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Do you have certain graphic elements(ie. your logos, credit card logos, icons), Color Swatches, Graphic
Styles, and Art Brushes that you commonly use in Illustrator?
If your answer is yes, this tutorial might be helpful to you.
Introduction
I personally use Adobe Illustrator alot, to save my time and work more efficiently,
I have created serveral custom Libraries Illustrator Templates. I have one template
with only RGB Color Swatches, one with CMYK Color Swatches, and one with minimal Library items. The
minimal Libraries template has removed all unused/unwanted Library items and is use to create my Illustrator
tutorial source file. This way I can cut down on the file size because each Library item in your file
costs memory. The templates store the Color & Gradient Swatches, Art Brushes,
and Graphic Styles that I commonly use in my illustration. Imagine the time it will
cost if I need to remove all unused Libraries every time I create a new tutorial file. Or I need to
open up an existing file to copy the Color Swatches & Graphic Styles that
I want.
Illustrator Template can stores: Artboard setting, Color/Gradient Swatches, Graphic
Styles, Symbols, Layers, graphic placeholders, and more. For full detailed information on Illustrator
Template, please read Illustrator's Help files.
1. Create your custom Libraries
Most of you probably already know how to create Libraries, so I'm not going to explain all the details.
Creating your Libraries is very easy, just drag your object in the Library pallate or select the object
and click on the New icon. To remove your Library items, select the items that you
want to remove and click on the Trash Can icon.
2. Save your template
After you've done with the Libraries, go to File > Save as Template and name your
template that is best describe the content/setting of the file, ie. RGB Color Setting, For Print.
3. New From Template
Now go to File > New From Template and Adobe Illustrator will
create a new file with all the setting you've created in your template.
Conclusion
Start making Illustrator Template now and save your working time!