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Using the crazy Flare tool

Using the crazy Flare tool - Illustrator Tutorial

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Using the crazy Flare tool

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- [Instructor] In this movie, I'll show you how to use the last of the shape tools, which actually isn't a shape tool at all. It's this guy right here, if you click and hold on whatever shape tool you're seeing inside your toolbox, then notice down here at the bottom of the toolbox, it's the flare tool. And as opposed to drawing a shape, the way the other shape tools do, this tool draws a ton of lines and shapes in order to create a special effect. So in other words, it just happens to be grouped with the shape tools. Still, I want to show you how it works because it's a fair amount of fun. And we're going to use the tool to achieve this effect right here, which gives us a little bit of bounce on the inside of the magnifying glass. All right, so if you're still out there working with me, go ahead and click on the Lone Star layer to make it active. And then drop down to the tiny page icon at the bottom of the Layers…

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