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ByAbubakar Mushtaq
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If you’re an Illustrator user, then one day you might come to a point where, while creating vectors, you would like to use the raster image too. In Illustrator, creating graphics and art using vector and raster simultaneously really is a fun thing. The Clipping Mask in Adobe Illustrator is a ‘must-know’ tool for any…
ByBrant Wilson
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If you’ve ever downloaded one of my free sets of buttons or web page elements, you might notice that I use a lot of opacity masks in my Illustrator files. I do this for several reasons. The reasons may be obvious, but I would like to clarify how to use these (opacity masks) and why….
ByNeha Javeria
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Cropping images. This may seem like something so simple, but the actual process is a little complicated. But don’t worry, because here I’ve outlined three of the simplest and most effective methods of cropping images in Adobe Illustrator. Now the first thing to understand is that two different types of images can be cropped. The…
ByBrant Wilson
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I love this Photoshop feature so much that I want to ensure you all know about it. Convert Text to Vector in Adobe Photoshop First, open a new Photoshop file, and use the text tool to type anything you want on the artboard. Then Control + Click (right click) on that text layer in the…
ByBrant Wilson
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Many times in the past, I found that I wanted to take a vector path from Adobe Photoshop and somehow get it to Illustrator for further use. There are many great and free Photoshop custom shapes out there, many of which might be more useful to you in Adobe Illustrator if that’s what you prefer….
ByBrant Wilson
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Making a custom brush for Illustrator is much easier than you might expect. This tutorial was requested by many of my readers after I posted this free set of 35 Abstract Illustrator Brushes. The possibilities are endless as far as Illustrator brush-making goes, but I wanted to get you started in the right direction and…
ByBrant Wilson
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This may seem trivial to a good many of you, but when I first started using Adobe Illustrator, it seemed to present itself as a serious challenge. I want to show you a couple different ways to make your line work a little smoother in Illustrator. With a couple easy tool settings, you’ll be making…
ByBrant Wilson
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Among many powerful tools in Adobe Photoshop is the king of kings: the pen tool. This tool is often a source of confusion and frustration if you’re not familiar with how to use it. Although creating paths with the pen tool is difficult at first, the process becomes easier with practice and is well worth…
ByBrant Wilson
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In Illustrator, when you draw an object, apply a stroke, then resize that object up or down, you can control whether or not the stroke size gets scaled too, or stays the same. The way you control this feature is from the “Transform” palette (Window > Transform). This can be very useful for things like…
ByBrant Wilson
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When you’re designing for print, it’s important to make sure that your file uses the CMYK color space so the colors will print accurately. But one of the challenges you may be facing is getting a true black in CMYK. You might end up with something that’s more like a dark gray than a pure…