Building Dynamic Graphics in Adobe Illustrator - Part 1

Explore the art of creating personalized event badges in Adobe Illustrator with designer Tony Harmer in this comprehensive video tutorial. Learn how to import data efficiently and craft dynamic, compelling designs. Discover techniques for customizing workspaces, manipulating shapes and colors, working with blending modes and graphic styles, and understanding color management for both digital and print outputs. Master essential skills such as mixing shapes with type and gradients, aligning elements, and applying effects to groups. Gain insights into solving common export issues and efficiently generating multiple designs using data sets. Perfect for designers looking to enhance their Illustrator skills and streamline their workflow for creating dynamic graphics.

Syllabus

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Introduction of Tony
Previewing the different project title variations
Tony’s custom Illustrator workspace
Changing the fill and stroke of a shape
Shortcut combinations to access shape settings
Altering the opacity of elements and using Blending Modes
Creating custom Graphic Styles
Do appearances hold when changing from RGB to CMYK?
How RGB and CMYK colors mix
Creating a great black value for printing
Mixing shapes and type
Mixing shapes and gradients
Quickly aligning elements to each other
Applying gradients to shape strokes
Solving the issue of exported images having a different pixel size
Importing data source files
Cycling through Data Sets
Applying an effect to a group
Inflating text
Can you export batches of data set generated designs?