Making Scientific Figures w/ Illustrator - Part 2: Creating & Editing Shapes
Intended for beginners & casual users, in this video I show how to create & edit various shapes. I cover:
—The rectangle tool (m) and ellipse tool (L) 0:00
—How to align & equally distribute multiple objects 5:40
—The polygon tool and making complex shapes & paths with pathfinder 7:20
—Grouping (Cmd + g) and isolating objects 10:30
—Blend tool (w) for making linearly interpolated shapes 11:50
—Expanding objects (Object, Expand) 13:50
—Making clipping masks for cropping grouped objects 14:33
—Knife & scissor tool (c) for cutting objects & paths 17:24