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My favorite features in all of Illustrator - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Mastery
My favorite features in all of Illustrator
I started using Illustrator when I was 25, which was nearly 24 years ago, so I'm almost at that point where I've known Illustrator longer than I haven't. It's like some kind of twisted human/software marriage. So if you were to ask me, "What's your favorite feature in all of Illustrator?" it'd be like me asking you to choose your favorite thing about your best friend or your spouse or your child, which is why I say without hesitation the topic of this chapter, dynamic effects, which allow you to apply temporary non-destructive adjustments using numerical parameters. Why are they so great? Because they're all available from one convenient menu, most are easy and obvious to use, they're wicked powerful, they pile up in the Appearance panel so can change your mind anytime you like, you can apply them to big things like layers or little things like a single stroke, and you can heap multiple applications of a single effect onto, well, anything you like. Or put more simply, they're…
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My favorite features in all of Illustrator1m 21s
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Introducing the Transform effect5m 30s
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Repeating the last effect you applied4m 51s
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Applying multiple passes of a single effect5m 21s
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The wonders of editing dynamic artwork7m 13s
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Applying effects inside effects5m 11s
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Assigning an effect to an entire layer5m 42s
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Building a complex bevel effect5m 44s
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Placing artwork as a Photoshop Smart Object4m 55s
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Editing that Smart Object in Illustrator4m 21s
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Rotating continuously overlapping objects5m 34s
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Adjusting a dynamic transformation origin6m 21s
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Vector vs. raster effects5m 46s
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Introducing the Scribble effect5m 23s
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Copying effects between layers4m 20s
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Introducing Graphic Styles6m 50s
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Controlling the Filter Gallery preview2m 28s
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Document Raster Effects Settings4m 31s
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Combining and saving styles4m 32s
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