Chapter Ten. Managing Illustration Workflow

Once you create an illustration, you’ll usually pass it to the next phase of an illustration workflow—sending the file to be integrated into a publication, integrated in a Web or other digital display, or incorporated into an animation (such as a Flash movie).

In many cases, this means exporting an Illustrator file to another format that fits into the next phase of the workflow. This chapter explores your options for doing this.

Other techniques in this chapter show you how to use symbols and actions that make Illustrator files easier and quicker to edit or update. Symbols also reduce file size. You’ll also learn how to share Illustrator files with other designers.

#94 Using Symbols and Actions

Symbols are ...

Get Adobe® Illustrator CS2 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.