Perspective Warps and Distorts with Adobe Tools: Volume 2: Putting a New Twist on Illustrator
- Length: 1131 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: Apress
- Publication Date: 2022-12-30
- ISBN-10: 1484288289
- ISBN-13: 9781484288283
- Sales Rank: #0 (See Top 100 Books)
Gain skills in illustration and logo manipulation that will enhance your designs and make them more appealing–either in your portfolio or for your client’s next graphic project.
As Adobe’s Photoshop and Illustrator have evolved, new and unique features have been added to these programs that offer different options for warping and distorting graphics and shapes. For the beginner and intermediate student or graphic artist, choosing or knowing which distort or warp tool to use among so many available can become overwhelming and confusing.
This book primarily focuses on teaching how to work with various warping tools and effect filters in Illustrator, though you will also be using or comparing graphics from Adobe Photoshop.
Knowing how to work between these two applications is a crucial part of understanding how to successfully manipulate your designs. In Illustrator, you’ll see how to alter vector graphics, and learn how to do this with your Layers panel in various non-destructive ways.
Some of the tools mentioned in this book will be familiar to you, as you may have used them frequently. However, others are well hidden, are new, or perhaps you have never considered that you could use that tool, dialog box, or filter effect to warp or distort. What You Will Learn
- Become proficient in using the warping and distorting tools and effects in Illustrator
- Discover how to add perspective to your design or make them look three dimensional
- Work with the Appearance panel, Graphic Styles, and Symbols
- Combine older tools and newer, enhanced ones
Who This Book Is For
Beginner- and Intermediate-level readers interested in pursuing careers as graphic artists, photographers, or video artists/animators.
Table of Contents About the Author About the Technical Reviewer Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction to Warps in Illustrator Illustrator Warps and Distorts Resources System Requirements Set Up the Workspace and Review the Main Panels and Tools Illustrator Panels Toolbars Control Color Color Guide Swatches Brushes Symbols Stroke Gradients Transparency Appearance Graphic Styles Layers Asset Export Artboards Comments Properties Libraries Adding Rulers Menus Saving Your File Saving Duplicates of Your File Color Conversion from CMYK to RGB for Consistency New History Panel Summary Chapter 2: Pen and Shape Tools Review Pen Tools and Curvature Tool Pen Tool (P) Review Join Points on an Open Path Add Anchor Point Tool (+) Review Delete Anchor Point Tool (-) Review Anchor Point Tool (Shift +C) Review Curvature Tool (Shift +~) Review Swapping Fill and Stroke Colors with the Pen Tool Selection, Direct Selection, and Group Selection Tools Selection Tool (V) Control Panel Options for Paths Direct Selection Tool (A) Control Panel Options for Anchor Points Group Selection Tool Adjusting Scale of Paths Additional Properties Panel and Transform Panel Options Shape Tools (Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, etc.) Rectangle Tool (M) Control Panel Options Rounded Rectangle Tool Control Panel Options Ellipse Tool (L) Control Panel Options Polygon Tool Control Panel Options Star Tool Control Panel Options Flare Tool Lens Flare Properties Line Segment Tool (\) Control Panel Options Arc Tool Control Panel Options Spiral Tool Control Panel Options Rectangular Grid Tool Control Panel Options Polar Grid Tool Control Panel Options Tips for Practicing with the Artboard and Layers Panel Align Panel to Align Shapes Use the Pathfinder to Edit Shapes Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part Setting the Size of the Artboard Working with Template Layers and Locked Layers Using the Line Segment Tool Copying and Pasting Between Documents Using Ellipse Tool to Create a Sun Copying, Pasting, and Placing Grouped Paths Add Another Line to the Field Summary Chapter 3: Working with Scale, Shear, Reshape, and Free Transform Tools Move (Selection Tool) Rotate Tool (R) Reflect Tool (O) Scale Tool (S) Shear Tool Transform Each Reshape Tool Free Transform Tool (E) Constrain and Free Transform Perspective Distort Free Distort Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part Summary Chapter 4: Working with the Puppet Warp Tool Puppet Warp Tool Project: Warped Mandala T-Shirt Art Designing a Mandala Working with the Puppet Warp Tool Workaround with Puppet Warp and Photoshop Summary Chapter 5: Working with Shape Warp (Liquify) Tools Project: Warped Mandala Design Width Tool (Shift + W) Additional Work with Line Segment Tool and Stroke Panel Brushes Definition for the Current Variable-Width Profile Shape Warp (Liquify) Tools Warp Tool (Shift + R) Warp Options Twirl Tool Twirl Options Pucker Tool Pucker Options Bloat Tool Bloat Options Scallop Tool Scallop Options Crystallize Tool Crystallize Options Wrinkle Tool Wrinkle Options Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part Summary Chapter 6: Working with the Blend Tool Blend Tool (W) Blend Options and Menu Additional Options in the Object ➤ Blend Menu Scaling Blends Blending Complex Group Objects Symbols and the Blend Tool What Is a Symbol? Symbols Panel Symbol Options Symbols Control Panel Returning to the Control Panel Options Apply the Blending Tool to the Symbol Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part Adding Posts and Bushes as Symbols Creating the Row with the Blend Tool Adding More Blend Rows Add Additional Bushes on Another Layer Editing All Symbol Instances Project: Wolf-Girl Summary Chapter 7: Warping Patterns Pattern Introduction Swatches Panel for Patterns Pattern Editing Mode Pattern Options Panel Scaling Your Pattern Transform and Scale the Pattern with the Transform Panel Object Transform and Patterns Repeating Patterns with the Object Menu Radial Repeat Grid Repeat Mirror Repeat Further Repeat Menu Options Pattern Library and the Pattern Options Panel Extracting Photoshop Patterns from the Creative Cloud Libraries Panel Customizing a Capture Pattern and Modifying It Altering Colors Use Your Patterns for Some Brushes Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part Project: Colorizing the Circus Tent Summary Chapter 8: Gradients, Mesh Tool, and Transparency Working with Gradient Panel and Gradient Tool Linear Gradient Linear Gradient Fill and Stroke Gradient Tool (G) Linear Gradient Strokes Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part 6, Adding Linear Gradients Radial Gradient Radial Gradient Fill Gradient Tool (G) Radial Gradient Stroke Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part 6, Adding a Radial Gradient Adding the Radial Gradient to the Sun Freeform Gradient Freeform Gradient Example Mesh Tool (U) Create Gradient Mesh How to Separate the Gradient Mesh from a Path Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part 6, Working with the Mesh Tool on Flowers Petal Petal Petal Petal Stem Make Poppies and Group the Poppies Copy the Poppies Add More Flowers and Grasses Transparency Panel Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part 6, Examples of Working with the Transparency Panel Gradients and Transparency in Brushes Panel Using Tools Such as Pen Tool, Paintbrush Tool, Blob Brush Tool, and Eraser Tool Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part 6, Using the Brush Tool Summary Chapter 9: Creating Envelope Distorts Envelope Distorts on Objects and Type Envelope Options Make with Warp Control Panel Options Warp Type Make with Mesh Control Panel Options Warp Type Make with Top Object Control Panel Options Project: Type in the Heart Project: Circus Tent and Molded Masks Molded Mask Summary Chapter 10: Working with Type Paths Type Tool (T) Control Panel and Properties Panel Options Character Variable Font Open Type Panel Paragraph Area Type Make Envelope Align Transform Changing Text Color Glyphs Panel Resetting Character, Paragraph, and Open Type Panels Vertical Type Tool Area Type Tool and Vertical Area Type Tools Area Type Options Additional Tips for Working with the Area Type Tools Project: Text Wrap Around a Shape with Type Area Text Wrap Option Text Wrap Option Type on a Path Tool and Vertical Type on a Path Tool Type on a Path Options Touch Type Tool (Shift + T) Type into Outlines Project: The Juggling Clown Circus Tent Poster and Letters Around the Ring Envelope Warp Type Fixing Hollow Text Issues Type on a Path Layer Summary Chapter 11: Working with Live Effect Filters Effect Menu Illustrator Effects 3D and Materials Convert to Shape Crop Marks Distort & Transform Free Distort Pucker & Bloat Roughen Transform Tweak Twist Zig Zag Path Pathfinder Rasterize Stylize Drop Shadow Feather Inner Glow Outer Glow Photoshop Layer Styles and Illustrator Equivalents Round Corners Scribble SVG Filters (Scalable Vector Graphics) Warp Applying Effects Again Applying Different Multiple Effects and Editing Objects Effect ➤ Photoshop Effects Effect Gallery Artistic Effects Brush Strokes Effects Distort Effects Sketch Effects Stylize Effect Texture Effect Choose an Effect Use the Appearance Panel to Edit Effects Blur, Pixelate, and Video Effects Blur Effects Gaussian Blur Radial Blur Smart Blur Pixelate Effects Color Halftone Crystallize Mezzotint Pointillize Graphic Styles Panel Review for Storage Adding Graphic Styles to Type, Including Gradients Graphic Styles and Symbols How Can You Apply Effects to Symbols as Well? Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part 7, Adding Texture with Effects Where to Acquire Additional Effects via Creative Cloud Summary Chapter 12: Working with Symbol Warping Tools Symbol Creation (Symbol Review) Symbolism Tools Project: Bubble Wand Example Symbol Sprayer Tool (Shift +S) Symbol Shifter Tool Symbol Scruncher Tool Symbol Sizer Tool Symbol Spinner Tool Symbol Stainer Tool Symbol Screener Tool Symbol Styler Tool Creating Graphic Styles for Symbols Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part 8: Dandelion Seeds Summary Chapter 13: Working with 3D and Perspective Perspective Grid & Perspective Selection Tools Project: Skyscraper City Scene View ➤ Perspective Grid Making a Custom Grid Drawing on the Perspective Grid Additional Perspective Commands Effect ➤ 3D and Materials (3D Classic) Rotate (Classic) Revolve (Classic) Map Art Extrude & Bevel (Classic) Map Art Effect ➤ 3D and Materials Panel Project: Coffee Cup Example Rotate 3D and Materials Object Tab Materials Tab Add Single and Multiple Graphics Symbols Lighting Tab The Render Tab Materials Revolve Materials Tab Lighting Tab Extrude & Bevel Materials Tab Lighting Tab Inflate Project: Blowing in the Wind, Part 9, Adding the House Using 3D Effects Graph Tools and 3D Effects for Creating Beginner Infographics Project: Coffee Production Infographic Idea Summary Chapter 14: Using Your Warped Designs Between Other Adobe Apps Workflow of Photoshop and Illustrator Graphics to Other Adobe Applications InDesign Animate Dreamweaver Saving Exported Files or Assets from Photoshop and Illustrator Other Adobe Applications Summary Index
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