Illustrator Symbols on Labor Day

By RC Concepcion in Layers Blog
Monday September 3, 2007

Happy Labor Day Everyone!

Almost time to head out to Photoshop World. I figured since there’s a good chance that posting will be a little hard on the trip out to Vegas, I would post a little oldie but goodie tip about Illustrator before I leave.

It started when I had to go to Wikipedia (if it’s written there, it MUST be true), to refresh myself on the meaning of Labor Day. Did you know it’s supposed to be a day of rest? Being in the office is frowned upon.. but since no one is here, who’s going to tell..

Anyway, they talk about cookouts and parties, and it got me thinking about stars.. I know.. it would do the same to you. That made me think of the fastest way to scatter stars in Illustrator. Here we go:

createObject(‘swf’,'/design/players/layers-noads.swf?video=http://www.rcsplaypen.com/lil/star-symbols.flv’,'width’,’730′,’height’,’600′,’scale’,'exactfit’,'quality’,'high’,'allowScriptAccess’,'sameDomain’,'bgcolor’,'#ffffff’,'autoplay’,'false’);

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Author: RC Concepcion Rafael Concepcion (RC) is an education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and the co-host of Layers TV - The How To Podcast For Everything Adobe. An Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom, RC has over 10 years in the I.T. and ecommerce industries and spends his days developing content for all applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. RC has held training seminars in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, and recently combined his photographic and web experience to teach with famed wildlife photographer Moose Peterson at the "You Can Do It Too" workshops in Mammoth, CA and at the Voices That Matter Web Conference in San Francisco, CA. RC also writes columns for Layers and Photoshop User magazines.