Adobe Illustrator CS : Making a pattern

LCSBSSRHXXX · 05-14-2005, 08:15 PM

Here is a tutorial I put togather today, I decided to make a little tutorial for Illustrator because not many people know how to use it, and when you can use it, it can be a very powerful tool.

#1: Start out by making a curve with the pen tool, make a point and place another point, and drag out to form the curve.

#2: Press and hold down alt, and drag the bar down so it looks like a reflection of the other one (look at images 1 and 2), than click the point at the bottom to connect the two points again, making a shape.

#3: Click on the rotation tool on the tool bar, and place the point where you want to rotate around.

#4: Drag it to rotate it, but don't let go yet! Go to the next step.

#5: Hold down Alt, than let go of the mouse, it will duplicate the shape.

#6: Now press Ctrl + D repeate the last action (so it will rotate X, and duplicate the shape.) keep pressing Ctrl + D until the image looks finished.

Noober · 05-14-2005, 10:06 PM

Nice, I might begin to use it now. It's just been laying on my desktop doing nothing.

LCSBSSRHXXX · 05-14-2005, 10:08 PM

Illustrator is kinda difficult to get the hang of (espically the pen tool) but once you get it down you'll love it ;). I'll make some more tutorials for Illustrator when I have time

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kds · 05-15-2005, 04:52 AM

God damn thank you. I suck at this thing. But I want to get good.

LCSBSSRHXXX · 05-15-2005, 04:55 AM

I'll make a pen tool tutorial, the pen tool is the most important tool in illustrator.

Element · 05-15-2005, 06:07 AM

Nice tutorial man!

Ganondorf · 05-15-2005, 03:22 PM

Awesome tutorial. Keep it up.

Ganondorf · 05-26-2005, 09:42 PM

I know this will be a double-post but I'm posting this at a completely different time and scenario. Mods, (LCS

) if you feel the need to merge my threads go ahead.

Anyway, I managed to do the same thing with Macromedia Freehand

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Noober · 05-26-2005, 09:44 PM

Freehand is basically Illustrator, and Fireworks is basically Photoshop, just from different companies. Basically. Not totally, though. But, Macromedia doesn't have a video editing program like Adobe Premiere, and Adobe doesn't have HTML editing program like Macromedia Dreamweaver.

Sandman · 05-26-2005, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noober

Adobe doesn't have HTML editing program like Macromedia Dreamweaver.

Adobe has GoLive.

Noober · 05-26-2005, 09:55 PM

Ok, scratch that. I've seen GoLive in Adobe CS, but I never knew what it did. And I forgot, Adobe doesn't have a flash editor. Otherwise they'd just be copying each other like all the other gay companies.

Ganondorf · 05-26-2005, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noober

Ok, scratch that. I've seen GoLive in Adobe CS, but I never knew what it did. And I forgot, Adobe doesn't have a flash editor. Otherwise they'd just be copying each other like all the other gay companies.

Actually, Photoshop can output into .swf, and Macromedia Freehand has the ability to output into Adobe Illustrator format.

Noober · 05-26-2005, 10:02 PM

Yes, but Photoshop can't make fully interactive flash files like Flash can, and it can't output in .fla. HA!

Ganondorf · 05-26-2005, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noober

Yes, but Photoshop can't make fully interactive flash files like Flash can, and it can't output in .fla. HA!

Ok your correct to the first part, but to the second part of your statement I'll just respond No Duh.

saren · 05-27-2005, 12:44 AM

I use both fireworks/freehand and adobe photo/illustrator interchangably. Sometimes one program is just more convient to accomplish something.

They are both equally as good, and I do it professonally, so enough with the 'this is better than the other one' or 'this can't do that'. They pretty much can do everything the other can.

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05-26-2005, 09:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
Noober Wtf is an acolyte? Evangelist Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,115	Freehand is basically Illustrator, and Fireworks is basically Photoshop, just from different companies. Basically. Not totally, though. But, Macromedia doesn't have a video editing program like Adobe Premiere, and Adobe doesn't have HTML editing program like Macromedia Dreamweaver.
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Noober Wtf is an acolyte? Evangelist Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,115	Ok, scratch that. I've seen GoLive in Adobe CS, but I never knew what it did. And I forgot, Adobe doesn't have a flash editor. Otherwise they'd just be copying each other like all the other gay companies.
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Noober Wtf is an acolyte? Evangelist Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,115	Yes, but Photoshop can't make fully interactive flash files like Flash can, and it can't output in .fla. HA!
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saren Crusader Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 3,323	I use both fireworks/freehand and adobe photo/illustrator interchangably. Sometimes one program is just more convient to accomplish something. They are both equally as good, and I do it professonally, so enough with the 'this is better than the other one' or 'this can't do that'. They pretty much can do everything the other can. __________________ Burn, baby, burn.
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