8 Must-Know Tricks to Master Adobe Illustrator in 2024

[@ForeverDansky]

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[@jorge242]

3:06 You can also use the "Start editing similar shapes together" button that shows on the upper right when you select the first line. Any changes to one line will change all the others. No need to transform again.

[@mirceaconstantinescu6001]

read this as a constructive comment :) - for overlapping anchor points, if you don't want a script, select both anchors > pathfinder panel > unite - square of the corners, at the end there, i would go with a projecting cap, that way you don't have to adjust everytime you change the stroke weight - most important one, i think, the easiest way to match the artboart to the art: select artwork > Object > Artboards > Fit to selected art - how you showed it, in my experience can sometimes be a hit or miss because you have to hit an edge, sometimes it has issues with clipping masks etc. Good luck!

[@ForeverDansky]

Great tips, thank you! 😃

[@pettycooper3996]

I'm very new to ai so this is probably a stupid question but why can't one of th eoverlapping anchor points be deleted?

[@mirceaconstantinescu6001]

@@pettycooper3996 deleting one will work if you have straight lines coming to a point. if you have curves, deleting an anchor point will mess them up. if you unite them, illustrator keeps the curves as they are if you unite the overlapping anchor points.

[@pettycooper3996]

@@mirceaconstantinescu6001 Makes sense! Thanks so much!

[@majki88888]

We could just select 2 overlapping anchors and hit Ctrl + J ;)

[@randy918]

I had asked for rotate canvas view in illustrator since the 90s, they finally added it a year ago, so necessary in doing upside down panels in package design.

[@xaviergonzales6556]

I only wish there was a way that the tools set to the angle automatically when you change views.. it’s like driving a clown car(yes I’ve drove one)

[@williamzafaran]

At 7:05 instead of adjusting the anchor points, only select them and go to the stroke panel, change the end caps to projecting, then all the anchor point are still aligned. this makes it more consistent if you want to transform, edit, or change the thickness without adjusting the anchor points again.

[@lhextaz2384]

I agree with you bro, it's just a simple thing

[@loomonda18]

Happy to know that I was familiar with some of these & I also learned new things! Cheers!

[@reynersibaja]

Love your tips! Thanks👌👍

[@denhamk]

Wooooaah! An artboard that fits my icons!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!! wow.. I’m so glad I watched till the end! 👍🏽👍🏽

[@bab007able]

Awesome! I like your way of teaching; it's awesome. Keep it posted, buddy. :)

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks, will do!

[@RoxieKara]

The extend trick is soo useful! I use Autocad, and other architectural softwares and all can do this in a click…I felt Illustrator must have a capability to do this too! Thanks a million!

[@ForeverDansky]

Yea the “Transform Again” command is something I use all the time to quickly duplicate objects, and didn’t ever think to use it for individual anchor points… 😅

[@snipinsnit_ttv]

Hey Dansky! On the last tip of fitting the artboard to your icons. You can do this even faster by pressing the shortcut key shift+O or Command+O and then just double click on the icon, there's no need to drag it off the current artboard. If need be, group all separate items first.

[@pedroarruda7878]

You have one of those channels that I click like before I even see it! Thank you for this, it's just fantastic!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you so much Pedro! 😍

[@danmccalldesign]

Ha! I've been using the program since the 1990s professionally and I didn't know the shift artboard trick. I'll use it probably 50 times a day now. Hilarious. Thanks, Dansky!

[@humairalaique9550]

I learned new things, Thankyou.

[@thotho_]

Thanks ❤

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome 😊

[@atravleratravler3173]

you can also jusr double click the rotate tool to go back to normal view (9:54)

[@Brandamonium]

This is great! Thank you.

[@ForeverDansky]

You’re welcome 🙌

[@DeWetBotes-i9w]

Wow, there are some really useful tips in the video that will save me a lot of time. Thank you. I did some research and found something very interesting. The reason you can't directly apply a gradient to text without converting it to shapes, for example, is because of the complexity involved in rendering text, editing, and handling fonts. To overcome this limitation and apply a fill in the Appearance panel, you're essentially using a technique called "layered appearance." By adding a new fill to the text through the Appearance panel, you're essentially adding a new layer of styling on top of the text. This new fill becomes an independent layer of styling separate from the inherent text properties. This separation helps to avoid conflicts and limitations associated with directly applying gradients to text.

[@minarabiei6384]

it blew my mind!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jordanroney8850]

For rotating the view of the art board, you can also type in a custom angle number down near the bottom of the window! 👍

[@ForeverDansky]

Good tip thanks! 🙌

[@DavidNazario-uo3pv]

Nice Tips!

[@gogivan88]

very cool tricks. thanks a lot!

[@New_Talent]

WoW! thanks master!!!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you 🙏

[@igloo-imaging]

Always good to see tips from other designers. Had to play around with the N tip to see if there was another way, think yours is the best... however... (don't worry, it's kind) instead of lengthening the two uprights to come in-line with the square ends, you can select Stroke then in the Stroke window change the Cap from Butt to Projecting and it does it for you on any weight.

[@grafistas1]

Hey Dansky, greetings from Corfu Greece, thanks for your useful tips i really enjoyed your video, and it also made me laugh a bit.. Great job.. will check your link too..

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad it was helpful! 😊

[@________________D]

Thanks a lot ✨ I am about to ask the 3rd trick 🌚

[@ZoranImsiragic]

That extension of one three lines has logic in it. You moved an anchor point. Move is a transformation in Illustrator. Transform Again is just repeating the last transformation (Move in this case). Great video. I like it. 😊

[@majki88888]

9:15 is there a way to rotate whole artboard with all objects include and save them in this rotation? I mean if i change artboard proportions from portrait to landscape it doesn't affect on work. I need to save or export rotated work for a specyfic machine 😅 (i do that by changing width and height and then select all and rotate 90 degree...but it has to be easier way to do that xD

[@alideep9656]

Thabk you

[@MoreCreativeGFX]

Amazing

[@007Yasir]

Cmd+5 make guides. 2:49

[@benzakonium]

I used to get that weird screen artifact thing (from example one) all the time in illustrator when I was on an Intel Mac. It drove me up the wall, and I spent countless hours searching for solutions or even causes. Never got to the bottom of it, but since switching to an M2 Mac Studio I don't get it at all anymore. I can only surmise that it's a graphics card compatibility issue when running two screens (didn't get it when I used my built in screen on my laptop). One Adobe employee did however give me a keyboard shortcut to get rid of it: Command E

[@alichandwani]

I have a m2 as well and am using it on a single monitor and still i get the issue.. 😕

[@ForeverDansky]

Interesting thanks! I’m using an M2 MacBook Pro, but yea could be related to using an external display whilst recording my screen 🤔

[@kaipedersen8486]

Brilliant video, as always. Also you're welcome

[@ForeverDansky]

Haha cheers fella 🤣

[@soheilvaziry2904]

great Tricks you learn here for last trick you can press esc bottom once to reset the artboard view and that's faster.

[@ahmedbangee8467]

special thanks for the last one

[@ketybagwalla]

I am thankful I came across your channel. I have just installed AI 2024. I have "placed" a scan on the dashboard and Image Traced it. When I try to erase the stray bits, I am unable to do so and instead of erasing, I see the path of the eraser all over the board. Is there something I need to activate to get rid of these lines and be able to erase? Many thanks

[@NoelleOfNiDeepDesigns]

If you select both points that overlap you can press the unite pathfinder tool and it will merge them.

[@paulmarko]

The reason the gradient doesn't work.on the text by default is because it actually has a text fill. Text fills allow you to change the fill on a per-character basis (by highlighting which characters you want to change) , vs one single overlay, so you can imagine how problematic allowing gradients for textfills might be.

[@dominickcassanelli4028]

Question struggling with duplicating and mirroring an object and want to place the exact same distance from the center guide but on the other side of the center guide, is there an easy way to do this?

[@ForeverDansky]

Good question! Check your "Smart Guides" are turned on, and with your graphic selected and using the Reflect Tool, hold Alt/Option and click where the center of your artboard is, a window will pop up, and here you reflect along the vertical axis and then select "Copy" 👍

[@jarmelo2006]

Ayyyyyyyyye ✌🏾😊

[@emildimitrov1248]

9:55 or click Esc

[@KatieStolpe]

You should teach how to make the work space larger so you can make 50 foot designs without having to scale them. Also teach how to save images on that without them going super pixelated after in a pdf. I had to figure those out on my own.

[@DThompsonhouston]

Entertaining and extremely attractive. I learned something, I admit. Should you keep making education videos? Oh yes. Without the shirt though, for maximum retention of the presentation.

[@bfjrd]

really hate that smudges on screen when you move some elements... sometimes the nodes leaving traces

[@SilenceKillsDesign]

That was a video card issue for me

[@bfjrd]

@@SilenceKillsDesign really? hmm im using gigabyte rx 6600

[@ForeverDansky]

Someone else in the comments also said it could be related to using an external display, which I was doing when this video was recorded, so will keep an eye on this one for sure!

[@alexandrugrecov8964]

To maintain the angle I use the scale tool with shift, but this work only with one line.

[@kibirigedavid3115]

thnk you for that but i would love to also learn new things

[@MoreCreativeGFX]

WoW

[@ahdtheplutypus2040]

For making the spike of N flattened…i think the easiest way is…”select N layer…then object and expand to make path of it as its an object..then use rectangular shape in path mode,then select everything and use remover tool to remove the spikes…” Easy

[@SilenceKillsDesign]

Why not use blend on the tree shape then expand?

[@zapgamingyt01]

7:20

[@seulkang846]

Helpful vid but hard to follow.. 😢 hope u add on-screen keyboard shortcuts that u are using on every step u make.😢

[@catbat06]

"Try and guess which one I just learned" "Now this next one is one I just learned!"

[@bone4k]

Shift is not needed when creating this matched artboard

[@henryh2007]

If you are using an art board the exact same size of the graphic, why not just use asset export instead and not use art boards at all…

[@paulotrakto]

sometimes you need to export single pdfs

[@howardsend6589]

The corny friendly patter is somewhat endearing.

[@VERTEXyt01]

old studio man!!

[@ForeverDansky]

So many good memories 🥲

[@InteractiveDNA]

I use 50% Illustrator and 50% Adobe Animate. Animate/Flash has better tools, Adobe is migrating every year a function from Flash. Flash is faster to create many things that Illustrator lacks of it.

[@scotturquhart4380]

How about adobe stops using pppp to write their software

[@mohammadamirzahedi]

dfg

[@umars]

Weird Trim View on Illustrator.

[@Ernzt8]

Great tips, thanks!