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Editing Paths: Isolation Mode in Adobe® Illustrator®

Lesson 31 from: Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud: Essentials for Creating Projects

Brian Wood

Editing Paths: Isolation Mode in Adobe® Illustrator®

Lesson 31 from: Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud: Essentials for Creating Projects

Brian Wood

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Lesson Info

31. Editing Paths: Isolation Mode in Adobe® Illustrator®

Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Class Introduction

01:23
2

What is Adobe Illustrator?

06:24
3

Explore the Interface

11:45
4

Create and Save New Documents

07:03
5

Zoom and Navigate

07:23
6

Working with Artboards

18:11
7

Introduction to Layers

18:53
8

Rulers and Guides

09:05
9

Shapes and Drawing

45:27
10

Aligning and Combining Shapes

15:31
11

Pen Tool

30:59
12

Manipulating Stroke and Fill

14:39
13

Creating and Editing with Color

17:36
14

Painting with Gradients

10:36
15

Getting Started with Patterns

08:11
16

Adding Text To Your Document

08:43
17

Formatting Text

11:35
18

Strokes and Variable Strokes in Adobe Illustrator

16:55
19

Rotating Objects in Adobe Illustrator

08:42
20

Effects and the Appearance Panel in Adobe Illustrator

10:58
21

Adding Photo Images in Adobe Illustrator

12:43
22

Working with Linked Content in Adobe Illustrator

10:14
23

Packaging your Project for Handoff in Adobe Illustrator

04:28
24

Best Formats to Save Your Files

14:35
25

Select Like a Pro: Layers, Groups, & Other Unique Tools

33:57
26

Edit Paths Like a Pro in Adobe Illustrator

08:41
27

Editing Paths: Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator

03:31
28

Creating & Applying Brushes to Artwork in Adobe Illustrator

18:21
29

Editing Paths: Knife & Scissor Tool in Adobe Illustrator

03:09
30

Editing Paths: Join Tool in Adobe Illustrator

10:46
31

Editing Paths: Isolation Mode in Adobe® Illustrator®

02:11
32

Pen Tool Shortcuts in Adobe Illustrator

16:44
33

Other Drawing Tools & Methods in Adobe Illustrator

07:05
34

Transforming Techniques in Adobe Illustrator

05:35
35

Shortcut to Reflecting Artwork in Adobe Illustrator

02:19
36

Get to Know Your Appearance Panel in Adobe Illustrator

17:42
37

Exploring Effects in Adobe Illustrator

10:01
38

Work Smarter with Graphic Styles in Adobe Illustrator

04:50
39

Color Inspiration in Adobe Illustrator

09:34
40

Type Effects in Adobe Illustrator

11:18
41

Masking Your Artwork in Adobe Illustrator

13:40
42

Using Creative® Cloud® Libraries in Adobe® Illustrator®

15:47
43

Capture Artwork with Creative Cloud Apps & Adobe Illustrator

12:21
44

Tracing Raster Images in Adobe Illustrator

13:40
45

Blending Artwork in Adobe Illustrator

12:47
46

Using Symbols in Adobe Illustrator

10:47
47

Using a Perspective Grid in Adobe Illustrator

09:05
48

Crash Recovery in Adobe Illustrator

08:45
49

GPU Performance in Adobe Illustrator

03:51
50

Curvature Tool in Adobe Illustrator

06:49
51

App Integration in Adobe Illustrator

11:52
52

Creative Cloud Libraries in Adobe Illustrator App

04:42
53

Shaper Tool in Adobe Illustrator

06:06
54

Smart Guides in Adobe Illustrator

01:31
55

Text Enhancements in Adobe Illustrator

02:11
56

SVG Export in Adobe Illustrator

06:50

Lesson Info

Editing Paths: Isolation Mode in Adobe® Illustrator®

All right, so here's something we can do as well. We now have these all cut up, right? Well now, here's what I want you to do. Go to the Selection tool. And you're gonna see that this is a group of objects. If you try now, and click on one of these shapes, you're not gonna be able to 'cause it's part of the group. That's actually kinda neat. So if I click away, and then click on the shape, I've got it. I'm gonna throw a little tip out here for working with groups, okay? If you have grouped artwork, there's a couple ways we can enter this and work with this. Why don't you go ahead and double click right on the beak, right on those shapes. Just double click with the Selection tool. We just entered Group Isolation Mode. Now try and click on one of those shapes. I know it's kinda hard to tell where they are, but just go ahead and click. This temporarily ungroups the group and lets you dig in and start to work with each piece. This is awesome, okay? Now, if you wanted to, you could click on...

one of those shapes right there, and we can change the fill, for instance. So I'll change the fill color up here, maybe. Just try something a little different. I've never seen that happen in my life. That is a little crazy. Why are you down here? Anyway. And then we can do the same and keep going if we want to, and keep editing, and paths, and do different things. Once we're done with this isolation, you can either press the Escape key or double click anywhere outside the shapes. So away from the shapes. And you're outside of the group. It's now grouped again, and we're outside of Isolation mode. Here's a little tip for ya, real quick. Sometimes diving into Isolation mode by double clicking is great, but sometimes you just need to quickly change the fill of something. Why don't you go ahead and deselect by clicking somewhere. Select the Direct Selection tool. Now I know this artwork, pretend that I know that that's a group. Go ahead and select the Direct Selection tool. If you come up to a shape, let's say like, the orange one here, whatever you did, and you just click, you've just selected a part of a group without having to ungroup or to go into Isolation mode. Now there's some things I can do here. I can now go change the fill, the stroke, whatever I need. This is just a quick way to kinda jump into something in a group. Okay.

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Ratings and Reviews

KATIE Y
 

I am a pretty computer literate person but an Ai beginner i.e. I am completely new to the Creative Cloud/Adobe Illustrator. (This is also the first time I've used CreativeLive.) I think this course it is fantastic. The pace is good as is the content which progressed logically and covers all the basics you'd hope it would. The course is 2 full days' worth of material but it is broken down into segments so you can revisit or skip through as you need to. The presenter is really personable and easy to watch (even for me, a Londoner!). I would also say I think it is pretty good value for money -- I am currently enrolled on a part time course, basically doing the same sort of stuff, and I have to say this is better and a bit cheaper! I definitely recommend it to you!

jackflash
 

A brilliantly designed course. it's almost magic. It's everything you hope for in a follow-along software class. Brian Wood has engineered it so that you start on a project that just needs basics, and then you move on to more & more complicated projects, and almost without realizing it you've learned Illustrator. This doesn't just happen -- Wood has clearly put a LOT of effort into creating this course. Here's one trivial example: he doesn't overload you with a lot of keyboard shortcuts right at the beginning -- you start with the actions themselves, using the (admittedly tedious but easy) pulldown menus, and then after you're comfortable with what you're doing, he'll throw in the shortcut. It may seem obvious, but so many instructors feel they have to give you an extensive foundation of definitions, shortcuts, interfaces, etc., before you ever do anything. Good stuff to know, but you'll never remember it. Wood has you up and working almost immediately. And he's a joy to listen to, at a perfect pace. Highly recommended.

Philippe LIENARD
 

Top course. Very well explained, clear, good examples, pleasant teacher. I like it and recommend it. One suggestion, it would be nice to have a detailed table of content of the course in the material. For instance, it took me quite a while to find back the part of the course where how to make a gear was explained.

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