AI (Adobe Illustrator) detailed usage (v)

The final adjustment and output.

One, change Shape tool/Width tool/Wrapping tool 1, change Shape tool "shaping tool"

The Change Shape tool allows us to control the shape changes more carefully.

Draw a curve with the pen tool and set the width style.

If you want to make this curve shorter, one way is to use the selection tool and then stretch. But this method can only be compared to compression, not meticulous to adjust each point.

Another way is to use the Change Shape tool. There are a lot of things that this tool can do.

A single anchor point is dragged, and a single anchor point is selected, which can be dragged up or down. You can also select the middle point to drag.

2. Width tool

Change the width, click anywhere in the segment, and drag the mouse to change the thickness of the segments between the two anchor points. You can also move the position of the segment.

Only change the thickness of the segment. The above changes the line thickness is symmetrical, if you want to change only one side of the installation Alt key to drag.

Delete Point-Select the point using the Direct selection tool and press BACKSPACE. "I didn't operate successfully ... 】

New Width profile

If the width is set and you want to reuse it, create a new width profile and name it as follows.

Then use the Pencil tool to draw a line out, set the width of 10px, in the width profile can find I just added "width profile _starof", apply it.

3. Wrapping Tools

Note: The text cannot use the wrapping tool, only the contour can be used.

Starof is a text, hold down the ALT key to copy one out.

Convert the copied text to outlines, right-click, create outlines. At this point the first starof is text and you can check the Apply Text tool to modify it.

The second starof is already a graphic and cannot be modified with the text tool.

Wrapping tool (also translated as Morph tool, shortcut key Shift+r).

Wrapping tools, like smearing, can make some very casual effects.

You can click the arrow to drag the tool out.

The latter several tools can produce special effects.

such as rotation, contraction, swelling.

4. Variants that can be used for both plain text and pure graphics

The following method works on both text and graphics, taking text as an example.

Get preset deformation.

Select the text and select "Object"-"Envelope warp"-"create with deformation" in the menu. Opens the preview, where you can select a preset warp.

If you want to be completely self-contained, select Object--"envelope warp" in the menu-"Create with Grid".

You'll be alerted to how many grids you want to create, and you can open a preview to see if it's 4*4 by default.

Using the direct Selection tool, select the dots in the grid to change their shape.

Second, the output of the image 1, save the format

Choose "File"-"Save" or "Save as" in the menu, you can choose some of the following formats.

• . AI
• . FXG
• . Pdf
• . Eps
• . AIT
• . Svg
• . Sbgz

These are all formats that you can save as or save.

2. Export format

Some other formats are not saved but exported.

There are some other formats in the export. such as the format used by CAD. DWG, Bitmap. BMP,. Jpg. PNG and so on.

. Bmp. Png. Both TGA and. TIF can have opaque channels, which means that you can save the opacity.

and. jpg does not save the opacity.

For example, when saving. jpg format, the system will let you choose the resolution, color mode and so on.

If the picture is displayed on the screen, switch to RGB mode.

If the picture needs to be printed, you can switch to CMYK format.

If you want the picture to be black and white, switch to grayscale.

Screen resolution, typically displayed on the screen, requires only 72ppi.

If you need to print, choose 300ppi.

3. Dump the format used for the web

Note that if you change the format to PNG-8 or PNG24, the background becomes transparent and the setting is wide (by default, scaled).

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AI (Adobe Illustrator) detailed usage (v)