30 Illustrator Secrets Graphic Designers MUST KNOW!

[@johnong2655]

Things that are new to me - Shift-sample tool on gradients - Hold-F while using curve tool - Arrow keys and alt to adjust star - Ctrl for minor increments - Calculation on values

[@ForeverDansky]

Amazing! Glad the video was helpful John 😊

[@malikeeadamah3430]

Hi Dansky I am a graphic designer, a beginner and I really love watching your videos. From Liberia, West Africa.

[@cr082080]

go away

[@luckyhappy65]

Being a deigner for more than 10 years, I don't know all of these secrets! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@ForeverDansky]

Hey thank you so much! 😍

[@Ya01853q]

Copy Effects 0:29 Dotted Lines 0:42 Intertwine 0:59 Trim View 1:11 Arc Tool 1:18 Smoothen Lines 1:26 Smooth Tool Shortcut 1:47 Cut Straight Lines1:59 Gradient 2:17 Reshaping 2:34 Fidelity 2:51 Star Shape 3:05 Zoom In/Out 3:17 Swatch 3:29 Tints 3:46 Canva Settings 4:09 Art Boards 4:31 Y-Frame Preview 4:46 Shape Builder 4:52 Scissor 5:06 Eyedropper 5:25 Adjust Properties 5:43 Closing Perspective Tool 6:09 Isolate Objects 6:27 Change Bruch 6:37 Shape 7:00 History 7:17 Default Saving Location 7:28

[@michaeljohnson1576]

I really feel like I've hit a goldmine by finding your channel today. I am a beginner programmer who wanted to learn some design to help ease the learning process with JavaScript a little and your videos have made Illustrator go from being an absolutely frustrating tool for a newb like myself to something that is actually very fun to use. Thank you so much for being there for newbies like myself.

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks so much Michael, hopefully the other Illustrator videos are also helpful 😊

[@brycesdad27]

That was the BEST illustrator shortcut tutorial I’ve ever seen! I’ve been a professional designer to long to mention & use illustrator every day! & you taught me some things I never knew… thank you!

[@ForeverDansky]

Hey Chad! Awesome, that’s so great to hear 😊👍

[@mrkarim4902]

Man. I use this tool for 20 years, I only knew 3 tips. You rock!!! All the best from Paris!

[@ForeverDansky]

Awesome! So glad the video was helpful 😊

[@norzawork7287]

WOW!! So many new features I didn't know, thank you for sharing! I also love how quick and simple your tutorials are. So helpful and a time-saver! And finally I know how to get the exact color instead of gradient

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad it was helpful Norza! 🙂👍

[@jeffbrown8821]

If you’re stuck in the perspective tool you can also hit the escape key to get out of it. Great video as always!

[@ForeverDansky]

Oh nice! Great tip thanks Jeff! 🔥

[@Movie_Star]

Bro tanya gimana buat teks keying tapi masking di Adobe premiere?

[@Grafixart]

​@@ForeverDansky the 17th tips.. ❤ thanks 1million times for all !!!

[@联想-u7q]

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[@Grafixart]

Nah bro you are a king ! Thanks x100.. in real we are lazy.. because every little shortcut is so easy to find 🙏🏼 thanks for the tips and to giving me.the motivation to go to search also by myself 🙏🏼 réal king

[@shraddhabathla7859]

Hey! Dansky. I'm a beginner at graphic design and I find your videos really precise and helpful. I'm grateful for your service. Thanks for sharing and Good Luck!🙏

[@danielpavlik7242]

Same here. Literally Im always impressed how much I learn from a single video of this guy. The other channels are great too but Dansky is another level. He rocks.

[@choriblast]

i had no idea the eyedropper was so powerful, loved this

[@wasdar]

Trust me this video is God level for me, actually iam new to graphic design community and I saw some tutorials from other youtubers but thay didn't teach me this tricks and than I was searching in software from myself than I saw this video. Everything changed, love you so mxx

[@ForeverDansky]

Hey thank you, that’s so amazing to hear! 😊

Perspective grid shortcut to turn it on and off is Command-Shift-I / CTRL-Shift-I Thank you for the tips. The one with the color picker is cool and will save me some nerves :)

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks for sharing that Radomir! Super helpful shortcut 😊

[@SusanaM-dt3pk]

Hello Dansky, thank so much for your most generous, simple, crystal clear, and super fun explanations! You are the best!!

[@kodihewa1948]

TRUELY

[@ByeAbby]

I'm a university student semi-formally learning Illustrator. (Not part of my program, but learning it for extracurriculars.) And let me tell you, the sheer number of things in this video that made my jaw drop are astounding. So many tricks I wish I knew earlier, and not really things you learn unless you see something like this. Thanks for the video. These are gonna make my life so much easier

[@rickyy_shenn]

Just realised that there's always more to learn. Helpful tips. Thanks man.👍

[@vitaminq4348]

Dansky this is perfect. Informative, engaging, concise. Thank you

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad it was helpful!

[@marlabeard5352]

at 2:38 OMG that pencil trick--THANKS so much! Subbed!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks Marla!

[@ForeverDansky]

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[@AvalancheDesignIE]

I've been using Illustrator since the 90s and was amazed to find a good few tips here that I never knew. Thanks Dansky - another top notch video! Keep them coming

[@ForeverDansky]

Hey that’s great to hear! Happy to help 😊

[@miaumpara8325]

So far! the best all in one package video tricks I've seen for illustrator ❤

[@ForeverDansky]

Wow, thank you!

[@VIDEOMAKER-vx7oc]

Thanks Dansky.... Nice to see you again.

[@ForeverDansky]

Welcome back!

[@NNNedlog]

This is so helpful, especially with the perspective grid, sampling just a color from an existing gradient and double-clikcking anywhere on the workspace to exit a group

[@Certified_Art_Teacher]

Hey Dan, I've spent, literally, countless HOURS over the years moving around my artboards manually!!! I had no idea (probably didn't think to look tbh lol) that AI had this artboard setting!! This is all good stuff!!! Thanks!

[@halane2526]

The 25 tip is all i wanted ! I used to close/delete all the document for that ... thanks man Great tips by the way

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad it helped!

[@abdelrahmanmahany133]

Your content is underrated. You deserve a much more views. You are a real professional. Thanks for what you are presenting.

[@ForeverDansky]

I really appreciate that, thank you so much 😍👊

[@nickradcliffe6691]

Excellent video, as always. Thank you! My biggest take-homes were the colour picker one and the 'default save to computer'.

[@ForeverDansky]

Cheers Nick! Glad it was helpful 🙂

[@thandiesimone]

I need this. Particularly for that knife tip. THANK YOU!

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome Thandie! 😊

[@jelicajeremic6831]

26 - You can also exit the isolated area with one click :D, by clicking on the "gray tape" (sorry, not sure how to describe it better) where the Layer 1-Group-Compound Path are. Great tips as always Dansky!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks for the tip Jelica!

[@minetoobin9762]

Holy Crap! I’m going to probably watch this every time I work on a project! 😆 Such an excellent job! Thank you! New fan!

[@emilyyoung5502]

Wow. I've been using Illustrator for a decade and only knew about a quarter of these. Brilliant!💯

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad you enjoyed it Emily! 😀

[@doncherimoe8102]

Thank you a million times over for the preference tip to stop the cloud save!!!

[@ForeverDansky]

Aha happy to help! 😃👍

[@doodledad5043]

Another solid vid from the master. Thanks Dansky!

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@johnsteed9083]

Another little gem Dan. I watch mainly for the entertainment value.

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks John! 😃

[@REDOUANENAOURI]

You are a master in your craft ! Illustrator never seemed that easy

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you so much mate!

[@kraigelliott5374]

This video is FREAKING AMAZING!!! Thanks for your hard work!

[@ForeverDansky]

Cheers Kraig, you’re welcome! 👊

[@mattwellbrock1819]

Great video! Thanx lots, Dansky.

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad you liked it Matt 👊

[@abdullahasif_design]

Love your Content! Thankyou

[@ForeverDansky]

I appreciate that!

[@nuaveb]

Thanks bro, appreciate this one...time to level up!

[@ghafourbouakaz2744]

Is always good to see your videos, thanks bro.

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad you like them Ghafour! Thank you 😊

[@manmohansingh7838]

man o man! one of the best videos I hv ever seen on the topic!!!!! please please please make more and keep making such!!!! 05:23 07:29 were the best!!!

[@defenderofmen11]

I learned so much in this video. Thanks for making this video

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tutorio]

Amazing... Fantastic tutorial... Keep up the great work!!!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks, will do! 😃

[@mohsenfarzam5608]

Great video! Thanks.

[@Feaarz]

Excellent work, gentlemen.

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks!

[@mrhristv]

At least one a month I'm googling "how to turn off Perspective grid Illustrator wtf"

[@kstudiofilms8477]

Select Perspective tool and close it perspective icon on x cross icon

[@andrewstinnett8660]

@@kstudiofilms8477 just click escape on the keyboard. I use to have this problem all the time when trying to activate the art board tool (command O) and accidentally pressing the P instead

[@timwiggers9483]

just press esc, will do the same job but much faster

[@creative_minds9999]

Soo mee😂😂😂

[@ChristianAsis-t4e]

Just ctr+shift+f9 to remove gride lines

[@babiichuk_dsgn]

You had to see my face while I watched your video... Thank you for having opened a lot of new and useful for me! 😃

[@ForeverDansky]

Aha my pleasure Babiichuk 😊

[@danielpetrushevski7177]

Great video as always Dansky! Keep up the good work!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks, will do Daniel! 👊

[@MarkeS_Design]

thank you, I will definitely keep coming back to this video - saved

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad it was helpful Marek! 😀

[@JooAbdullah-yd1gp]

All These Tricks Was What I Need And It Was So Useful ! . You Always Share Amazing Tricks For Photoshop And illustrator💙💙. Thank You So Much Dansky🥰

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you so much 😀 You're welcome!

[@hicks100]

How can the pink circle at 2:38 be merged with the hand-drawn lines of the pencil to form a single object?

[@ForeverDansky]

Hey Hicks, double-click the Pencil Tool and select ‘Edit Selected Object’ to redraw existing paths 👍

[@SevalBiyan]

Thank you Dansky... there is a couple of info there that I certainly did not know of... and that bloody perspective grid omg I have been there and I certainly go nuts lol

[@yakayakayak]

Dansky swearing is surprisingly wholesome. Didn't know it would be this refreshing to hear.

[@ForeverDansky]

Haha 😂👌

[@masudnorat]

I thought I heard wrong so I had to go back to make sure 😅

[@robinlocher1509]

Wow!! This is a goldmine of great tips,🤩🤩🤩 my head feels like it's going to explode trying to keep up with the video😆 but definitely saving to refer back to later! Thank you sir!!

[@ForeverDansky]

You’re welcome Robina! 🙂

[@elle7322]

Not only informative but also very entertaining, thank you for this video!

[@husseinabukar7723]

This is an amazing tutorial Thank you mr Dansky Keep uploading your skill to our minds😎🙏

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks so much Hussein 🙂

[@zohaibmalik819]

Really helpful tips and amazing video. Thanks for sharing.

[@ForeverDansky]

You're so welcome Zohaib 😀

[@suetaitporcaro2481]

great tips! will have to rewatch and pause

[@elmafudd9703]

Perfect sense of humour. clear to the point and skilled. When an individual know what they are doing they make their profession look easy. Top notch. When attempting to cut a straight line with the knife tool I can not press Ctrl + shift + Alt. This just gives me the direct selection tool and the knife is deselected. I can do none straight curves just fine but I have to double click to select. Its rather annoying..Grrrr.

[@monowind7984]

A very quick way to get out of perspective tool is to press escape [ esc ] ;)

[@bySterling]

Priceless tips!

[@ForeverDansky]

😃

[@liteningstrike12]

I didn't expect to get nearly as much out of this vid, and I certainly didn't expect the best tip in the whole vid to be #30!

[@ForeverDansky]

Awesome! Glad it was helpful! 😊

[@BoCaine]

Thank you! Perfect video!

[@alexandra-jr2oz]

you rock so much! thank-you big time!

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome! 😎

[@WidianeMorocco1867]

A very informative video thank you so much !

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad it was helpful!

[@markjjnstradling]

Been meaning to comment for a long time but never got around to it. Really great videos. Thanks. I am a business owner who also needs to use essentials of Ai, Ps and Id, so your videos are extreemy helpful. Whoever at Adobe made the perspective tool so difficult to actually close should be in a straight jacket. Thanks for including that one.

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks Mark, really appreciate you taking the time to comment, means a lot 🙂 Aha yea it's pretty frustrating when it pops up and won't go away!

[@polacofaggiolani1169]

Muy buen video Dansky, muy útil! muchas gracias!

[@willt.9654]

The shift eye dropper shortcut is a game changer

[@resobird]

Drawing with the shapebuilder. Never noticed!

[@yasira.6504]

Amazing and quick tips video thanks bro.

[@ForeverDansky]

Cheers Yasir 😊

[@gegart01]

The last one is the best!! 🎉

[@ZoranImsiragic]

Great tips! Few remarks. The resolution of images is in ppi, not in dpi. Images are in pixels, not in dots. The shortcut for zooming is Ctr/Cmd+Space bar and goes nicely with a space bar for hand tool.

[@azzpdg]

Before watching I hit like for this helpful channel

[@ForeverDansky]

Awesome thanks! Appreciate that!

[@shbkhan4880]

Ahhh just love your videos 💥❤️

[@khloudamasha6045]

Well done!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks Khloud!

[@ashhyyy_astetic2873]

30 out of 20 Secrets tips i already know but btw thanks, Very informative !

[@touristerfacts5076]

This Video is near to 8 minutes your challenge was 2-3minute but it is really the Best tips video.THANX❤️

[@ForeverDansky]

Aha yea, I did think about trimming it down, but would have been too fast paced for a lot of people (especially beginners) to follow 😅

[@touristerfacts5076]

@@ForeverDansky Yes sir, I can understand I really enjoy these tips and tricks.

[@quizholo]

great channel, great content, big thanks

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks! Much appreciated!

[@kingnasir]

"F#$king cloud"!😂😂😂 I get your frustration

[@josepinto-work]

Extra one if you have an object on top of another and you want to select the object that is behind, select the top object, then click control/command and click with your mouse on a location that you know the behind object is, this also works for indesign

[@ForeverDansky]

Yes! Very useful indeed!

[@josepinto-work]

@@ForeverDansky yeah it is, my university teacher works for adobe and when she told us that we all went like :O a so easy things that no one ever thought about ahhaha

[@felixsmittick9128]

Thank you for this. 💯

[@nandkishorpawar9900]

Thank you! for great tips..

[@ForeverDansky]

You are so welcome!

[@007Yasir]

This is great, thank you. 🙏

[@ForeverDansky]

You're so welcome!

[@KamrulHasan-dw5qm]

Thank you for providing well work ticks....

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad you like them!

[@Pethome-b6g]

Very helpful. thanks🥰

[@ForeverDansky]

You’re welcome 😊

[@chhanndru]

Thanks for your (as usual) great tricks and tips, your videos are so useful.

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad you like them, thanks Chandra!

[@sky-say3938]

This guy is soooo weird and awesome Thank you For the tips

[@ForeverDansky]

Haha, my pleasure! 😂

[@walterarresse6598]

I’ve been using Photoshop and Illustrator since 1991. I’m surprised at how much is there still to learn!

[@travissmith7471]

Thanks for sharing a very informative video...

[@ForeverDansky]

Happy to help Travis ☺️👍

[@WBanduMedia07]

Owesome. Very helpful, thanks.

[@LearnEnglishByCartoon]

Excellent video thank you

[@ThePatrislaw]

very useful. Thank you so much

[@ForeverDansky]

You are welcome Patrik!

[@jaymoy1476]

And I haven't even got a watch on.. 😂😂 Love to see you doing so well, Dude!

[@ForeverDansky]

Haha 😂 Cheers snail boy! 🐌

[@avinashsurve2898]

very helpful video thanks

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad it was helpful!

[@protonprotonfix5749]

So Good. Thanks a ton.

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad you liked it!

[@hnquran1002]

Great thank to KZbin, to recommend your channel,

[@brucekennedy5274]

Love it - that 3D grid argh!! 😂

[@ForeverDansky]

Haha 😂 😅

[@jeffsimpson7258]

Love your frank way of describing all the tips =) Made for a good laugh today =)

[@ForeverDansky]

Aha thanks Jeff!

[@mominurmomin7851]

That's amazing...watching from Bangladesh

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks Mominur!