How to Flip an Object in Adobe Illustrator (or Flip an Image)

How to Flip an Object in Adobe Illustrator (or Flip an Image)

The following steps will show you how to flip an object horizontally or vertically or change the angle in Adobe Illustrator. You can also use the same process to flip an image in Illustrator. There are many situations and scenarios where this technique will come in handy. We’re working with a simple shape for this…

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 Use Photoshop’s Free Transform

How to Use Photoshop’s Free Transform

Free Transform is one of Photoshop’s most versatile tools, offering many potential functions. It allows you to modify your design elements by applying transformations such as scaling, rotating, skewing, changing perspective, and more. The Free Transform tool manipulates images and objects for your design purposes. I’ll be working with this broccoli cartoon vector throughout the…