Easily Apply Shades of Color
Using shades of color are essential when I create glossy buttons and icons. In the Glossy Buttons and Web 2.0 Stickers tutorials, I used Cyan because it was easy to enter a percentage of Cyan, giving...
View ArticleFour Ways to Convert to Grayscale Illustrator
Sometimes you need to convert an Illustrator file to grayscale. This could be for a print ad, logo option, or even just to try something different. In Illustrator CS3 you have several options to...
View ArticleQuickly Pick Complement Color
In Illustrator, it’s easy to pick a complement color of the current Fill or Stroke in the Color Panel. From the Pop-Up Menu of the Color Panel select Complement. If you are keyboard shortcut freak,...
View ArticleEasily Switch Color Profiles
This trick is similar to the Compliment Color trick, but I use it so much, I had to share it. I use specific color modes for different projects, and found myself more comfortable mixing certain colors...
View ArticleCreate a Wacom Bamboo Tablet – Part I of II
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a realistic Wacom Bamboo Tablet in Adobe Illustrator. You will find out how to add shadows and highlights to your Wacom Tablet using different Blending...
View Article15 Awesome Vector Infographics For Your Inspiration
This week’s roundup showcases a few of our picks of unique, creative, and basically well-done vector infographics. Here are 14 vector illustrations that give new life and inspiration to the...
View ArticleHow to Create a Vector Pantone Book Icon
In today’s tutorial, we’re going to take a quick look behind the process of creating a simple pantone book icon, using the most basic shapes and tools that you probably already work with on a daily...
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