Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Editing text that includes dynamic effects, part of Illustrator CC 2013 One-on-One: Intermediate.
In this movie, I'll show you how to edit text that has gradients and…dynamic effects assigned to it, because it can be a really painfully slow process.…For example, let's say my client comes to me and tells me…our product is not called Black Chat, it's called Black Cat Chat.…So, I press the T key in order to get my Type tool.…Click in front of the C in chat, and then I type CAT Spacebar from the keyboard.…And at first I just see a C, and then finally the…AT Spacebar comes up onscreen. That delay is caused by the drop shadow.…So, the solution especially, because now I have to change the character formatting.…
The solution is to go ahead and turn that shadow off until my changes are finished.…So I'll go ahead and press the Escape key in order…to accept my changes and switch back to the Black Arrow tool.…And then I'll go over to the Appearance panel.…I can see that my type object is active, but I don't see any drop shadow…in this list here, and that's because the effect is assigned to the group.…So I need to double-click on the group item there in order to switch…
Author
Deke McClelland
Released
8/22/2013- Creating layers, sublayers, and groups
- Lifting a color and creating a swatch
- Assigning colors to paths inside groups
- Adjusting the stacking order
- Using the Width tool to adjust line weight
- Masking a pattern inside a background
- Assigning and modifying a gradient fill
- Creating a radial gradient
- Drawing a linear spiral with the Polar Grid tool
- Adding a credible 3D cast shadow
- Contouring with the Blob Brush and Eraser
- Creating and painting an overlapping path
- Placing Photoshop images in Illustrator files
- Previewing and printing documents
- Optimizing documents for the web
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome to One-on-One2m 14s
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11. Layers and Groups
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Creating and using sublayers5m 48s
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Creating clipping groups6m 40s
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Working in an isolation mode5m 29s
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12. Swatches and Stacking Order
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Searching swatches by name8m 31s
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Adjusting the stacking order6m 30s
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Pasting in front and in back6m 13s
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Combining multiple fills7m 32s
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13. Strokes, Dashes, and Arrows
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Introducing the Stroke panel4m 49s
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Dashes and arrowheads4m 12s
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14. Gradients and the Gradient Tool
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Creating a radial gradient5m 26s
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Adjusting the midpoint skew3m 31s
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How gradients work1m 3s
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15. Seamlessly Repeating Patterns
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16. Align and Distribute
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17. Pathfinder Operations
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Adding to a compound shape3m 20s
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Using Divide and Minus Back4m 28s
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18. Live Paint and Interlocking Paths
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Introducing Live Paint5m 39s
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19. Placing Photoshop Images
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Working with linked images8m 58s
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Linking vs. embedding images10m 29s
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Unembedding an image3m 30s
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20. Printing a Document
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Placement, scale, and tiling5m 59s
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21. Saving for the Web (and PowerPoint)
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Conclusion
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Until next time54s
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