Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Designing tinted arrowheads, part of Illustrator CC 2017 One-on-One Mastery.
- [Instructor] Alright so far…we've seen how you can create single color arrowheads,…albeit subject to gradience if you like.…In this movie I'll show you…how to create tinted arrowheads…and so notice that the arrowheads…are the same color as their base strokes,…but they have lighter tints as well.…Alright so I'll go head and switch over…to my Arrowheads.ai file…I have to assume that you're working along with me…on the Arrowheads.ai file…that's included on your hard drive.…In which case just go ahead…and zoom out a little bit…and now let's create a copy of…these three custom arrow heads right there…by marquee-ing them with the black arrow tool…and then I'm going to drag the anchor point…that's associated with this first line of point text…while pressing the shift and alt keys.…
That's shift and option on the Mac,…and if you have your smart guides turned on…then you'll see things snap into alignment like this,…and because I have shift and alt,…or shift and option down,…I'm constraining the angle of my drag…to exactly horizontal…
Author
Deke McClelland
Released
11/9/2017As Creative Cloud evolves, this course gets updated. Check back for new videos, new feature reviews, and new ways to work.
- Top-secret tricks for shortcut enthusiasts
- Customizing the Illustrator toolbox
- Adjusting opacity with shortcuts
- Using advanced blend mode tricks
- Working with the Brushes panel
- Seamlessly repeating patterns
- Blending multiple mesh objects
- Reformatting text and numerical values
- Using the logo-making features in Illustrator
- Using the Libraries panel
- Working in 3D space
Skill Level Advanced
Duration
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Introduction
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31. Shortcuts and Customization
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32. Blend Modes and Opacity Masks
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Introducing the opacity mask8m 17s
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Putting an opacity mask into use10m 17s
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33. The Brushes Panel
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Painting with path outlines1m 11s
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34. Seamlessly Repeating Patterns
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Patterns are for everyone2m 25s
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35. Gradient Mesh
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Introducing gradient mesh6m 43s
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Creating a basic gradient mesh12m 25s
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Isolating a mesh object7m 49s
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Releasing a gradient mesh3m 57s
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36. Symbols and Custom Arrowheads
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Creating and naming symbols9m 22s
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Working with dynamic symbols9m 43s
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Introducing 9-slice scaling5m 16s
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Designing custom arrowheads11m 16s
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Designing tinted arrowheads16m 55s
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Editing an existing arrowhead10m 42s
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37. Charts and Pictographs
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Graphing numerical data6m 52s
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Customizing your legend7m 11s
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38. Logos and Specialty Text
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Using the Touch Type tool6m 17s
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Two ways to warp type7m 2s
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39. Libraries and Actions
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40. Applying 3D Effects
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 27s
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