Today we’re sharing 5 Adobe Illustrator tips to improve your workflow. Follow this easy tutorial for time saving ways to edit your motifs in Adobe Illustrator.
ALIGN TOOL INSTRUCTIONS
- Go to Window > Align to open the Align tool palette
- Select your motifs and click on the distribute spacing buttons
- Now vertically or horizontally align your motifs to have them perfectly align
SCALE TOOL INSTRUCTIONS
- Click on the Direct Selection tool in your toolbar
- Hold down shift and click the anchor points you want to scale equally
- Click on the Shape Builder tool in your toolbar
- Click and drag your anchor points to scale them proportionally
RANDOM TOOL INSTRUCTIONS
- Select your motifs (make sure they are not grouped)
- Go to Object > Transform > Transform Each
- Choose the angle you want to rotate your motifs
- Tick random in the options and click okay to randomise your shapes
DIRECT SELECTION TOOL
- Click on the Direct Selection tool in your toolbar
- Look for the inner circle anchor points within your shapes and follow the directions in the video
- For the second row of shapes you will need to hold shift while selecting multiple anchor points
SHAPE BUILDER TOOL
- Create the your motif
- Select over the shapes and select the Shape Builder tool in your toolbar
- Now drag over the shapes that you want to combine into one
TIPS
- There are many more uses for each of these tools. We encourage you to experiment and see what else you can make!
- We would always recommend setting aside time to really get to know the tools and what they can do that works for you and improves your workflow.
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