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Tracking creates an even spacing between multiple characters in a line of text, widening it out, or tightening it up. Kerning adjusts the width of the space between two characters in a line of text. Generally, you first track your text, and then make kerning adjustments...
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1. Select a brush from one of the various brush libraries available from Illustrator 9 or make your own. I chose the star pattern and changed the color.
2. Make sure the stars are selected then open up Edit>Expand Appearance...
Do you ever need to combine areas of different layers to construct a composite image? Use an opacity mask in Adobe® Illustrator® to mask an area of a layer to transparency and reveal the layer right below it. You can even apply feathering to the mask to smoothen its edges...
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There are many ways to create artistic brushes for use in the Adobe® Illustrator® 9.0 Brushes palette. The easiest, of course, is to load the Artistic Brushes Libraries found on the application CD. There you will find quite a selection of artistic brushes...
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1. In the demonstration let's begin by clicking on the Line Segment tool. Set the stroke weight to 1 pixel. Create a line any length you choose.
2. Click on the Rotate tool. Begin to rotate the line slightly but before letting go of the mouse button, press the Alt key.
If you're looking for a way to create a smooth transition between objects, try blending the objects in Adobe® Illustrator®. You select starting and ending objects, and Illustrator adds a series of intermediate shapes and colors between them, distributed evenly along a path...
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Adobe® Illustrator® provides a vast array of filters and tools that can twirl, tweak, roughen, and otherwise transform an object into something completely different. Start with the simplest of objects — you might be amazed at what you can end up with...
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In a traditional desktop-publishing scenario, you create your artwork using a software program, print a hard proof of the results, and then use the proof as a reference to adjust for color shifts in the artwork. The color management features in Adobe® Illustrator® simplify this process...
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Making intricate knotwork isn't too hard in a vector drawing package like Adobe Illustrator 7. On the other hand, it isn't the easiest thing to discover on one's own. Here's my method...
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Welcome to the Creating Views tutorial . This tutorial was designed to teach you how to make your navigation more convenient by creating views. If you need help with it, or find it confusing, don't hesitate to e-mail me, the information is at the bottom of the page...
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