- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…Today we're gonna take a look at auto tracing…in Adobe Illustrator, but we're not gonna trace…just any old thing, we're gonna trace one of…the most intricate and legendary old school…illustrations of all time, and that is…Albrecht Durer's Rhinoceros.…It's got some factual problems, and that's…because Albrecht actually never saw a rhino.…He was working on a description.…Nobody in Europe had ever seen one of these wacky things.…Also this isn't really the original.…This is an engraving based on it by a guy named Enea Vico,…hence the EV right here, in 1548.…
The original came out in 1515,…and so 501 years later, we're gonna take it into Illustrator…and we're gonna trace it using…a combination of fills and strokes.…So what you're seeing right here is a vector-based…piece of artwork, which is why I can then turn around…and scale it to any size that I like.…Here, let me show you exactly how it works.…All right, so here's that legendary 501 year old…illustration auto-traced in Illustrator,…
Author
Deke McClelland
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11/12/2019Released
1/13/2011This course is a collection of short Photoshop and Illustrator projects and creative effects that can be completed in ten minutes or less. The series is taught by computer graphics guru Deke McClelland, and presented in his signature step-by-step style. The intent is to reveal how various Photoshop and Illustrator features can be combined and leveraged in real-world examples so that they can be applied to creative projects right away.
Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
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Q: Why can't I earn a Certificate of Completion for this course?
A: We publish a new tutorial or tutorials for this course on a regular basis. We are unable to offer a Certificate of Completion because it is an ever-evolving course that is not designed to be completed. Check back often for new movies.
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