Adobe Illustrator

How to make a dotted line in Illustrator
How To Make A Dotted Line In Illustrator CC 2021
How To Make A Dotted Line In Illustrator CC 2021 800 470 Nick Saporito

As an Illustrator user you may occasionally have the need to create dotted lines, whether it be for sketches, key line grids for logos, or whatever other reason. Making a dotted line in Illustrator is simply a matter of drawing a stroke and changing the stroke properties to dashed, but there’s other properties you’ll need…

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How to invert colors in Illustrator
How To Invert Colors In Illustrator | Vector Objects and Images
How To Invert Colors In Illustrator | Vector Objects and Images 800 470 Nick Saporito

Inverting the colors of an image may be a commonplace photo editing task, but it’s also something that can be done in most vector design applications. Adobe Illustrator is no exception to this. The method used to invert colors in Illustrator works for both vector paths and for raster images so long as they are…

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Replace a color in Illustrator
How To Replace Every Instance Of A Color In Illustrator
How To Replace Every Instance Of A Color In Illustrator 800 470 Nick Saporito

The way that you’d typically replace colors in Illustrator is by selecting an object and then changing its fill color. What if there’s lots of objects with that color though, and changing each of them individually would be too time-consuming? In this tutorial we’ll be going over a shortcut that allows you to replace a…

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Make a color overlay in Illustrator
How To Make A Simple Color Overlay In Illustrator
How To Make A Simple Color Overlay In Illustrator 800 470 Nick Saporito

Don’t let the vector environment that Illustrator operates in fool you: this software can also handle many photo editing tasks. One of which would be adding color overlays to images, and in this tutorial we’ll be using blend modes to make a simple color overlay in Illustrator. This is something that can be done in…

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Designing stickers in Illustrator
Designing Stickers In Illustrator | Step By Step Tutorial
Designing Stickers In Illustrator | Step By Step Tutorial 800 470 Nick Saporito

One of the many things you can do with Adobe Illustrator is create sticker designs from logos and various other vector objects. Doing so is merely an exercise in offsetting and drop shadows — both of which we’ve gone over in the past. In this tutorial we’ll be going over all of the steps for…

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Add a pattern to a shape in Illustrator
How To Add A Pattern To A Shape In Illustrator
How To Add A Pattern To A Shape In Illustrator 800 470 Nick Saporito

In previous tutorials we’ve gone over various ways to design your own pattern tiles in Illustrator. These pattern tiles allow you to create infinite seamless patterns when duplicated and stacked on top of each other. In this tutorial though I’ll be demonstrating how to add a pattern to a shape in Illustrator by using swatches…

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Illustrator line pattern
Illustrator Line Pattern Tutorial | Create Geometric Line Patterns
Illustrator Line Pattern Tutorial | Create Geometric Line Patterns 800 470 Nick Saporito

In past tutorials we’ve gone over ways to create unique patterns using various shapes, such as circles and polygons. However, today we’ll be going over how to create a geometric-style line pattern. This Illustrator line pattern tutorial will walk you through the entire process of creating your own line patterns. Not only that, but the…

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Change the canvas size in Adobe Illustrator
How To Change The Canvas Size In Adobe Illustrator
How To Change The Canvas Size In Adobe Illustrator 800 470 Nick Saporito

As an Illustrator user you may find yourself perplexed at how to change the size of the canvas you’re working with, otherwise known as the artboard. Thankfully, Illustrator comes with a dedicated tool for this purpose, known as the Artboard Tool. The Artboard Tool allows you to change the canvas size in Adobe Illustrator, either…

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Resize an image in Illustrator
How To Resize An Image with Illustrator | 2 Different Methods
How To Resize An Image with Illustrator | 2 Different Methods 800 470 Nick Saporito

Despite the vector environment in which Illustrator operates, it’s still possible to make some common edits to photos and other raster imagery. One example of such would be image resizing. You can resize an image in Illustrator manually by scaling it, or by inputting a numerical value of your choosing. In this tutorial we’ll be…

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Photoshop vs Illustrator for T shirt design
Photoshop VS Illustrator For T Shirt Design: When To Use Each
Photoshop VS Illustrator For T Shirt Design: When To Use Each 800 470 Nick Saporito

Considering that Photoshop and Illustrator are two completely different applications, the tool that you should use depends entirely on the type of design work you’ll be doing. This is also true when it comes to designing apparel, such as t shirts. Choosing between Photoshop vs Illustrator for t shirt design simply boils down to what…

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