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Work with dynamic shapes - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Learning Astute Graphics for Illustrator
Work with dynamic shapes
- [Instructor] With the dynamic shapes features in VectorScribe you can create and modify shapes, like squares, rectangles, ellipses, polygons, stars, and more, using a powerful and intuitive set of features. You can easily convert one type of shape into another, or you can change a shape by adding or removing path segments, corner effects, slices, and more. So let's see how it works. Once you install VectorScribe you're going to have some new tools in your toolbar, including the Dynamic Shapes Tool, right here. When I click it, the Dynamic Shapes panel opens automatically and you can also open this panel by going to the Window menu and scrolling down until you see VectorScribe and choosing Dynamic Shapes Panel. At the top of the panel there are 14 buttons that correspond to the different types of dynamic shapes. If I want to create one I can just click a button, like the rectangle here, and click and drag in my…
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