AJ Wood shows Illustrator users a technique for using the Live Trace and gradient Mesh functions to create a colored illustration.
Using the power of Illustrator to set up graphics to create high quality 3D in Photoshop.
Pete shows designers how to use Illustrator’s Live Trace feature to create design elements that can be used in Photoshop.
Dave’s tutorial covers how Illustrator’s graphic styles can be applied to text, edited, and then brought over to Photoshop. Once he’s in Photoshop, Dave uses smart objects and blending modes to tweak the design.
After designing a grungy scroll bar in Illustrator, Tom Green takes the AI file into Flash Catalyst and creates a functioning vertical scroll bar.
Explore some design options using Illustrator’s blend tool using blend options and the path selection tool.
Corey uses creates a vintage graphic effect in Illustrator using the live trace feature and artistic effects.
Add multiple strokes to objects in Illustrator using the Appearance panel.
Jeff Witchel creates a flag waving animation from Illustrator by animating blends and exporting to a Flash swf file.
Corey Barker demonstrates how to create a seamless vector hexagon pattern in Adobe Illustrator CS5.
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