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Creating transformation guides

Creating transformation guides - Illustrator Tutorial

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Creating transformation guides

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- [Voiceover] Alright so if you joined in on the previous chapter, you may recall that we created this atomic symbol entirely as a collection of dynamic attributes here inside the Appearance panel. But I also told you that I cheated to figure out the position of the electrons, and so for example, if I were to turn on this top black fill right there, you can see the bottom left electron disappear, and so I'll go ahead and turn it back on, twirl that fill open, and click on the word Transform, and note that I didn't create these electrons by rotating them, rather I created them by dialing in seemingly random move values right here, of in this case, negative 167, and positive 169, and I was able to figure that out using Transformation guides. So let me show you what that looks like. I'll go ahead and switch over to the Layers panel, and I'll turn my Guides layer back on, and I'll also press Control + Shift + A, or Command + Shift + A on the Mac to deselect my illustration, I'll twirl…

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