Posted by Jeff on June 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment
To build an Illustrator document in a way that helps you work faster and more efficiently, nothing stacks up to the Layers panel. In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel goes through all the basics of the Layers panel as well as lots of tips, tricks and secrets to help organize your work and [...]
Categories: Illustrator, Video Tutorials · Tags: Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, CS6, Illustrator, Jeff Witchel, Layers, Layers panel, Lock, Organize, secrets, Select, Stacking Order, Target, Tips, Tricks
Posted by Jeff on May 21, 2013 · 3 Comments
If you’re used to the way Text Wraps work in InDesign, you may find Illustrator Wraps totally confusing. That’s because Wraps in Illustrator are entirely different than in InDesign and work more like Quark’s Runarounds. In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel demonstrates the ins and outs of Illustrator Wraps. See more videos at [...]
Categories: Illustrator, Video Tutorials · Tags: Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, Illustrator, InDesign, Jeff Witchel, Layers, LayersMagazione.com, Quark, QuarkXPress, secrets, Text Wraps, Tips, Tricks, Wrap Text, Wraps
Posted by Jeff on April 2, 2013 · 25 Comments
You drew a cartoon by hand on paper. After scanning the drawing into Photoshop, how do you turn it into vector to add color to the cartoon in Adobe Illustrator? Or what about turning a photographic image into a beautiful posterized piece of vector art? In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel will discuss [...]
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Posted by Jeff on March 19, 2013 · 2 Comments
Most InDesign users do not realize that the measurement fields in various panels and dialog windows are actually calculators that can add, subtract, multiply and divide. In CS6, InDesign can now perform more complex calculations within these fields, for example, 1.25in/2 + 10pts. In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel will demonstrate the use [...]
Categories: InDesign, Video Tutorials · Tags: add, Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, CS6, divide, efficient, Fields, InDesign, Jeff Witchel, Math, Measurement, Move, multiply, New, Panel, Productivity, secrets, subtract, Tips, Transform, Tricks, Windows
Posted by Jeff on March 12, 2013 · 10 Comments
If you just add a Stroke to type in Adobe Illustrator, the Stroke will be in front of the letterforms, which makes an ugly mess of the type and drives typographers crazy. In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel reveals some secret backdoors to adding typographically-correct Strokes to your type. See more videos at [...]
Categories: Illustrator, Video Tutorials · Tags: Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, Appearance panel, Illustrator, Jeff Witchel, Layers, LayersMagazione.com, secrets, Strokes, Tips, Tricks, Type, Type Object, Typographically-Correct
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