Adobe Illustrator Tips
Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) is dedicated to supporting our maker community in their creative process by providing shared space, shared tools, software, materials and a knowledge base to turn their ideas into reality.
Adobe Illustrator is a commercial vector graphics software package for Windows and Macintosh (but not Linux).
Adobe Illustrator is a part of the Adobe Creative Cloud software suite.
Pikes Peak Makerspace has a license for the complete Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, and it is installed on our Design Workstations 2 and 3
Classes
Pikes Peak Makerspace announces its Upcoming events, including classes, on Meetup
Training -- PPM Trainer(s) needed
Links to other sites (external links):
- Illustrator Get Started course -- Adobe
- Essential techniques for beginners -- Adobe
- Illustrator 2022 MasterClass -- Udemy class ($20) recommended by Mathew P.
- Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
- Product Home Page
Tips
- - View Shortcuts:
Ctrl + = Cmd + = Zoom in Ctrl + - Cmd + - Zoom out Ctrl + 0 Cmd + 0 Fit to window Ctrl + 1 Cmd + 1 View actual size
- - Use actions to automate tasks in Illustrator - Adobe Support
- - Share your artwork with others using the Package command.
- - Create efficient Illustrator files | Improve print performance
For Additional Help
- Use the PPM Slack channel #computing
- List of all PPM Slack channels
- Note that we have a Slack channel (#job-board) for members to post, discuss, or accept job opportunities either within PPM or from the community.
See Also
Links to other PPM Wiki pages (internal links):
Curated Links
Links to other sites (external links):
- Avery Templates -- design and print using Illustrator
- 35 Adobe Illustrator Tutorials to Master Vector Design
- How to Open AI Files Without Illustrator
- All Products -- Adobe
Other Fun Stuff
Links to other sites (external links):
- John Warnock: Bezier Tutorial -- (1987)
Visionaries who shaped modern graphic design -- paperback book - Inside the Publishing Revolution: The Adobe Story
- Adobe Fandom Wiki
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