Master Illustrator: 11 Must-Know Tips!

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Ready to dive into the world of Adobe Illustrator? Whether you're just starting out or looking to refine your skills, these 11 must-know tips will set you on the path to becoming a vector graphics pro! In this video, we'll cover essential tools, shortcuts, and techniques that will make your Illustrator experience smoother and more efficient.
0:00 Intro
0:42 Work faster
2:35 Round corners
3:22 Duplicate and repeat
4:00 Reflect shapes
5:40 Smoother curves
7:49 Drawing freehand
10:38 Live painting
12:27 Sponsor
13:30 Pathfinder options
16:33 Gradients
20:46 Distorting shapes
23:37 Masking images
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[@kaipedersen8486]

Reflect tool for the win🙌🏽

[@rainbowdash2091]

for the first tip, I click "E" - the free transform tool so I have flexibility when rotating ang scaling the shape. It's much more easier to control, and I don't have to change from Rotate to Scale everytime when I have the free transform tool lenabled.

[@TheINKspiredLife]

Sensational video! Easy to follow along with and super fun! Thanks Dan!

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad you enjoyed it Jason! 🙌

[@flytetime7637]

Good tips! I’m reasonably experienced at Illustrator but it’s good to have a refresher course.

[@user-es1ng3bm8z]

Thank you for this tutorial, I had a lot of fun👋

[@ridhaadeliana4547]

it's so easy to understand for a beginner like me. wonderful tutorial, thank you very much!

[@ForeverDansky]

You're very welcome! Happy to hear the video was helpful 😊🙌

[@user-lr4ww9ef6i]

super cool tutorial i love it!!!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@believe2344]

wow such a fun and informative video! learned so many new things :))

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad you liked it!!

[@teavetyskova]

If you don't already, you should start streaming. It's so fun to watch you design.

[@pabloacaba]

17:10 you can color all shapes with eye dropper tool(I) + ctrl for selecting the shapes without having to alternate between selection(v) and eye dropper(I)

[@FunDumb]

I didn't know the double click out, but I always use the Escape key to get out.

[@user-ud3kd1xg6l]

my respect!

[@moseskollie9678]

Wow, what a perfect illustration design drawing!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you so much 😀

[@IrfanKhan-um8te]

I am very impressed by you, sir. You are my inspiration ✨️ I want to know which laptop you use and what laptop I purchased to do all kinds of graphic work without any lack or delay, I mean, give a quick response. Please suggest to me such kind of laptop.

[@alializadeh8195]

Thanx

[@ForeverDansky]

👍

[@mrtonyp2463]

At the 530 mark how did he join the hearts together? It was cool to see the lines smooth out where they were not quite connected

[@hansqoth9796]

I'm sorry, but in Illustrator, the points used to create curves do not appear. Would you happen to have a solution for this? Pleaseeee

[@AlphaPrint-bl5ob]

18:12 Illustrator is powerful, but sometimes it’s a real pain with all the windows it opens for basic tasks.

[@nuaveb]

My daughter loves slime rancher, so I showed her this video. She smiled and cheered.

[@ForeverDansky]

Aha brilliant! My son appreciated this video too 😂

[@apricotdog]

I've just started the video. Can I do everything in CS6?

[@techyjc]

There are a couple of features that don't exist in CS6. Corner rounding and Puppet Warp. The pencil smoothing options were added in new versions of Illustrator. Everything else should work. For Rounded corners you could try using the rounded corner rectangle but without a plugin it is harder to do.

[@apricotdog]

​@@techyjcfantastic. Thanks for the clarification 😅

[@ForeverDansky]

Another option for rounded corners is Effect --> Stylize --> Round Corners 👍

[@apricotdog]

Noted, thank you 😊

[@azimli52_kurnaz_ironi_anti-ilk]

i thought its was a slime rancher tips video😅

[@evangeliel]

From this video I realized I've been reflecting shapes wrong this whole time! I thought that the properties panel button way was the fastest because I wasn't using the transform menu but I had no idea you could just click O!! Thanks for the tips 🫡🫡🫡

[@iVickster]

Not gonna lie, I thought this was a Slime Rancher video, til I fully read the title 😂

[@gisellenolasco]

🪷💜

[@AlphaPrint-bl5ob]

18:11 Illustrator is powerful, but sometimes it’s a real pain with all the windows it opens for basic tasks.