One of the applications updated in this release is Adobe Illustrator. Illustrator CC (2014): Rectangle tool and Transform. There are two issues with the default settings when defining new colour swatches in Illustrator: When you apply the default colour swatches in Illustrator to your artwork, the swatch colour is not associated with the How can I make a tint for a colour in Adobe Illustrator? It’s a question I’m asked regularly by Illustrator users. How to create a tint for a colour in Adobe Illustrat. The advantage of using PNG over JPEG when generating graphics for use in Microsoft Office is that a) PNG supports transparency (JPEG does not), and b) PNG is more suited for graphics that contain a limited number of colours or text, such as logos.

Right: the File > Export result, at a slightly higher resolution, displays a little crisper and retains transparency.

Left: the Save for Microsoft Office Result, which generates the white background.

The graphic above shows you the comparison once the artwork is inserted into PowerPoint. Increasing the resolution can result in better looking text once the graphic is inserted into your Microsoft Office application. It has an added bonus in that it provides you with the ability to retain background transparency and control image resolution. This command can also convert your Illustrator artwork to a PNG file. Which is why I often use Illustrator’s File > Export command.

the PNG file that is created does not contain any transparency.

especially for graphics containing smaller text or finer details, the detail can get lost a little.

Illustrator artwork (left), and with Transparency view enabled (right).Īlthough the generated PNG graphic certainly works nicely with Microsoft Office applications, it does have some limitations: Yet it provides a pretty clean image result for use in Microsoft Office. (File menu), which converts your Illustrator artwork to a 150ppi Portable Network Graphic (.png).įunnily enough this command is very often overlooked by designers. Illustrator CS, released back in 2003, introduced the Save for Microsoft Office command. We all get this question as designers: “Can you provide us with a copy of the logo or masterhead design in a format that we can use in Microsoft Word”… or “PowerPoint”?

Converting illustrator to indesign