today six tools and techniques illustrator that when you start using
them not only will your workflow improve but you will save heaps of time too they
are real game-changer tips for illustrator
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content today 6 game changer tips and techniques for using Adobe Illustrator
trust me they will really help you out with your graphic design workflow if you
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really helps my channel in this video I'm going to show you 6 game-changer
tips for your graphic design workflow in Illustrator if you want more let me know
in a comment section below and I can make another video after this
one first of all we're going to look at the shape that at all it's something
many people overlook its design on the right is a finished product the shapes
on the left I will make it up how would you make up the design using the shapes
most people would use the Pathfinder window which can work but it might take
a lot of time and it can be annoying with complex designs instead here is our
friend of the shape girl at all
you can also hit shift m on your keyboard to access it but you must first
select all of the shapes you want edit with the shape builder tool simply click
and drag the united states like so
also hold down the alt/option key to select the - option in to remove areas
of the design that we do not want look how fast that was with a Pathfinder tool
it would take several operations and sometimes with complex designs you might
be able to create it with a pathfinder in there if next tip reboost with my
workflow and time-saving do you want to zoom in or out then use this tool here
simply hit command + to zoom in and command minus to zoom out also hold down
the space bar until you see this icon appear and then click to navigate around
the outboard this really will save you heaps of time in your graphic design
workflow
I have shown the appearance window and a few videos based around stroke
techniques in the past but it must go into my list of game-changer tools it is
just that it's a game changer for Illustrator you can open it up by going
up the window and then appearance put my text here you can add a new stroke and
then lower it behind the till layer before adding a field of white or gray
you will see that the stroke looks really decent compared to using the
color palette let's add a stroke that's not although we can add multiple strokes
to the same design over and over until your heart's content which can lead to
some very poor looking designs
began nominees like this appear just open up the stroke window and change the
settings like so open up the swatches window and then access the swatch
libraries locally the pattern section and then explore around these default
patterns near the straighter
there are many designs that you would take you a lot of time to design
yourself or you simply cannot design this is great because you can make some
really cool designs with these if they're used in the right way
aligned to is another illustrator must in my opinion when you start using in
your designs they will become quicker and much better in quality select rule
objects and I neither head up to align or you can access it in the window menu
you can underline everything horizontal and vertical planes as well as spacing
everything equally apart it really is a true illustrator game change at all and
you must be using it in your workflow
finally the rotate tool you can access it here or you can press R on your
keyboard drag to move the point in which you want to rotate to your shape around
and then once you have it in place click once and then hold down alt until you
see this icon appear you can then type in your degrees of rotation for me I'm
going to type in 72 because I want to copy the shape five times around 360
degrees point and then click OK or coffee or coffee you can then hit
command need to repeat the process and then go back to the shape builder tool
hitting shift M we can doin everything together
this tool comes in handy for making logos and icons
the intricate shapes like here so did you find my list of six alliterative
techniques and tools helpful let me know in the comment section below and
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next time design your future today peace
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