Adobe Illustrator Pen Tool | Understanding How it Works
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Adobe Illustrator Pen Tool, understanding how it works through hands-on examples and Pen tool tips & tricks. This Illustrator Pen tool tutorial targets beginners and novices for a better understanding of the trades of the Pen tool.
Timestamp Illustrator Pen tool
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Illustrator Preferences
01:30 Illustrator Pen tool Straight Lines
03:12 Illustrator Pen tool Multiple Curves
04:35 Illustrator Pen tool Curves with Corner Points
05:46 Illustrator Pen tool Curves with Straight Lines
08:53 Illustrator Pen tool Curves with Corner Points
10:52 Illustrator Anchor Points, Add & Delete
12:06 Illustrator Convert Anchor Points
14:40 Illustrator Pen tool Practice
Exercise Files
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Elias, finally someone who takes one step by step through this process! Everyone else skips basic yet essential parts like how to stop one line and start another -- simple, yes, by necessary in order to ever get to the next learning curve. You saved me so much time and frustration. Thank you!
Thank you for your kindest comment and feedback, what keeps me posting! 🙏 👋 😀
YOU👏ARE👏 A👏 FANTASTIC👏 TEACHER👏
You have explained SO clearly and precisely EXACTLY what I was struggling with. Your voice is even, without being monotone!
AMAZING!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill!!!
Thank you for such wonderful and constructive feedback, much appreciated Mme! 🙏😀👋
one of the best videos so far
Thank you Sadman, much appreciated! 😀 👋
Thank you! You really know how to put together the right information in an easy to understand format. Great job.
Thank you for your kind feedback, much appreciated! 😀 👋
Oh my gosh!! Thank you!!! Half a dozen videos later, I found yours and you answered the 3 questions nobody else seemed to cover. Ai has been fun so far, but now I can take it to the next level.
Thank you so very much for your kind comment, much appreciated! 🙏🤚
Thank you so much !! This is by far my favorite tutorial!! I learned so much.
Great to grea that Vee, thank you for reaching out! 😀👋
You've explained it very thoroughly, subcribing your channel.
Thank you for your kind feedback, much appreciated! 🙏 😀
Your tutorials are effective and clean
Great to hear that and thank you for your feedback! 👋 😀
after watching many tutorials about pen tool i can say this is the best tutorial ever made on youtube thank you so much 👏
Thank you so very much for your constructive feedback! 😀 👋
Best tutorial yet. Thank you!
Thank you for your kind feedback! 😀👋
I use Affinity Designer and VCarve Pro . Every tutorial shows how to trace and image with the pen tool. This shows how to draw with it.Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much.
Thank you Ed for your feedback, much appreciated! 😊🙋♂️👋
This was fantastic! I was hesitant to download the examples because it said something was potentially harmful, but you are a great teacher! I learned so much and definitely subscribed and am eager to learn more.
So great to hear that and thank you for your kind feedback! I will change the download folder to Dropbox so it's not an issue. Hope you enjoy the rest of the lectures 😀👋
Many many thanks. You are a great teacher! Clearly understand
You are very welcome, thank you for your kind feedback! Don't forget to check the Pen Tool tutorial for the v2 of Affinity Designer, certain things have changed and widely improved. 😀 👋
Another very helpful tutorial - thank you so much for sharing them.
Thank you so much! 😊🙋♂
Just came across your channel because the pen tool is giving me so much frustration but i gotta say you really helped me understand it a bit better. My biggest issues are where to put the next anchor point and if I hold the left mouse for a curve or not without getting screwed up and frustrated but your video and gives me hope I might be able to finish my university project because my tutor is useless at teaching so thank you sir.
Thank you Daniel for your sincere comment! I hear you, I have gone through that, a lot of it is just practicing with it. Let me know if you have any questions. 😀 👋
Muchas gracias. He visto varios videos sobre la herramienta y este es el que me ha servido mas.
¡Muchas gracias Byron! 🙏😊👋
El mejor video! Muchas gracias.
¡De nada y feliz año nuevo! 💐🎄🎈
you are really an amazing teacher, you gave too much knowledge for free. i subscribed and i will stick to your channel for more knowledge. love
Thank you for your kind feedback, much appreciated! 😀 👋
Thank you Sir, I am having some issues using Pen Tool but your video helped a lot to solve those. Thank you again.
Fantastic to hear that, thank you for your feedback! 🙏 😀 👋
Wow. The best explanation on pen tool! I've been really struggling with pen tool and overall Ai. Re-learning the software now. Wish I was taught like this in the institute I went to.
Thank you, thank you very much sir! Subbed to the channel. Now I will begin practice with more hope :)
I can thank you for such an inspiring comment & feedback! Let me know if you have any questions. 😀 👋
Great tutorial. You definitely know how to handle Pen Toll, man. Thank you for the help!
Thank you so very much for your kind feedback! 😀 👋
Very good instructions, thank you.
Thank you for your feedback! 😀 👋
Hello Elias! I'm subscriber from Korea. I've been feeling so stressed about using the Illustrator pen tool for years and I left it untouched. But today, I suddenly wanted to break out of this frustrating ignorance and following your tutorial! And now, I've improved my ability to draw paths. Thank you so much for your video. I'm leaving this comment with a happy and grateful heart. I'm looking forward to following your new videos and I've subscribed to your channel! Stay healthy always.
Thank you so, so very much for your sincere feedback, comments like yours give me life creating training videos from the heart! 🙏😊👋
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@@studyg4085 You're not alone. I have always struggled with this tool and avoided for years. Now I want to get serious and advance my design skills so I need to break free of this. It's getting easier.
Very knowledgeable video. Thanks.
Thank you very much! 😀 👋
soso sosososososos goooooooooood. So CLEAR visually and verbally
Thank you for your constructive feedback Chris, much appreciated! 😀 👋
Thank you so much! This tutorial is so comprehensive and easy to understand. I really appreciate it!
Fantastic to hear that and thank you for your feedback! 🙏👋😀
many thanks, super useful
You are quite welcome Sam! 😀 👋
best one I ever seen
Thanks you for your feedback! 👋😀
Great tutorial! 😊👍
Nice Neda! 😀 👋
Thank you so much very helpful video.
Thank you Mr. Agâh, much appreciated! 😀 👋
xSuper Tutorial. Many many Thanks🖒🖒🖒
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Excellent teaching skills with very calm and cool voice
Thank you Aziz, much appreciated! 😀 👋
Super,Thank you very much
You are most welcome and thank you for your feedback Dejan! 😀 👋
Thank you for this easy tutorial... Godbless you
You are very welcome Razel, much appreciated! 😀 👋
Nice thankyou so much
Thank you very much! 🙏 👋
Thanks a lot
You are very welcome Hussein! 🙏 👋
Awesome tutorial!
I am glad you enjoyed it. Thank you! 😀 👋
@@EliasSarantopoulos Your welcome!
Good job!!
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Amazing Tutorial ! Thanks 🙏🏼
Greatest to hear that, thank you! 🙏😀
@@EliasSarantopoulos when I do the curve with corner points, after releasing, the corner point doesnt show up
any help thanks
@@jirehla-ab1671 is it possible you are using a Fill color while using the Pen tool? 😀
@@EliasSarantopoulos nope
After releasing i only see a straght line , not the corner point
@@jirehla-ab1671 It’s hard for me to decipher, you can email me if you wish with a screenshot. 😀
Ευχαριστώ πολύ
Εγώ σε ευχαριστώ πολύ! 🙏👋
Thanks
Much appreciated! 👋🙏
I shall not be defeated. Trying to get my head around Illustrator and I am finding it hard. Hopefully I'm not the only one. I've been surfing all the tutorials and this one is so much clearer than others. I wonder if you do one on one tutorials online?
Thank you Lou for your feedback! What do you mean by doing one online? 😀👋
I'm struggling with deleting anchor points if you make a mistake going around curves. So I was wondering if you can maybe do a personal one to one lesson with me using software we can connect computers online?
I think it's a case of repeating until you finally get it. I'll be here all day & I'll let you know how I get on. Practice makes perfect.
@@louminati4318 You can reach me from my personal website Lou, at the end of each tutorial are my credentials. 😀 👋
Great 🎉
Thank you Math, much appreciated! 😀 👋
best video so far. #respect
Thank you Muddassir, much appreciated! 👋😀
The way you taught is the way I was searching for. Like science behind pen tool. Please make more videos like that on some complex shapes.
@@muddassirahmad36 Thank you for your feedback, much appreciated! 😀👍
Great 👍
Thank you Salman, much appreciated! 😀 👋
@@EliasSarantopoulos welcome ❤️
Hello! Thank you for the tutorial; the world is a better place because of kind people such as yourself. Unfortunately, I'm having a small issue. In the multiple curves part, I try to click to create an anchor, but 'intersect' is the only option that appears. Therefore, when I make the line, it only goes one way. I'm not sure why.
Thank you for your feedback Emi! Can you tell me the exact timing on the video you are referring to? 😀
hey I have a question , while using pen tool when I make the starting anchor point , it is not exactly in the place where I am clicking. can you tell me why its happening?
Absolute novice here. Wondering how the examples were created? Were they done with the pen tool or line tool? Thank you for the excellent tutorial.
Virginia, all lines were drawn with the Pen tool and circles with the Ellipse tool. Thank you! 😀 👋
Hello Elias. Great tutorial!! Files are not available. Any way I can get them? Thanks in advance.
Juan, thank you! The exercise files do exist, I just double checked. Have another look under the video description. 😊👋
Really interesting. 1:12 why do you recommend to disable this option since it can help through the exercices ? Is it possible to have another link to dowload the file please (google drive for example) ? My browser say it's not secure.
Lingatsu, I also change the download link to be hosted on Dropbox, hope that works for you. As for your question, I personally never rely on the Rubber Band so I can adjust the curves through the control handles using the Direct Selection tool. It might be harder initially but in the long run you will master the tool. Hope this helps 😀👋
@@EliasSarantopoulos Thanks for the explanation and the dropbox link, it works ! I see, maybe it's good to master the tool better !
great tutorial! For some reason the example in the dropbox only comes with the ornament. is it possible to get the others?
The other layers?
@@EliasSarantopoulos yes
@@benokcuevo8090 It is all there, just have the Layers panel open and you will see the rest of them. 😀👋
Hey, I'm trying to follow the activities but the Dropbox download only has the first Straight Lines available. Is it possible to get the rest of the examples so I can attempt them too?
it has all of them. When you open it in AI you will see in the layer panel that you need to enable the eye icon to see others. Hope that helps
how do you exit out or click it off from after finished the last drawing line with pen tool..?
I usually grab the Move tool (V). Try that and see. 😀
Hey can you help me when I use the pen tool there is a line that goes in the opposite direction of the line I am drawing how can I remove it
Which version are you on?
9:42 Moving the anchor point by pressing alt+shift or pressing alt alone isn't move the anchor point as you move in my illustrator 2022? why ?
Aditya, I does on my end, exactly as the tutorial. I checked again just in case but all the same functionality. 😀
Love your video, but where is the files you created to follow along?
William, thank you for watching! The exercise files are part of the CZcams Card on the top right corner starting at the 0:30 seconds. Try that if you wish and let me know. 😀👋
got it....thanks@@EliasSarantopoulos
@@williamcanady Yeah man, my pleasure! 😀 👋
14:30 - 15 apr 2024
Done
Why doesn't Adobe Illustrator offer a "reposition anchor point" tool? To slide anchor points along a path without changing path. Anyone?
It does Went once you choose the Transform tool for example. 😀 👋
Hey Ellias, the exercise file only contains the first exercise, can you please add the rest?
Makafui, it is all there, open up the Layers and you will see everything. Let me know if that works on your end. Also, are you on AD v1, v2?
@@EliasSarantopoulos, the folder has only one SVG file and the png of the petal. The svg contains only layers of the first exercise
@@makafui9546 I will take a look for sure, thank you. 😀
@@makafui9546 alright so I looked again and everything is correct. You need to download the file in order to see all the layers. In addition, I added the AI file just in case. Let me know if that works on your end. 👋😂
@@EliasSarantopoulos, thanks for uploading the Ai file. Worked like a charm. 😁
the dropbox has only the first exercise file and the last, can you please attach the rest as well?
Boyan, it is all there, please open up the Layers and you will see it. Let me know if all well. 😀👋
@@EliasSarantopoulos ah god bless, im such a noob, thank you so much for your tutorials!
@@boyananakiev4896 My pleasure, thank you for watching! 😀 👋
Do you have any online course?
All on CZcams. 😀 👋
I don't understand why theres only the first file downloaded from the link for the practice files? Am i doing something wrong..?
It is one for with multiple layers, please have a look and let me know if you wish. Thank you! 😀 👋
@@EliasSarantopoulos I'm sorry but I only have one layer is what I meant when I opened the file up. I clicked it to open the file, and opened from illustrator, but same result. Can you please try to help me?
@@evilwithinsadism4387 I just cehcked again, its an SVG document with one layer and under that multiple layers. Did you download the file? If you still have issues, please email me so I can send it directly to you. My email credentials are at the end of each video. 😀
@@EliasSarantopoulos I'm so sorry for wasting your time, I'm so stupid. I didn't notice the arrow to click to drop the rest of the menu down. I'm so sorry! Tha k you again!
@@evilwithinsadism4387 My channel is to help everyone so please feel free to ask away as much as you need! Thank you again for reaching out 😀👋
Exercise file isn't available
Ifeanyi, they are if you scroll down the video description, after the Timestamp chapters. 😀
Were is download link ................................Elias
It's on the CZcams card after the 00:30 second, try that and let me know if you wish. 😀👋
@@EliasSarantopoulos Hello. I get a warning that the connection to your site is not private and my system won't let me download.
@@LisaHarrison I will add the link to the bottom of the video description as well. Thank you for the heads-up. 😀 👋
@@LisaHarrison Can you please try now, it should be working. By the way, if that doesn't pan out, the link you clicked from the Cards is from my personal website, once you get the "not private" warning, click on the Advanced link to proceed. This is my personal website, nothing fishy about, just a regular website. Let me know, thank you. 😀👋
You are the best for replying to this! I was able to get the files. Thank you so much. Super excited to go through the lessons. Cheers!
the file with the multiple curves is missing
I just checked Den, it's below the description. Have another look if you please, thank you. 😀 👋
@@EliasSarantopoulos found it,thanks
@@denkeh3851 There are two filed there, the AI and the SVG version. Don't forget there are multiple layers to open and navigate through. 😀 👋
@@EliasSarantopoulos yep,found them 👍👍
The drop box link only provides the straight lines section...
It does, they are all inside the separate layers. Try that if you please, thank you. 😀 👋
@@EliasSarantopoulos I see it Im a noob and with how fast you responded I will have you be my teacher
@@InUrGirl You are most kind and very welcome! 😀 👋