Vector Drawing Tools
Photoshop has a whole suite of vector drawing tools. In this movie, learn how to use them to create custom shapes, strokes and open up new creative options, particularly for more illustrative tasks.
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Propagating refined edges
The new Refine Edge tool uses the underlying Roto Brush segmentation boundary to determine what region to refine from frame to frame. Chris Meyer shows you how to make corrective strokes and touch up the alpha using the Paint tool.
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Working with vector-based shape layers
Show: Visual Design CS6
Vector-based shape layers now behave very much like vector shapes in Illustrator, InDesign, and other Adobe applications. Learn how to apply fills, including None, as well as solid, gradient, and dashed strokes. Plus, you have stacking and alignment controls, as well as the option to snap the edges to the pixel grid.
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New and Reengineered Design Tools in Photoshop CS6
Show: Visual Design CS6
Create superior designs faster. Get consistent formatting with type styles, use vector layers to apply strokes and add gradients to vector objects, easily create custom strokes and dashed lines, quickly search layers, and more.
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Adobe Illustrator CS6 Sneak Peek: Gradients on Strokes
Show: Adobe Design Center
Join Illustrator product manager Brenda Sutherland, as she shows how the new gradients on strokes feature in Illustrator CS6 lets you create artwork that looks complex but is easy to edit.
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Illustrator: A Closer Look at the Variable Width Tool for Illustration
Show: CSInsider | Design
Learn how you can use the Variable Width Tool in Adobe Illustrator to rapidly trace complex brush strokes and turn a scanned image into fully-fledged vector art.
Episode 102
Show: Layers TV
RC has a viewer-inspired tip on using Illustrator's alignment tools with clipping masks. Corey opens up Photoshop and shows a tip on creating a stroke around text with an empty space between using layer styles.
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Using variable-width profiles
Show: Learn Illustrator CS5
Create variable-width strokes in Illustrator CS5. Control the thickness of a stroke at any point along a path by using the Width tool. Apply, save, and re-apply variable widths across multiple paths by using width profiles.
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Using variable-width strokes
Show: Learn Illustrator CS5
Using the Width tool, create variable-width strokes and use various stroke profiles for consistent style in Illustrator CS5.
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GS-06: Using the Blob Brush and Eraser
Show: Visual Design CS5
The Blob Brush and Eraser tools perform pathfinder operations behind the scenes as you draw. Draw over existing brush strokes with the Blob Brush to merge the strokes. Select objects before drawing with the Eraser tool to erase only selected areas.
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