Adobe Illustrator is a popular graphics editing program and is available for Windows and Mac computers. This program allows users to create 3D logos, layered images, to websites and printed documents. Although similar to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator is also known for its ability to create typography and text logos. You can add frames, colors, and patterns to objects to make them more interesting. You can download texture designs from the internet, and with a few simple steps, you can add beautiful textures to your documents. Here's how to add texture in Illustrator.
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Step 1. Download or search for textures on the internet
With the keyword "illustrator texture", you can find lots of free textures. Commonly used textures are sawdust, mosaic, stitching, dirty glass, and craquelure, which resembles the patina in plaster. Choose a texture with a light color, then download it to your computer.
Step 2. Open Adobe Illustrator
Step 3. Open an existing document, or create a new print/web document in the dialog box that opens
Step 4. Select the object that you will apply the texture to
Step 5. Group objects if you want to change the texture of more than one object
Select the objects you want to group, then click the "Object" menu in the horizontal toolbar and click "Group."
Step 6. Click the "Window" menu on the top horizontal toolbar
Select "Transparency" from the drop-down menu. You'll see a palette to the right of the document, and a drop-down menu for blending and clarity.
Step 7. Select the fly-down menu to the right of the clarity box, then click Show Thumbnails. "
Step 8. Double-click the empty gray space next to the square thumbnail of the object that appears
An opacity mask will be created. Your image may "disappear" because the clarity display starts from the black box, indicating that the object is not clearly visible.
Step 9. Select the black box, then click the File menu on the top horizontal toolbar
Step 10. Swipe the screen, then select "Place"
A file explorer box will open. Select the texture file that you downloaded from the internet. The image will appear in a black thumbnail box.
A large blurred texture image will appear at the top of the image. You won't see the image, but rather a black box with guides that let you move the texture grid around on the page. The main image texture will change as you drag the texture image
Step 11. Experiment with moving the texture image until the image or logo has the desired texture
Step 12. Click the image thumbnail again when you are done
You will be back editing the image, and can change other layers.
Step 13. Save the Adobe Illustrator file to complete the texture changes
Repeat the above steps with different objects and textures.
