Find Great Metallic Colors Fast.

You want to find the perfect color to simulate metal in an Illustration. Is there a way to find the exact colors you’re looking for in seconds, and add them as Swatches? In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel demonstrates how to use Color Groups and Gradients, in an unexpected way, to find just [...]

Illustrator’s Amazing New Gradient Strokes

Like other Illustrator users, I was excited to hear that, in CS6, you could finally apply Gradients to Strokes. But when I started to play with this feature, I was blown away with all that it offers. In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel demonstrates all the ins and outs of Gradients on Strokes, [...]

Do the Impossible with Gradients in Illustrator CS6.

Get a sneak peak into the amazing new capabilities of Gradients in Illustrator CS6. So many of my past Illustrator tips and tricks involved workarounds for Gradients. In CS6, most of these Gradient backdoor secrets will become totally obsolete. I’m blown away! The new Gradient features are that terrific. Watch Brenda Sutherland, Illustrator product manager, [...]