Hello people! Welcome to this tutorial! I will show you here the basis of
Illustrator CC
to use it.
If you are looking for something in detail, check the quick index in the description.
First of all,
of art project and design.
To open a new file, go to
to open any design project under the Illustrator file project
After clicking
workspace. Give it a name, width and an height at the bottom. The
sets the standard values for the width and height. The
sheets of blank paper. If you have more than just one, you can set each of their
position. Then you can use
When deciding, go to
Let's have a look at how to put and edit shapes on your workspace. On the very
left side of the software, you will find the
it means that it is hidden, so you will need to open such window. Whenever this
happens, go to
Tools one.
The
it is possible to draw segments, polygonals and other kind of shapes. Let's start
with a
means that the button is hiding other options, similar to the one showed by
the button itself, in this case the rectangle. Hold the mouse down for a short time
to show further actions. Remember that, by clicking on the button once, you will
activate the drawing or the action that the button is showing at that moment.
If the icon shows a rectangle, you will draw a rectangle
Double-click on the button interested to change its properties if available.
While drawing your rectangle, a small grey box will appear close to your pointer,
giving you width and height information about such shape you are creating.
However, when you create the shape, its
no filling
create your shapes
Through such skeleton you can draw and edit much precisely. It is made by
and
blue colour,
and are shown in green colour.
the
you move along a particular direction,
If you want to draw a simple line, simply use the
Each
which are things one upon another. Go to
related window. Here you can check all the layers you have. A
collection of objects drawn, that you can see by clicking on the white arrow.
Each layer has its characteristic colour, which is shown through the
objects inside such layer. Through this window is made the
right of an object to select it alone. You will recognize the objects selected through
the
just select such layer in the same way.
Hold CTRL down
Notice that, if the shape that has no stroke or filling, is actually
by selecting it only, through its inner path. When objects will be
visible, you may need to hide them on purpose. Just click on the
in the object's slot. Actually an hidden object is like a non-existing one, that you can't
edit or select while in this mode.
You can create new layers by going to
any layer or object selected by clicking on the
The new layer is recognized through a different colour, and objects that will be inside
will have a path of its same colour. You can move an object from a layer to another
simply selecting and dragging it on the new layer.
To edit your objects selected, you need to use the
section
selected. Remember that the colour represented by a white icon with a red
diagonal line means
The second selection is made to add
Strength section
Double-click on the kind of stroke in the list to change its properties even in more
detail. You can click on
or any dash and arrow on it. This does work on segments drawn too.
Let's now see how to add
the
the object selected. However this is always applied on the whole object.
In the
portions of the object selected.
A
So transparency will be added to the whole object, but you will see just what
falls inside the Layer Mask area. The rest is totally hidden. Click on
the right to create the
that you won't be able to see your object below.
Click on the
the extension of this Mask, that you can edit just like an ordinary element drawn.
When finishing, just click on the left to come back to your object to add transparency to.
You will see that
with the current
If your
drawn, just click on
same layer you are working on.
Go to
Below the sample shown, you can choose to add gradient to the filling or the stroke,
the kind of gradient, and eventually its direction in angles and the scaling.
More at the bottom, the bar sets the color fades and the colours interested. There
are two indicators. The ones under the bar are used to set the colour, so that, what
comes on the right of each indicator, will acquire more and more of the colour of
the indicator, which can be changed double-clicking on the indicator interested.
The rhombus above the bar sets the
indicator is closer to its left colour, such will last less passing from left to right.
The bar representation simplifies how the colours change in the gradient applied.
Going from left to right means going from one side to the other in the gradient.
In Illustrator it is very important the
to which an object is shown above others or not.
in the layer list is shown on such object.
in the list is always shown above any element in your workspace. Remember
that, to change the list, you can select the object interested and drag it up and down.
A quick transformation can be done easily.
an object to move it around.
any object's
Selection
You can select more objects in this way, belonging to the same layer or not.
Otherwise you can click and drag your mouse to create a
inside such will be selected.
You can cut, copy and paste an object using
Delete fast an object by pressing
In the
selection tools, to the tools to scale and rotate. Just try them.
You have advanced tools to draw in Illustrator, such as the important
To start drawing professionally in Illustrator, watch the next video in this show.
To zoom in and out your workspace, use the
icon
To zoom a particular area, just draw the mouse on your workspace. Whereas,
to move in your workspace, you can use the
The two rectangles at the bottom of the
filling of the object selected. Choose the white rectangle with a red line to make
them invisible anytime.
The three icons below the colour icons are used to draw behind or above existing
objects.
Draw Behind
In case you mistake any action, go to
It is possible to draw freehand using
holding Shift down
stroke and no filling.
Similar is the
the skeleton of this object that is made through the
and this will let you personalize better your brush itself. Plus, this Blob object can
have filling as well.
You can erase parts of your drawing using the
object along its skeleton, so its basic shape is not dangered. The
acts on the whole drawing instead, just assure that the object is selected.
Scissors Tool
on the skeleton of the object.
Knife
The
text box, when you are going to write inside. Then you manage the text as an object.
Then just save your work! Use
formats, that do keep all the layer structures saved
actually lose the layer structure of your artwork.
Well, that's all! Now you have the basics to start with this software! Check our channel
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