You can also add blank sublayers if required by clicking the Create New Sublayer icon. Refer to Figure 8-4. Figure 8-4. Create a New Sublayer in the Layers panel To […]
Clipping Masks and Compound Paths – A Basic Review of Illustrator’s Pen Tools
Other types of useful paths you may want to create, at this point, include clipping masks and compound paths. You can use your basic shapes to hide and show parts […]
Control Panel Anchor Point Options and How They Relate to Related Tools – A Basic Review of Illustrator’s Pen Tools
While working with the Pen Tool, be aware that after a path is complete, you can still continue to edit the points with your Direct Selection tool using the Control […]
Swapping Fill and Stroke Colors with the Pen Tool – A Basic Review of Illustrator’s Pen Tools
Paths or shapes, as mentioned, will often have a stroke or fill that is applied when the selected path is being drawn with the Pen Tool. You can see the […]
Join Points on an Open Path – A Basic Review of Illustrator’s Pen Tools
With the Pen Tool, you can click an open anchor point, and the pen icon adds a line to it, and then click on that point, and then on the […]
Pen Tool (P) and Curvature Tool (Shift+~) Basics – A Basic Review of Illustrator’s Pen Tools
The pen tool can be used for either creating a custom shape or tracing over a custom shape which we will look at as we work with layers. Currently, if […]
Working with the Control, Transform, and Properties Panel – A Basic Review of Illustrator’s Shape Tools-5
Width and height can be constrained proportionately and disproportionately by setting the link. Here you can set rectangle angle (0–360) degrees. Then set individual corner strokes if they are not […]
Working with the Control, Transform, and Properties Panel – A Basic Review of Illustrator’s Shape Tools-3
Use the link icon if you want both start and end arrowheads to scale at the same time with a similar ratio or percentage. Align the arrowhead to extend the […]
Working with the Control, Transform, and Properties Panel – A Basic Review of Illustrator’s Shape Tools-1
Once one of your basic shapes is selected with the Selection tool, you can make many modifications to basic shapes using the following panels: Transform, Control, and Properties. Refer to […]
Selection Tool (V) – A Basic Review of Illustrator’s Shape Tools
Moving and Selecting Your Shapes on the Artboard After creating your basic shapes, at this point, it is helpful to be able to move them around on the artboard board […]