Artlandia,
Inc.,
maker of
award-
winning
pattern
design
software,
has
released
Artlandia
LivePresets,
a new
plug-in
for
simultaneous
interactive
editing
of
multiple
objects
in Adobe
Illustrator.
By
introducing
a live,
editable
variety
of
formerly
"static"
Illustrator
presets,
such as
symbols
and
pattern
swatches,
LivePresets
increases
productivity
and
opens
new
possibilities
for the
efficient
use of
repeating
design
elements
in a
wide
range of
applications,
from
fashion
design
and
modeling
of
garments
and web
pages to
interactive
editing
of
non-periodic
patterns,
borders,
3D
objects,
and
other
arrangements.
With its live editing of Illustrator symbols, LivePresets caters to essentially all Illustrator users. Symbols encapsulate any object that can be used more than once, in simple compositions that involve only a few identical (or transformed) copies of an object in an artwork or more complex arrangements, including borders, 3D objects, or hundreds randomly scattered copies of the same object. LivePresets allows the designer to interact with a single editable copy of the symbol and apply edits simultaneously to all instances of the symbol in the artwork, increasing productivity and developing previously impossible ideas based on symbol interactions. Live pattern swatches supplied by LivePresets similarly allow for efficient editing and interactive modifications of repeat patterns.
In addition to live symbols and pattern swatches, LivePresets features unlimited snapshots that are automatically added to Illustrator's Symbols and Swatches palettes, a special mode for insertion of new objects, instant linking and unlinking from the artwork, support for editable complex objects in pattern swatches, such as brushes, blends, meshes, or symbols, and provides other features for simple and convenient editing.
LivePresets complements SymmetryWorks and SymmetryShop, Artlandia's popular plug-ins for pattern design in Illustrator and Photoshop, respectively. For SymmetryWorks users, LivePresets further automates the pattern design workflow by allowing interactive application of pattern swatches, developed with SymmetryWorks, to target objects.
Artlandia LivePresets for Macintosh and Windows runs on all major operating systems and is available immediately. The plug-in requires Illustrator 10 or later version (Illustrator CS2 or later recommended). The download-only version costs US$125 or US$344 in a value package with SymmetryWorks 4. The bundle that also includes SymmetryShop 2 costs $564. More information about LivePresets is available on the Artlandia web site, http://www.artlandia.com.
