Using Color in Illustrator
- Using your color swatch, click to bring the fill or stroke to front in order to add color from the color palette.
- Stroke vs Fill - how to make the stroke thicker with the stroke modifier or palette and how to apply a brush to the stroke
- How to access palette's from the Window Menu, going from top to bottom alphabetically
- How to use the Gradient Palette, to add a default gradient select an object and click on the Gradient Palette Icon
- How to change a gradients color, by clicking on the gradients Color Tab and changing our color mode from "K" only, to "CMYK" or "RGB" and then using the color sliders or color picker
- How to make multi color gradients, by clicking in the Gradient Palette next to a Color Tab makes a new Color Tab
- How to change the Transparency level with the Transparency Palette
- How to change Blending Modes to change the way color interacts
Other tricks
- Pathfinder Palette, how to cut two objects up along their intersecting lines
- How to use the Rotate Tool
- How to use Control-D to repeat actions
- Using the Rotate Tool, and Control-D to create a flower design easily
Remember any students that haven't brought in a one-subject notebook need to do so by Tuesday.
- Mr. Wilson
