Illustrator Quick Tips
24mBeginner2019-09-25
Authors
Chad Chelius
Adobe Certified Instructor, Conference Speaker, Published Author
Course details
This collection of quick Adobe Illustrator videos is designed to show you workarounds, demonstrate helpful tricks, and explain useful features. Explore how to change the shape of text, use a single tool to create beautiful ranges of color, and distort shapes and drawings. Find out how to quickly build simple shapes, add arrowheads to lines, and more.
Learning objectives
Warping text
Working with live shapes
Adjusting and duplicating artboards
Recoloring artwork
Using the shape builder tool
Creating a gradient
Cropping an image
Cropping artwork
Creating a blend
Skewing or distorting an object
Learning objectives
Warping text
Working with live shapes
Adjusting and duplicating artboards
Recoloring artwork
Using the shape builder tool
Creating a gradient
Cropping an image
Cropping artwork
Creating a blend
Skewing or distorting an object
Skills covered
Quick TipsIllustrationIllustratorAdobeAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
Introduction
- Minute tips for working efficiently in Illustrator
- Activating Adobe Fonts
Illustrator Quick Tips
- Adjusting artboards
- Duplicating artboards
- Panning and zooming
- Drawing basic shapes
- Live Shape properties
- Drawing freeform paths
- Creating swatches
- Applying color to objects
- Adjusting stroke properties
- Adjusting the width properties of a stroke
- Adding arrowheads to a path
- Using the Shape Builder tool
- Using Live Paint
- Creating a gradient
- Using the Gradient Annotator
- Clipping artwork
- Using symbols
- Creating a blend
- Cropping an image