Learning Notes for Illustrator

Posted on January 11, 2022 in Research Tricks & Tools

  1. Select all shapes before use shape builder tool
  2. Shift + shape builder tool to deldte a line or shapes.
  3. To create arbitary shape, first use curvature tool, then use direct select tool to adjust the curvature.
  4. To create straight lins using curvature tool, just doulbe click each point. Just click once towards the end.
  5. To draw curves using pen tool, we will need to control curvature using tangent lines.
  6. If you want to use a darker color of a certain color, switch the color mode to HSB.
  7. Window > color themes > Explore to pick online colors