- In this movie, I'll show you how to add the ring … around my improvised variation on the Mercedes star. … All right, so if it's not already obvious, … I'm working inside Adobe Illustrator, … and I'm fixing to create that ring using the ellipse tool, … which I can select from the shape tool flyout menu. … The only question is, how big should it be? … Now, I know it wants to be bigger … than the portion of the artwork that I'm seeing onscreen. … So I'll go ahead and zoom out by pressing Control + minus, … or Command + minus on the Mac. … My smart guides are turned on, as you can see. … And so I'll position my cursor at the center of my star, … and then I'll begin dragging. … Now I want to create this circle from the center outward, … so I'll press and hold the Alt key, … or the Option key on the Mac. … I want it to be a circle, … so I'll add the Shift key, like so. … The problem becomes, how do I snap it right there … into alignment with the point of the star? … I just can't get to it, as you can see. …
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
4/20/2021Released
1/13/2011Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
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