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Vector Art Critique: Anchor Points & Handles [video]
I just posted this screencast video on YouTube where I critique vector art created by a beginner Adobe Illustrator user. These critiques apply to any vector art software.
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Tagged Adobe Illustrator, anchor handle, anchor point, graphics, how-to, Productivity, screencast, technique, tip, tutorial, vector, video, YouTube
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Illustrator WOW! CS6 Tutorial Book — Now With More Coghill!
Just a quick news item: the Adobe Illustrator CS6 version of the superb Illustrator WOW! tutorial book series for Adobe Illustrator will feature a lesson by yours truly. I was approached by the author, Sharon Steuer, to contribute an advanced technique to … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, book, Cartooning, Creative Suite, CS6, Illustration, Illustrator WOW!, Peachpit Press, Productivity, Resources, Shape Builder tool, Sharon Steuer, technique, vector, vector art
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Adobe Illustrator Video Tip: Quickly Add Smooth Transition Anchor Points
In this video, I am sharing with you a vector path creation technique to speed up the process of creating curved paths by adding intermediate anchor points after your corners have been created. I used to create my anchor points … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Illustrator, Art, artist, Bezier, cartoonist, Illustration, illustrator, Productivity, screencast, technique, tip, tutorial, vector, video
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Photo Keys: Photoshop Toolbars On Your iPhone
iPhone Photo Keys is an interesting iPhone/iPod Touch Photoshop helper application available on the iTunes App Store. Photo Keys turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a Photoshop companion tool by putting the entire Photoshop toolbar, as well as many useful … Continue reading
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Tagged App Store, Apple, iPhone, iPod Touch, Photoshop, Productivity, Software
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Scanned Sketch Prep — Free Photoshop Action
Here’s a freebie for all my loyal readers: a free Photoshop action I created myself to eliminate repetitive tasks I (used to) go through each time I scanned in a new sketch for further work in Photoshop. Boost your productivity … Continue reading
Cursorcerer: Hide Your Cintiq Cursor
I don’t own a Wacom Cintiq graphics tablet, but I have heard quite a bit of grumbling from Cintiq owners about the way the cursor is displayed: I guess it’s offset a bit with the idea that your hand would … Continue reading
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Tagged Cintiq, customization, Mac, OS X, Productivity, Software, utility, Wacom
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6 Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts For Illustrator Users
Here are a few handy keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop for those of you out there like me who spend an inordinate amount of time in the Creative Suite primarily using Illustrator. These are not keyboard shortcuts that you can use … Continue reading
Posted in Productivity, Software, Tips
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Creative Suite, illustrator, keyboard commands, keyboard shortcuts, Mac, OS X, Photoshop, Productivity, tip
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Adobe Apps: Backup Your Prefs
It’s happened to all of us digital creatives. The dreaded day when you just cannot get one of your Adobe applications to launch. Usually there’s a deadline looming (of course). You’ve restarted your computer (three times) and still you cannot get … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, backup, Creative Suite, how-to, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, PC, Productivity, Tips, troubleshooting, tutorial, Windows, Windows XP, workflow
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Video: Photoshop CS4 Drag-Resize Brush Keyboard Shortcut
Another brief video in my series introducing some great new features in Photoshop CS4 for artists, cartoonists, illustrators and anyone else who sketches or draws using Photoshop. This video features the excellent new keyoard shortcuts that allow you to drag-resize … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Art, artist, cartoon, Creative Suite, CS4, drawing, how-to, illustrator, keyboard shortcuts, Mac, Photoshop, Productivity, screencast, shortcuts, sketch, Software, technique, tool, tutorial, upgrade, vector, video, Wacom
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Adobe Illustrator Eraser Brush Tip: Option-Erase
Hold down the Option key when erasing using the Eraser Brush, and you’ll get a marquee that you can drag to erase a perfectly rectangular area. Bonus Eraser Tool tip: edit the keyboard shortcuts so the Eraser uses the “E” … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, illustrator, Productivity, Software, tip, workflow
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Must-Have OS X Productivity Tool Default Folder 43% Off 10/27/2008
The current MacUpdate Promo is offering the excellent shareware tool Default Folder for only $19.95 until midnight on 10/27/2008. I have been an extremely satisfied user since way back in the OS 9 days, and highly recommend you pick up a … Continue reading
10 Free Adobe Illustrator Scripts
Vectips has a post with 10 Free and Extremely Useful Illustrator Scripts. Illustrator supports scripting from AppleScript, Visual Basic, JavaScript, and ExtendScript. What’s a script you ask? We’ll they’re kind of like plug-ins, kind of like Actions. Basically they are small … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, CS3, illustrator, Productivity, script, Software, Tips, vector
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Automator Action Pack For Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator Automator Action Pack from Automated Workflows allows extended use of Mac OS X’s Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with Adobe Illustrator. For years I have been trying to wrap my head around Automator in OS X; … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Automator, illustrator, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, Productivity, Software
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TinEye — Amazing ‘Similar Image’ Search Engine
I know what you’re thinking — Google already has an image search. But TinEye is different. TinEye‘s image search works by uploading an image or giving TinEye a URL for a webpage or image link. From there, TinEye uses proprietary … Continue reading
Symmetries – Vector Path Software Tool
Symmetries from Earthlinksoft Software is an interesting symmetrical vector object generator tool. The control system is very intuitive, requring no knowledge of how to manipulate vector paths. While simplistic, it gives one a high level of control over exploring interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Productivity, shareware, Software, symmetry, tool, vector
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