Illustrator

What is Anti-Aliasing in Illustrator and When Should I Use It?

What is Anti-Aliasing in Illustrator and When Should I Use It?

Before we talk about anti-aliasing, let’s get a quick glimpse of “aliasing” in graphic design. A screen display is made of thousands of tiny square pixels. Rounded lines can sometimes look rough or jagged if the pixel edges are visible rather than a smooth, crisp line. The result of having the digital image or fonts…

Adobe Illustrator: How to Turn Off Snap to Pixel Grid or Points 

Adobe Illustrator: How to Turn Off Snap to Pixel Grid or Points 

Do you want to exercise your creativity and impress others with your new and innovative illustrations? Adobe Illustrator is just the software to do it. But, to become a professional, one must know how to properly align objects, text, and images to create refined designs. So, if you’re stressing over the small details ruining your…

How to Change the Eraser Size in Adobe Illustrator

How to Change the Eraser Size in Adobe Illustrator

While Adobe Illustrator is one of the best programs for creating vector images, it’s undoubtedly one of the most intricate. For an illustrator, the eraser is a crucial tool, and understanding how to change its shape and size is essential for any novice or professional designer to create stellar images. There are two ways to…

Blending Modes in Illustrator: What They Are and How They Work

Blending Modes in Illustrator: What They Are and How They Work

Blending modes are features in Adobe Illustrator that determine how different hues of color interact with various objects or layers underneath them. Blending modes are like thin layers overlapping another surface of your artwork. Put a layer on top of two overlapping objects, and we see different results with different blending modes on the overlapping…

How to Make the Background Transparent in Illustrator

How to Make the Background Transparent in Illustrator

Having a white background can be helpful when you’re working on your design, as it creates a clear vision for you to see. However, the white background creates obstacles when using the image in other designs. In such cases, we often search for an image with a transparent background. Fortunately, Illustrator can save us time…

How to Use the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator

How to Use the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator

It would not be wrong to say that the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator is the most helpful and widely used tool with some amazing features. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, you’ll always use the Pen Tool in almost every design within Illustrator. For simple graphics, logos, illustrations, poster design, or a complete…

How to Add Bullet Points in Adobe Illustrator

How to Add Bullet Points in Adobe Illustrator

It’s always great to look at a nicely organized document. Adding bullet points to a document makes it reader-friendly. It helps you to organize listings and emphasize particular pieces of information so readers can easily see the main points. In this article, we’ll look at various ways to add bullet points in Adobe Illustrator. Adding…