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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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
The pucker tool : Deflates an object by moving control points toward the cursor.
The bloat tool : Inflates an object by moving control points away from the cursor.
The scallop tool : Adds random, smooth, arc-shaped details to the outline of an object.
The crystallize tool : Adds random spike, arc-shaped details to the outline of an object.
The wrinkle tool : Adds random arc and spike-shaped details to the outline of an object.
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:
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.
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.
The object is converted to a mesh object with the minimum number of mesh lines.
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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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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.
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 .
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
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Create two stroke paths: Go to Object > Blend > Blend Options and
One yellow and one blue. set it to Specified Steps = 10. Now select
the 2 petal paths, go to Object > Blend >
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the Specified Steps = 8. the Specified Steps = 8.
Duplicate more petals to form the flower
by Copy & Paste or Alt + Drag.
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The leaf is formed by 2 parts, top and Now put them together to create a beautiful
bottom. I use Specified Steps = 5 here. 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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. With a Text Tool type a word or company name. .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.
Now, select your Text and with 'Reflect Tool' flip it Almost finished! Move the 'shadowed' image a little
along the Horizontal axis. bit down from the original text
Hit the 'Copy' button instead of 'OK'. .
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Write out some text. Outline Text. Type> Object>Expand Appearance. Stroke>Fill
Create Outlines Color> Round Edges, and increase stroke
to two or three
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Object> Compound Path> Make ( with the top layer
Object>Path> Outline Stroke. Rotate your of text) . Select Pattern while leaving the text selected
text, if you prefer. It makes for a cooler look! ( use ALT). Object> Make Clipping Mask. Bring
Now Select your text edit>copy click off second pattern over on top of text. Make
and paste> in front pattern same color as the background
Select your ellipse. Now click and drag, starting Select your ellipse. Now click and drag, starting
somewhere above your ellipse and moving to the somewhere above your ellipse and moving to the
right. Hold the alt key, then release the mouse button right. Hold the alt key, then release the mouse button
(this will make a copy of the ellipse). (this will make a copy of the ellipse).
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just keep pressing 'ctrl+d' to repeat the last Don't forget to try different shapes, rotation angles,
step over and over until you have a "circle of and stroke & fill. Here is the same image with the
'Text Divider 15' brush applied to the paths:
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handle it, just hold down 'ctrl+d' for a while.
pen up your pictures into Adobe Photoshop. Roughly Continue by creating more paths outlining .Go into further
trace around the outline of the character, minimizing detail and outline the main facial features such as the eyes,
some of the detail if necessary such as the folds and eyebrows, nose and mouth.
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 Click and drag a selection around your Path and Ungroup
option. (SHIFT, CTRL + G).
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