Quick Tip: How to Use Effects to Create a Cool Design
Learn about one of Illustrator's most powerful and time-saving features, which is effects. Effects are similar to filters, but the key difference is that they are non-destructive, meaning you can remove or modify them later on (through the appearance palette). Lets review a few quick Illustrator tips.
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Offset Path on text in Illustrator
Learn how to create Offset Path on text in Illustrator
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How to Create Your Own Color Separations in Adobe Illustrator
After you create vector artwork for t-shirt printing, there is one more major step the printer has to perform before printing. This additional step is something that everyone has heard of, but very few have tried. It is called color separations. It's crucial that you learn how to color separate before your artwork is compromised. Let's learn how!
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The Tools You Need Where You Need Them
When working with the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator I find myself going back and forth between the tools found within the Pen Tool's pullout tray a lot. A great work flow tip is to actually "tear off" the pen tool's pullout tray and move the tools closer to where you are working on the screen.
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Stroke to Shape
Learn the basics. Know how to change the stroke into a shape to modify its gradients and the whatnots that you only can do with shapes.
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Basics of Path Finder
Undeniably, no one can ever become expert in Illustrator without knowing the basics of the Path Finder. It's been staring you in the face and you can't refuse it no more. Learn to create icons and all the fancy illustrations that you know of and you can do that by understanding the Path Finder.
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Illustrator's Type Tool: A Comprehensive Introduction
Type is an essential part of Illustrator; whether you're desktop publishing, designing logos, or using type for image building, you'll be reaching for the Type Tool. This guide comprehensively covers the essentials of what is a huge amount of Illustrator functionality, which is type.
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A simple way to wrap an object in Illustrator
This tutorial will show you how to wrap an object around another object using Adobe Illustrator(I’m using AI CS3 on a PC). It is very simple and it looks really cool.
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Guide: Illustrator’s Paintbrush Tool and Brush Panel
llustrator's Paintbrush Tool (B) and Brush Panel are some of it's most powerful tools. With the Paintbrush Tool (B) and Brush Panel you can dress up your vector paths into compelling flourishes, patterns, tapered edges, and more. In this tutorial, I will break down the basics of the Paintbrush Tool and Brush Panel and show you how to create your own brushes.
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Recolor artwork using Illustrator’s LiveColor
This tutorial explains how to recolor your artwork in Illustrator CS3 using the LiveColor feature. This feature might be a bit daunting at first sight, but you will definitely appreciate its power once you get used to it.
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