Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
Course 4: Using Colour: Plasta, contour and plasta 1
By Aarón Martínez
About the video: Plasta, contour and plasta 1
Overview
“In this unit, I will teach you how to apply color to basic shapes with plastids and also combined fillings and contours. ”
In this video lesson Aarón Martínez addresses the topic: Plasta, contour and plasta 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4: Using Colour. Learn to add color to your projects by selecting Pantone® palettes and color modes.
Partial transcription of the video
“ILLUSTRATOR COURSE 4 LESSON 4 Plasta, Contour and Plasta We are ready to add color to our work. In this lesson we'll see solid and outline color. Let's start. We saw how to define color modes and palettes for the project. Now we will see how to assign solid colors to different shapes. We start by generating a base object. It's a circle. In this case, and earlier, we have been assigning colors specifically for fill and outline. With the X key we can change one or the other. For now, I'm going to remove the outline color. I will choose a fill color. A shade of pink. We have now a solid color....”
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Course summary for: Course 4: Using Colour

Aarón Martínez
By Aarón Martínez
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