The Contour Inset Plug-in for Adobe Illustrator can be used to create inset / offset designs, use for blurry designs, zooms, 3D, sketchy designs, hi-impact and dynamic designs. Latest release includes new color features + pattern settings.

Contour plugin for Illustrator includes powerful color features, pattern features to create basic and complex path designs, rotation options, path shifting options, scaling features and can be used to scale paths as well as apply path point insets for unique contour path designs.

Contour plug- in for Illustrator can be used with selected paths + images + symbols + meshes + converted text and comes with presets + randomization features to create 1000s and 1000s of designs.

Here are some key features of "Contour Inset Plug in for Adobe Illustrator":

· Contour plugin works in all versions of Illustrator ® from 10 upwards.
· Contour plugin works with a single selected path or multiple selected paths. · · The contour plugin also works with Illustrator placed images, Illustrator symbols and other path types. Some of the features are only applicable to a particular Illustrator path type, such as fill only works with paths and not images. All the scaling features (minus points) work with images as well
· Easy to install. The contour plugin needs to be placed in the Illustrator plug-ins path, the plugin is then accessible on re-starting Illustrator.
· Contour plugin appears in the filter menu and is activated when used with selected items in Illustrator. The plugin set is split over multiple panels for different areas of plugin functionality. The dialogs are split into contour section, rotation, points, styles, etc
· Contour plugin has many different scaling options including alternate scaling, rapid scaling, limited scaling, random scaling. The scaling can be controlled in the vertical and horizontal direction of the path, and linked if required, the path's stroke can also be re-scaled based on the scaling itself creating a more naturalistic contour. The scaling can be applied above as well as below the original path to create zoom designs.
· Contour plugin can rotate illustrator paths in a variety of ways, rotating about the path's center, about a particular path or about a defined center. Use to create unusual dramatic turning / rotated path designs
· Contour plugins can shift Illustrator paths, right or left, up and down and in any direction and using a variety of distance setting options.
· Contour plugin scales a path by default but points can be shifted towards the path's center (or away) instead, the inset feature comes with many options and variant settings as well as interpolation to create 100s and 100s of different inset contour designs, the scaling can also be combined.
· Contour plugin comes with many style features and different fills and strokes and widths can be applied to the generated Illustrator paths, creating alternating black and alternating white or swatch colors or randomized colors or approaching target colors as well as inverted and fading features.
· Contour plugin also has pattern features where the path is 'tiled' about the defined center, such as the path but it could be the document center. The pattern can be further enhanced by rotation and shifting of the Illustrator paths, to create truly beautiful contour pattern designs
· Contour plugin comes with many options / checkboxes to modify the contour behaviour, such as creating or not creating contour paths or only modifying the anchor points or the direction points
· Contour plugin comes with many inbuilt presets so you can easily get started with the plugin
· Contour plug-in comes with many wonderful randomization features, simply select the TUMBLE button and the settings will be randomized in 1000s of ways, use to create unique designs in seconds
· Plugin set comes with additional example symbols as well as full documentation


Requirements:

· Adobe Illustrator CS3, CS2, CS and 10


Limitations:

· Some features are disabled

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Removed old color features - replaced with new color option
· Modified size of dialog
· Added pattern features update plugin to handle parent / child / compounds better
· Line width modified by scaling of paths (ignores points inset...)
· Updated documentation