The basics of adobe illustrator - Adobe illustrator is a drawing program that uses vector system . Maybe there are only 2 kinds of programs to draw vector is CorelDraw and Adobe Illustrator . In the past , the first time I know vectors using CorelDraw . But after several times I participated in contest logo, I think the color resulting from coreldraw not as good as the color that results from adobe illustrator. Perhaps this is one of the deficiencies contained in coreldraw.
Since then, I am no longer using coreldraw and trying to learn adobe illustrator. For the first time using adobe illustrator I feel confused, although the tools are similar to coreldraw. But finally I could be comfortable using adobe illustrator and until now I still use it. For all of you who are just learning or using adobe illustrator and still confusion with existing tools, warkore.blogspot will provide a description of existing tools on the right and left of the worksheet in adobe illustrator.
Adobe Illustrator Tools
LEFT TOOLS |
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- Selection Tool (V), used to choose / select one or multiple objects .
- Magic Wand Tool (Y), used to choose / select one or more objects of the same color .
- Pen Tool (P), used to create straight, diagonal or curved line freely .
- Line Segment Tool (\), used to create straight and diagonal line freely.
- Paintbrush Tool (B), used to create images of irregular or follow the pattern of the selected brush.
- Blob Brush Tool (Shift+B), used to create images of irregular.
- Rotate Tool (R), used to rotate picture.
- Width Tool (Shift+W), used to change the line into irregular shapes.
- Shape Builder Tool (Shift+M), used to cover the perforated object or remove the object .
- Mesh Tool (U), used to make more than one gradient to an object.
- Eyedropper Tool (I), used to take a sample color from an object.
- Symbol Sprayer Tool (Shift+S), used to create objects based on the selected symbol.
- Artboard Tool (Shift+O), used to select and moved the worksheet.
- Hand Tool (H), used to moved the worksheet.
- Fill (X), used to change the color of the object.
- Direct Selection Tool (A), used to select a point on an object or line.
- Lasso Tool (Q), used to select a point on an object or line freely .
- Type Tool (T), used to write letter.
- Rectangle Tool (M), used to create the object box.
- Pencil Tool (N), used to create line freely.
- Eraser Tool (Shift+E), used to delete a section of a particular field from a selected object.
- Scale Tool (S), used to change scale of an object freely.
- Free Tansform Tool (E), used to change scale & rotate of an object.
- Perspective Grid Tool (Shift+P), used to create help lines in perspective.
- Gradient Tool (G), used to make gradient color.
- Blend Tool (W), is used to merge two objects with two colors to create a color gradient.
- Column Graph Tool (J), used to create the chart table by the numbers.
- Slice Tool (Shift+K), used to cut or slice the object.
- Zoom Tool (Z), used to zoom in or zoom out the worksheet.
- Stroke, used to change color line of an object.
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- Color, used to change fill or stroke color of an object.
- Align, used for center or align left or align right or align top or align bottom objects on worksheet.
- Color Guide, used to change color of an object based on harmony rules.
- Brushes, used to choose model of brush.
- Stroke, used to change the thick or thin lines and shapes.
- Transparency, used to change transparency color of an object.
- Grahic Style, used to change the shape of objects with a wide variety of artistic styles.
- Artboards, same as artboard tool.
- Transform, provide information about the position and size of the object.
- Pathfinder, used to merge two objects in order to create a new form.
- Swatches, color table.
- Symbols, list of symbols.
- Gradient, a place to change the gradient ( direction , model, color ).
- Appearance, place to give a color or effect of an object.
- Layers, as in photoshop.
Hopefully the above explanation can be helpful for beginners in learning adobe illustrator. If you are still confused , please ask in the comments box below. I 'll try to answer it . But, sorry for my bad english. Thank you for visiting my blog. See you next time.