Illustrator for Beginners
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Create a Cartoon Bird in Illustrator: Make Art from Simple Shapes
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Steampunk Gears in Illustrator - Turn Simple Shapes into Complex Cogs & Gears
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Convert jpg to vector using Illustrator & Photoshop
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Secrets of Aligning & Distributing Shapes in Illustrator
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Create a 3D Photo Cube in Illustrator - Harness the Power of 3D
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Make seamless repeating patterns in Illustrator CS5.5 and earlier
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Illustrator - Draw a Cupcake - make shapes, shading and more
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Illustrator - Mushroom Cartoon Illustration
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Illustrator - Strawberry Illustration
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Illustrator Live Paint how to part 2
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Illustrator CC - Touch Type Text Effects
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Trace a Logo or Design in Illustrator using the pen tool
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Create an Editable Sunburst in Illustrator
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Illustrator - Save & Reuse Pattern Swatches - Keep Patterns Accessible
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Illustrator - Scale and Bend Shapes along a Path - Get them to Point in the Right Direction
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Illustrator - Tints Shades and Color Harmonies in seconds
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Illustrator - Create a layered diamond pattern
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Illustrator - New Art Has Basic Appearance
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Illustrator - Display the Center Rotation Point for a shape
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Illustrator - Make a simple stripe pattern - Pattern making 101
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Illustrator - Extract dots from a stroked line - Create the stroked line and extract shapes from it
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Illustrator - Create a scallop edge brush to use for clothing design and more
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Illustrator - Troubleshoot linked objects - how to avoid problems when sharing files
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Illustrator - Quickly Cut Lines & Shapes on Anchors and on Paths
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Illustrator - Enlarge or Shrink a Shape Perfectly
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Illustrator - 3D Nested Heart
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Illustrator - Multiple Stroke Text Effects on Editable Type
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Illustrator CC - Remove files from the recent file list
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Illustrator - Double stroke text effect
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Illustrator - Whimsical cross stitch effect for shapes and type
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Illustrator - Hatched Drop Shadow - Layered Text Effect
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Illustrator - CMYK & RGB editable text
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Illustrator CC2018 - Problems with a no fill no stroke rectangle SOLVED
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Illustrator - Type Tools 101 - Create text in Illustrator
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Illustrator CC - Convert text to outlines - debunking the myths of when to do it
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Illustrator - Make Custom Shapes for Photoshop
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Illustrator - Place one object inside another - Clipping Mask vs Draw Inside
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Illustrator - Save compatible with earlier versions
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Illustrator - Paths vs Compound Path vs Shapes - Demystified
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Illustrator - Crop, Clip & Layer Clipping explored and compared
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Illustrator - Position a pattern where you want it to be
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Illustrator - Whimsical Scrapbook Paper Design
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Illustrator - DIY Scatter Brushes
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Illustrator - Trace Hand Written Text - Get a perfect trace every time
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Illustrator - Pattern in a Pattern Solution - Achieve the impossible in Illustrator
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Illustrator - Size Artboard to Your Art - Crop an Artboard
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Illustrator - Create a Border for Stationery
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Illustrator - Joined up Scallop Brush
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Illustrator - Live Shape vs Regular Shapes - what they are and how they differ
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Illustrator - Fixing Uneven Symmetrical Compound Paths
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Illustrator - Draw Mathematically Correct Triangles
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Illustrator - Make a Pattern With White Objects
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Illustrator - Add a Background to a pattern swatch
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Illustrator - Make Cones with 3D effects
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Illustrator - Adjust Hue, Saturation, Brightness, and more
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Illustrator - Draw Stars - Step by step how to make stars
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Illustrator - Recolor patterns quickly and easily
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Illustrator - Halftones with spaced out circles
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Illustrator - Vignettes for shapes and clipped photos
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Illustrator - Place Text In or Around an object - Word Wrap in Illustrator
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Illustrator - Recolor Brushes - How to recolor any brush in Illustrator
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Illustrator - Bitmap Image to Vector Pattern
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Illustrator - Troubleshoot moving from design to vector
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Illustrator - White vector half tone dot pattern - or any other color! Halftones made simple
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Illustrator - Create Pixel art from an image quickly and easily
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Illustrator - Create Segments of a Circle - Quick and Easy Techniques
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Illustrator 3D render issues & solutions
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Illustrator - Edit a Color Group with Recolor Artwork
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Illustrator - Gradients 101 - An introduction
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Illustrator - Knockout Text Effect
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Illustrator - Backgrounds 101 - Color and transparency options
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Illustrator - Draw Arrows
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Illustrator - Cropping 101 - how to crop anything!
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Illustrator - Warp text into custom shapes - how to bend and curve text
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Illustrator - Dotted Hexagon Pattern - Create seamless repeating patterns with ease
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Illustrator - Warped Geometric pattern
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Illustrator - Place text on a circle & a zigzag path
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Illustrator - Bend a Blend along a path
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Illustrator - Art Optimized and Anti Aliasing Demystified
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Illustrator - Bisect any Angle
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Illustrator - Everything is Gray - Can't select Color
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Illustrator - Scroll blend modes - Yes you can!
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Illustrator - Make Strokes Thicker or Thinner
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Illustrator - Decreasing Spiral Text
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Illustrator - Glowing Gradient Shapes
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Illustrator - Create an Archimedean Spiral
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Illustrator - Make Burst Shapes with the Curvature tool
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Illustrator - Copy Appearances with Ease
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Perspective Text in Illustrator
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Illustrator - Expand Appearance Order Matters
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Illustrator Color with Shape Builder
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Illustrator - Combine / Merge Swatches
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Illustrator - Convert to Global Colors
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Illustrator - Fix for Fuzzy Stripes
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Illustrator - Delete Content Outside Clipping Mask
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Illustrator - Cut Lines to Shapes & Guides
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Illustrator - Create a Globe Illustration two ways
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Illustrator - Create a Workspace - How I Set Up My Screen
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Illustrator - Vector Textures with a Transparency Mask
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Illustrator - Expand Appearance and Strokes - why stroke placement matters
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Illustrator - Duplicate Objects in a Circle - an editable effect
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Illustrator - 3D Coffee Cup Illustration - Quick and Easy
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Illustrator - Cut Lines from a Shape
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Cut out an object in Illustrator CC - cut an object from its background leaving it transparent
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Illustrator - Align objects side by side
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Illustrator - Calculate File Dimensions and Resolution for Accurate Output - File Size Demystified
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Illustrator - Textured Pattern - Create a Pattern Swatch with Texture
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Illustrator - Blend Tool 101 - Make and expand blends in Adobe Illustrator
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Illustrator - Built in Halftone Patterns - Find and use half tones in Adobe Illustrator
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Illustrator - Rotate Move Scale a Pattern with Ease
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Illustrator - Expand Appearance, Transformations and Strokes - Problems and solutions
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Illustrator - Recolor Complex Objects Easily - What to do when changing Fill or Stroke doesn't work
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Illustrator - White Lines in Pattern Swatches for Spoonflower - Solutions and explanations
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Illustrator - Blends with Multiple Shape objects - Fixing Blends that Fail
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Illustrator - Save as JPG or PNG - How to Export Bitmaps from Illustrator
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Illustrator - Make a hole in a shape - fill the outside of an object
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Illustrator - Swatches from Photos
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Neumorphism Effect in Illustrator - Create a Reusable Dimensional Style
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Illustrator - Fill a Shape with a Vector Texture - Make & Use a Vector Texture
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Illustrator - Add a Vector Texture to Text - Vectorize a texture and add it to text
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Illustrator - Set Units of Measure and Demystify their use
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Illustrator - DIY Presets - Save Time Creating New Documents
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Illustrator - Whimsical Triangle Pattern - Organic Seamless Repeats
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Illustrator - Spacing Pattern Elements Apart - Add Space to Patterns
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Illustrator - Abstract Lines Pattern - Rounded rectangles lines design
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Illustrator - Shapes and Halftone - How to make a half tone with any shape
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Illustrator - Diagonal Line Pattern - Quick, Easy & Foolproof seamless repeats
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Illustrator - Pen Tool for Beginners - Master the pen tool
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Illustrator - Outline Words & not Letters
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Illustrator - Drawn line text - type as a single line object
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Illustrator - Editable Text Cutout - Make a Text Shape Hole In an Object
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Illustrator - Fill a Black Pattern with a Gradient
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Illustrator 2021 - Recolor a Pattern - Use the new Recolor Artwork Tool
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Illustrator - Control Ends on Cut Lines - How to get vertical ends on cuts
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Illustrator - Create and Use Template Layers
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Illustrator - Patterns & Hidden Shape Properties - Fix problems with pattern fills
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Illustrator - Pixel Perfect Artboards - One Click Size & Position Solution
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Illustrator - Round corners with ease - Quick Tips for Smooth Corners on Shapes
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Illustrator 2022 to Spoonflower - Prepare & Export Patterns the easy way
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Illustrator - Cut Text Shape Hole in an Image - Fully Editable Text Effect
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Illustrator - Make a Pattern from a Rotated Pattern Swatch
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Illustrator - Gradients & Global Colors - Create Gradients that work like global colors
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Illustrator - Custom Arrowheads for Neater Diagonal Lines
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Illustrator - Flat portrait icon - Quick and Easy to Make
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Illustrator - Roads and Tracks in patterns - Seamless patterns of objects over lines
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Make a Pattern in Illustrator - Use the Pattern Maker for Seamless Repeating Patterns
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Create, Color and Save a Vector Pattern Swatch in Illustrator using a Free Madpattern Template
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Illustrator for Photoshop Users - Part 1 - Learn Illustrator for Beginners
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Illustrator - Reusable Designs using Symbols - Create Editable Whimsical Patterns
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Illustrator - Find & Replace Colours - Quick & Smart Color Select and Merge
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Adobe Color Themes Discontinued - Illustrator & Photoshop Changes July 2021
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Illustrator CC Seamless Repeat Patterns - Illustrator Basics 101
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Illustrator - Crop a Photo & Remove the Excess - Bitmap Image Cropping
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Photoshop - Use Brush Tip for Any Tool - Unlink Brush Tips from their Tools
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Illustrator - Perfect Symmetry with Reflect, Align & Join - Create symmetrical shapes
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Illustrator - Cut a Compound Path in Two - Use the Divide Object Below Command
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Illustrator - Force a Compound Path - No right click option, no worries!
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Illustrator - Retro Editable & Reusable Text Effect
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Photoshop & Illustrator Color Themes 2021 - Update
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Illustrator - Multiple strokes, Fills & Shapes in One Shape - Appearance Panel Trick
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Illustrator - Make a Puffy Star - Create & Save a Custom Shape - Illustrator CC
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Illustrator - Concentric Shapes - Circles, Rectangles & Rounded Rectangles
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Illustrator - Add Anchor Point feature broken? - Yes? No? Maybe so? (hint: No!)
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Illustrator - Join Paths Methods - Each Tool Gives Different Results
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Illustrator - Gradient Over Multiple Shapes - Why so many people do it wrong
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Illustrator - Eraser Tool Tips, Tricks & Secrets
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Illustrator - Fix Control Bar - Display it & Manage Displayed Options
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TikTok Text Effect in Illustrator - reusable & editable
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5 Illustrator Selection tips to make your workflow faster
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Illustrator - Global patterns - understanding and using
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Illustrator Brush Libraries - Store Brushes in Libraries
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Illustrator - Creative Image Trace - Trace and recolor in one step
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Download Old Versions of Creative Cloud Applications - Bypassing the Creative Cloud App
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Illustrator Scale & Evenly Distribute Objects
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Illustrator - Secret Blend Tool Feature - Stretch a Bend
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Illustrator - Reflected Pattern - A Pattern That's not A Repeating Pattern
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Illustrator - Repeat Tool Paint Strokes Pattern - Explore the NEW Illustrator CC Repeat tool!
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Illustrator - Wrap a Doodle Design Around a Circle - Turn a Straight Path into a Circular One
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Illustrator - Multi-color Circles Pattern - Quick & Easy Seamless Repeat
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Illustrator - Recolor Patterns Tips - Quick Pattern Colorways
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Illustrator CC - Change Default Font - How to do it to work 100% of the time
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Illustrator CC - Fix Lines in Patterns
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Wave Pattern in Illustrator CC - Quick & Easy Pattern Repeat
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Illustrator - Stroke Alignment Matters - Exploring Confusing Stroke Behavior
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Illustrator - Add Corner Widgets to any Shape - Round Any Corner
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Illustrator - Lines On Erased Areas? Problem Solved! Why You Get Lines Around Erased Areas
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Illustrator CC 2022 - Intro to 3D - ALL NEW TOOLS
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Illustrator CC - Fill a Shape with a Pattern - Background fill & Text Fill
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Illustrator CC - 3D Bumpy Sphere - Create a 3D Material to Apply to a 3D Object
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Illustrator CC - Random Pattern of Shapes - Easy seamless repeating pattern
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Illustrator CC - Japanese Inspired Pattern - Step by Step & Fully Narrated
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Illustrator CC - Coffee Cup Mockup - Create a custom 3D model
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Illustrator CC - Pixelated Colour Pattern
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Illustrator - Woven Pattern - Seamless repeating weave
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Illustrator CC Quiz: What's the File Size? #shorts
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Illustrator - Curve Line Pattern - Seamless retro repeat design
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Illustrator - Lighten Part of an Image with a Mask - Successfully Screening an Image
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Illustrator - Buffalo Plaid Pattern - Seamless Repeating Tile
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Illustrator - Frosted Glass Effect - Fully Editable & Explained Step by Step
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Illustrator - Ombre Wave Pattern - Seamless repeating curvy line multi-color pattern
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