Action sets for shades & tints (edges) and finishes in Adobe Illustrator
Window
Menu >Actions
- On that window's menu in the upper right >
Load actions
- Then locate the two downloaded files.
- Make sure you have the Material Design swatches imported into your project.
- Turn off
Align New Objects to Pixel Grid
- Expand any objects with a curved corner effect or appearance. (Doesn't include paths or rounded rectangles)
- Make any groups a Compound Path
- Create Outlines of Text
- Select Object to tint or shade
- Run the apporiate action for either tinting or shading, [For Shading:] for the color of the object (or object below for when shading below glyphs that don't touch the outside of the icon)
- [For Shading:] Press
Stop
to make the tint not fall below the glyph orContinue
to allow it to do so. (PressContinue
when shading below glyphs that don't touch the outside of the icon)
- Requires the Finish.ai file installed (
MaterialDesign/Graphic Styles
) or the icon to have been created with the New Document Profile (MaterialDesign/Graphic Styles
)