N.S.L: WEEK 129 – Illustrator CC: “Type On A Path Options”

Never Stop Learning week 98 “Type on a Path” has been one of my favorite screencasts I’ve recorded so far. This week I wanted to give a brief tour of the different options you have available for text on a path.

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N.S.L: WEEK 112 – Adobe Illustrator CC: “Touch Type Tool” New Feature

The Touch Type Tool was introduced in the last build of Adobe Illustrator CC(17)

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Touch Type Tool Adobe Illustrator CC

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N.S.L: WEEK 96 – Adobe Illustrator CS6: Opacity Mask

I have this small notebook that I jot down “Never Stop Learning” ideas. Last week (wk.95) I needed a break from Adobe Illustrator so I skimmed through my book and found an old Adobe Photoshop tool I wanted to learn, Shadows/Highlights. While going through that list, I saw “Opacity Mask” for Illustrator. I knew I HAD to study up on it for this weeks project.

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“Fat Chance Crew” text layout with Opacity Mask

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Just 4 Fun: 02102013 Adobe Photoshop- Text Effects

In a comment, someone said it would be nice to see a tutorial on a piece I created for NSL week 66 called “Gray”. On this post I’ll show you screen shots of my work and hopefully you’ll be able to try it out based off that.

Black and White Text layout

Text Layout

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