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Learn how to create a wave pattern in Illustrator. You will see how to draw the starting shape and how to fill it. You will learn how you can test it to see how it will look and then adjust it if necessary before continuing.
You will use the Shape Builder tool to build the actual pattern starting piece and the new Pattern feature in Illustrator CS6 & Illustrator CC to make the repeating pattern swatch.
Labels: curly, Illustrator, ocean, pattern make, pattern swatch, pen tool, repeating pattern, shape builder, vector pattern, wave, wave pattern
Categories:Illustrator, video
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Learn to create this multidimensional shape in Illustrator starting with a simple 20 point star.
You will learn how to make the points of the star round, how to fill it with a color and a pattern then how to create the outside and inside strokes.
The entire effect (minus the background and text) is one single resizable fully adjustable vector shape.
Labels: appearance panel, dimensional, fill, Illustrator, layered shape, multiple strokes, star, strokes, vector shape
Categories:Illustrator, video
One of my most popular blog posts deals with the problem of rotating text in Microsoft Word. The issue is that in prior versions putting text in a shape and then rotating it just rotated the shape – not the text – sucks huh?
While the newer versions of Word work more reliably – not all of them do! Here’s the video version of that blog post – you will see how to rotate text in any version of Word from 2003 onwards and also see what doesn’t work so you don’t waste time trying!
I’ll show you how to rotate text through 90 degrees, 180 degrees and any other rotation you need and we’ll use Text Boxes, Word Art, Tables and Shapes to do it.
Helen Bradley
Labels: Microsoft Word, rotated text, vedio
Categories:video
Learn how to find and download free and for fee brushes for Photoshop. See how to install these brushes into Photoshop and use them in your work.
This video covers all the steps in downloading and installing the brushes so you can ensure they are always available to you.
Labels: brush settings, brushes, download, free brushes, install, Photoshop, Photoshop brushes
Learn to create cartoon style illustrations in Illustrator.
You will see how to make shapes using the line tool and ellipse tool in Illustrator then how to fill the shapes using the Live Paint tool.The process is simple to do and fun.
Because it uses simple shapes and does not require extensive use of the pen tool it is a great way to learn more about using Illustrator without needing to be able to draw or use complex tools.
Labels: cartoon, cartooning, Illustrator, illustrator tools, vector art, vector shapes, video
Categories:Illustrator, video
Learn how to create curly frames in Illustrator – the sort that resemble curly brackets that you use in your word processor.
You will see how to take a bracket or brace character from a font, add it to an Illustrator file and turn it to Outline type so you can work with it. You will then break it apart to get the curly shape, copy it, rotate, reflect and join it to make a curly bracket frame shape.
You can then do with it anything that you can do with a regular shape in Illustrator.
This technique is handy for scrapbookers and graphic designers and it looks great on invitations including wedding invitations. It is a fun and easy to create effect.
Labels: curly frame, curly shapes, frames, illustrator tools, illustrator training, step by step, vector shape, video
Categories:Illustrator, video
Learn tips and tricks for using the Appearance Panel in Illustrator.
You will see how to add multiple fills, how to add extra shapes to a single shape, how to move and resize a shape.
You will also see how to make part of a shape transparent using a transparency mask effect created inside the Appearance panel.
This video is ideal for intermediate level Illustrator users and will expand your knowledge of Illustrator tools.
Labels: appearance panel, fill, Illustrator, illustrator technique, stroke, techniques, tips and tricks, tricks, vector shape, video
Categories:Illustrator, video
Learn how to create a multi layer dimensional flower in illustrator using just one shape.
You will see how to use the Appearance panel to duplicate the shape, fill it with partially transparent gradients and then blend it all together.
The shape also has an optional dotted stroke offset inside all the petals – all done using the Appearance panel.
This is an intermediate level Illustrator tutorial so you will need some basic Illustrator skills to be able to follow along.
Labels: abstract image, dimensional, distort and transform, fill, flower, Illustrator, layered, stroke, vector shapes, video
Categories:Illustrator, video
Learn how to process an image in Lightroom. You will see how to evaluate an image, how to process the entire image and then how to bring out details in the image using the Graduated filter.
See how to add multiple graduated filters to the photo, how to stack them and how to get around the problem where a filter which adjusts the skies also affects areas in the image you don’t want to affect.
Labels: basic panel, Develop Module, fix skies, graduated filter, Lighroom, Lightroom, photo processing, process a photo, stack filters
