Dude, I cannot empathize how much this series is so valuable. your explanation is very straightforward and easy to understand. Thanks so much for your effort and keep up the good work.
@@jirehla-ab1671 I'm pretty sure yes. A lot of things don't work when importing an .ai into AE, like editable text, images, transparency, blending modes... so I'm 99% sure effects don't as well.
My Free Distort window only had one dashed line so I had to improvize with the leaves a bit but OH MY GOD ITS THE BEST VIDEO ive ever watched to teach myself any skill. I actually feel like Ive learned the software, and not how to do one particular thing, thank you so much!
Thank you for this video. I needed something like this on youtube, especially at this time when I'm just starting getting used to the Illustrator. You are definitely one of the best channels I have found on my learning journey.
In case of the outline object, it can be useful for texts. The feature you mentioned for adding the rectangular shape effect to a text fill, will work better if the outline object effect is applied first. If you try to add the rectangular shape without the outline object effect, you will notice the space above the cap height and below the base line are not equal. I found it useful in specific design choices. Thank you for the informative video. I've learned a lot.
This is by far the most compressive video I have ever seen explaining all the effects in Illustrator. Great job! My favorite effect is Transform. There are so many possibilities with it such as creating Spirograph art. The ability to stack effects on top of each other is really powerful. I have made a realistic eyeball and flower from a single anchor point using multiple effects. You just use the convert to shape effect first and then go from there. It’s a fun challenge.
I can't describe how your videos are helpful for me! This is an incredible job, and as someone says before, you have considerable skill in explanation! They are short and clear. Even your shorts show me more than some courses 😅❤
The bounding box effect can be interesting when aligning text with other texts or objects. The align to bottom function usually fails when the box is away from the physical limits of the text
There is a fix for this! In the alone panel under the hamburger menu, you can click to align to text edges for both point and area text (so the bounding box effect is still a bit useless)
A quick bit of input/answer for your query as to what the 'tweak effect' might actually be used for: instead of just noising up the edges of a shape, as you showed, swap the fill and stroke, and apply tweak to the stroke only, it creates a terrific 'sketch effect', like an ink/pencil sketch. A practical example: create a letter, create 5 instances of your chosen letter, align and 'group' them, create two copies of the 'group' and set them aside. Apply the 'tweak effect' to the first group, with higher #'s in horz/vert you'll see the effect right away - adjust to taste. Then apply the effect to the other two groups in lesser/lower amounts each time, then align all groups and voila, super organic/natural looking line drawing/sketch. fyi. keep up the good work.
Outline object - if that dog would have been without background as transparent PNG, it will make an outline around it. You need to add stroke in Appearance panel first. It's good for silhouettes or wrapping text around bitmap picture. And thank you for the video. :-)
Man this video is great! Saved it to my Art/design tips and tricks playlist. Thank you for making this list of all the cool stuff Ilustrator can do, I gotta keep those 3D effects in mind!
Outline object is used for files for print as the rasterize one. Applied on text objects will convert them to outlines in the pdf part or in exported pdf while keeping them live in ai file
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That was made a long time ago, I don't recall exactly. The red shape was probably a custom Illustrator brush to get a more organic brush, but you could just use a rounded stroke and change the thickness midways with the Width Tool. And the mouth I probably made a circle and edited the anchor points.
I don't think you can, considering that the grain effect is basically just noise. It's just randomly painting each pixel a different color/shade of gray.
On the warp effect filter 23:59 , I applied an effect, but when it comes to separating colors to send to printer, I had fill and stroke together but can’t separate for spot colors if I ungrouped, it goes back to original shape, loosing my warp effect. What is the remedy beside drawing then manually my design was a banner?
Have you tried expanding the shape? This will "apply" the effects, causing them to not be editable anymore, but may be a solution to your problem. I recommend making a duplicate of the artwork and expanding the duplicate, so you still have the original in case you need it. You can expand shapes through the "Object" menu.
Yes, I did, I remembered after I posted and it works like a charm, their should be some reference to the Expand feature in same effects menu column. Just like outline. Thanks for responding. I subscribed to your channel, great info.
Thanks! Yes, if you open the "Stroke" panel, you can simply select a stroke width and it'll automatically add a stroke to the object. Same with the "Color" panel, if you select a color for the stroke, it'll automatically add a stroke to the object.
@@AndyTellsThings I meant sth different. Lets say you have a path which length is X and width 2X and after using outline stroke you will get rectangle. Is it possible to do opposite action - to generate path from rectangle? Or from any more complicated object? Maybe there is some script which can do that?
@@akonityn5827 Gotcha, you want to convert a filled object into a stroke. No, that's not possible, I'm afraid. It's just like outlining text, you can go back to text after you outline it. :)
Hello! Great video sir 👍🏼. I want to ask what you did at 26:32 after duplicating the fill and removing zig zag effect. Did you edited the transform effect or applied a new one. I am trying to do the same but it is ending up with different sizes of the three leaves if i scale it everytime i try. I didn't undertand the procedure clearly.
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@@p4thum I don't recall exactly, but sometimes it can just be the editing. I tend to remove waiting times when they're too long. 3D is very intensive on my computer still.
I was so excited for the first effect as I thought Illustrator and photoshop no longer had 3D features. All the features are fantastic to know about, but I am most excited about the one you were least excited about; the outline. I am not an illustrator, but I a doing animation and creating puppets and landscapes from bits and pieces I find from a vector subscription. Sometimes you just need outlines and I was just thinking, I am going to have to draw them all, but not now thanks to you including that feature!
Not sure I follow exactly what you're doing. Which effect are you referring to: "Outline Object" or "Outline Stroke"? And when you say "sometimes you just need outlines" ou mean actually outlining the object or using strokes? Because "outline" and "stroke" are totally different things in Illustrator, but people sometimes refer to strokes as outlines - hence why I found your comment a little confusing.
Thank you for that clarification. I'm pretty new to all this and somehow I got the stroke effect, but went through "path". Testing now, I see the differnce, never the the less, you helped me with finding this, shadows and 3D effects for me to start with, thank you. @@AndyTellsThings
