USING MESH TOOL IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS5

In this tutorial, I will explain you a simple technique to add shading to an object using the Mesh Tool.1. Draw an ellipse using the Ellipse Tool (L) or any other shape. Fill it with any dark color. 2. Choose the mesh tool from the toolbox and click anywhere on the ellipse where you want the shading. 3. Choose a lighter shade for the shading. 4....

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USING OPACITY MASK IN ILLUSTRATOR CS5

What is an Opacity Mask?An Opacity Mask allows you to add transparency above other objects.Opacity Masks facts:Allows an object to fade in transparency. You can edit a masking object. A white mask will give you a visible object. A black mask will hide your object. To obtain a varied degree of transparency use shades of gray. You can...

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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS5 BRUSHES

Adobe Illustrator is a pretty powerful tools and it offers some pretty unique features. Worth surfacing is Illustrator’s Paintbrush Tool (B). Illustrator brushes can be applied to paths and strokes and as you probably know they are excellent for creating unique stroked designs in seconds. Illustrator’s brushes are all vectors and can be completely...

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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS6

Illustrator CS6 Pattern Creation Sneak Peak Adobe has some pretty cool stuff in the works for Illustrator CS6 and one feature I’m excited for is the pattern creation. In the current version of Illustrator, pattern making can be a little cumbersome. In CS6, Adobe has made creating a seamless, repeating vector pattern a lot easier. Check out the video below to see Brenda Sutherland demonstrating the new pattern creation in C...

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SHAPE BUILDER TOOL

Shape Builder tool Intuitively combine, edit, and fill shapes directly on your artboard. Drag your cursor across overlapping shapes and paths to create new objects and add color without accessing multiple tools and panels. Quickly unite, exclude, trim, and more....

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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS5 TOOLS

Rasterizing Images Live Trace Live Paint The Pen Tool’s Convert Muli-color Image into Vector Art Working with Text Tool’s Using Gradients Using Strokes Using the Knife Tool Cleaning up Vector Art And a bunch more in just 9 minut...

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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS5 NEW FEATURES

Perspective DrawingUse perspective grids to draw shapes and scenes in accurate 1-, 2-, or 3-point linear perspective. Create the look of realistic depth and distance with snap-to guides to quickly put objects, live text, and symbols into perspective. Beautiful StrokesAdjust stroke width interactively using new width handles. Precisely position...

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GETTING STARTED IN ILLUSTRATOR

Create New Document: Go File New Document to create your first document. Type in a Name for the document and click Advanced  to select RGB for Color Mode as we will be working  for the screen. Click Ok after that. Illustrator WorkspaceBelow is the workspace and some common terms for calling it. If you are using the latest Adobe Illustrator CS3,...

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INTRODUCING TO ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

Adobe Illustrator is a vector drawing program. It is often used to draw illustrations, cartoons, diagrams, charts and logos. Unlike bitmap images that stores information in a grid of dots, Illustrator uses mathematical equations to draw out the shapes. This makes vector graphics scalable without the loss of resolution. Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. Illustrator is similar in scope, intended market, and functionality to its competitors,CorelDraw, Xara Designer Pro and Macromedia...

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