How To: Native Cropping in Adobe Illustrator

For years a designer had two choices for cropping images for use in Adobe Illustrator. First the images could be cropped using Photoshop first, then placed in Illustrator. Second, the designer could use clipping masks in Illustrator to “crop out” the unwanted areas. Those days are now past! Adobe has finally added native image cropping to Adobe Illustrator CC.

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The Two Types of Text in Adobe Illustrator


Creating text in Illustrator can be done a couple of different ways.

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Adobe Creative How To Videos

How-to videos can be found in a number of places created by a number of users. Their creators can range from the very product owner to any level of experience user, typically unknown to the viewer. These videos can be useful to teach a very specific task. Below are four how-to videos recently released by Adobe on some of their most popular Creative software including: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, and Illustrator. However, preparing to become an Adobe Certified Expert takes more than knowing how-to on any set of random tasks.
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Five Adobe Shortcuts

As an instructor and a user of Adobe products, I am always trying to find more efficient ways of working and navigating Adobe's programs. I have five shortcuts that I use on a daily basis:

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