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Use Space Fill

Use Space Fill - Illustrator Tutorial

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Use Space Fill

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- [Narrator] In this movie we'll take a look at what you can do with the Space Fill feature of Astute Graphics Colliderscribe. Space Fill allows you to fill one object with copies of another object and it also includes lots of options to create different looks. I'll start by opening the Space Fill Panel by Colliderscribe, Space Fill Panel. In my file I have a map of the state of Vermont and these three little trees. Each one of those is a group made up of two closed paths and what I'd like to do is fill Vermont with lots of copies of these trees. By default, Space Fill will assume that the larger object is the one you want to use for the container. But if that's not the case you can go to the panel menu and choose Preferences and turn off Auto Detect Container Object. When that's turned off, the bottom most object in the stacking order is the one that will be used as the container. But I'll leave it turned on and…

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