9 Hacks for Adobe Illustrator That Changed My Life

[@ForeverDansky]

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[@aurelianfreeman1800]

I just love this kind of content: informative, no useless bla-bla, and straight to the point. Keep it up...and thanks for sharing, mate!

[@raedjibrail]

I've used Adobe Illustrator for over 20 years and still learned something new! Thank you for the colour across all platforms tip - super useful.

[@ForeverDansky]

Hey that’s so great to hear, thank you! Glad the video has been helpful 😊

[@code.design]

This should be in the cc cloud app. I work for many agencies and none use bridge. Global cc settings: Same for document presets and scripts. Why not Adobe why!?

[@simoharjane7823]

YOU ARE SO GOOD WITH YOUR ILLUSTRATOR CONTENT . LEARNING LOT FROM YOU

[@kennethmurphy8585]

I always, always love learning something new from you after 30 years of using Ai. Thank you Dansky!!!

[@ForeverDansky]

You’re welcome! 👊 Happy to help 😊

[@markjjnstradling]

Hi Dan, your videos never cease to be of use to me as a non-designer business owner using Ai. The Icons, Swatches and Tiling hacks were extremely useful. Thanks very much.

[@shanmaxx5]

Daaaang 'transform each' gonna save my life!!! didn't know about that. 🤯

[@ForeverDansky]

Aha yea it’s a beauty mate, and a HUGE timesaver that one! 😅

[@QuanticDreamer]

Thank you!!! So much graphic design goodness in one video!

[@ForeverDansky]

You’re welcome! 👍😁

[@marilynisaacs7739]

Brilliant as always!!! I learn SO MUCH every time I watch one of your tutorials. Thanks!!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you, that’s so great to hear 😊🙌

[@mannansheikh715]

Your illustrator's work is wonderful sir, which is very useful for me, thank you. I see and follow your works regularly.

[@TheoMcF]

Humbling myself enough to learn more about Illustrator from others was a whole journey for me. Sure, I may know 7/9 "hacks" already, but there were two that I didn't know, and now that I took the time to learn them, I'm going to save SO much more time in the future! Good work Dansky, thanks!

[@PaulDorsch-m1l]

Just created a new KZbin-Playlist called "ultra useful tutorials" just because of this video! :D awesome!!

[@ForeverDansky]

Aha wow, that's amazing Paul! Thank you 🙏

[@davismccarty6424]

Link please ?

[@lamouralice4533]

9:00 tip 7 is out of this world 👍🏻

[@muhammadusamawp2174]

Dansky you’re really a blessing for me 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you, that’s so kind of you ❤️

[@chasebros4948]

Nice. I knew pretty much all of these except merging anchor points with pathfinder. I had no idea that you could do that.

[@meaganthemarionette4899]

Tip number 8 blew my MIND, this is great!!

[@ForeverDansky]

Awesome! 🙌

[@BobbyLaneProductions]

I love how easy your hacks are to follow and they're all pertinent.. thanks!

[@DimitrisVakri]

i never thought the second one would be considered a hack, I use it pretty much every time xD Also I had never noticed that Join Tool, I always use the Pencil! Loved the rest 7 though :)

[@carpenterhillstudios8327]

Thank you! (I also like the frershness of you doing it in real time. You have jiust saved me hours or frustration with aligning points. Most important though is generating palettes I'm in the middle of a big project requiring that colors across multiple images be consistent but varied. No more recreating color swatches be hand, (though that is also fun).

[@christinaline4842]

Didn’t know I could add all selected colours to the swatches panel! I’ve been adding my colours one by one. I will use that all the time now 😁

[@suprelame]

Absolutely golden. So glad I decided to watch that. The multiple scale selections is so rad. I used to transform each art board separately!

[@munequa81]

Just came across your channel and wow! Thank you for all of these time saving tips!

[@ForeverDansky]

You’re welcome 😊 Glad you like them thanks!

[@soulvibration-groningen]

Bedankt

[@ForeverDansky]

Hey thank you so much! 😍

[@soulvibration-groningen]

@@ForeverDansky just a little gesture! I've been using illustrator for over 14 years. It's not my favourite Adobe app but watching the video's makes me love it a lot more and still learning new things!

[@bro_got_it_5Lb]

You are the GOAT … thank you bro 💯

[@ForeverDansky]

Happy to help!

[@wilsonudeagha2112]

Thank you so much, Dansky.

[@ForeverDansky]

My pleasure! ☺️

[@joebuckaroo82]

thanks for these hacks. If anyone is interested, the color mosaic one only works if the image is embedded rather than linked.

[@b.joshuahenina]

Absolutely a great tutorial I'm amazed ❤

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks!

[@i0nn.a]

Hii thanks for the video ! I would like to ask if it's a new update with " smooth" function ? cause i don't have one

[@ForeverDansky]

Adobe Illustrator 2024 👍

[@lilysita6767]

very-very useful and great tips, I am new to Illustrator, and your contents a great help for my learning process - ❤ thank you so much, Dansky

[@ForeverDansky]

Hey Lily you're welcome! 😊 Also thank you so much for supporting me as a member 👊

[@terencegibbins3894]

Wonderful video presentation as always. Many thanks for making and uploading. Really appreciate it so very much:)😊

[@ForeverDansky]

My pleasure 😊

[@dul4135]

Thank you

[@ParTzzaN]

Great video my friend, I'm just started using Illustrator and I found it so fun to learn specially by magnificent contents like yours. Peace mate

[@toyahiya506]

This tutorial is beneficial for me. Thank you.

[@raedjibrail]

So many tips, so little time. Wonder how many I'll remember tomorrow?!

[@MaryBaumdesigndev]

Gotta tell you. I've been an Illustrator user since VERSION 1 - that's almost forty years! And a couple of these shortcuts are new to ME.

[@ForeverDansky]

Hey that's amazing to hear Mary - thank you! 😊

[@bryanvanmaalsen2697]

Very useful tips. Thanks a lot for sharing! 👍🏾

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome! 😃

[@3ScoopsProductions]

I literally had to stop and clap aloud at the third tip. Bravo sir, another excellent production.

[@davidmoore7115]

SO great, the first 2 are always a problem for me so big thanks

[@ForeverDansky]

Awesome, glad I could help! ✌️🥳

[@arlenedabbas1247]

Great job! I am constantly learning, I love it!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you, that's so great to hear Arlene! 😊

[@mdnaimulislam]

Thank you so much 😊 sir Love from Bangladesh ❤❤❤

[@TheTulipanka123]

Tip #3 - OMG!! Thanks!

[@ForeverDansky]

Happy to help 😁

[@wowduniahindi636]

Your videos are really amazing and this is one of them ,, very nice tips for easy work. 🤩

[@rampanttricky17]

hack #1: solves the issue i had yesterday. i kept think i needed to join and delete "extra anchor pts". PITA! never would have though to use what i (erroneously) saw as an area/fill modifying tool for fixing/unifying paths! just this change to my thinking may help me to make better use of the program-outside this particular issue.

[@DavidPeyrouty]

Helpful, like always... Thank you, very much, and long life, to your channel!!!

[@ahmriyad]

I love your vidieos so much and wait for new vidieos By the way love from Bangladesh❤

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you so much 😀

[@عمارعمار-ج1ذ3س]

thank u for your efforts wish u good health, richness and happiness to u and to your family

[@chell2133]

These are amazing tips, I mainly use Ai for lettering and logo design so the "Average" function is a big game changer!

[@lamouralice4533]

Omg, you really help me out with starting to use this software 😂 Thank you ❤

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome 😊

[@vdphotosnfun]

Absolutely Fantastic Video, very useful 👍🏻 Thank you for sharing

[@ForeverDansky]

My pleasure, thank you ☺️

[@TRoush118]

Hello. I'm wondering how I can end my current pen line on a previously drawn pen stroke while tracing an image by hand? I am trying to trace an image with pen tool and then laser cutting said trace but I need all closed paths.

[@wafamoh1341]

why option" creat object mosaic" is not work with me ?? its show with grey color and i cant sellect it

[@SWORLD1991]

very useful, thank you.

[@kevinpatrickgoebel7073]

nice, nice,nice thanks Dansky

[@m.saffar0073]

Bruh, You save my century. Thanks for sharing. Peace. ❤

[@madzoroyal]

God of Illustrator ✨

[@flytetime7637]

Some great tips. Thanks!

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Dzine007]

These were very useful tips 👍👍

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad it was helpful!

[@speedykiller619]

What are those sponges there on your wall? Do you know where I can buy it?

[@ForeverDansky]

Ah I got the sound panels from Amazon! Search for "acoustic foam panelling" and they really help reduce the echo in the room when recording. The swivel mic stand is linked in the video description 🙂

[@REIGNOFCHIC1]

I love your channel so much! Thank you for your awesome content! God bless you 😊

[@ForeverDansky]

You are so welcome! 🙏

[@kylesfisher]

Do you know if there is a way to create a colour average from an image that gets applied to a shapes above? In a similar way object mosaic tool works but to pre-set shapes not just a grid? Would help load for low poly portraits.

[@indigoinarritu6096]

Great video! Thanks.

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome! 😊

[@klalazarian1]

Dio you have a tutorial on how you made that anchor? I'm a newbie and this would help me so much! Thank you!

[@MushafMehdi1]

that second one helped alot. i was manually deleting all the anchor points with direct selection tool, the paths sometimes gets deleted with the anchor point as well.. that made a huge chaos but THE LEGEENDARY LIFESAVER DAN saved us

[@ForeverDansky]

Aha yea it’s a nifty workaround, and much quicker than scripts! I learned about this technique the other day from a comment on another video 😃

[@MushafMehdi1]

@@ForeverDansky hah from a comment that's cool

[@Mustekaa]

This video is so helpful thanks. And also I have a question, is there a way for me to resize things without holding down shift and maintain proportions like in the photoshop? I did a lot of research for this but couldn't find any settings for it, is it possible? Thanks in advance.

[@ForeverDansky]

You’re welcome ☺️ Ah no afraid not, pretty sure Illustrator requires a Shift key press, and doesn’t have a toggle option in the settings.

[@edwardanderson3506]

New to the channel. Love the info and enthusiasm!

[@fabriciomachado1394]

Thanks, man!

[@sethp5640]

Awesome vid!! Thank you!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks! Glad you liked it! 😊

[@Cyanide157]

Learned so much here

[@MiRofek]

Awesome hacks! As always. Thank you sir.

[@Nicc565]

6:40 damn that was so satisfying and usefull

[@FS4U-CH]

These are great tips. thank you

[@ForeverDansky]

You are so welcome! 🙏

[@mrplaytoearn]

Hi Dan, I have a problem exporting as an SVG file in Illustrator and Photoshop too. I have 2 text layers, the back text is colored and the front text is black and they are overlapping each other. Unfortunately, the Cricut Design Space will not be able to handle the svg file properly, due to the overlapping problem. I tried to unite them before the export but then the colored text will be changed to black. Do you have any idea, how can I unite them without losing the colored text and save it as an SVG file properly? Thank you so much for your help.

[@EvelynSoto20]

Great tips! Thank you :)

[@HowieD1975]

AWESOME Tutorial!!!! 1) I have to export a lot of Solidworks drawings into Illustrator (I export them as .DFX files). when the drawings come over the lines are broken up into a ton of tiny little segments... is there any way to join the lines so that they are not so broken up? 2) How did you create that grid and center all those icons? Did you make a table like in InDesign? That was super cool how you were able to scale all those icons from the center of each square. Would love to see a tutorial on how that was created.

[@klariss9768]

Very useful, thank you (:

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome :)

[@junaidHosainGraphicDesigner]

when I use shape builder tool it changes the size of an object a little bit, which cause problems for big cnc cutting files. bcs, those small changes in every shape create a big difference in total. any suggestion for that??

[@Saad_rehmani]

Hi Dan can you please upload a Photoshop tutorial. I really love your Photoshop tutorials

[@AlyssaHoney-i1c]

Is there a way to have two tiled windows of the same document (with changes updating) but have one document's active selections not appear? Sorry if that wasn't very clear- thank you so much for these videos! It's making it much less painful to learn Ai!

[@curveeditor]

Really very helping thank you.

[@infographie]

Excellent.

[@ForeverDansky]

Many thanks!

[@annabellamigliaccio13]

super nice hacks! Thanks ;)

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome!

[@dantheman2907]

Handy tips as always.

[@ForeverDansky]

Fantastic! 👍

[@zahratayeh21]

I LOVE THIS

[@RiazAhmed]

Sir, if it’s possible, please make a video covering Illustrator and Photoshop plugins. Thank You ❤

[@humazafar3064]

Excellent thanks 👍

[@muhammadusamawp2174]

Hey Dansky! I need your assistance please. When I go to Transform each tool. The constrain option doesn’t appear. I got Illustrator 2022. This Tip was really a life saving for me but unfortunately the constrain option ditched me 😭 Help me out Please 🙏

[@muhammadusamawp2174]

Sorry I’ve the 2020 version of Illustrator

[@muhammadusamawp2174]

And I’m talking about Tip no 3

[@ForeverDansky]

Hey there, if the 'link icon' doesn't appear in the 'Transform' window, just adjust both values for the 'Scale' equally 👍

[@morav_]

thank you this helped me in my internship

[@oluwafemiadebisi7006]

Thanks for sharing

[@ForeverDansky]

My pleasure!

[@JoeBodego]

Create object mosaic is grayed out when I import an jpeg

[@S04B3L]

I like your energy, most big design youtubers make me sleepy

[@ForeverDansky]

I appreciate that! Thank you ☺️

[@artem_novo]

very helpful video👌😊

[@ForeverDansky]

Awesome! 🙌

[@MrBobbyd45]

Good video. Is Illustrator good for simply drawing and sketching?

[@nicamonimoniyu]

Love this tips thanks

[@NuworldBusinessSystems]

When I go to object>path the smooth option does not come out. Any ideas to why?

[@ForeverDansky]

Are you on the latest version of Illustrator 2024?

[@NuworldBusinessSystems]

@@ForeverDansky you’re right. Updated and it was there, thank you.😀

[@AsadKhan-ib8xi]

Thanks

[@TheKateDash]

The most thing I liked here is how you enjoy the process and have fun with it 😂

[@tayebrahmani3012]

Thank you

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome!

[@offsign]

Hi, again great vid. Let me know, is there any option like Transform each but add values in mm/cm instead of percentage? Thank you

[@thomasjoel1409]

Definitely!

[@alializadeh8195]

Thanks

[@SabtuSoreAdventure]

Thanks for the tutor