Video Tutorial: Creative Effects with Adobe Illustrator

Learn how to composite artwork drawn in Illustrator with various effects and photos into a unified color scheme.

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Adobe Illustrator has some powerful features for creating and enhancing graphics. In this seminar we’ll create a poster by compositing artwork drawn in Illustrator with various effects and photos into a unified color scheme. Numerous techniques and tips will be covered, including:

Appearance Panel & Effects:
- Multiple Fills & Strokes
- Live Effects (applied to artwork and live type)
- Transform Effect: used to create a pattern like step and repeat
Transparency:
- Opacity Masks
- Blending Modes
Scatter Brushes
Importing Photos and applying effects to them in Illustrator

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