I want to know if Adobe Illustrator can do the following:
I have two different illustrations of the same thing but they are at different scales. One illustration is in color and the other is in black & white. Both illustrations have a few common reference features. I need to adjust the scale of one of the illustrations so that it aligns with the other one.
I think I want to use the color illustration as a base layer, and the B&W illustration as a transparent top layer. I want to adjust the scale of the black and white illustration by stretching and shrinking it so as to get the common reference features to align. To be able to see the common reference features in both illustrations, I need the top layer to be “transparent”.
Once I've got both illustrations to align at the common reference features, I want to merge the B&W illustration down over the color illustration so as to obtain one final illustration that shows the features of the B&W illustration on top of the color illustration.
Is that “overlay” feature something that Adobe Illustrator can do?