Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Custom symbols and page ornaments, part of Adobe Pen Tool: Mastery.
- [Instructor] In this chapter, we'll turn our attention…to InDesign, and for starters, we'll take a look…at creating custom symbols and page ornaments.…And by way of example, I have this clover leaf character…right here, which represents the Command key…on a Macintosh keyboard.…Now, the thing about this character is that…it's not commonly available in your everyday, average font,…and to show you what I mean, we're going to take a look…at a screenshot that I made on the Mac,…here inside Photoshop.…And, incidentally, if you're a PC user and you decide…to open this image along with me,…you're going to get a font warning.…
It's nothing to worry about, however,…and that's because Photoshop always…saves the pixel-based version of each and every character…of type, whether you have access to the font or not.…So here we are looking at InDesign's Glyphs panel,…and you can get to it by going to the Type menu…and choosing the Glyphs command,…and notice we're looking at the Command key character…right here, inside the font Lucida Grande.…
Author
Deke McClelland
Released
12/20/2016- Creating and editing Bezier curves
- Drawing in Illustrator
- Working with a vector-based shape layer
- Tracing a complex image with the Pen tool
- Using a vector mask in a composition
- Drawing a custom symbol in InDesign
- Creating inline graphics
- Wrapping text around an offset path
- Customizing text converted to outlines
Skill Level Advanced
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome3m 4s
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1. Creating and Editing Bézier Curves
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Bézier curve fundamentals3m 38s
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Working with Bézier curves3m 15s
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Dragging a constrained path2m 56s
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Creating a smooth point2m 49s
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Drawing a curved segment3m 4s
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Creating a cusp point3m 56s
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Hidden Pen tool tricks6m 30s
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2. Rules to Draw By
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The zero-or-two rule2m 3s
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The two-thirds rule4m 24s
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The oval-and-arc rule3m 58s
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The tangent rule2m 25s
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3. Drawing in Illustrator
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Signposts and stacking order10m 7s
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Advanced transformations6m 9s
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Dynamic round corners6m 55s
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Variable-width strokes7m 43s
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Advanced Width tool tricks11m 3s
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When to use the Pencil tool10m 4s
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Combining drawing tools6m 15s
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Gradients and clipping paths15m 40s
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The finishing touches14m 2s
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4. Vector Masking in Photoshop
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5. Layout and Design in InDesign
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Creating inline graphics8m 34s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 22s
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