5 Best Tools of Adobe Illustrator

Adobe illustrator is a great application used for creating vector graphics. It was first introduced in the year 1985. After that lots of versions were  introduced till now. The latest version of this software is Adobe Illustrator 2020. There is no doubt that this software is versatile for vector graphics that’s why in 2018, It was reviewed as the best vector graphic software.

Uses of Adobe Illustrator:

 

●     You can create cartoons

If you are creative and have good sketching skills then you can make vector cartoons in this software. These cartoons can be used for printing in comics. You can fill flat colors or gradient in the cartoons. There is one more option for creating cartoons i.e make cartoons on paper as a sketch then trace it on this application and modify as you want.

●     You can draw icons

If you want to use icons anywhere, then you have a huge library of icons in Adobe Illustrator. But what if you want to make a new icon? So, don’t worry! This application is also good in it. There is a grid system in illustrator which helps you in making icons. You can use a variety of shapes into a grid. You can give any color to it also.

●     You can make infographics

Infographics are the best way to convey information by text and graphics. Infographics are published every day in newspapers, magazines, websites etc. People like to see infographics because it is easy to understand and look creative. I have seen many statistical infographics having graphs and pie - charts. So, it is very easy to make them in it.

●     You can create logos

Every small or big organizations have their own logos. It is not a one day task to make logo. It needs lots of time and steps for the final output. Like idea layouts, sketching, color layouts and tracing on desired software. So for logo designing, Adobe Illustrator is the best software. Because it is a vector graphic software, so you can enhance the size of the graphics without losing the quality. 

●     You can make stationery

Stationery helps in growth of any company. So, stationery materials should be perfect in designing and printing. I personally like Adobe Illustrator for making stationery including business card, letterhead, poster, CD, Carry bags etc. There are lots of size of artboards in which you can make these things. You have an amazing software to showcase your skills with your creative design and typography.

Tools are one of the most important things in software. For making these things you have lots of tools to use like selection tool, position tool, shape tools, gradient tool, eyedropper tool, brush tool, zoom tool etc. But some of the tools are very important for an illustrator artist.

Best tools of Adobe Illustrator are:

 

●     Ruler

This tool helps you to adjust your object in an accurate position. After selecting the ruler, you can set the reference points. It gives balance to your design. It is easy to do tools which is worthy for you.

To use ruler, press CTRL + R or Go to view > Rulers > Show rulers. 

●     Blend tool

It is a versatile tool used to create repeated shape patterns or color palettes. It helps you to blend multiple colors together. There is an option to handle the blending steps also to blend as per your wish.

To use blend tool, Go to object > Blend > Blend options > Make or Alt + Ctrl + B.

●     Pathfinder panel

In Pathfinder panel, you can find different shape modes and pathfinders. Actually shape modes helps you to create new shapes by manipulating the existing shapes. 

●     Align Panel

Tools in this panel are very useful to use in any design. You can align your particular object to the artboard or specific object. Alignment is done vertically or horizontally. There are numerous options for alignement like horizontal align center, horizontal align left, horizontal align right, vertical align center, vertical align left and vertical align right. 

●     Gradient tool

Gradient tool helps you to make your design more creative. Gradient are made by different colors. You can set the gradient angle as you want to show in your design.

These are the best tools in illustrator and if you want to learn Adobe Illustrator and its tools then you can join ‘GRAPHIC DESIGN INSTITUTE’, Rohini.

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Use of Artboard in Adobe Illustrator

We reach to a final design after a while before that we work on many ideas and designs. So, we need multiple pages or canvases to work on at a time in a document which are known as Artboards in Illustrator.

In Adobe Illustrator, artboards help in the design process by organize your artwork. It helps to create a unique, attractive, and different design. Multiple artworks can be created using it in one Illustrator document. When we choose artboards, we can choose different sizes and can create our own custom shapes for our works. It is a paper which is printable and it gives us a space for doing our illustrations.

In illustrator, we can use 1 to 1000 artboards as per our need. You can provide all the settings for the artboards while you are creating your document such as number of artboards you need, sizes, dimensions etc.

Later you can add and delete too if you require so.

Features of Artboards                                       

We can rearrange artboards in many ways; such as:

1.    Column and Rows
2.    Horizontal and Vertical
3.    Different Default Sizes
4.    Number of Artboards etc.

How to Create Artboards?

1.    For creating custom artboards first select an Artboard Tool from the Toolbar and choose the predefined sizes and location of artboards. 

2.    To adjust the artboards, select artboards tool in toolbox then double click on tool. When we click on artboard tool a dialog box open then we select options and change it according to our need.

3.    We can also change artboards with selecting artboards tool and place it at any position wherever you want.

4.    For duplicating an existing artboard, we can go to toolbox. Select artboard tool from there and we will get some options in options bar and can change numbers of artboards in options panel. 

5.    We can also create duplicate artboards along the content, press Alt command and drag the already created artboards while Artboard Tool is selected.

Exporting Artboards

We can change artboards in other file formats with export file setup in options. 

1.    For creating a file or work in other file formats like jpeg, tiff, png go to File option and when options will open, select file export options and then select the desired artboard which you want to convert, in case you are working on multiple artboards.

2.    This option is very helpful for us because when we change file formats with the use of this option, we can open our file in other software and see our work in different style.

I think artboards are an important part in the graphic designing. It is a place which gives us space for doing our work and make a content printable, readable and it is the base of design. While creating artboards, you can choose from a wide variety of predefined sizes or define your own custom artboard size.

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