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Light and fluffy clouds are easy to create in Illustrator and I'll show you one way to create them. This tutorial introduces you to a few of the Pathfinder filters and will familiarize you with the Drop Shadow stylize effect in Illustrator 9 and above...
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Infuse your work with a high-tech, yet organic look by learning how to make this relatively easy shape. By learning how to create the shape in this tutorial, you can go on to create illustrations like this; with the help of some Photoshop filters...
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Perhaps you're hooked on the "Aqua" look and are just aching to use it in your work. Look no further Trend Boy and/or Girl! Requires Adobe Illustrator 9+. This tutorial teaches you how to create Opacity Masks that lend a photorealistic touch to your work...
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1. Create a drawing as I have done...
2. Select the Direct Selection Tool.
3. Select and over over the upper-right corner of the bounding box until the cursor turns into a double-ended arrow (it can be any corner you want)...
When you import vector artwork into a pixel-based program such as After Effects or Photoshop, its edges are determined by the outmost edges of the art. Sometimes, you want to extend the image area to allow new possibilities in your designs...
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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.
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