Path A path is the line that appears when you draw a line in Adobe Illustrator. The beginnings and ends of each segment are marked by “anchor points,” which work like pins holding a wire in place. To change the shape of a path, drag its anchor point, and to [...]
Introduction Paintbrush Tool functions like the Pencil Tool, allowing you to click and drag to create a path. The difference is the Paintbrush Tool applies predefined vector art to the paths you create. Keyboard shortcut for this tool is B. A path created with the Paintbrush tool can be reshaped [...]
Introduction Pencil tool is a great tool for creating freeform shapes and lines. Select it from the tools dialog box and click and drag to draw. Keyboard shortcut for this tool is n. Draw Shape Select pencil tool from the tools dialog box and click and drag to draw. To [...]
Introduction Shape Builder (Shift+M) tool used for creating complex objects by merging and erasing simpler objects. It selects edges and regions of an object, which can be merged or erased to form a new object. By default, the Shape Builder tool is in merge mode, switch to erase mode by [...]
Introduction Pathfinder is used for combining objects into new shapes, that can perform with at least two selected paths. Pathfinder panel is located at Window > Pathfinder. Below figure shows the tool Shape Modes Shape modes are used to combine multiple selected shapes in different ways. Once a shape mode [...]
Introduction A graphic style is a set of reusable appearance attributes. By saving this information in a graphic style, you store these attributes so that you can quickly and easily apply them to other objects later. To open Graphics Style panel, go to Window > Graphic Styles. Create Graphic Style [...]
Introduction Compound path consists of two or more paths that interact with each other. Compound paths act as grouped objects and appear as <Compound Path> items in the Layers panel. Use the Direct Selection tool or the Group Selection tool to select part of a compound path. You can manipulate [...]
Introduction Attributes panel lets you choose overprint options for an object, show or hide an object’s center point, switch the fill between color and transparency in a compound path, or change an object’s fill rule. To open attributes panel, go to Window > Attributes. Fill Rules If compound paths are [...]
Effects can be applied to an object, group, or layer to change its characteristics. Applied effect to an object appears in the Appearance panel. From the Appearance panel, you can edit the effect, move it, duplicate it, delete it, or save it as part of a graphic style. To apply [...]
Introduction Appearance attributes are properties that affect the look of an object without altering its underlying structure. Appearance attributes include fills, strokes, transparency, and effects. Appearance panel allows you to view and adjust the appearance attributes for an object, group, or layer. To open the panel go to Window > [...]