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Tool Galleries | Illustrator
189 days
Illustrator provides many tools for creating and manipulating your artwork. These galleries provide a quick visual overview for each tool. Links below the tool take you to the nearest topic about using the particular tool, in case you wan’t to read further.
For example, the Drawing Tool Gallery explains the Pen tool. Links below the tool take you to the nearest topic about using the particular tool, in case you wan’t to read further.
Drawing tool gallery
See the following tool galleries for a quick look at the tools and how to use them.
- Selection tool gallery
- Drawing tool gallery
- Type tool gallery
- Painting tool gallery
- Reshaping tool gallery
- Symbolism tool gallery
- Graph tool gallery
- Slicing and cutting tool gallery
- Moving and zooming tool gallery
Using Metadata Caption variables for placed files in InDesign
189 days
Using InDesign, you can read metadata from the placed files and include it on your layout. Sounds pretty vague, but let’s say you’re creating a photography portfolio, and need to include information such as Camera, Shutter Speed, Exposure Time, ISO Speed below the image, such a feature will come in very very handy!
Setup
Before we can begin, we need to create some Text Variables to read and hold metadata values from the placed files.
- Choose Type > Text Variables > Define > New.
Define Text Variables
- Enter a Name, choose Type as Metadata Caption, and choose an appropriate value from Metadata.
- Add prefix and suffix if required.
- Repeat for all metadata that you need to capture.
Insert Variables into Layout
Now that variables are set up, the next logical thing is to insert them into the layout.
- Choose the Text tool and create a text box, and place the cursor inside.
- Choose Type > Text Variables > Insert Variable > [var name ]
Variables placed on the layout
- The text variables get inserted. It says, “No intersecting link”, but read on, the mystery will get cleared.
Place Image set up captions
Now, we want to place the image. And, we need a way to tell InDesign, where to read the data from.
- Choose File >Placeand place the image on the layout.
Placed image and variables
- Now, to populate the variables to the image, move or resize one of the frame so that they have a slight overlap and Voila!
Populate the variables
Typeface using Illustrator
202 days
Playing with Illustrator today, led to this. Can I, now say, that I can create a Typeface using Illustrator?
Not to mention an aquatic life form too!
But seriously, it seems that it can be done. See the following tutorials to get you started.