From the course: Learning Astute Graphics for Illustrator
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Work with Offset Path - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Learning Astute Graphics for Illustrator
Work with Offset Path
- [Instructor] In this movie, we'll see how to use Astute Graphics Stylism to apply offset path live effects. To begin, I'll select my object and I'll click the button in the Stylism panel to apply an offset path live effect right here. And when I do that, some annotations are added to my star. At the top, there's a slider that I can drag to set an offset value. And when I move my cursor over it, I can see that's the default offset is 10 pixels. As I drag to the right, the offset increases and the object appears larger. And there's no limit here, so I can just keep dragging and create a really big offset. If I drag to the left, the offset decreases and so does the appearance of the object. When I reach a negative offset value, the object appears smaller than the original. If I drag so far that the object would disappear totally, the effect is disabled and it goes back to the original appearance. I can also double click the…
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Overview5m 18s
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Work with drop shadows4m 38s
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Work with feathering1m 36s
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Work with Inner Glow and Outer Glow3m 15s
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Work with Transform effects5m 26s
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Work with Free Distort effects2m 4s
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Work with Offset Path2m 25s
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