Just double click on a symbol to add it to the Symbols panel. This is the main symbol tool that basically sprays symbol instances onto the canvas. If you click once, it will create only once symbol:. Each Symbol Tool has its own options, but from this window you can custom each option.
Here the options for the Symbol Sprayer Tool:. Intensity: how quickly symbol instances are created when you hold the brush down. When working with any symbol sets you produce with the Symbol Sprayer Tool, bare in mind that any of the other Symbol Tools we will use next will only affect the symbol or symbol sets that have been selected in the Symbols panel.
So if you have mixed symbol sets of ants and bees, you will need to select both ants AND bees in the Symbols panel. If you only select one symbol then that will only been affected. Increase the brush size to be larger then the symbol set cluster by continually pressing ] and [ if you want to make brush smaller. Then click onto the center of the cluster to pull all the symbol instances together.
Click down on a symbol or group or symbols, drag around the direction you want them in and release. Colours symbols by changing the hues towards the selected tint colour, while not affecting the luminosity. Changes to the appearance of the master symbol reflects in all instances.
However, individual edits to instances are retained, too. A symbol nested within a Dynamic Symbol can be replaced by another symbol. This provides greater flexibility to customize symbols. If a Dynamic Symbol is opened in an older version of Illustrator, the symbol is expanded. Place or create a symbol.
Place a symbol. Select a symbol in the Symbols panel or a symbol library. Do one of the following:. Drag the symbol to the artboard where you want it to appear.
Choose Place Symbol Instance from the Symbols panel menu. Create a symbol. Select the artwork you want to use as a symbol. While creating Dynamic Symbols, do not include text, placed images, or mesh objects. Click the New Symbol button in the Symbols panel. Drag the artwork to the Symbols panel. Choose New Symbol from the panel menu. In the Symbol Options dialog box, type a name for the symbol. Select the symbol type as Movie Clip or Graphic. Add sublayers for symbols.
Paste Remember Layers option is honored when you paste content in symbol editing mode. Use 9-slice scaling. Enable 9-slice scaling. You can also enable this option in the Symbol Options dialog box when creating a new symbol. Edit the 9-slice scaling grid for a symbol.
Double-click the symbol in the Symbols panel. Select the symbol in the Symbols panel and choose Edit Symbol from the panel menu. Double-click the symbol instance on the artboard. Select the symbol instance on the artboard and click Edit Symbol in the Control panel. Work with symbol instances. Modify a symbol instance. Select an instance of the symbol. Edit the artwork. While editing Dynamic Symbols, do not include text, placed images, or mesh objects. Optional do one of the following:.
Expand a symbol instance. Select one or more symbol instances. Duplicate a symbol instance on the artboard. Select the symbol instance. Copy and paste the symbol instance. Replace a symbol instance with a different symbol. Select the symbol instance on the artboard. Choose a new symbol from the Replace menu in the Control panel. Select a new symbol in the Symbols panel, and choose Replace Symbol from the Symbols panel menu. Select all instances of a symbol in the document. Select a symbol in the Symbols panel, and then choose Select All Instances from the panel menu.
Reset transformations. Edit or redefine a symbol. Edit a symbol. Do one of the following to open the symbol in isolation mode:.
Double-click an instance of the symbol. Redefine a symbol with different artwork. Symbol libraries. Open symbol libraries. Move symbols from a library into the Symbols panel. A symbol is automatically added to the Symbols panel whenever you use it in a document. Click a symbol in a library. Create symbol libraries. Choose Save Symbol Library from the Symbols panel menu. First, select the symbol that you want to duplicate in the Symbols panel. We were going to select the bug from the Symbols panel.
Next, click the Symbol Options button. The two symbols are still identical. If you want to edit the new symbol, drag it to an artboard. Now click Break Link to Symbol in the Symbols panel. To edit a symbol, double click the symbol in the Symbols panel that you want to edit.
Do not click the name in the library. Double click the actual symbol in the panel. A gray bar appears above the document area that lets you know that you have the symbol in what is called Isolation Mode so you can edit it. Think of the Symbol Sprayer as a paint sprayer. You can spray multiple instances of a symbol onto an artboard at once.
Then, all the instances that you spray will be grouped together in a bounding box so that you can move or resize the box. To use the Symbol Sprayer, go to the toolbox.
The Symbol Sprayer looks like this,. Select the symbol from the panel that you want to use, and then click the Symbol Sprayer. Now, you can hold down your mouse to spray unlimited instances of the symbol onto your document. When symbols are grouped together in a bounding box, like shown above, it is called a symbol set. The Symbol Shifter tool is grouped with the Symbol Sprayer tool. The Symbol Sizer tool lets you resize instances of a symbol within the set.
To use it, click on the Symbol Sizer tool, and then click or drag the tool over an instance of a symbol within a set. The Symbol Spinner tool lets you change the orientation of an instance within a symbol set. Click on the tool, and then click on a symbol instance. You will see directional arrows. All the symbol tools work with your symbol sets in the same way. They just offer different results and effects. The Symbol Stainer Tool allows you to recolor individual symbols within a set.
The tool looks like this,. The Symbol Screener Tool lets you make symbol instances more transparen t. The Symbol Styler Tool allows you to apply graphics styles to instances. All documents and files that you save in Illustrator are automatically saved in Illustrator format, or AI.
However, you have several options when saving your work.
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