to turn this
anchor points option off.

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I'm going to leave it on however,
and I'm going to point out

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this last option.

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Snap to pixel while scaling.

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Notice that it's turned on.

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The thing is it doesn't
necessarily work the way

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you might anticipate,

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and so, I'll just go ahead and click okay

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and I'll switch over to
this document right here

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which features this
enormous command key symbol.

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Now, I'm going to go
ahead and zoom in on it,

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once again, to 400%,

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and then I'll go up to the View menu

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and choose Pixel Preview
because after all,

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this document was saved
without this command turned on,

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and now notice that we do
have some of that unnecessary

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anti-aliasing along our
vertical and horizontal edges.

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To clear that up, I'll go
ahead and press the v key

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to switch back to my Move tool

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and I'll click on that object to select it

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and then I'll click on that alignment icon

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on the far right side of the control panel

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and once again, that bad
anti-aliasing goes away,

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and to make it clear
what I'm talking about,

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I'll click off the object for a moment.

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Notice that the horizontal
and the vertical edges

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are no longer anti-aliased,

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but the curved segments of course, are.

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So, I'll press control zero

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or command zero on the Mac to zoom out,

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and then I'll go ahead and
click on the second icon

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in order to ensure all future objects

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align to the pixel grid

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and then I'll click on
the symbol to select it

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and now because the
Bounding Box is turned on,

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I have access to my scaling handles,

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and now just go ahead and
make this guy much smaller

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and I'll even press the shift
key in order to constrain

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the proportions of the shape,

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and then I'll release to make
the command key much smaller.

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Now, I'll press control plus

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or command plus on the Mac in order

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to zoom in on that object

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and notice if I deselect it,

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I once again have anti-aliasing.

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So what in the world gives?

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Well, notice if I click
this down pointing arrowhead

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to bring up the dialogue box that we have

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a very interesting
description of this option.

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The edges of the bounding box will snap

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to the pixel grid I'm scaling.

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Well, that's great if
you're scaling a rectangle,

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but it's not good for much more,

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and so because there's really
nothing that needs to snap

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at the edges of the bounding box,

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we don't get the proper behavior,

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and so if you run into that,

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then just remember that you can align

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any selected object you like,

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just by right clicking
inside the document window

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and choosing Make Pixel
Perfect at which point

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your horizontal and vertical
segments will look great.

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Finally, let's look at what happens

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when you create a new document.

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So, I'll go to the file menu
and choose the New command

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or of course you can control
n or command n on a Mac.

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Now, in previous versions of Illustrator,

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if you twirled open the Advanced setting

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here inside the old style dialogue box,

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you would see a checkbox
labeled align to pixel grid.

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That's no longer here,

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but the function still exists,

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and so the trick is to start

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with one of the mobile documents

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or a web document,

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and so, let's say I go
ahead and switch to mobile

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and select iPad Pro

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and then click on the create button,

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notice the alignment icon
is turned on in the top

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right corner of the screen.

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Whereas, if I were to
return to the New command

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and select Art and Illustration instead,

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and then select let's say Poster

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and click Create, that icon is turned off.

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Now, obviously you can change
that setting anytime you like,

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but I just want you to
be aware that it's there,

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and that's how you align objects

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to the pixel grid as you draw

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or transform them here
inside Illustrator CC.