国外教程-ai制作木纹效果.doc

Notes
This tutorial was created with Illustrator CS3.
Keyboard shortcuts are displayed in orange. ⌘ is displayed for mand key (mac), with the Ctrl key being the Windows equivalent (not displayed).
Rectangles
Create a 5 inch by 5 inch rectangle with the Rectangle Tool (m). An easy way to draw an exact rectangle is to click on the artboard with the Rectangle Tool (m) to bring up the Rectangle dialog to enter dimensions. Fill the rectangle with a light brown and take off the stroke.
Next Copy (⌘c) the rectangle and Paste In Front (⌘f). With the copied rectangle selected, change the dimensions for the width to inches and the height to .25 inches in the
Transform Panel and fill the rectangle with a 40% black.
Texture
Select the smaller rectangle and go Effect > Sketch > Graphic Pen. When the Graphic Pen Effect es up, change the following settings.
Stroke Length = 15
Light/Dark Balance = 2
Stroke Direction = Vertical
Trace and Expand
With the texture selected go Object > Expand Appearance. With the texture still selected, the Control Panel defaults to the Live Trace options. Click the arrow beside the Live Trace Button and select Tracing Options. Or you can go
Object > Live Trace > Tracing Options. You don’t have to change all the options, just the ones below.
Mode: Black and White
Path Fitting: 1px
Minimum Area: 1px
Corner Angle: 1
Ignore White: Chec