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Quick Tip – Create a Template Document in Illustrator From SupercolorTuts.com (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)

In this Quick Tip, we’ll learn how to create a Template document in Illustrator, in a previous Quick Tip I talked about keeping your Favorite Libraries Open in Illustrator. Template documents can be used for the same reason, by saving a document as a template, it will save all the artwork, presets, print settings from this document, this way you will be able to use it for other similar projects easily.

	Quick Tip – Create a Color Scheme with the Blend Tool From SupercolorTuts.com (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
In this Illustrator Quick Tip, I’ll show you how to create a Color Scheme between two colours using the Blend Tool in Illustrator

	Quick Tip – Create Custom Brushes using the Image Trace Tool From SupercolorTuts.com (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
In this Quick Tip, we’ll learn how to a custom Brush Set from scanned marker strokes and the Image Trace Tool in Illustrator in a few steps to create your own homemade Brushes.

	Quick Tip – Keep your Favorite Libraries Open in Illustrator From SupercolorTuts.com (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
In this Quick Tip, we’ll learn how to keep your favorite libraries (Swatches, Brushes, Shapes…) available when you launch Illustrator.

	Quick Tip – Export Swatches from Illustrator to Photoshop From SupercolorTuts.com (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
In this Quick Tip, we’ll learn how to Export the Swatches of a project from Illustrator to Photoshop, here’s how to do it fast.

	Extract Colours from an Image in Illustrator From SupercolorTuts.com (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
Learn how to extract the color scheme from an image and create a new swatches group.

	How to Create a Seamless Wallpaper in Adobe Illustrator From DevGarage (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
Today we will have the opportunity to learn how to create a seamless wallpaper in Adobe Illustrator.

	Effective Methods of Working in Adobe Illustrator (Part 7) From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
Today you will find out how to simplify your work with the Gradient Mesh; how to control the Rectangular Grid Tool, the Arc Tool and the Polar Grid with the shortcuts. You will also learn how to create the gradient brushes and chains. Learn at the jump!

	Effective Methods of Working in Adobe Illustrator (Part 3) From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
In this article we will talk about the work with color, gradient fills and about peculiarities of work with the Eyedropper Tool. Also we will learn a bit more about the alignment of the objects with the stroke.

	InkScribe, a Tool for Creating and Controlling Bezier Curves From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
I think it’s time to introduce a new tool that is able to work more flexibly and quickly. Today we begin a series of articles that will introduce you to new tools of the DrawScribe plugin and their functions.

	How to Create a Vector Character Using the Dynamic Sketch Tool a From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
Today we will learn a new drawing tool for Adobe Illustrator called the Dynamic Sketch Tool — one of the tools of the new DrawScribe plugin. The Dynamic Sketch Tool has many convenient features that makes your daily creative work much easier. Mastering the new tool should not take you much time as it’s easy to manage and its user-friendly features are quite understandable.

	InkScribe Tool Use Tutorial Part 2 – Fast and Accurate Work From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
Today we’ll talk about how using InkScribe allows you to work faster, smarter, more accurately — in other words, more efficiently. As it was already discussed in Part 1 of this series, we can easily choose the type of segment to be created; curved (Bezier) or straight. But now I should say that working with straight segments in InkScribe has one unique feature — Ghost Handles.

	How to Draw Straight Line Segments Using the Dynamic Sketch Tool From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
In this article I’ll tell you how to create straight-line segments using the Dynamic Sketch Tool.

	Effective Methods of Working in Adobe Illustrator (Part 5) From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
Today we will talk about work with guides. After finishing today’s tutorial we will know how to create guides, how to hide and snap an object to them and how to create the prospective grid and so on. Learn at the jump!

	InkScribe Tool Use Tutorial Part 3 – Setting up the Tool (Pref From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
I’m sure that very soon InkScribe will become an integral part of your workflow in Adobe Illustrator, so now I want to tell you how to customize the tool to fit your preferences.

	Effective Methods of Working in Adobe Illustrator (Part 4) From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
In today’s article we will talk about the Layers panel. I always knew that this is a powerful tool of Adobe Illustrator, but I had no idea about some of the functions and how to work with them. Do you know how to speed up your work with Adobe Illustrator for displaying objects with effects and blend objects while they move or zoom? Learn at the jump!

How to Create Points at Tangencies with Dynamic Sketch Tool From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)

I am sure that at all the early stages of learning Adobe Illustrator, each person came to the same question: “Where to place points when creating a path in order for the line to be smooth and easy to edit?�. Designers can do it intuitively based on years of experience, while others invent different methods and tricks. Is it possible to make this process automatic? I would say: “Yes�. In this article you will learn how to do it using the Dynamic Sketch Tool.

How to Create a Template Document with Default Path Settings in From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)

If you already have some experience working in Adobe Illustrator, then you probably already have some settings that are often used in daily work. It may be colors, symbols, sets of brushes, graphic styles and path settings. There is no need to add all these resources to each document; you can simply create a template with all the necessary settings and graphics. In this article we will discuss how to do this and look at some of the interesting properties of the Appearance panel. Let’s reduce your design preparatory process down to the minimum…

	Effective Methods of Working in Adobe Illustrator (Part 2) From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
Today Natalie Ulrich will share with us some very interesting tricks. In this part we will consider tricks connected with selection, scaling and alignment of objects. You will know how to cut the objects in a straight line with the Knife Tool and how to distort the text and leave it editable. Personally, I found a lot of new and useful information in these articles. Learn more at the jump!

Effective Methods of Working in Adobe Illustrator (Part 1) From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)

This and subsequent articles will include effective techniques that are used by professionals in their daily work, and with what you can save a lot of working time. Tips will be useful for beginners as well as for those who have been using Adobe Illustrator a while. If it takes you a while to do something, then you are doing it wrong.As you read these tips, go to Adobe Illustrator and do all the described steps there. So you will quickly understand and memorize them

	How to Illustrate a Handgun Using Adobe Illustrator From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
Do you want to illustrate a handgun? If yes then let’s get started!

	How to Create a Gift Card and Prepare Artwork for Printing From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
This tutorial covers the issues concerning the creation and pre-press workflow of a vector file. When creating an artwork that you are going to print, you should take into consideration the design’s technical factors. Phantasm CS allows you to quickly analyse and prepare the created artwork for printing. Let’s get started!

	How to Speed Up the Workflow with the Help of Shortcuts in Adobe From Iaroslav Lazunov Tutorials Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
Using shortcuts in Adobe Illustrator greatly accelerates the process of creating an artwork. Using them, you can quickly select a specific tool, the action or effect. You can find the list of default shortcuts Adobe Illustrator that are being used later in this article.

	Illustrator 101 - Guides and Smart Guides From shapeshed.com (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
Illustrator 101 - Guides and Smart Guides

	Learn to quickly move and copy objects to a new layer with a simple mouse move From jacorre.com (Adobe Illustrator Basic Help)
Learn to quickly move and copy objects to a new layer with a simple mouse move