Create Clipping Masks & Compound Shapes | Adobe Illustrator Essentials
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Learn how to create and edit Clipping Masks, Compound Paths, and Opacity Masks and how to use the Draw Inside Mode. These are ways to use shape to crop, cut out, or control the visibility of other objects.
👀 Watch the Adobe Illustrator Essentials series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfHurvYEHhXrIYXEZmzGhCVHk47u1ybC
The Illustrator Essentials series is designed to help beginners get started in Adobe Illustrator. While there’s a focus on the tools and techniques used to create illustrations for animation, it’s also applicable to graphic design and static illustrations.
➡️ Check out the visual notes that accompany this video to help you quickly remember how to do something in Illustrator: https://www.meganfriesth.com/illustratoressentials/masks
➡️ Practice what you learned here with a real project: https://link.animationexplained.com/aiessentials
In this video:
0:13 - Clipping Masks
2:11 - Draw Inside Mode
3:30 - Draw Inside Mode vs Clipping Masks
5:50 - Compound Paths
7:27 - Opacity Masks
#adobeillustrator #illustration #vectorillustration #illustratortutorial #illustratortutorialforbeginners
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Learn how to create and edit Clipping Masks, Compound Paths, and Opacity Masks and how to use the Draw Inside Mode. These are ways to use shape to crop, cut out, or control the visibility of other objects.
👀 Watch the Adobe Illustrator Essentials series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfHurvYEHhXrIYXEZmzGhCVHk47u1ybC
The Illustrator Essentials series is designed to help beginners get started in Adobe Illustrator. While there’s a focus on the tools and techniques used to create illustrations for animation, it’s also applicable to graphic design and static illustrations.
➡️ Check out the visual notes that accompany this video to help you quickly remember how to do something in Illustrator: https://www.meganfriesth.com/illustratoressentials/masks
➡️ Practice what you learned here with a real project: https://link.animationexplained.com/aiessentials
In this video:
0:13 - Clipping Masks
2:11 - Draw Inside Mode
3:30 - Draw Inside Mode vs Clipping Masks
5:50 - Compound Paths
7:27 - Opacity Masks
#adobeillustrator #illustration #vectorillustration #illustratortutorial #illustratortutorialforbeginners
My website: https://www.animationexplained.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animationexplained
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/explanimated/