today I've got more nifty tricks and tips for you guys in adobe illustrator
that are we gonna help your graphic design workflow
what is that people welcome back to tutor graphics at home of graphic design
content right here on YouTube so today I've got some really cool neat
tricks and tips for you to use in a demonstrator for your graphic design
workflow I'm gonna help to boost your productivity whatever it can lead
illustrator so follow along and learn these neat functions in Adobe
Illustrator
so today have another video where I share with you guys five more functions
that help you towards a better graphic design workflow I've made countless
videos on the subject here at Satori graphics but I still have fresh useful
tips for you today in the first illustrator function you'll be able to
directly create a vector shape or path behind objects you don't want to keep
having to send something of your design to the back you can use this tip to save
time by default if we draw a vector path like so going to be produced at the
front of everything else in Illustrator however you may notice a little button
right here out in the open you can press this or you can toggle between the two
options using Shift D on your keyboard now when I draw a vector shape you'll
instantly be produced behind everything else when you design illustrator
if you wondered what this font is below there's a new font design I'm currently
working on and it should be ready soon so stay tuned for that
anyway illustrator if you have a very busy design you might want to quickly
select a specific group of objects so for example all shapes with the same
color if you had up to select and then same you will see many different choices
at your disposal so let's try it out go ahead and select an object and then
choose an option from the Select and same window there is a magic wand tool
illustrator and that does have a similar function but this is easily accessible
there are always multiple ways to do the same or similar thing in Adobe software
I personally use the magic wand tool and this function as well both in my graphic
design workflow
in Illustrator you may have a busy design that you need to edit if you
could see every single vector path and vector lined it might make things a lot
easier for you and your graphic design workflow so go ahead and press command
or control Y on your keyboard tend to the outline mode this would enable you
to see events are working in new lights and for certain operations this might be
easier for you to work with typography design for examples I'm doing here
outline really does help this kind of work also if you have an image in your
design work illustrator and you do enter outline mode it's going to disappear
however we can show the images whilst in outline mode
by changing the document setup like so also by the way you need to press
command or control Y again to exit outline mode
now the four the illustrator function for a better workflow is something some
people might find annoying and in fact you might even want to turn off this
function when you zoom into illustrator with command or control + on your
keyboard you assume into the center of the screen I forget this is the default
setting but we can change and zoom in to a specific object or design component
when selected in the Preferences setting was going to select an anchor window and
then activate or deactivate the zoom in selection option now when you go ahead
and zoom you assume directly into whatever shape or vector path you have
selected wherever it happens to be on your screen also if we then press a to
access a direct selection tool we can select a single anchor point and zoom in
to that itself now this can be very useful for some designers but then it
might be annoying for others either way you do have control of the decision to
turn it off or on in the Preferences window this last
addition to function for better workflow something I've been using a lot recently
you might see my sighting guides on the screen is quite dull that's because I
prefer this way I feel the default guides are too thick and they can get in
the way of seeing the harbor properly you can't of course hide the guides and
turn them off but I also want to see the guides so go into the Preferences window
again and under the guides in grid section you can change the style of the
guide to dos I personally prefer the dogs to the default guides because I'm
not too harsh on the eyes I didn't get in the way of your artwork so as you can
see this is the default setting but then if I revert them back to dots you can
see clearly the difference on the screen
and this is personal preference but I do prefer the dots let me know which one
you prefer in the conversation below so there was today's video industry two
functions that are gonna prove your workflow in Adobe Illustrator let me
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