In this movie, I'll show you how to take our custom letter forms,…and we're going to extend the caps as well as properly space all the…letters, essentially apply some custom kerning on the fly, and then we'll clip…the letters as well in order to create this final version of the logo.…So first thing I want to do is select all…these letters just by dragging across them with the black…arrow tool, and I should drag down this way so…that I get the crossbars in the A's as well.…And then I'll click on the word stroke up…here on the options bar, and I'll select a projecting…cap item from that list of cap icons, so…that I'm extending all the caps outside of the guidelines.…
That way we can clip all the edges of the…letter forms horizontally, just as we've done in the past.…Then press the esc key in order to hide that panel.…Next thing we want to do is work on these A's a little bit.…I'm going to zoom in on the left-hand…A,, and I'll press the a, of all keys, to switch to the wide-arrow tool.…And then I'll click off the path outline to…
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10/22/2013- Using symbols to streamline changes or simulate master pages
- Creating shadows, depth, and volume with gradient meshes
- Controlling transparency and visibility with opacity masks
- Warping and distorting artwork with Liquify and Envelope Distort
- Assembling a seamless pattern brush for repeated elements
- Making charts and graphs from imported data
- Creating dynamic 3D effects
Skill Level Advanced
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Introduction
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Welcome to One-on-One1m 54s
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33. Using Smart Guides
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34. Working with Symbols
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Creating and naming symbols6m 42s
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Creating a gradient mesh4m 23s
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Introducing opacity masks6m 24s
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38. Free Transform and Touch Type
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Resetting the bounding box4m 37s
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Using the Touch Type tool5m 12s
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39. Pattern Brushes
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40. Charts and Pictographs
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Conclusion
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See ya1m 10s
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Video: Kerning and clipping hand-drawn type