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Daniel Máslo
look at that shadow ;)
about 2 years ago
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Ahmed Chergaoui
(maybe) a stupid question if you mind : are these guides? Is it possible to have diagonal guides in Illustrator? :)
about 2 years ago
Let me answer – yes, it’s possible. One of the best features, I wish Photoshop would get them too (as well as intelligent snapping).
about 2 years ago
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Jacob Morse
@Ahmed, you can make any selected path a guide with View > Guides > Make Guides (command+5).
about 2 years ago
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Veerle Pieters
@Ahmed Chergaoui I drew these lines first using the line tool and then I hit command+5 which turns the line into a guide. You can do this with any kind of path or shape. I took the shot when I was making corrections. I first drew the shapes and then the guides to correct the depth a bit.
about 2 years ago
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Dan Cederholm
Great tip, Veerle, thanks. Didn't know that about lines to guides!
about 2 years ago
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Matthew Sanders
Really digging those shadows. Wish Illustrator would smooth those guides a bit. I hate it when the UI of the application I am using to design with makes me shudder.
about 2 years ago
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Matt Hamm
Wooo! 45 degree guides. Nice tip.
Do you make your shadows with a black to white gradient or gradient transparency?
about 2 years ago
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Ahmed Chergaoui
@Peter @Jacob @Veerle oh thank you guys! Didn't know about this! I can tell from now, that it will save me hours & hours of work :)
about 2 years ago
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Veerle Pieters
Didn't realize a lot of people didn't know this. Lost count how many times I used this. I often transform a circle or rectangle etc. into a guide. The feature has been there for ages :) It's under View > Guides > Make Guides. Happy I accidentally gave people a tip here.
@Matt Hamm mostly gradient transparency from now on since it's possible in CS4. I used to use black to white and then adjust the opacity in the Transparency palette and then change the mode to Multiply so the white becomes transparent.
about 2 years ago
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Chris Robinson
Awesome tip, also had no idea that was possible. Just tried it out and it makes isometrics OH so much easier!
about 2 years ago
Wow, thanks for the tip about guides. I was wondering why it said Make Guides (command + 5) and nothing happened.
about 2 years ago
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Veerle Pieters
@Terry Acker not 100% sure if this helps, but I think it only works when you use the numeric part of an extended keyboard. Same for lock (cmd/ctrl+2) or hide (cmd/ctrl+3) etc. all shortcuts with numbers in them. At least this is the case on my azerty keyboard.
about 2 years ago
I didn´t knew that is possible to convert lines into guidelines. I thought that feature is for CS5, well I´m a still a newbie :)
I´m a big fan of your work, Veerle
Diana
about 1 year ago