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Using the Illustrator tools
Hidden tools
Toolbox
To open a new file: Choose File > New, and then enter a name in the Name text box. Select the CMYK or RGB color mode.
If necessary, specify a height and width for the art board and then click OK. To open an existing file: Choose File > Open. Select the name of the file you want to open, and click Open. Saving artwork Choose File > Save As to save artwork to a different AI, PDF, EPS, SVG, or SVGZ. In the Save As dialog box, select a location for the file, enter a filename, choose a format from the Save as Type and click save. Exporting artwork Choose File > Export to export artwork using a non-native format. In the Export dialog box, select a location for the file, enter a filename, choose a format from the Save as Type, and click Save.
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Zoom Illustrator lets you zoom in and out of your page. There are several ways to change the zoom percentage of a document.
Use the Zoom tool. Select the Zoom tool from the Toolbox and click the place you want to zoom into; or even better, click and drag a marquee where you want to zoom, and Illustrator Try to make that selected area fill the screen. Hold down the Alt key, and notice that the little plus sign inside the magnifying glass has turned to a Minus sign. Click in the artwork twice. The view of the artwork is reduced.
Hand tool You use the Hand tool to scroll to different areas of a document.
Use the Hand tool. Select the Hand tool from the Toolbox. Press the mouse button and drag. The little hand "grabs" the page and moves it so you can see other parts of the image. Double-click the Hand tool to fit the document in the window.
Using basic shape tools Drawing Rectangles Select the Rectangle from the Toolbox. Cursor becomes a crosshair. Position your cursor want the upper-left corner rectangle to be. .Click the mouse button goes. Drag down and to the release the mouse button. TIP: Holding the Shift key while dragging forces to be a perfect square, even on all sides.
Drawing Rectangles Numerically There are many times when you need to create a rectangle or square with exact proportions. Select the desired rectangle creation tool. Click the screen and let go of the mouse button. Illustrator presents you with a dialog box. Enter the width and height (and corner radius if necessary) and click OK.
Drawing Polygon The Polygon tool is used to create shapes such as triangles, pentagons, and octagons. Select the Polygon tool. Notice the cursor is now a different, smaller crosshairs. The Polygon tool always draws out from the center. Click the mouse button, and drag outwards. Rotate the polygon by moving your mouse in a circular motion. Add more sides to the polygon by pressing the up arrow key on your keyboard. If you hold the key down, it adds sides repeatedly. Remove sides from the polygon by pressing the down arrow key on your keyboard. Holding the key removes sides repeatedly. To keep the polygon straight (constrained at 90deg.), press the Shift key. Press the Spacebar, and the polygon "freezes," enabling you to move the mouse and position the polygon on the page. The tilde key (~) creates duplicates of the polygon as you drag and move it. Release the mouse button. A polygon can also be created numerically by selecting the Polygon tool, clicking the mouse button, and entering the radius size and the number of sides in the dialog box.
Drawing Star The Star tool is one of the great time-savers. It used to be a real drag to create stars and starbursts. Select the Star tool. Stars are always drawn from the center. Click the mouse button and drag outwards. Do not let go of the mouse button until the end of this exercise. Rotate the star as you are dragging it by moving the mouse in a circular motion. Press the up arrow key to add points to the star. Press the down arrow key to remove points from the star. Press the Shift key to keep the star straight and aligned with the baseline.
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c„ôv bs 3 Press the Ctrl key to make the star's "shoulders" form straight lines. Press and hold the Spacebar to "freeze" the star, and position it on the page. Press the tilde (~) key to make numerous copies of your star as you drag.
The Spiral Tool Select the Spiral tool. Spirals are always drawn from the center. Click the mouse button and drag outwards. Rotate the spiral as you are dragging it by moving the mouse in a circular motion. Press the up arrow key to add segments (or winds) to the spiral. Press the down arrow key to remove segments from the spiral. Press the Shift key to constrain the rotation of the spiral to 45 degree increments. Press the Ctrl key to control the style of the spiral. This determines whether the winds go to the right /the left. Press the Ctrl key to adjust the decay of the spiral. This controls how far "into the distance" the spiral goes. Press and hold the Spacebar to "freeze" the spiral, and position it on the page. Pressing the tilde (~) key makes numerous copies of your spiral as you drag. More ........
Rounded rectangle
The ellipse tool
The flare tool
The line segment tool
The arc tool
The rectangular grid tool
The polar grid tool
WORKING WITH SELECTIONS The Selection Tool The Selection tool (the black arrow) is used to select entire objects. Press D to set your colors to the default setting of a white fill and a black stroke Draw several rectangles on your page. After you have drawn the last rectangle, choose the Selection tool from the Toolbox. Click any rectangle. Notice that the object has become selected. Now that the rectangle is selected, click and drag the rectangle to move it to a new position Deselect the rectangle by clicking any blank space on the page. Now let's select and move more than one object at a time. Click any blank area onscreen make sure that nothing is selected. Position your mouse to the upper left of the object(s) you want to select. Press and drag the mouse down and to the right. As you drag, a dotted line appears. Any object that Falls within this "bounding box" is selected. Release the mouse button, and the objects are selected
The Direct Selection Tool The Direct Selection tool, (the white arrow), selects points or path segments within objects. Click any blank area on the screen to make sure that nothing is selected. Choose the Direct Selection tool from the Toolbox. Carefully select the lower-right corner of one of the rectangles. Press and drag down and to the right. Notice that only the point that you selected is moving--the rest of the object stands still. Release the mouse button. Let’s try something a little different now and move a Single line segment:
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c„ôv bs 4 Carefully move your mouse right over the edge of one of the rectangles. Press and drag outwards. Notice how just the one side moves--like moving two points with one click. Press and hold the Shift key as you drag to constrain your move to 45deg.angles.
Lasso tool: The lasso tool lets you select entire paths and objects by dragging around any part of the path. The direct-lasso tool lets you select individual anchor points or segments on a path by dragging around parts of a path.
To select an entire object or line with the lasso tool: Select the lasso tool . Drag around or across the object.
To select a segment: Select the direct-lasso tool
, and drag around part of the segment.
Using the magic wand tool Use the magic wand tool to select all objects in a document with the same or similar fill color, stroke weight, stroke color, opacity, or blending mode.
To use the magic wand tool: Select the magic wand tool . To create a new selection, click the object containing the attributes you want to select.
The Group Selection Tool The Group Selection tool is a variation of the Direct Selection tool (the white arrow) and can be Found by pressing and holding the mouse button on the white arrow in the Toolbox. Draw two rectangles on your page. With the Group Selection tool, click one of the circles. Now click that same circle again. All of the circles are now selected. Click that same circle again, and all of the rectangles become selected as well. Each time you click with the Group Selection tool, it selects the next higher group, giving you Easy access to any group within a nested group.
GROUPING OBJECTS Using the black arrow, select one circle. While holding down the Shift key, click and select the rest of the circles. Choose Group from the Object menu. You've just created a group! Using the black arrow, select just one of the circles. You'll be pleasantly Surprised to see that all the circles have now become selected. It is now easy to move all the Circles together.
Locking Objects Illustrator gives you the ability to lock items. Locked items cannot be selected, moved, or edited until they are unlocked. Select an object And then choose Lock from the Object menu. You can lock several objects at a time, To unlock all of your locked items, choose Unlock All.
Hiding Selections If locking items won't do the trick, Illustrator also lets you hide objects from view. Choose Hide Selection from the Object menu. When you choose Show All from the Object menu, all hidden objects become visible.
Arranging Items Under the Object menu you can find the Arrange submenu, which contains four commands.
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c„ôv bs 5 1) Bring to Front 2) Bring Forward 3) Send Backward 4) Send to Back The Bring to Front and Send to Back commands let you move an object to the front or the back of the stack of objects on its layer. The Bring Forward and Send Backward commands let you move an object just one object forward or back in the stack of objects. To make an object the front most or backmost objects in its group or on its layer: Select the object you want to move. Choose either Object > Arrange > Bring to Front or Object > Arrange > Send to Back. To move an object one layer to the front or one layer to the back of a stack: Select the object you want to move. Choose either Object > Arrange > Bring Forward or Object > Arrange > Send Backward.
THE PEN TOOL The Pen tool is used to create paths of virtually any shape or form. It works by creating anchor points, which is the basis of paths. There are three different kinds of anchor points: the straight corner point, the smooth point, and the combination point. Each kind of anchor point has its specific attributes, and each is used to create different types of paths. The straight Anchor Point The simplest path you can draw with the pen tool is a straight line, made by clicking the pen tool to create two anchor points. By continuing to click, you create a path made of straight line segments connected by corner points. The Smooth Anchor Point The smooth anchor point contains two control points, or handles. By adjusting the control points, you determine the slope and sharpness of the curve on either side of the point. The Combination Anchor Point The Combination Point is get this a combination of the straight anchor point and the smooth anchor point, and things can get a bit confusing. To draw straight segments with the pen tool Select the pen tool Position point where you want the straight segment to begin, and click to define the first anchor point (Do not drag). Click again where you want the segment to end. Continue clicking the pen tool to create additional straight segments. To close a path, position the pen pointer over the first anchor point. A small loop appears next to the Pen tool when it is positioned correctly. Click to close the path. To leave the path open, Ctrl-click anywhere away from all objects.
Add Anchor Point Tool the Add Anchor Point tool enables you to put additional anchor points on an existing path. If you add a point to a straight path, the new anchor point is a straight anchor point, and clicking a curved path results in a new smooth anchor point.
The Delete Anchor Point Tool By clicking an anchor point with the Delete Anchor Point tool, the point is removed, and Illustrator automatically joins the preceding anchor point with the next point on the path.
The Convert Direction Point Tool The last tool from the pen tool quartet, the Convert Direction Point tool can easily be accessed by pressing when the Direct Selection tool is active. Notice the cursor changes to an inverted "V" shape. Working in the same way the Pen tool does, clicking a point converts it to a straight anchor point. Pressing and dragging on a point makes that point a smooth anchor point.
The Reshape Tool
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c„ôv bs 6 The Reshape tool can also quickly add points to a path to increase the edit ability of the path. When you move the Reshape tool over a part of the path where no point exists, the cursor Changes to indicate that a point can go there. To adjust a path using the reshape tool: Use any selection tool or drag a marquee to select the anchor points of the paths that you want to reshape. Select the reshape tool . Position the cursor over the anchor point or path segment that you want to act as a focal point and click the anchor point. Shift-click more anchor points or path segments to act as focal points. You can highlight an unlimited number of anchor points or path segments. Drag the highlighted anchor points to adjust the path.
TRANSFORMATIONS Illustrator has five transformation functions: Move, Rotate, Scale, Reflect, and Shear.
MOVING OBJECTS Press F8 to open the Info palette. Now, select the Rectangle tool and move your mouse around the screen. There are four fields in the Info palette: X, Y, W, and H. Notice the X and Y numbers are changing as you Move the mouse. After you make your selection, you can use your keyboards arrows (up, down, left and right) to "nudge" your selection, one increment at a time. To move a selection numerically, make your selection and then double-click the Selection tool. You are presented with a dialog box where you can specify an exact amount to three decimal places.
Rotate The Rotate tool (S) is used to Rotate selected objects. To scale with the rotate tool: With the selection tool, select the object or objects to Rotate. When you select the rotate tool, notice that a different symbol has appeared at the center of your selection. To rotate the object, simply click and drag. You can also precisely rotate an object numerically. To do so, double-click the rotate tool.
Scale Probably the most frequently used transformation tool, the Scale tool (S) is used to resize selected objects, making them larger or smaller. To scale with the scale tool: With the selection tool, select the object or objects to scale. Select the scale tool . Drag the object to resize it around the center point or Click to set a new point of origin, move the pointer away from the new point of origin, and then drag to scale the object.
Shearing Shearing an object slants, or skews, the object along the axis you specify. Copying while shearing is useful for creating cast shadows. To shear with the free transform tool: With the selection tool, select the object or objects to shear. Select the free transform tool . Start dragging a handle on the side of the bounding box (not a corner) and then hold down Ctrl+Alt as you drag until the object has the desired shape.
Reflect The Reflect tool (O) is also known as the mirror tool. Working in the same way as the Rotate and Scale tools, the Reflect tool flips a selection horizontally or vertically After creating half of your art, simply flip a copy of it to
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Distorting with the free transform tool To distort with the free transform tool: With the selection tool, select the object or objects to distort. Select the free transform tool . Start dragging a handle on the corner of the bounding box (not a side) and then do one of the following: * Hold down Ctrl until the selection is at the desired level of distortion. * Hold down Shift+Alt+Ctrl to distort in perspective.
Twisting The twist tool rotates a selection more sharply in the center than at the edges. To twist an object with the twist tool: Select the object to twist. Select the twist tool , and drag the object clockwise or counterclockwise.
Modifying shapes with liquefy tools Illustrator provides a variety of liquefy tools for changing an object's shape. Using these tools alters the original object's shape. You cannot use liquefy tools on objects that contain text, graphs, or symbols. Use any of the following tools to distort an object: The warp tool
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Stretches objects as if they were made of clay.
The twirl tool
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Creates swirling distortions of an object.
The pucker tool
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Deflates an object by moving control points toward the cursor.
The bloat tool
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Inflates an object by moving control points away from the cursor.
The scallop tool
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Adds random, smooth, arc-shaped details to the outline of an object.
The crystallize tool
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Adds random spike, arc-shaped details to the outline of an object.
The wrinkle tool
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Adds random arc and spike-shaped details to the outline of an object.
To distort an object using a liquefy tool: Select the liquefy tool in the toolbox. Click or drag over the object you want to distort.
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Splitting paths with the scissors tool Using the scissors tool, you can split an open path into two paths and split a closed path so that it becomes one or more open paths. You cannot split a type path. To split a path: Select the path to see its current anchor points. Select the scissors tool . Click the path where you want to split it.
The Knife Tool The knife tool cuts objects along a freehand path you draw with the tool, dividing objects into their component filled faces. To cut objects by using the knife tool: Select the knife tool . Do one of the following: * To cut in a curved path, drag the pointer over the object. * To cut in a straight path, hold down Alt as you click on the art board with the knife tool. Then drag.
The Paint brush Tool The paintbrush tool creates paths painted with a brush selected in the Brushes palette. You must select a brush in the Brushes palette to use the paintbrush tool. To draw a path with the paintbrush tool: Choose Window > Brushes to display the Brushes palette, and select a brush from the Brushes palette. Double-click the paintbrush tool , set preferences, and click OK. Position the tip of the paintbrush where you want the path to begin, and drag the paint brush to draw the path. By default, the path is selected when you release the mouse button.
The pencil tool The pencil tool lets you draw open and closed paths as if you were drawing with a pencil on paper. It is most useful for fast sketching or creating a hand-drawn look. Once you draw a path, you can immediately change it if needed. To draw a closed path with the pencil tool: Select the pencil tool. Position the pointer where you want the path to begin, and start dragging to draw a path. As you drag, hold down Alt. The pencil tool displays with stripes toindicate drawing a closed path. When the path is the size and shape you want, release the mouse button (but not the Alt). After the path closes, release the Alt.
Smoothing the path with the smooth tool The smooth tool lets you smooth out an existing stroke or section of a path. The smooth tool retains the original shape of the path as much as possible. To use the smooth tool:
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c„ôv bs 9 If the path to smooth is not selected, select it with the selection tool . Select the smooth tool . Drag the tool along the length of the path segment you want to smooth out. The modified stroke or path may have fewer anchor points than the original. Continue smoothing until the stroke or path is the desired smoothness.
Erasing the path with the erase tool The erase tool lets you remove a portion of an existing path or stroke. You can use the erase tool on paths but not on text or meshes. To use the erase tool: Select the erase tool . Drag the tool along the length of the path segment you want to erase. For best results, use a single, smooth, dragging motion. Anchor points are added to the ends of the new paths.
STROKES A stroke is the line around an object. You can give an object's stroke a different color than its fill. You also have several options when it comes to strokes, which actually makes for some very Interesting and useful implementations. To set stroke attributes using the Stroke palette: With any selection tool, select the object with the stroke attributes you want to change. Choose Window > Stroke. To specify a stroke weight, enter the desired weight in the Weight text box or choose a value from the pop-up menu. To see other options, choose Show Options from the Stroke palette menu; then select from the following options:
Butt Cap for stroked lines with squared ends. Round Cap for stroked lines with semicircular ends. Projecting Cap for stroked lines with squared ends that extend half the line width beyond the end of the line. This option makes the weight of the line extend equally in all directions around the line.
Applying color When you create an object or when you want to change the paint attributes of an existing object in Illustrator, you use a combination of the Fill and Stroke boxes in the toolbox, the Color palette, the Gradient palette, and the Swatches palette. To apply colors to artwork: Select the object and then click the Fill or Stroke box in the toolbox. Apply a color to the selected fill or stroke, or a gradient to a fill, using one of the following: In the Color palette, mix a color using the Grayscale, RGB, Web Safe RGB, HSB, or CMYK sliders, or select a color from the color bar. Choose Window > Swatches, and select a predefined color or gradient. Drag a color or gradient to the artwork. Use the paint bucket or eyedropper tool to copy attributes between objects.
Let's define a gradient: Open the Gradient palette (F9), the Color palette (F6), and the Swatches palette (F5). In the Gradient palette, click the gradient swatch (it's the large square in the upper left of the palette). Notice that the gradient slider below becomes active, and the color stops and midpoint indicators become visible. Click a color stop. There is now a color stop visible underneath the color swatch in the Color palette.
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c„ôv bs 10 Using the sliders in the Color palette, select a color for the selected color stop.. Let's create a new color stop. Click anywhere directly underneath the gradient slider in the Gradient palette. Notice that another color stop appears. Apply a color to it the same way. Now let's delete a color stop. Click and drag downwards on the color stop you want to delete. When the color stop disappears, release the mouse. Now make your final adjustments by moving the color stops and the midpoint indicators. Now that your gradient is complete, click the mouse on the gradient swatch and drag it into the Swatches palette, where it appears highlighted with a white outline. Double-click the new swatch and give it an appropriate name. Click OK.
The Eyedropper Tool To copy attributes using the eyedropper tool: Select the object with the attributes you want to change. Select the eyedropper tool . Click the object that has the attributes you want to sample with the eyedropper tool. The selected automatically updated with the attributes of the sampled object.
The Paint Bucket Tool To apply attributes using the paint bucket tool: Select the paint bucket tool . Click any object to apply the saved attributes.
Creating a mesh object Use the mesh tool or the Create Gradient Mesh command to convert objects to mesh objects. To create a mesh object with the mesh tool: Choose the mesh tool
and click a filled object.
The object is converted to a mesh object with the minimum number of mesh lines.
Using the symbol sprayer tool Use the symbol sprayer tool to create a set of symbol instances or add more instances to an existing set. To create a symbol instance set: Select a symbol in the Symbols palette, and then select the symbol sprayer tool . Click or drag where you want the symbol instances to appear. To add symbol instances to an existing set: Select the symbol sprayer tool , a symbol in the Symbols palette, and an existing symbol set. click or drag where you want the new instances to appear. To delete symbol instances from a set: Select the set from which you want to delete instances. Select the symbol sprayer tool, and hold down Alt as you click More work Select the symbol shifter tool and drag in the direction you want the symbol instances to move. To change the stacking order of symbol instances within the brush's diameter Select the symbol shifter tool To scrunch symbols Select the symbol scruncher tool . and drag . To change the size of symbol instances Select the symbol sizer tool and drag . To rotate symbol instances Select the symbol spinner tool and click or drag.
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The type tool The type tool creates individual type and type containers and lets you enter and edit type. To enter horizontal or vertical type at a specific point: Select the type tool or the vertical type tool . The pointer changes to an I-beam within a dotted box. The small horizontal line near the bottom of the I-beam marks the position of the type baseline. The baseline is the line on which the type rests. Click where you want the type to begin. The area type tool The area type tool Changes closed paths to type containers and lets you enter and edit type Within them. To enter type in an object: the area-type tool if the object is a filled open path. Position the pointer on the path, and click. An insertion point appears. Enter some type. The path-type tool The path-type tool changes paths to type paths, and lets you enter and edit type on them. Type on a Path : You can place text along any path in Illustrator, whether it's an open path or a closed one. With the Path Type tool selected, click any path.
Creating blends You create blends in Illustrator by clicking objects with the blend tool, or by selecting objects with a selection tool and using the Blend commands. To create a blend with the blend tool: Draw two star or other object Select the blend tool . Click objects to blend in sequential order.
To create a blend with the Make Blend command: Select the objects to blend with any selection tool. Choose Object > Blend > Make.
MASKS What's a mask? Just like a mask covers part of your face, a mask in Illustrator covers part of your Artwork. open a picture. draw a new shape, about half the size of the a star. Notice the shape blocks out a good portion of our artwork must always be in front of the artwork . Select everything by pressing (Ctrl+A) From the Object menu, choose Masks > Make. Deselect all You just created a mask! To remove the mask select it and choose Object > Mask > Release.
OFFSET PATH Offset Path creates an object that perfectly outlines, or traces, a selected path at an offset that you specify. To use it, select one or more objects and choose Path > Offset Path from the Object menu, and the Offset Path dialog box appears. Enter an amount to offset (you can use positive or negative numbers), and click OK. Note that Offset Path always makes a copy of your selection, and does not affect the original .
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c„ôv bs 12 OUTLINE PATH Outline Path is another great feature that converts strokes into filled objects. Found in the same location as the Offset Path command, the Outline Path works by taking the stroke width and creating a filled shape the size of the width. THE PATHFINDER COMMANDS Unite The most commonly used Pathfinder command, Unite simply takes all selected objects and combines them into one object. Intersect The Intersect function is used on two objects that overlap each other. After you choose Intersect, the area in which the objects overlap remains as one combined path, and the rest of each object is deleted. This command won't work if you have more than two objects selected.
Exclude The exact opposite of the Intersect command, Exclude takes two objects that overlap each other and deletes the areas where they overlap . Minus Front Minus Front takes two objects and subtracts the front-most object from the object behind it. Divide Divide takes any overlapping shapes and cuts them up into separate shapes wherever they overlap. An invaluable tool, Divide enables you to quickly split up objects without once having to use the Scissors tool. Outline Choosing the Outline command converts all shapes to outlines, and also divides the lines where They intersect Trim The Trim command removes the parts of the back object that are behind the front objects. It also removes the stroke. Merge The Merge command operates differently, depending on the fills of the selected objects. If they're all the same, it's similar to Unite, making them one object. If they're all different, it works like the Trim command, mentioned above Crop The Crop command removes any parts of selected objects that are not directly underneath the front-most object
WORKING WITH LAYERS To open the Layers palette, choose Show Layers from the Window menu. Creating a New Layer The easiest way to create a new layer is to click the New Layer button at the bottom of the Layers palette. Deleting a Layer To delete a layer, click the name of a layer and drag it to the Trash icon in the lower-right corner of the Layers palette. Duplicating a Layer You can easily create a duplicate of a layer by clicking the name of an existing layer and dragging it to
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c„ôv bs 13 the New Layer icon on the bottom of the Layers palette. Locking and Hiding Layers One of the advantages of using layers is the ability to quickly lock or hide the objects on each Layer. Notice that to the left of each layer are two boxes. To hide the layer, click the eye, and the objects in that layer aren't visible in your document. Clicking again in the left box makes the layer visible. Click in the right-hand box and a pencil with a line through it appears indicating that the layer is locked. Objects in a locked layer are visible in your Document, but cannot be selected. To unlock the layer, click again in the right-hand box.
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1 Create two stroke paths: One yellow and one blue. 4 Create a stem by using the same Blend technique as in the previous step. Here I set 3 the Specified Steps = 8. Duplicate more petals to form the flower by Copy & Paste or Alt + Drag.
2 Go to Object > Blend > Blend Options and set it to Specified Steps = 10. Now select the 2 petal paths, go to Object > Blend > 4 Make Create a stem by using the same Blend technique as in the previous step. Here I set the Specified Steps = 8.
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5 The leaf is formed by 2 parts, top and bottom. I use Specified Steps = 5 here.
6 Now put them together to create a beautiful flower.
First draw a circle on the canvas using the Elipse Tool. My circle has no fill and a stroke of 1pt. Now with the circle selected select the Rotate Tool (shortcut R). Click where you want the centre of the rotation to be. You should see a small turquoise target icon appear. Now rotate the shape by clicking above the shape and dragging. If you hold ALT the shape will duplicate. Now we use transform again to replicate the shape over and over again to get our circular pattern. You can Transform again by hitting CTRL + D on windows. If you struggle with the Shortcut go to Object > Transform > Transform Again.
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c„ôv bs 16 1 . With a Text Tool type a word or company name.
Now, select your Text and with 'Reflect Tool' flip it along the Horizontal axis. Hit the 'Copy' button instead of 'OK'.
1 .Set the Gradient direction to 90 degrees. One side of Gradient color should be white and the other should match the original text for which you are dropping the Shadow. Almost finished! Move the 'shadowed' image a little bit down from the original text .
Select your newly reflected text. Go to Type Menu at the top and select 'Create utlines'
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Write out some text. Outline Text. Type> Create Outlines
Object>Expand Appearance. Stroke>Fill Color> Round Edges, and increase stroke to two or three
Apply a stroke weight to your text. I used 2 point and chose an artsy charcoal brush. I also used the same color as my future background for the stroke.
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Object>Path> Outline Stroke. Rotate your text, if you prefer. It makes for a cooler look! Now Select your text edit>copy click off and paste> in front
4 Object> Compound Path> Make ( with the top layer of text) . Select Pattern while leaving the text selected ( use ALT). Object> Make Clipping Mask. Bring
second pattern over on top of text. Make pattern same color as the background
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c„ôv bs 17 1 Draw an ellipse - it doesn't have to be a perfect circle.
2 Draw an ellipse - it doesn't have to be a perfect circle.
Select your ellipse. Now click and drag, starting somewhere above your ellipse and moving to the right. Hold the alt key, then release the mouse button (this will make a copy of the ellipse).
Select your ellipse. Now click and drag, starting somewhere above your ellipse and moving to the right. Hold the alt key, then release the mouse button (this will make a copy of the ellipse).
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4 Don't forget to try different shapes, rotation angles, and stroke & fill. Here is the same image with the 'Text Divider 15' brush applied to the paths:
just keep pressing 'ctrl+d' to repeat the last step over and over until you have a "circle of circles". For more excitement, if you can handle it, just hold down 'ctrl+d' for a while.
O pen up your pictures into Adobe Photoshop. Roughly trace around the outline of the character, minimizing some of the detail if necessary such as the folds and creases in clothing.
Select all of the paths with the Path Selection Tool and Copy (CTRL + C) Swap over to Adobe Illustrator and Paste your selection (CTRL + V), choose the Compound Path option.
Continue by creating more paths outlining .Go into further detail and outline the main facial features such as the eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth.
Click and drag a selection around your Path and Ungroup (SHIFT, CTRL + G).
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Select only the complete outline path and add a 3pt stroke. Next, select the paths that make up the inner details and add a 2pt stroke
Use this stage to draw in any additional areas of detail, such as the eyeballs.
Select your colour scheme for the illustration, here I've picked a trio of blues and filled the new Continue with the eyebrows then move onto the rest of the character, filling each section with the relevant tone. facial outline with the lightest shade.Press CTRL, SHIFT + [ to send the fill to the back of the objects.
Now select the paths that make up the facial details and add a 1pt stroke
Select your colour scheme for the illustration, here I've picked a trio of blues and filled the new Continue with the eyebrows then move onto the rest of the character, filling each section with the relevant tone. facial outline with the lightest shade.Press CTRL, SHIFT + [ to send the fill to the back of the objects.
Finish off the illustration by drawing in a basic background of beige shapes using the Polygonal Lasso Tool on its own layer at the bottom of the stack.
I've used the pen, elipse and rotate tools to create a simple flower. Using the direct selection tool I select all objects in the flower. Now go to Window > Symbols. Now drag the flower into the symbols panel. The flower is now available as a symbol.
I've created a background of some clouds, sky and grass. you can just drag the symbol from the Symbols Palette onto the canvas.
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