Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator Essential Skills for Designers: Mastering the Pen Tool

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    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    Flexible

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Most of the tools of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign are easy to learn and understand, but there is one major exception: the Pen tool. In this course you’ll become a Vector Master by following along and practicing the many exercises presented. You’ll be amazed at your new skills and abilities using this comprehensive and versatile tool.
Most of the tools of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign are easy to learn and understand, but there is one major exception: the Pen tool. It is a very versatile vector drawing tool present in all three applications and can save you a lot of time and effort if you learn to use it properly. It can be used for drawing shapes and illustrations, creating custom frames for your layouts, making selections of your images, designing custom paths for your type, drawing artistic effects and so much more.
In this course you’ll become a Vector Master by following along and practicing the many exercises presented. You’ll be amazed at your new skills and abilities using this comprehensive and versatile tool.
Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign CS6 or later required to work along with included project files.

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About this course

You can draw horizontal or vertical straight lines with the Pen tool if you hold down Shift while creating anchor points.
You can combine paths into one Vector Mask in Photoshop and also choose how these paths should interact with each other.
The Smooth tool and the Simplify feature can greatly improve the quality of your paths in Illustrator.
You can align text along a path and you can also control where you want it to start and end.
There are several ways to draw symmetrical shapes with the Pen Tool in Illustrator, but probably the most effective is to use a guide for the center of symmetry and then duplicate and reflect half of the shape with the Reflect tool. Make sure to hold down Alt and Shift together while dragging the first half onto the other side.

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Subjects

  • InDesign
  • Photoshop
  • Presentation techniques
  • Illustrator
  • Drawing
  • Retouching
  • Masking techniques
  • Transform Tools
  • Selection Tools
  • Layers Adjustment
  • Basic Masking
  • Blending mods

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Course programme

Chapter I PEN TOOL BASICS 12:55
  • Introduction
  • What is the Point?
  • Pen Tool Options
Chapter II DRAWING WITH THE PEN TOOL 46:11
  • Drawing Straight Lines
  • Drawing Curves
  • Drawing Complex Shapes
  • Drawing Symmetrical Shapes
Chapter III WORKING WITH PATHS 28:48
  • Creating Custom Shapes and Symbols
  • Creating Custom Frames in InDesign
  • Selecting, Editing and Saving Paths
  • Combining Paths
  • Smooth Tool and Simplify Path
Chapter IV PEN TOOL WORKFLOWS 19:41
  • Making a Selection with Paths
  • Masking with Paths
  • Type on a Path
  • Stroke Paths
  • 3D Shapes from Paths

Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator Essential Skills for Designers: Mastering the Pen Tool

£ 47.91 VAT inc.

*Indicative price

Original amount in USD:

$ 59