insert textile in illustrator

[amycuty@adobeforums.com]

want to add the textile which i draw by paper and scan by scanner. want to have different effect of that textile, such as: change color
make a gradient color effect
paste all my textile in the close object (such as paste full in the shirt.. by my scan textile graphic)

how can do it?
because if i do in photoshop, it will use so many times...

thanks!

i'm using illustrator version 10.0

amycuty

[jonf@adobeforums.com]

You can import your scanned image into Illustrator with the Place command, but if you want to edit it (change colors, etc.) you'll need to trace your designs. It's usually most efficient to do this by hand with the pen tool, but there are other programs or Illustrator functions which can create an approximate outline of the design.

To place the designs into your objects you should probably go through the tutorials on making masking objects, creating patterns, using styles, etc., then decide what methods will be the best for your particular situation.

[amycuty@adobeforums.com]

oh, yes!
for example, i have one square, which i need fill by "crayon" color effect, so that i need scan a crayon photo > place into illustrator, but. i need change the color of "crayon" photo, so that how to do it? or can change the color in illustrator??

sorry n wait of yr reply.
my email: [email]amycutyuk@yahoo.co.uk[/email]

amycuty

[jonf@adobeforums.com]

Probably the best way to do what you ask is to change the color of the original scan in Photoshop.

You can try the following to change the color in Illustrator, but I don't think it will answer your needs. Draw an additional box over the top of the placed image. In your Transparency palette, click and hold on the button that says "Normal," then pull down the menu and change its mode to "Color." This will create a transparent box that colors the layers below. Fill it with various colors and see if anything gives you what you need.

This will only work if your scan is in a color mode, and has little or no dark values. Black will stay black when you change color this way. Middle values will approximate your overlay, but will always be a bit off, either too dark or too light. So this isn't a precise way to change colors. It may be good for display purposes, though. You can make the scan appear lighter by adjusting the layer transparency in Illustrator ("Dim Images to __%")

There are ways to adjust the colors a bit more precisely, but it gets kind of complicated to explain. You'll need to have your photo duplicated in 2 layers. The bottom layer needs layer transparency, and in the layer above you can then adjust the object transparency to change the colors. You can eyeball it to a color that matches your swatch better. Still nothing approaching precision, though. All the settings are entirely dependent on your specific original, so I can't give you exact percentages.

This is all pretty complicated to explain, and may do nothing for you even if you can figure out what I'm saying. Best option is to fix the colors in Photoshop.

If the crayon photo can be traced with the pen tool, you can color it easily with your color palettes, which is even better.

To put your image into a square, the easiest way is to make your square into a mask. Select your square and the image (and the color filter box, if you use one) and Make Clipping Mask (Command-7). The square needs to be the object on top.

You could also make a pattern with it and use it to fill your square.

Hope some of this helps a little.

--jonf