Texture Special Considerations

Missing and Renamed Textures

While textures have unique names, they are actually kept track of internally using their contents. As an example, suppose a texture called “Texture A” is applied to a path and its document is saved and closed. Now suppose “Texture A” is renamed as “Texture B”. When the document is then opened, Texture detects that although “Texture A” no longer exists, a texture with the exact same contents (i.e., pixel for pixel) exists under the name “Texture B,” so it automatically uses the new name.

If instead of being renamed, “Texture A” were deleted, then when the document is opened, Texture will not be able to find a matching texture under any name, and will therefore display the missing textures warning dialog:

Missing Textures Warning Dialog

Finally, if after deleting “Texture A,” a different texture is named “Texture A,” then upon opening the document, Texture will detect that the current texture with the same name does not have the same contents as it did when it was added, and will display the mismatched textures warning dialog:

Mismatched Textures Warning Dialog

Texture: Fill and Strokes

Internally, Texture is creates a clip group consisting of an outline of the art and the raster texture. Because standard (centered, constant-width) strokes are not expanded by default when the art is outlined, a texture will not appear in an artwork’s strokes as initially added, only its fills. However, a stroke can be included by simply using the Appearance panel to place a native Outline Stroke live effect in the stroke section of the artwork. To create a texture only in the stroke, still use the Outline Stroke live effect but move the Texture live effect directly below it, inside the stroke section.

Texture on a Stroke Example