Is the capabilities of the Illustrator free trial limited?

[dee614]

I currently have the free trial and watching tutorials it seems like the tools they have I don't? Also when I try to play around with the Adobe stock images it seems I can not do anything with those either? I have only been messing around with AI a few days.

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[Szalam]

The functionality should be the same. Can you share some examples of what you are talking about?

[dee614]

I have been watching some tutorials on you tube just seems like I cant find the stuff they are using. That's why I was wondering if the trial just gives you limited access to some of the tools?

[dee614]

I am wanting to use it AI for screen printing purposes it seems in the tutorials they have a lot more color pallets and brushes?

[Sebastian Bleak]

You should have access to all of the tools. I know that in the trial there is some limitation in the preferences but not tools or pallets. Would you be able to send a screen shot of the tutorial you watched? Maybe I can help you find the missing tools... I used Ai for screen printing on t-shirts

[dee614]

Thanks! Any good tutorials for color separations? Yes I did notice that maybe the ones I watched was older versions.

[Om Nath Jha]

Hi Dee,

Please check the links below :

How to print color separations in Illustrator

adobe illustrator - Simple Spot Color Separations for Screen Printing - Graphic Design Stack Exchang...

Preparing Artwork for Screen Printing in Adobe Illustrator

Regards,

Om

[dee614]

Thanks Ohmnath I will check these out

[Sebastian Bleak]

I like the tutorials ohmnath posted If I come across any others, I'll let you know... Glad you were able to find the right answer. If you need help finding specific panels, just let us know.

Cheers!

[dee614]

Cool Thanks!

[Monika Gause]

dee614  schrieb

Thanks! Any good tutorials for color separations?

Talk to the print shop before you even create a file.

Ask them what exactly they need.

They might tell you to not trap your file, because actually every detail in trapping needs to be adjusted for the specific process. Most imporantly the amount of overlap.

[Test Screen Name]

The free trial doesn't include free stock images though.

[Jeff Witchel, ACI · Accepted solution]

It's very likely that the YouTube videos you are watching are for an older version of Illustrator. So the Brushes, Swatches, and more might be different.

[Jeff Witchel, ACI]

It could also be that the videos you are watching are not showing you how to get to various Swatch and Brush Libraries that are being shown.

In each of the two panels, there's a Library popup menu in the lower-left corner (looks like books on a shelf).