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Gradient colour on text
Monday, March 15th, 2004
Digitip 023 - Adobe Illustrator CS
Misconception: “You can’t apply a gradient to text in Illustrator, unless you convert the text to outlines, which means you can’t edit it anymore”. Well, that was true in some earlier versions of Illustrator, but the use of graphic styles allows for text to be coloured with a gradient whilst […]
From Line to Flag…
Friday, January 30th, 2004
Digitip 020 - Adobe Illustrator CS
(Revision 1.1)
A few days before Australia day, one of my clients was in search of an Australian Flag for a special Australian day spread to be published in a regional publication. In a challenging search to come up with an original (not borrowed from the internet) idea… Illustrator cs’s new […]
Clipping vs. Opacity Masks
Friday, May 23rd, 2003
Digitip 007 - Adobe Illustrator 10
I often asked the following question during Illustrator training: How can we put an image inside text. There are a number of work methods that can create this result. Two of these methods are Clipping masks and Opacity masks. For both methods the starting point is similar: black text with […]
Making a simple roadmap
Sunday, April 20th, 2003
Digitip 002 - Adobe Illustrator 10
Remember the days when we used to create roadmaps, using zillions of paths with various stroke weights and colours. The days when we had no layers in Illustrator? Phew, the appearance palette & styles really have come to the rescue. It’s magical!