- [Instructor] In this movie, I'll show you how to
create and replace instances.
So for example, let's say I want to create
this sun shape right here.
I'll go ahead and click on it to select it,
and then I'll go up to the Window menu and choose
the Symbols command to bring up the Symbols panel.
And I'm mostly doing this just so I can see
where this thing is located inside this big list.
It's Sun 1.
Alright, so let's get rid of it by pressing
the backspace key, or the delete key on the Mac,
and I'll recreate it in two different ways.
Now it's not really a drawing experience
the way it is inside Illustrator.
Rather, it's drag and drop.
So you can either drag and drop the symbol
from the Symbols panel, in which case,
you're going to be able to position that instance
when you release.
And notice it's coming in very small.
We'll take care of that in just a moment.
So that's one way to work.
I'm going to go ahead and delete that guy.
Another way is to select the Sun 1 symbol, in our case,
and then drop down to this icon, Place Symbol Instance,
and that's going to place the sun
directly in the center of the artwork.
Alright now I'll go ahead and hide the panel for a moment.
Now I just happen to know that each one of these squares
measures a 168 points wide
by a 168 points tall,
and so to move this guy into the proper position,
we need to work in increments of 168.
With the black arrow tool selected,
I'll press the Enter key or the Return key on the Mac
to bring up the Move dialog box.
And as you can see here, my last movement
happens to be accurate, but this is how I figured it out.
I changed the Horizontal value to 168 times 1.5,
because after all, we're moving that artwork
one and a half squares.
Now we need to move it a half square down,
and so I'll go ahead and change the vertical value to 168
times 0.5 if you like,
or you could just do 168 divided by 2.
Either way you're going to get a horizontal move of 252 points
and a vertical of 84 points.
After which, just go ahead and click OK
in order to accept that change.
Now I want to make the darn thing larger
by selecting the Scale tool.
And because the registration point has been set
to the center in advance, that is going to be
the origin point for the Scale tool.
I could always change that,
but this happens to be exactly what I want,
so I'll just press the Enter key,
or the Return key on the Mac,
to bring up the Scale dialog box.
And I came up with the uniform value of 800%,
which produces this effect here,
at which point I'll click OK.
Alright, so there we have a couple of different ways
to create a new instance of a symbol inside your document.
You also have the option of replacing an existing instance.
And so, let's say I'm just not that impressed
by this flower, for whatever reason.
Then I'll switch to the black arrow tool by pressing
the V key, and I'll go ahead and click on this guy.
Again, we have two different ways of working.
One is to bring up the Symbols panel once again.
and then locate your preferred symbol,
which might be this guy right here.
Let's say Leaf 5, it's a kind of maple leaf.
And then you want to click on the flyout menu icon in the
top right corner of the panel and choose Replace Symbol.
And that's going to go ahead and switch that instance of
Flower 2 with this guy,
Leaf 5.
Another way to work is to give the Symbols panel a slip,
and then make sure the instance you want to replace
is selected, and go up here to the control panel
to this Replace option, click on the downpointing arrowhead
and notice you can expand this guy if you want.
But I'm going to leave it a little smaller
so we can see what happens here.
Notice if I select this symbol, Leaf Ornament 3,
that's all it takes.
That immediately replaces one instance with another.
Alright, I'll press the Escape key to hide that popup panel,
and then I'll once again switch to the Scale tool,
and I'll make this guy a little smaller by pressing
the Enter key, or the Return key on the Mac,
to bring up the Scale dialog box.
That's not smaller, but if I were to change
the Uniform value to 90%,
then I get the effect I'm looking for,
at which point I'll click OK to accept that change.
And there you have it, two ways to create a new instance
of a symbol, as well as two ways to replace one instance
with another here inside Illustrator.