Illustrator CS6 Tutorial

Today we will learn the new features of the tracing engine in Adobe Illustrator CS6 and talk about its new functions. We will trace a photo, a sketch and a texture; then we will compare the results between Adobe Illustrator CS5 and CS6. Let’s get started! In this tutorial I’ll use a photo a strawberry (credit to deviantART user StockProject1 ) ; the sketch was kindly provided by Victoria Vasilyeva and the texture (credit to deviantART user ~kingkool6 ). Step 1 In Adobe Illustrator CS6 the settings of the tracing is in the new Image Trace panel (Window > Image Trace). This allows us to use other panels and tools while tracing. Such features did not exist in Adobe Illustrator CS5 as well as in earlier releases; the setting of the tracing was made in the Tracing Options dialog box, and then it was impossible to access the other objects and interfaces. Step 2 The presets have also changed between Adobe Illustrator CS5 and CS6 The new preset, "Silhouettes...

 The Adobe Photoshop CS6 Book Tutorial Pdf  for Digital Photographers ABOUT THE AUTHOR  Scott is Editor, Publisher, and co-founder of Photoshop User magazine, Executive Editor and Publisher of Light It (the how-to magazine for studio lighting and off-camera flash), and is host of The Grid, the weekly live videocast talk show for photographers, as well as co-host of the top-rated weekly videocast series, Photoshop User TV.  The Adobe Photoshop CS6 Book Tutorial Pdf  for Digital Photographers --> He is President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), the trade association for Adobe® Photoshop® users, and he’s President of the training, education, and publishing firm, For more information on Scott, visit him at: His daily blog: http://scottkelby.com Google+: Scottgplus.com Twitter: http://twitter.com@scottkelby Facebook: www.facebook.com/skelby Seven Things You’ll Wish You Had Known Before Reading The Adobe P...

“I use Photoshop as I would to hand-print an image; e.g., burning, dodging, etc. I don’t use ‘special effects’ very often; I’m still a big fan of more traditional techniques—applied digitally, of course.”—Marcus Bell In the days leading up to the advent of digital imaging , the skeptics/realists often predicted that until a digital image could rival the amount of information found in a 35mm film frame, professional photographers would continue to ignore digital imaging. These thoughtful folks proclaimed that there are 10,000,000 discrete units of information (bits) in an exposed 24x36mm film frame. Equalling that requires a 10MB image—a file size that is now commonplace. In fact, at this writing there are a handful of professional 35mm digital SLRs that offer 16–18MB original files. Unlike film photographs, Photoshop and the digital revolution have helped prope l wedding photographers to the level of fine artists. Photograph by Jeff Hawkins Photography. Hawkins, the other half ...

Changing the size and shape of artboards in Illustrator CS6 In this movie, I will show you how to change the change the shape and size of your artboards. Illustrator CS6 Tutorial Video, I have gone ahead and restored the saved version of 8-page newsletter.ai found inside the 02_artboards folder.  Now the first thing I would like you to do, just to make sure that you and I are on the same page, is to go up to the View menu, and make sure that the Smart Guides command is turned on.  If you see a check mark everything's good, if not go ahead and choose the command, you also have the keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+U and Command+U on a Mac.  What Smart Guides do is they allow you to align objects inside of your illustrations as well as artboards on the fly.  Next step, of course, is to switch to Artboard tool , you can get by pressing Shift+O, or you can just click on it here inside the toolbox.  But before I do that, I want you to notice something. ...

The core strength of Photoshop is the way it enables you to improve the quality of your images, whether you’re fixing a major problem or making a subtle adjustment. In this workshop Tim Grey explores a wide variety of techniques to help you get the best results when optimizing your images.   Photoshop CS6 Image Optimization Workshop  He begins with basics like cropping, changing brightness and contrast, and correcting color balance, then moves on to more advanced adjustments like Shadows/Highlights, Curves , and dodging and burning. You’ll learn how to make targeted adjustments that affect only selected parts of the image and apply creative adjustments that don’t so much fix a problem as add a unique touch. And best of all, Tim teaches all these techniques as part of an overall workflow designed to help you work quickly, efficiently, and nondestructively. Home: _ http://iluly.net/1nc Link Download Photoshop CS6 Image Optimization: http:/...