Create a mosaic, Graphic styles, About graphic styles – Adobe Illustrator CS4 User Manual
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USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Creating special effects
Create a mosaic
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Import a bitmap image to use as the basis for the mosaic. The image must be embedded, not linked.
You can also rasterize a vector object to use it as the basis for the mosaic.
2
Select the image.
3
Choose Object > Create Object Mosaic.
4
If you want to change the dimensions of the mosaic, enter values for New Size.
5
Set options to control the spacing between tiles and the total number of tiles, along with any other additional
options, and click OK:
Constrain Ratio
Locks the width or height dimensions to the dimensions of the original bitmap image. Width
calculates the appropriate number of tiles to use for the width of the mosaic, based on the original number of tiles
for the width. Height calculates the appropriate number of tiles to use for the height of the mosaic, based on the
original number of tiles for the height.
Result
Specifies whether the mosaic tiles are color or grayscale.
Resize Using Percentages
Changes the size of the image by percentages of width and height.
Delete Raster
Deletes the original bitmap image.
Use Ratio
Makes the tiles square, using the number of tiles specified in Number Of Tiles. This option is located
below the Cancel button.
See also
About linked and embedded artwork
Graphic styles
About graphic styles
A graphic style is a set of reusable appearance attributes. Graphic styles allow you to quickly change the look of an
object; for example, you can change its fill and stroke color, alter its transparency, and apply effects in one step. All the
changes you apply with graphic styles are completely reversible.
You can apply graphic styles to objects, groups, and layers. When you apply a graphic style to a group or layer, every
object in the group or layer takes on the attributes of the graphic style. For example, assume you have a graphic style
that consists of 50% opacity. If you apply the graphic style to a layer, all objects in or added to that layer will appear
50% opaque. However, if you move an object out of the layer, the object’s appearance reverts to its previous opacity.
For a video on using the Appearance panel and the Graphics Styles panel, see
If you apply a graphic style to a group or layer, but the style’s fill color doesn’t appear in the artwork, drag the Fill
attribute above the Contents entry in the Appearance panel.