Creative Solutions for Creative students
Using artboards in Illustrator is very much like pages in programs like InDesign. When you create a new document in Ai, you can choose to create multiple artboards as well. You …
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The Illustrator width tool and variable width profiles are excellent ways to quickly add interest to line art. To use the Width tool, click the Width tool or press Shift …
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Using grids and guides in Illustrator can frustrate new users – especially those coming from InDesign. In InDesign, you may be used to quickly creating margins, columns and rows to …
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The Illustrator blend tool allows you to object color or to create repeated shapes. There is flexibility with this tool to blend two open paths to create a smooth transition …
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Using shape builder in Illustrator allows you to start creating iconography and begin your illustration adventures. First, create the shapes on which you want to apply the Shape Builder tool. …
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The basics of creating new artwork with the Pen tool. The Pen tool, found in the Toolbar, is one of the most powerful drawing tools in Illustrator. With it, you …
Creating artwork with the Illustrator pen tool Read More
Using Illustrator across the Creative Cloud is easier than new users think. This training will show you how to use Illustrator files in different applications and with different exports. Let’s …
Using Illustrator across the Creative Cloud Read More
The Illustrator knife tool is ‘hidden’ with the Eraser, so click and hold to reveal it. When using the knife tool, you can either cut straight lines or wavy lines …
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Opening Illustrator work inside Photoshop is as easy as copy/paste. Start by opening your work in Illustrator. Make sure you have already created named layers inside of Illustrator. Next, select …
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Share and comment has been available in InDesign for a few versions, now it’s available in Illustrator. This update allows you to share a link to your artwork with collaborators, …
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Easily apply 3D effects like Rotate, Revolve, Extrude, Lighting, and Shadows to vector artwork and create 3D graphics. Find all these effects along with Adobe Substance Materials and rendering options …
Adding 3D effects and substances in Illustrator Read More
This workshop dives deep into best practices and processes for building an infographic. Using some of the research data and remaking an Adobe poster (http://cps.adobeeducate.com/) we look at everything from …
Infographic Stories Workshop Read More
Illustrator can seem intimidating, but by maximizing a few simple tools, you can be well on your way to creating graphics and icons to use across the Adobe suite. Shape …
Building graphics in Illustrator Read More
This workshop was a special session only for J300 students. We used simple shape tools to create basic icons, learning to transform and copy them to get the shapes we …
Workshop: Creating Icons Read More
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Workshop: Get to Know Creative Cloud Read More
You can use the Symbols Panel in Illustrator as a starting point for basic design. Table of Contents: 00:15 – Opening your symbols panel 00:26 – Opening additional symbols …
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Illustrator never fails to have amazing updates that provide me with work efficiencies and tools I didn’t even realize I needed. Here are some key updates to check out in …
Illustrator updates – CC 2018 Read More
Charts can be quickly created in Illustrator and copied into InDesign or shared/posted by creating a PDF from Illustrator. Table of Contents: 00:04 – Create new Illustrator document 00:47 – …
Creating charts and graphs in Illustrator Read More
By using Image Trace in Illustrator, your images will go from a pixel to handdrawn, almost cartoon appearance. This is an excellent approach to take when you would like …
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Table of Contents: 00:34 – Accessing color libraries 01:18 – Accessing Pantone libraries 02:01 – Loading other libraries 02:26 – Saving out a swatch library to send to others 02:59 …
Creative color in Illustrator Read MoreTable of Contents: 00:11 – How to style type in Illlustrator 01:26 – Spell Check 01:54 – Making your text shape by Using Type, Create Outlines 02:14 – Ungroup shapes …
Illustrator Type Tricks Read More
Table of Contents: 00:10 – Tearing off the brushes panel 00:17 – Tearing off swatches panel 00:24 – Brush tool – keyboard shortcut B 00:30 – Tips for using brushes …
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Pathfinder and Effects in Illustrator Creating graphics can be a simple task accomplished by using the pathfinder and effects in Illustrator. With some basic use of shape tools to draw, …
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Using shape tools and shape builder in Illustrator Creating graphics can be a simple task accomplished by using shape tools and shape builder in Illustrator. With some basic use of shape tools …
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