Adobe Illustrator CS6 Tutorial

This tutorial teaches you how to create basic shapes in Adobe Illustrator CS6, including rectangles, circles, and stars. You'll learn how to use the different drawing modes, including "draw normal," "draw behind," and "draw inside," to control the placement of your shapes. You'll also learn how to change the fill and stroke colors of your shapes.

This Illustrator CS6 tutorial teaches you how to create polygons and stars. You'll learn how to adjust the number of sides, radius, and proportions of these shapes. The video also covers how to create segmented lines, which are useful for building more complex designs.

This tutorial explains how to use the Line Segment tool (forward slash / hotkey) to draw perfectly straight lines. You can create lines by clicking and dragging, holding Shift to snap to 45-degree angles, or by clicking the artboard to manually input the length and angle of the line.

This Illustrator CS6 tutorial teaches you how to create arcs and spirals. You'll learn how to manipulate these shapes using the tool options, including adjusting the length, slope, and style. The tutorial also covers how to fill and stroke these shapes with color.

This Illustrator CS6 tutorial demonstrates how to create rectangular and polar grids. The video explains the different options available for customizing each grid type, including size, number of dividers, and skewing. The instructor also shows how to use the "use outside rectangle as a frame" option to create separate objects from the grid lines.

This tutorial teaches you how to use the Shape Builder tool in Adobe Illustrator CS6. You'll learn how to merge and erase simple shapes to create more complex objects, like a peanut. The video also covers the tool's options, including gap detection, merge mode, and highlight settings.

This tutorial explores the selection tools in Adobe Illustrator CS6, highlighting their unique features and how they differ from similar tools in Photoshop. The video covers the selection tool, direct selection tool, lasso tool, and magic wand tool, demonstrating how to use each tool to select objects, points, and paths.

This video explains how to group objects (Control+G) so they can be moved and transformed as a single unit, and how to ungroup them (Shift+Control+G). It also covers Isolation Mode, which allows you to double-click a group to temporarily work on a single object within that group without affecting others.

This tutorial explains how to use the Select menu for complex selection methods. It covers commands like Select All (Control+A), Deselect (Shift+Control+A), and Inverse selection. Most importantly, it demonstrates how to select similar objects based on shared attributes like stroke weight or their position on the same layer.

This tutorial explains how to save and edit selections, which is helpful for objects you frequently select but do not wish to group. To save a selection, select the objects, go to the Select menu, and choose Save Selection. Saved selections can be found at the bottom of the Select menu and managed under Edit Selection to rename or delete them.