Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Repairing a broken pictograph, part of Illustrator CC 2013 One-on-One: Mastery.
In this movie, I'll show you how to repair a broken pictograph.…Specifically in our case, we need to take these tiny…little dudes here, and rotate them so that they're upright.…But if you click on the graph in order…to select it, then you may need to press Ctrl+H…or Cmd+H on a Mac in order to bring back…your selection edges, and then right click and choose Column.…You may notice that while you can rotate the legend design, there's no option for…rotating the design inside the actual graph.…So instead you need to redefine the graph design.…
So I'll go ahead and cancel out of here and…I'll zoom out once again and switch over to this guy.…And I'll go ahead and grab him, like so,…and I don't need the guide this time around.…I'll just get him.…And I'll create a copy of him by dragging him over to the…side here and pressing the Alt key, or the Option key on the Mac.…Now he's laying down 90 degrees clockwise inside the graph,…so I need to rotate him 90 degrees counterclockwise to compensate.…So, I'll double click on the rotate tool, here inside the tool box.…
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
10/2/2014Released
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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The smartest of guides1m 36s
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34. Working with Symbols
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Creating and naming symbols6m 42s
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Introducing 9-slice scaling4m 31s
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35. Gradient Mesh
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Creating a gradient mesh4m 23s
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36. Opacity Masks
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Introducing opacity masks6m 24s
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37. Liquify and Envelope
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Introducing the Warp tool7m 50s
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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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41. 3D Effects
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Conclusion
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See ya1m 10s
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