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!
@ForeverDansky8 ай бұрын
Great tips, thank you! 😃
@pettycooper39963 ай бұрын
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?
@mirceaconstantinescu60013 ай бұрын
@@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.
@pettycooper39963 ай бұрын
@@mirceaconstantinescu6001 Makes sense! Thanks so much!
@majki88888Ай бұрын
We could just select 2 overlapping anchors and hit Ctrl + J ;)
@Ernzt88 ай бұрын
Great tips, thanks!
@randy9188 ай бұрын
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.
@xaviergonzales65567 ай бұрын
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)
@jorge2428 ай бұрын
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.
@RoxieKara8 ай бұрын
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!
@ForeverDansky8 ай бұрын
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… 😅
@paulmarko8 ай бұрын
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.
@williamzafaran8 ай бұрын
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.
@lhextaz23844 ай бұрын
I agree with you bro, it's just a simple thing
@snipinsnit_ttv8 ай бұрын
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.
@howardsend65898 ай бұрын
The corny friendly patter is somewhat endearing.
@loomonda188 ай бұрын
Happy to know that I was familiar with some of these & I also learned new things! Cheers!
@jordanroney88507 ай бұрын
For rotating the view of the art board, you can also type in a custom angle number down near the bottom of the window! 👍
@ForeverDansky7 ай бұрын
Good tip thanks! 🙌
@bab007able8 ай бұрын
Awesome! I like your way of teaching; it's awesome. Keep it posted, buddy. :)
@ForeverDansky8 ай бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@denhamk8 ай бұрын
Wooooaah! An artboard that fits my icons!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!! wow.. I’m so glad I watched till the end! 👍🏽👍🏽
@reynersibaja8 ай бұрын
Love your tips! Thanks👌👍
@danmccalldesign8 ай бұрын
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!
@ahdtheplutypus20403 ай бұрын
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
@majki88888Ай бұрын
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
@007Yasir3 ай бұрын
Cmd+5 make guides. 2:49
@InteractiveDNA4 ай бұрын
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.
@________________D6 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot ✨ I am about to ask the 3rd trick 🌚
@benzakonium8 ай бұрын
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
@alichandwani8 ай бұрын
I have a m2 as well and am using it on a single monitor and still i get the issue.. 😕
@ForeverDansky8 ай бұрын
Interesting thanks! I’m using an M2 MacBook Pro, but yea could be related to using an external display whilst recording my screen 🤔
@atravleratravler31738 ай бұрын
you can also jusr double click the rotate tool to go back to normal view (9:54)
@bfjrd8 ай бұрын
really hate that smudges on screen when you move some elements... sometimes the nodes leaving traces
@SilenceKillsDesign8 ай бұрын
That was a video card issue for me
@bfjrd8 ай бұрын
@@SilenceKillsDesign really? hmm im using gigabyte rx 6600
@ForeverDansky8 ай бұрын
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!
@dominickcassanelli40288 ай бұрын
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?
@ForeverDansky8 ай бұрын
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" 👍
@bone4k2 ай бұрын
Shift is not needed when creating this matched artboard
@humairalaique95507 ай бұрын
I learned new things, Thankyou.
@scotturquhart43803 ай бұрын
How about adobe stops using pppp to write their software
@pedroarruda78785 ай бұрын
You have one of those channels that I click like before I even see it! Thank you for this, it's just fantastic!
@ForeverDansky5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Pedro! 😍
@seulkang8467 ай бұрын
Helpful vid but hard to follow.. 😢 hope u add on-screen keyboard shortcuts that u are using on every step u make.😢
@VERTEXyt015 ай бұрын
old studio man!!
@ForeverDansky5 ай бұрын
So many good memories 🥲
@jarmelo20068 ай бұрын
Ayyyyyyyyye ✌🏾😊
@DThompsonhouston8 ай бұрын
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.
@igloo-imaging8 ай бұрын
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.
@KatieStolpe8 ай бұрын
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.
@kaipedersen84868 ай бұрын
Brilliant video, as always. Also you're welcome
@ForeverDansky8 ай бұрын
Haha cheers fella 🤣
@ahmedbangee84678 ай бұрын
special thanks for the last one
@NoelleOfNiDeepDesigns7 ай бұрын
If you select both points that overlap you can press the unite pathfinder tool and it will merge them.
@ZoranImsiragic8 ай бұрын
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. 😊
@soheilvaziry29048 ай бұрын
great Tricks you learn here for last trick you can press esc bottom once to reset the artboard view and that's faster.
@DeWetBotes-i9w8 ай бұрын
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.
@alexandrugrecov89648 ай бұрын
To maintain the angle I use the scale tool with shift, but this work only with one line.
@minarabiei63848 ай бұрын
it blew my mind!!!!!!!!!!!
@alideep96563 ай бұрын
Thabk you
@MoreCreativeGFX8 ай бұрын
Amazing
@MoreCreativeGFX8 ай бұрын
WoW
@kibirigedavid31157 ай бұрын
thnk you for that but i would love to also learn new things
@DavidNazario-uo3pv8 ай бұрын
Nice Tips!
@thotho_8 ай бұрын
Thanks ❤
@ForeverDansky8 ай бұрын
You're welcome 😊
@Brandamonium8 ай бұрын
This is great! Thank you.
@ForeverDansky8 ай бұрын
You’re welcome 🙌
@henryh20076 ай бұрын
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…