Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

Overview

“In this unit, I will make a text, convert it to curves, and learn to give volume quickly and controlled with the 3D tool. ”

In this video lesson Aarón Martínez addresses the topic: Color and volume, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 5: Use of Text. Learn how to generate texts as well as choose a typeface and adjust its characteristics to make it curved.

Partial transcription of the video

“ILLUSTRATOR COURSE 5 LESSON 10 Color and volume In this lesson we'll add color and volume using a 3D tool. Let's start. Now we'll see how to give volume to a text. I will create a new word. I will choose the word "duck." I will move my artboard to the left, I'm going to choose a new font, this one, Arial Black, and I'm going to make it smaller. I convert it to curves, but here I go to my Type options and the Character option, I am going to modify the tracking between letters, and convert it to curves. I have my text. I'll change the color. I'm working in CMYK, I'm going to change it to RGB....”

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Course summary for: Course 5: Use of Text

• Level: Beginner
• 11 students
• 14 units
• 14 lessons (1h 27m)
• 3 downloads