guides in Illustrator I either ignored or thought of the simple things but
there are so many ways that you can use and edit them here are six ways you can
utilize guides in Illustrator
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how to edit and manipulate guides in Adobe Illustrator the very first thing
to do in Illustrator after making you document is to hit
command or control R to bring up your rulers guides can then be pulled from
the top or the left the first tip I will show you how to duplicate guides which
will save you heaps of time and laying out complex designs select all of your
guides and then hold down the option key until you see this icon appear and then
click and drag
this new function is a real time-saver
the next tape will allow you to align objects and anything else in Illustrator
to a specific guide normally if you select everything including a guide and
then a line it would line everything to the middle of the page however if we
select everything and then click one more time on the guide so it now has a
thicker outline when we align everything it would do so keeping the guide fixed
in place
you can reach the objects illustrator but did you know you can also rotate
guides as well highlight them an income object and rotate you then type in the
degrees in which you want to rotate by this will help for drawing precise
shapes and logo designs for example if you were bored of the sign color of your
guides go over to illustrator preferences here you can change the
color to anything you want as well as selecting the box option
the dose option this really works so well so let's just keep it aligned this
will help you if you cannot see your guidance due to the color of your design
work you were creating
you
you can actually cut the guides into several pieces if you want to but this
is a tool I personally have not found much of a use for this itself but I
think it's pretty cool that you can do that anyway
lastly a quick way to hide unlock guides instead of going up to the top you
simply right-click the i/o board or hold down control and click here you can then
lock the guides and hide them easily so did you find this illustrator tutorial
on how to edit and manipulate guides helpful let me know in the comment
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