Phantasm CS Studio and Publisher allow editing of embedded images by opening them directly in Photoshop. You can also relink one or a selection of embedded images using this plugin. Find out more at the jump.
Read MoreIn October, Astute Graphics will be jumping across the big pond to do a tour of the USA over 16 days, starting in Seattle and ending in New York, with Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Oklahoma being stops along the way. We’ll also be talking at the San Francisco and Los Angeles Illustrator user [...]
Read MoreToday, we have a special guest author Todd Lauzon joining the AG Blog to lead us through his creative process in creating the wonderful cartoon character shown above. As a professional illustrator (you can read more about Todd at the end of this article), Todd makes full use of AG’s Illustrator plugins, VectorScribe, DrawScribe and [...]
Read MoreAdobe Illustrator CS6 has a new feature that allows users to apply gradients to strokes. Is it possible to do that in earlier versions? Today I’ll show you how to apply gradients to strokes in previous versions of Illustrator.
Read MoreMore than once you’ve probably experienced a situation when the Bounding Box was located at “inconvenient” angles and you needed to change it to make a correct transformation of one or multiple objects. It is quite natural if you come up with a question: how to rotate the Bounding Box in Adobe Illustrator? If you [...]
Read MoreI am sure that at all the early stages of learning Adobe Illustrator, each person came to the same question: “Where to place points when creating a path in order for the line to be smooth and easy to edit?”. Designers can do it intuitively based on years of experience, while others invent different methods [...]
Read MoreHappy New Year! With 109 articles published on the Astute Graphics Blog in 2011, many of which being comprehensive new and unique tutorials, we feel safe in justifying a de-rigueur “Best of 2011″! This “Best of” list is based on visitor levels, feedback and our personal preferences. Enjoy! Guest authors We are proud of having [...]
Read MoreCross-stitch is a type of embroidery the art of which is rooted back in the age of primitive culture. Today, we’ll be embroidering in vector using the Phantasm CS – it will be much faster.
Read MoreThe VectorScribe plugin is oriented towards ensuring the creation of your vector masterpieces is easier, faster and more flexible. I hope you have already experienced it (if not, download a 7 day full trial now!). Today’s article is devoted to the Dynamic Measure Tool and Protractor Tool using keyboard shortcuts guide. This information, along with [...]
Read MoreToday you will learn how to create a grass background using the Transform & Distort effects and Phantasm CS Halftone. Phantasm CS in combination with other effects allows you quickly create very complex textures. See this yourself by studying the technique described in this tutorial.
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