Getting started
In this lesson, you'll convert the shapes of two butterflies into meshes, paint them, and manipulate the color blending. Before you begin, you must restore the default preferences for Adobe Illustrator and then you will open the finished art file for the lesson to see what you'll create.
1. | To ensure that the tools and palettes function exactly as described in this lesson, delete or deactivate (by renaming) the Adobe Illustrator 10.0 preferences file. See “Restoring default preferences” on page 4. |
2. | Start Adobe Illustrator. |
3. | Choose File > Open, and open the L11end.ai file in the Lesson11 folder, located inside the Lessons folder within the AICIB folder on your hard drive. |
4. | If you like, choose View > Zoom Out to make the finished ... |
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