Saturday, January 12, 2019

Adobe Illustrator Tech Tip: The Swatches Panel

The swatches panel in Adobe Illustrator is great for saving colors for your particular document, but it also holds other important color choices as well, such as gradients.

First, go to Window > Swatches:

swatches panel, adobe illustrator


Then, press the Swatches library menu button:
swatches panel, adobe illustrator


In this example, I am going to choose Gradients > Metals. I am going to use the steel gradients to paint the chrome on a tire rim. 

swatches panel, adobe illustrator

Then apply the gradient to your selection: 
swatches panel, adobe illustrator



As you can see, there are many options inside the swatches panel in Adobe Illustrator, and selections made in sub panels are automatically saved to the main swatches palette. The metal swatches are great for painting chrome bumpers, trim, lettering and rims!

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