Archiv für March, 2008

Floating Trees

Vector illustration by LoneWolf



trees vector small Floating Trees

US: Yunique Solutions adds new PLM tools

“Yunique_Solutions Inc, the developer of product_lifecycle_management solutions for the fashion industry, has added new image management capabilities to its flagship PLMOn solution.

The tools include an advanced digital storyboard, image sharing, and Adobe integration, and are aimed at addressing the needs of fashion designers, merchandisers, and product developers.

The image cataloging tools enable users to place materials, trims, sketches, technical drawings and pictures into a digital storyboard for use in line planning, line selection, and visual collaboration with suppliers and customers.

Once design and merchandising concepts are added, the digital storyboard serves as a natural starting point for product developers to launch new raw materials and product/style development from this visual workspace.

The browser-based software is said to be fully compatible with both PC and Mac operating systems and allows users to work directly with popular design file formats, including industry-specific CAD systems.

Yunique has also developed Adobe Illustrator tool boxes that provide fashion-specific brushes, symbols and other design tools for PLMOn users.

Product information can be shared and modified by in-house teams, across the supply chain or with customers.”

Skateboarding Shapes For Photoshp

Skateboarding custom (vector) shapes for Photoshop by lukeroberts To download, click here. PhotoshopShapes  Skateboarding by lukeroberts Skateboarding Shapes For Photoshp

Vector National Flags Collection

flags+by+raknoob Vector National Flags CollectionIn February I posted a detailed scalable political vector map with most countries, well today I found another large vector flag collection for Adobe Illustrator. The pack contains 274 national flags, all vector, THANKS to raknoob. The archive file is a self extraction application (.exe file) download it from here. I’m not sure that you can run an exe file on a macintosh, so for all mac users I made a zip archive available for download here. Enjoy !

iPod GEL progress bar Illustrator Tutorial


thanks to www.tutvid.com

Vector Camouflage Pattern

This is a pattern tutorial for Adobe Illustrator I came across this morning, browsing computerarts.co.uk7 Vector Camouflage Pattern
Have you ever needed to create camouflage patterns in Illustrator, but not known the best way to go about it? Derek Lea demonstrates his own time-saving method” Full tutorial and files

Pathfinders and Shape Modes in Adobe Illustrator

pathfinder Pathfinders and Shape Modes in Adobe IllustratorPathfinders and shape modes in Adobe Illustrator are an important feature. If once you start to feel comfortable with them you’ll find them pretty handy for drawing all kinds of complex objects. Before you start drawing the shape of your object you should first analyze it. Look for geometric shapes within the object’s shape. Which shapes can be used to create your final object? Look for pkaces where you can use the ellipse or the rectangle tool. Most pathfinders delete objects, so have in mind to make additional duplicates. I found a great link (click here) with video explanation of the different pathfinders.I’ll post more stuff about pathfinders and shapes pretty soon.

Draw Freely : Inkscape New Release

ink Draw Freely : Inkscape New Release24th March

The Inkscape community today is announcing the release of the newest version of its open source vector graphics editor. Inkscape 0.46 is a major update that introduces native PDF support. The implementation of PDF support in Inkscape provides an easy, open source solution to editing PDF documents.

Tons of new features and performance improvements are included in this release. Dialogs now have the ability to be docked to the editing window. Gradients can be edited completely on-canvas. The new Paint Bucket Tool fills bounded areas with color. A new 3D Box tool helps create perspective-correct drawings. A new Tweak tool provides an intuitive method for editing paths and painting objects. The new Live Path Effects feature can create “brushes” and various organic effects on paths. Improvements to color management include support for color spaces other than sRGB. Most SVG filters are now implemented, and a new powerful UI is provided for editing filter stacks. Check it out www.inkscape.org

Adobe Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts That Will Help You Improve Your Pen Tool Skills pt.1

I decided to post a brief keyboard shortcut list for Adobe Illustrator for more efficient work with the pen tool.

MAC OS / Windows

Command / Ctrl = will temporary allow you to access the last selection tool you’ve used
Command+Space / Ctrl+Space = again a temporary access to the zoom in tool.
Option+Command+Space / Alt+Ctrl+Space = zoom out tool.
Shift / Shift = A really helpful shortcut – constrains proportions, angles, movement. It works for almost all actions in Illustrator
Spacebar = Gives you temporary access to the hand tool.
Note: The benefit of using these keyboard shortcuts is that you don’t need to always activate and deactivate your line (path) for similar manipulations.

Loosydings Expert Shape Typeface

Here is an usable free shape true type face by protofonts. If you use this typeface in Illustrator and outline the characters, you may come across many interesting symbols. Download

loosydings expert ttf download by protofonts Loosydings Expert Shape Typeface


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