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Video Tutorial: Creative Effects with Adobe Illustrator

Learn how to composite artwork drawn in Illustrator with various effects and photos into a unified color scheme.

Continue learning more in our numerous Illustrator Classes (attend in New York City or Live Online). Or check out our Illustrator Book (eBook or Print).

Adobe Illustrator has some powerful features for creating and enhancing graphics. In this seminar we’ll create a poster by compositing artwork drawn in Illustrator with various effects and photos into a unified color scheme. Numerous techniques and tips will be covered, including:

  • Appearance Panel & Effects:
    • Multiple Fills & Strokes
    • Live Effects (applied to artwork and live type)
    • Transform Effect: used to create a pattern like step and repeat
  • Transparency:
    • Opacity Masks
    • Blending Modes
  • Scatter Brushes
  • Importing Photos and applying effects to them in Illustrator

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