1 00:00:00.04 --> 00:00:01.06 - [Instructor] In this movie I'll show you 2 00:00:01.06 --> 00:00:03.01 how to acquire symbols, 3 00:00:03.01 --> 00:00:05.07 as well as how you trade them between documents. 4 00:00:05.07 --> 00:00:08.09 And I'll also show you the best way to preview symbols, 5 00:00:08.09 --> 00:00:11.06 so that you know exactly what they look like. 6 00:00:11.06 --> 00:00:13.08 And so if I bring up the Symbols panel, 7 00:00:13.08 --> 00:00:16.01 you can see here that I have 8 00:00:16.01 --> 00:00:20.01 a very long list of symbols indeed. 9 00:00:20.01 --> 00:00:23.03 In fact, as the title of this document indicates, 10 00:00:23.03 --> 00:00:27.06 this file contains a total of 464 symbols. 11 00:00:27.06 --> 00:00:31.08 And symbols, by the way, are saved along with the document. 12 00:00:31.08 --> 00:00:35.02 And these are symbols that I have acquired over time 13 00:00:35.02 --> 00:00:37.07 from the many versions of Illustrator 14 00:00:37.07 --> 00:00:40.00 that I've been working with. 15 00:00:40.00 --> 00:00:41.06 And so notice this guy right here, 16 00:00:41.06 --> 00:00:43.03 it's called At Symbol. 17 00:00:43.03 --> 00:00:45.05 And let's say I wanted to create a new symbol 18 00:00:45.05 --> 00:00:47.03 that's based on this one. 19 00:00:47.03 --> 00:00:49.00 And so to duplicate a symbol 20 00:00:49.00 --> 00:00:50.06 all you have to do is select it 21 00:00:50.06 --> 00:00:53.06 and then drop down to the little page icon and click on it. 22 00:00:53.06 --> 00:00:55.03 And you can see that Illustrator's offering 23 00:00:55.03 --> 00:00:57.09 to call this thing At Symbol 2. 24 00:00:57.09 --> 00:01:00.02 I'm just going to call it Ampersand 25 00:01:00.02 --> 00:01:02.05 for reasons that will become obvious in a moment. 26 00:01:02.05 --> 00:01:04.03 I'll leave it set to Static Symbol, 27 00:01:04.03 --> 00:01:06.09 we're not doing any 9-Slice Scaling this time around, 28 00:01:06.09 --> 00:01:08.08 and so I'll just click OK. 29 00:01:08.08 --> 00:01:11.05 Unfortunately, it appears at the bottom of the panel. 30 00:01:11.05 --> 00:01:14.01 It'd be nice to move it up to a different location, 31 00:01:14.01 --> 00:01:16.05 but you're going to spend forever doing it, 32 00:01:16.05 --> 00:01:18.09 you're just going to have to continue to drag that thing, 33 00:01:18.09 --> 00:01:21.05 so I'm just going to leave it down here at the bottom. 34 00:01:21.05 --> 00:01:22.08 Another thing that would be nice, 35 00:01:22.08 --> 00:01:25.08 I'll just go ahead and find that symbol again right there, 36 00:01:25.08 --> 00:01:28.02 it'd be nice if you could Alt or Option + drag it 37 00:01:28.02 --> 00:01:29.02 to create a duplicate, 38 00:01:29.02 --> 00:01:30.06 but notice what happens, 39 00:01:30.06 --> 00:01:32.08 you do get a little plus sign, see that, 40 00:01:32.08 --> 00:01:35.04 but we're also seeing a square around 41 00:01:35.04 --> 00:01:36.09 this little Ghostbuster icon, 42 00:01:36.09 --> 00:01:38.08 and if I release then I've gone ahead 43 00:01:38.08 --> 00:01:41.07 and replaced one symbol with another. 44 00:01:41.07 --> 00:01:44.01 And that would affect all the instances as well. 45 00:01:44.01 --> 00:01:45.07 Of course, I just don't happen to have any. 46 00:01:45.07 --> 00:01:47.02 Anyway, I'm going to undo that change, 47 00:01:47.02 --> 00:01:50.00 because obviously I don't want to mess things up. 48 00:01:50.00 --> 00:01:52.07 And let's see if I drag this out 49 00:01:52.07 --> 00:01:54.09 to make it really super wide. 50 00:01:54.09 --> 00:01:56.03 There's my new one, 51 00:01:56.03 --> 00:01:58.09 so I'll go ahead and drag him and drop him right there 52 00:01:58.09 --> 00:02:01.05 in between the old one and the house. 53 00:02:01.05 --> 00:02:04.07 And now I'll go ahead and make my panel a little narrower. 54 00:02:04.07 --> 00:02:06.05 And let's say you really want to get a sense 55 00:02:06.05 --> 00:02:08.00 for what this thing looks like. 56 00:02:08.00 --> 00:02:10.08 Well, we have these pretty dinky thumbnails. 57 00:02:10.08 --> 00:02:13.01 You can switch the thumbnails, if you like, 58 00:02:13.01 --> 00:02:16.01 from Thumbnail View, which is your best bet frankly, 59 00:02:16.01 --> 00:02:17.08 to Small List View. 60 00:02:17.08 --> 00:02:20.01 At which point, you're not going to be able to see anything. 61 00:02:20.01 --> 00:02:23.04 And Large List View doesn't make things that much better. 62 00:02:23.04 --> 00:02:25.07 And so I'll just go ahead and switch back to Thumbnail View. 63 00:02:25.07 --> 00:02:27.09 If you really want to see what something looks like 64 00:02:27.09 --> 00:02:29.08 then just go ahead and double-click on it 65 00:02:29.08 --> 00:02:31.02 and that's going to show you the symbol 66 00:02:31.02 --> 00:02:33.01 directly inside the document window, 67 00:02:33.01 --> 00:02:34.06 because after all, you've just switched 68 00:02:34.06 --> 00:02:36.07 to the symbol isolation mode. 69 00:02:36.07 --> 00:02:38.05 All right, so I'll go ahead and select this guy 70 00:02:38.05 --> 00:02:41.06 and I want you to note that this is a dynamic effect, 71 00:02:41.06 --> 00:02:43.04 and so if I were to press Control + Y, 72 00:02:43.04 --> 00:02:45.00 or Command + Y on a Mac, 73 00:02:45.00 --> 00:02:46.06 to switch to the outline mode 74 00:02:46.06 --> 00:02:49.03 I can see that this is editable point type. 75 00:02:49.03 --> 00:02:51.00 And so that means I can change it 76 00:02:51.00 --> 00:02:52.07 by selecting my Type Tool 77 00:02:52.07 --> 00:02:55.02 and then dragging over the text 78 00:02:55.02 --> 00:02:57.07 and entering an ampersand instead. 79 00:02:57.07 --> 00:02:59.00 And now I'll press Control + Y, 80 00:02:59.00 --> 00:03:00.04 or Command + Y on a Mac, 81 00:03:00.04 --> 00:03:04.02 and you can see that the 3D object updates in real time. 82 00:03:04.02 --> 00:03:06.08 And now I'll change its color to, let's say, red, 83 00:03:06.08 --> 00:03:08.07 and that's going to update as well. 84 00:03:08.07 --> 00:03:11.02 Now if you want to update the 3D effect 85 00:03:11.02 --> 00:03:13.08 you would go to the Window menu and choose Appearance, 86 00:03:13.08 --> 00:03:17.02 at which point you'll see this guy, 3D Extrude & Bevel. 87 00:03:17.02 --> 00:03:20.02 We're going to be seeing how that works in a future chapter, 88 00:03:20.02 --> 00:03:22.04 but for now I'll just go ahead and click on it 89 00:03:22.04 --> 00:03:24.08 in order to bring up this dialog box. 90 00:03:24.08 --> 00:03:27.09 And I'll just lift the bottom of the box upward, like so. 91 00:03:27.09 --> 00:03:28.08 That's it. 92 00:03:28.08 --> 00:03:30.06 And then I'll click OK 93 00:03:30.06 --> 00:03:33.08 and that goes ahead and updates that effect in real time. 94 00:03:33.08 --> 00:03:35.03 All right, now I want you to see, 95 00:03:35.03 --> 00:03:37.02 currently its thumbnail is still showing 96 00:03:37.02 --> 00:03:38.08 the purple at symbol, 97 00:03:38.08 --> 00:03:40.09 but if I were to press the Escape key 98 00:03:40.09 --> 00:03:42.04 then I would update the symbol. 99 00:03:42.04 --> 00:03:44.03 Another way to update the symbol 100 00:03:44.03 --> 00:03:47.04 is to just double-click on a different thumbnail. 101 00:03:47.04 --> 00:03:49.07 So for example, if I want to see Tiki doll 102 00:03:49.07 --> 00:03:51.04 I just go ahead and double-click on it 103 00:03:51.04 --> 00:03:54.07 and notice that the Ampersand went ahead and updated, 104 00:03:54.07 --> 00:03:57.06 which means that you can edit a lot of symbols 105 00:03:57.06 --> 00:04:00.08 in rapid fire sequence by making some changes 106 00:04:00.08 --> 00:04:03.02 and then double-clicking on a different symbol. 107 00:04:03.02 --> 00:04:05.05 It also means you can use double-clicking 108 00:04:05.05 --> 00:04:08.06 in order to get a better preview of that symbol. 109 00:04:08.06 --> 00:04:11.02 All right, I'm going to scroll down here to the bottom 110 00:04:11.02 --> 00:04:14.03 and I want you to notice this last set of symbols right here 111 00:04:14.03 --> 00:04:16.06 that starts with the Florid Vector Pack 112 00:04:16.06 --> 00:04:18.09 and ends with the Regal Vector Pack. 113 00:04:18.09 --> 00:04:21.01 And these are some awesome symbols. 114 00:04:21.01 --> 00:04:23.02 Notice this guy right here, 08, 115 00:04:23.02 --> 00:04:25.05 ends up looking like this. 116 00:04:25.05 --> 00:04:28.01 And this one is 13. 117 00:04:28.01 --> 00:04:29.07 And so they're all these lovely bits 118 00:04:29.07 --> 00:04:31.09 of fully realized artwork. 119 00:04:31.09 --> 00:04:34.09 And these are packs that either ship now with Illustrator 120 00:04:34.09 --> 00:04:37.07 or have shipped with the program over time. 121 00:04:37.07 --> 00:04:40.06 But there is one pack that's not represented here. 122 00:04:40.06 --> 00:04:42.04 And to load any one of the packs 123 00:04:42.04 --> 00:04:45.01 all you have to do is click on the little library icon 124 00:04:45.01 --> 00:04:47.07 down here in the bottom left corner of the Symbols panel, 125 00:04:47.07 --> 00:04:51.01 and then you can choose, for example, Florid Vector Pack, 126 00:04:51.01 --> 00:04:53.06 we've got Regal Vector Pack as well, 127 00:04:53.06 --> 00:04:56.03 which are these guys by the way. 128 00:04:56.03 --> 00:04:59.00 And so you can check those out as much as you'd like. 129 00:04:59.00 --> 00:05:01.04 There is one pack that is not represented, 130 00:05:01.04 --> 00:05:04.03 and that's this guy right there, Grime Vector Pack. 131 00:05:04.03 --> 00:05:06.03 And so I'll go ahead and choose that 132 00:05:06.03 --> 00:05:09.06 to load those symbols in a separate floating panel. 133 00:05:09.06 --> 00:05:13.00 And notice that we have a total of 15 symbols in all. 134 00:05:13.00 --> 00:05:15.01 If you want to see what one of those looks like 135 00:05:15.01 --> 00:05:18.01 you first have to click on it in order to add it 136 00:05:18.01 --> 00:05:19.06 to your own Symbols panel, 137 00:05:19.06 --> 00:05:21.04 the one for the local document, 138 00:05:21.04 --> 00:05:23.05 and then you would double-click on it 139 00:05:23.05 --> 00:05:26.04 in order to preview it on screen. 140 00:05:26.04 --> 00:05:28.08 Now let's say you just want to add all the others, 141 00:05:28.08 --> 00:05:31.04 then click on one, notice that gets added, 142 00:05:31.04 --> 00:05:34.01 and then Shift + click on the last one right there, 143 00:05:34.01 --> 00:05:36.05 and now notice if you drag all of them over, 144 00:05:36.05 --> 00:05:39.05 even though strictly speaking there's a repetition, 145 00:05:39.05 --> 00:05:42.01 Illustrator ignores that repeated symbol. 146 00:05:42.01 --> 00:05:44.07 And now you can double-click on any of these guys 147 00:05:44.07 --> 00:05:47.01 in order to check it out at full size 148 00:05:47.01 --> 00:05:49.09 here inside the document window. 149 00:05:49.09 --> 00:05:53.02 All right, now let's say you want to save these symbols out 150 00:05:53.02 --> 00:05:55.07 so that you can load them into other documents. 151 00:05:55.07 --> 00:05:58.05 In that case I'll go ahead and close the floating panel 152 00:05:58.05 --> 00:06:00.07 and I'll click on the library icon once again 153 00:06:00.07 --> 00:06:02.09 and choose Save Symbols. 154 00:06:02.09 --> 00:06:05.08 And that's going to take you to a special system folder, 155 00:06:05.08 --> 00:06:07.05 which is going to work out great 156 00:06:07.05 --> 00:06:10.01 if you just want to share your symbols between documents 157 00:06:10.01 --> 00:06:12.07 on the machine that you're working on right now. 158 00:06:12.07 --> 00:06:15.00 If you want to take them over to a different machine 159 00:06:15.00 --> 00:06:17.09 then presumably you would select a different folder, 160 00:06:17.09 --> 00:06:19.02 like the Desktop. 161 00:06:19.02 --> 00:06:21.00 In my case though I'm just going to leave it here. 162 00:06:21.00 --> 00:06:25.01 And I will call this guy 480 symbols, 163 00:06:25.01 --> 00:06:27.00 because I added 16. 164 00:06:27.00 --> 00:06:30.00 And then notice we're just going to save a .ai file 165 00:06:30.00 --> 00:06:31.09 that has nothing in it but symbols. 166 00:06:31.09 --> 00:06:34.02 All right, now click the Save button. 167 00:06:34.02 --> 00:06:36.00 And now I'll switch over to this document, 168 00:06:36.00 --> 00:06:37.07 Updated Photoshop shapes, 169 00:06:37.07 --> 00:06:39.03 and I'll save its symbols 170 00:06:39.03 --> 00:06:41.06 by clicking on that little library icon 171 00:06:41.06 --> 00:06:44.01 and once again choosing Save Symbols. 172 00:06:44.01 --> 00:06:48.09 And now I'll call this guy 379 Photoshop shapes, 173 00:06:48.09 --> 00:06:52.02 just Ps shapes actually, and I'll click Save. 174 00:06:52.02 --> 00:06:53.06 And now check this out, 175 00:06:53.06 --> 00:06:54.08 I'll go up to the File menu 176 00:06:54.08 --> 00:06:56.05 and I'll choose New from Template 177 00:06:56.05 --> 00:06:59.01 and I'll just go ahead and load my center guides document, 178 00:06:59.01 --> 00:07:01.09 which contains almost no symbols at all. 179 00:07:01.09 --> 00:07:03.09 I really don't want the ones it does contain, 180 00:07:03.09 --> 00:07:05.07 so I'll go ahead and select them 181 00:07:05.07 --> 00:07:07.03 and I'll click on the trashcan icon, 182 00:07:07.03 --> 00:07:08.09 in which case you'll get a warning. 183 00:07:08.09 --> 00:07:10.03 If you want to skip that warning 184 00:07:10.03 --> 00:07:12.00 then press the Alt key or the Option key 185 00:07:12.00 --> 00:07:14.06 and click on the trashcan. 186 00:07:14.06 --> 00:07:16.06 And then let's load up all those symbols 187 00:07:16.06 --> 00:07:18.04 by clicking on the library icon 188 00:07:18.04 --> 00:07:21.02 down here in the bottom left corner of the Symbols panel, 189 00:07:21.02 --> 00:07:26.00 choosing User Defined, and then choosing 480 symbols, 190 00:07:26.00 --> 00:07:27.09 and that's going to bring up those symbols 191 00:07:27.09 --> 00:07:29.05 in their own floating panel. 192 00:07:29.05 --> 00:07:31.07 And so I'll just go ahead and click on the first one 193 00:07:31.07 --> 00:07:34.05 and I'll Shift + click on the last one 194 00:07:34.05 --> 00:07:37.03 and I'll go ahead and drag them all over. 195 00:07:37.03 --> 00:07:39.09 Now we're moving an awful lot of symbols here, 196 00:07:39.09 --> 00:07:42.03 so it is going to take a moment to pull things off. 197 00:07:42.03 --> 00:07:43.09 And I should tell you that the document 198 00:07:43.09 --> 00:07:46.08 is going to save a little sluggishly as well. 199 00:07:46.08 --> 00:07:50.01 And now I'll click on that icon again, choose User Defined, 200 00:07:50.01 --> 00:07:53.00 and choose 379 Ps shapes 201 00:07:53.00 --> 00:07:54.08 in order to bring up these guys. 202 00:07:54.08 --> 00:07:56.02 Click on the bone 203 00:07:56.02 --> 00:07:58.05 and then Shift + click on the World Wide Web 204 00:07:58.05 --> 00:08:00.06 and go ahead and drag these guys 205 00:08:00.06 --> 00:08:04.03 into the bottom of my Symbols panel right here 206 00:08:04.03 --> 00:08:07.07 and that's going to add them as well. 207 00:08:07.07 --> 00:08:10.02 And now I'll just go ahead and dismiss these panels. 208 00:08:10.02 --> 00:08:16.09 And I now have a document that contains 859 symbols in all, 209 00:08:16.09 --> 00:08:19.01 which seems like about as many symbols as you need 210 00:08:19.01 --> 00:08:21.02 to create some high quality artwork. 211 00:08:21.02 --> 00:08:24.00 And so I'll just go ahead and grab this banner right here 212 00:08:24.00 --> 00:08:25.06 from the Regal Vector Pack 213 00:08:25.06 --> 00:08:28.00 and I'll place it in the center of the document, 214 00:08:28.00 --> 00:08:30.05 and then I'll press the S key to get my Scale Tool, 215 00:08:30.05 --> 00:08:31.09 and I'll go ahead and scale this guy 216 00:08:31.09 --> 00:08:33.03 while pressing the Shift key 217 00:08:33.03 --> 00:08:37.03 in order to achieve a proportional effect. 218 00:08:37.03 --> 00:08:38.07 And that's how you create a new symbol 219 00:08:38.07 --> 00:08:40.01 based on an existing one, 220 00:08:40.01 --> 00:08:41.08 how you acquire symbols, 221 00:08:41.08 --> 00:08:43.09 how you move symbols between documents, 222 00:08:43.09 --> 00:08:45.08 and how you preview symbols 223 00:08:45.08 --> 00:08:50.00 inside the document window here inside Illustrator.