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54 December 2007
PHOTOSHOP • ILLUSTRATOR
SKILLS
doing, you can relax a little and focus
solely on creating. The process should
1 background.jpg. Launch Illustrator
and open the file rays.ai. Select and copy
4 Keep the burlap layer targeted, but
Ctrl/Cmd-click on the Smart Object
thumbnail in the Layers palette to load it
• Smart Objects never stand in the way of your vision. the artwork in the Illustrator file, then as a selection. With the selection active,
• Template layers For this project it begins with the return to Photoshop. Paste the art into click on the Add Layer Mask button. After
• Gradient meshes background, and we’ll be bringing your Photoshop file by hitting Ctrl/Cmd+V. masking the burlap layer, drag it onto the
vector illustrations into Photoshop as Create New Layer button to duplicate it.
INFO Smart Objects from the outset. The
Derek Lea is great thing about working with Smart
an award- Objects is that they are instances of
winning artwork, rather than the artwork itself.
illustrator, You can place your objects into
author and instructor at Photoshop, reopen them in Illustrator,
Centennial College in make alterations, and the amended
Toronto, Canada. Check content is automatically updated
out more of his work and within Photoshop. This enables us to
his latest book at www. check the effects of our changes as we
dereklea.com and www.
creativephotoshop
make them, and go back and forth
between programs until the illustration
2 Choose Smart
Object from the list of Paste As
options and you’ll see your copied art 5 Change the blending mode of your
duplicate layer to Screen and choose
thebook.com. is refined and complete. appear on the canvas surrounded by a File>Place. Navigate to the cloud1.ai file
We use the same approach to create bounding box. Shift-drag a corner point to and click the Place button. In the Place
the main elements within the increase the size and press Enter to apply PDF dialog, leave the Select option set to
illustration. As you progress through the transformation. Change the Smart Page and leave the Crop To option set to
this tutorial, the benefits of working in Object’s blending mode to Color. Bounding Box. Click OK.
this manner will quickly reveal
themselves. The process is simple and
the integration of Smart Objects into
the Illustrator/Photoshop workflow is
so streamlined that you don’t need to
concern yourself with the order in
which you create things. Rather, you
just need to think about what it is you
want to create, which is exactly the
way it should be.
3 Reduce the object opacity to 26% and
open the burlap.jpg file. Use the Move
tool to drag the burlap image into your
6 Again, the vector object is put into your
file surrounded by a bounding box.
Resize it proportionately and reposition it
Tutorial and illustration by Derek Lea working file. Drag the burlap layer on the canvas. Press Enter. Change the
www.dereklea.com beneath the Smart Object in the Layers blending to Color Burn and duplicate the
palette. Reduce the opacity to 51%. cloud object in the Layers palette.
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PHOTOSHOP • ILLUSTRATOR
HIDING OBJECTS
Sometimes when
tracing your artwork
in Illustrator you
need to see the
underlying sketch
layer, but you don’t
want to work in
Outline mode
because it hides
specific objects that
you wish to view in
full colour. The
12 There will be instances when you
cannot see the template beneath
because a shape you’ve already created is
7 Change the blending mode of the duplicate object to Color in the Layers palette.
Duplicate the object again then use Edit>Free Transform to adjust its size and
positioning on the canvas. Change the object’s blending mode to Normal and set the
solution is to hide
individual objects as
the need arises.
obscuring it. Toggle between Outline and
Preview modes by pressing Ctrl/Cmd+Y.
This will enable you to see the sketch in
opacity to 54%. Duplicate this object and move it to another area of the canvas. Simply select an Outline mode and see your full-colour
object and type Ctrl/ results in Preview mode as necessary.
Cmd+3 to hide it.
Then, when you’re
finished, type Ctrl/
Cmd+Shift+3 to show
all hidden objects
once again.
11 At this
point
don’t worry too
a result they are
privy to many of the
same features. Just
much about the because you’re
details within placing objects from
the character. Illustrator, it doesn’t
Instead, focus mean that you can’t
on constructing take advantage of
the objects that Photoshop’s layer
are integral to defining the overall shape features. Add layer
In Illustrator create a new file.
9 Choose File>Place and put the
sketch.jpg file into your document. Adjust
and exterior contour. It’s also good to get
into the habit of turning off the visibility of
the template layer periodically, to view
styles, alter opacity,
change blending
modes and mask
14 Lock the duplicate layer and
select the contents of the original
layer. In the Pathfinder palette, select Add
the size if necessary and double-click the your creation clearly. your Smart Objects To Shape Area and click Expand to convert
current layer in the Layers palette. Enable just like you would the layer into a single object. Specify no
the Template option and click OK to any normal layer. fill, but add a stroke of the same colour as
convert it into a template layer. the stroke on the cloud objects.
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