Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Creating an origami effect with Zig Zag, part of Illustrator CC 2015 One-on-One: Advanced.
- [Voiceover] In this movie, I'll demonstrate…how to work with the Zig Zag filter,…and you may recall we first saw Zig Zag…when I was showing you how to add a kind of grassy effect…to the Angry Bird graphic back in chapter 23,…and we ended up going with Roughen,…but we saw Zig Zag on the way, and so this time around…we're gonna use it to spike the flower petals…in order to create this kind of Origami effect,…and I just love this part of the project.…I think you will too.…All right, so the first thing I'm gonna do…is click out here in the petals…in order to select the rear of the two circle,…and you can tell it's the rear one…because it has a total of eight anchor points,…you might be able to just barely make that out,…and it has a ton of fills here inside the Appearance panel,…so make sure the Path is selected…and you can go ahead and twirl close…any fills that are open by the way,…and then go up to the Effect menu,…choose Distort & Transform, and choose Zig Zag,…and then you can go ahead and turn on the Preview checkbox…
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
9/13/2016Released
5/27/2016The techniques are grounded in hands-on projects that give you experience with real-world uses for Illustrator, from converting hand-drawn artwork to vector graphics with tracing and creating logos with the Transform tools, to creating compelling artwork with nothing but the Appearance panel. Along the way, Deke touches on layers and stacking order interactions, patterns and gradients, scaling, dynamic effects, Live Paint, and Recolor Artwork. Plus, learn how to place photos in your design and edit images without leaving Illustrator, and set your documents up for effective printing.
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- Tracing pixel-based images with Image Trace
- Auto-tracing and resolution
- Building dynamic compound shapes with Pathfinder operations
- Using advanced layer techniques
- Adjusting stacking order
- Transforming fills and strokes via the Appearance panel
- Assigning patterns to fills and strokes
- Applying Drop Shadow and Gaussian Blur
- Scaling and rotating objects
- Aligning and distributing artwork
- Creating custom gradients
- Building a dynamic object blend
- Coloring and shading with Live Paint
- Placing and editing images in Illustrator CC
- Generating color palettes and swatches with the Color Guide panel
- Recoloring artwork
- Adding dynamic effects
- Printing Illustrator projects
Skill Level Advanced
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Introduction
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16. Tracing a Pixel-Based Image
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Auto-tracing in Illustrator1m 26s
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Opening an image to embed it4m 43s
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The advanced tracing options5m 22s
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17. Pathfinder Operations
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18. Layers and Stacking Order
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Adjusting the stacking order7m 40s
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Naming and arranging objects2m 44s
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19. The Appearance Panel
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20. Scaling and Rotating
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Introducing the Scale tool5m 20s
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Introducing the Rotate tool6m 38s
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Using the Reflect tool3m 44s
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Using the Reshape tool8m 36s
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The Transform Each command6m 16s
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21. Align and Distribute
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Snapping and smart guides3m 32s
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22. Gradients and the Gradient Tool
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The joy of custom gradients1m 41s
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Adjusting color stops5m 50s
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Creating a custom emoji6m 46s
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23. Object Blends and Clipping Masks
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Creating a clipping mask4m 10s
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Blending between groups9m 4s
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24. Live Paint and Interwoven Objects
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Coloring overlapping areas1m 35s
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Introducing Live Paint7m 13s
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Modifying Live Paint strokes3m 53s
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Automatic gap detection7m 52s
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Merging Live Paint objects5m 39s
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Sneak peek: Recolor Artwork5m 15s
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25. Placing Photographs
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Working with linked images5m 21s
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26. The Color Guide Panel
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27. Recoloring Your Artwork
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28. Dynamic Effects
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Drawing an orthogonal cube4m 25s
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29. Saving Effects as Graphic Styles
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Updating graphic styles4m 5s
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Combining multiple styles6m 50s
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30. Printing Your Document
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Exporting color separations6m 16s
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Conclusion
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Until next we meet1m 29s
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