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Jul 15, 2010 in Adobe Illustrator

As Good as Gold (Video Tutorial)

This tutorial shows viewers how to use the Extrude and Bevel feature in Illustrator, along with the color palette, to create gold type.

Jul 13, 2010 in Adobe Illustrator

Live Color in Adobe Illustrator (Video Tutorial)

Experimenting with the Live Color options in Illustrator to add new life to a complex piece of artwork.

Jul 12, 2010 in Adobe Illustrator

Adding Order to Effects (Video Tutorial)

Open up the appearance panel and experiment with the abilities of this powerful set of tools.

Dec 11, 2009 in Photoshop Basics

Lotsa Swatches Made Easy

The Color palette (Window menu > Color) is the color mixing palette of Adobe InDesign. It allows you to create colors using color sliders or by clicking in a color spectrum.

Oct 06, 2009 in Photoshop Basics

Working Most Effectively with Effects

Before getting into the effective use of Effects, I'll start with a definition. An Effect is any command that alters the Appearance (look) of an object without changing its vector in any way....

Mar 05, 2008 in Adobe Illustrator

Circle of Stars in Adobe Illustrator

The following tutorial comes out of a great question sent to me via email from Daniel Bosic, a Layers Magazine Tips of the Day reader from Canada.

Nov 24, 2006 in Adobe Illustrator

Editor's Pick in Vector Graphics Tutorials, November 2006
This tutorial will explain Pixel Perfect Tracing. The author presents twelve well-illustrated steps to demonstrate the process. Technical material is explained very well for this Vector Graphics article.

Aug 21, 2006 in Adobe Illustrator

GRAPHically Speaking

In this tutorial, Jeff Witchel will take you beyond the default gray Graph by digging deep into little known options that make Illustrator Graphs so graphically exciting.

Aug 18, 2006 in Adobe Illustrator

Spin the Bottle with 3D Revolve

Editor's Pick in Vector Graphics, August 2006
This tutorial takes you step-by-step through recreating the Revolve Effect. All the graphics and illustrations make each step in Illustrator easy to understand.

Aug 01, 2006 in Adobe Illustrator

Creating a Window Through Your Brochure Cover

One area of Adobe InDesign that sets it apart from any other layout program is Transparent Effects. In this tutorial, I'll be discussing how it's possible to cut a window right through your page to a beautiful picture below using Layers, Custom Grids, soft Drop Shadows and the Pathfinder palette.