Useful Shortcuts for Adobe Illustrator to speed up your work

Just like Adobe Photoshop, you can also use shortcuts for Adobe Illustrator to speed up your workflow.

Adobe Illustrator is a software for creating vector illustrations and  web graphics, so this software is a first choice for creating vector graphics. Just like Adobe Photoshop, you can also use shortcuts for Adobe Illustrator to speed up your workflow. Here are some useful shortcuts that would help you as follows:


Ctrl + N - To open a new document
Ctrl + O - To open an existing document
Ctrl + Shift + S - Save As
Ctrl + Z - Undo 
Ctrl + Shift + Z - Redo
Ctrl + 2 - To Lock any selected Object
Ctrl + Alt + 2 - To Unlock all Objects
Ctrl + 3 - To Hide any Object
Ctrl + Alt + 3 - To Unhide all Objects
Spacebar - Hand Tool
Alt + Click Layer - To Select all Objects in the Layer
Ctrl + D - Duplicate
Ctrl + Y - Outline Mode
Ctrl + G - To Group Objects
Ctrl + Shift + G - To Ungroup Objects
Ctrl + Shift + O - Outline all Texts

Useful Shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop to boost up your work

You might need multiple shortcuts that can really help you in boosting your working process.

When you are using Adobe Photoshop, you might need multiple shortcuts that can really help you in boosting your working process(at your office or home). Here are some useful shortcuts that would help you as follows:


Ctrl + N - To open a new document
Ctrl + O - To open a existing file
Ctrl + Shit + N - To create a new Layer 
Ctrl + Backspace - To fill background color
Alt + Backspace - To fill foreground color
Ctrl + A and then Ctrl + Alt + C - To copy the canvas image/ multiple layers
Ctrl + J - To duplicate any selected layer
Ctrl + F - To repeat the last filter effect used
Ctrl + A - To select the canvas area
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + K- To assign any keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl + E - To merge any selected layer with its bottom layer
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E - To merge all layers into one background layer
Ctrl + Z - Undo
Ctrl + Alt + Z - Undo more times
T - Type any text
Ctrl + [ - To move selected layer below  to another layer
Ctrl + ] - To bring selected layer above  to another layer
Ctrl + Shift + [ - To move selected layer at top of all layers
Ctrl + Shift + ] - To move selected layer at below of all layers
F - To toggle screen mode
Select Layer and press number - Increase or decrease the opacity of selected layer.
Shift + F6 - To Feather the selection of any layer
Ctrl + Alt + I - To change the Image Size and Resolution
Ctrl + Alt + C - To change the Canvas Size
Ctrl + G - To group any layer(s)
Ctrl + Shift + G - To ungroup any layer(s)
Alt + F9 - Open Actions Panel

Foreshortening in Art?

Foreshortening is a technique of drawing in art when an object is much closer to you and appear much bigger than in reality. Few of interesting fact about Foreshortening are it's a kind of visual effect and it can exaggerated any object. Foreshortening is applicable to all form of perspectives. Human poses are smartly drawn with the help of Foreshortening technique. It's widely used by artists in superhero comics when any hero is flying or jumping from the top, a much closer angle is used to depict the scene. It's also used in Landscape drawings.

Perspectives in Art

Perspectives in art & it's importance?

Perspective in art is defined as the lines which create an illusion of 3 Dimensional or 2 Dimensional surface. Two of the key objectives of creating perspective are to know the distance & depth of any object from it viewing point. In Ancient time, countries in Western Europe, India & China, concept of perspective were used to depict the viewport of any infrastructures or monuments. Best examples of perspectives can be seen in computer graphics such as CAD or 3D Softwares or from source of Superheroes Comic Book, artist tend to used perspectives(One-Point, Two-Point, Three-Point) for giving realism.

There are Perspective aspects as follows:

The point from where the artist is viewing is known as Viewpoint of Perspective. Viewpoint might varies with the height(Low or HIgh Viewpoint) from where things are looked.

Horizon Line is an imaginary line which divides the earth from the sky. Without Horizon Line, you can't describe the Perspective point.

Vanishing point is an assumed point from where two parallel lines meet each other. It can be defined starting or ending point. In Arts, Vanishing point is used in Perspective concept of Camera calibration or 3D Constructions.

There are six defined perspectives :

One Point Perspective

Two Point Perspective

Three Point Perspective

Four Point Perspective

Zero Point Perspective


Foreshortening

Let's discuss some of the perspective types:

1. One Point Perspective : When two lines are drawn from one vanishing point on the horizon line is known as One Point Perspective. One of the common example is rail tracks from a distant.

2. Two Point Perspective : When four lines are drawn from two vanishing points on the horizon line is known as Two Point Perspective. When is looking a building from corner which ends at a distant is a good example.

3. Three Point Perspective :  When six lines are drawn, two vanishing points from the horizon line and one vanishing point (above or below) from the horizon line. When you look an object from the top side or bottom side will be a better example of Three Perspective.

Understanding RGB & CMYK Color Model

What is RGB Color?

RGB stands for Red, Green & Blue. RGB are additive primary color pigments which are mixed together to create so many variety of colors. RGB color model are used to display proper colors in Televisions & Computers. These colors are additive so, combining these colors form Yellow, Magenta, Cyan & White. White color is formed when all of RGB colors are mixed together.

Digitally, RGB color model is primarily used for creating Computer graphics and enhancing Photography color filtering. 

What is CMYK Color?

CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow & Black. CMYK are subtractive color pigments which are form on combining RED, GREEN & Blue colors. CMYK colors are slightly dull and dark and for that it reduce the rate of colors used during printing any media. One of key benefit of CMYK color is to separate black easily and tone up its level. In Photoshop, you can additionally separate any of color in this model using Channels to convert it into monotone image. Black color is formed when all of CMYK colors are mixed together.

CMYK processed colors are mainly used for color printing. 

What is Vector & Raster Graphics?

What is Vector Graphics?

Vector Graphics are mathematical defined objects which won't pixelated on resizing in any particular size. These are defined using mathematical algorithms with x & y axes directions and having attributes such as strokes, lines & curves. One of most popular vector based software is Adobe Illustrator. Many supporting file formats for vector based files are SVG(Scalable Vector Graphics), CDR(CorelDraw File), AI(Adobe Illustrator), PDF(Portable Document Format), EPS(Encapsulated Post Script), etc. Physical transformation options like Rotation, Scaling, Positioning, Flips & Distortion can be easily applied to Vector graphics. In Vector graphics, you can easily select similar objects & group them.

What is Raster/Bitmap Graphics?

Unlike Vector graphics, Raster graphics are bitmap based images which gets easily pixelated on resizing. You can easily convert Vector objects in Raster Graphics. Raster Graphics allows maximized compression and supported file formats for Raster Graphics are JPG(Joint Photographic Group), PNG(Portable Network Graphic), BMP(Bitmap Images), GIF(Graphics Interchange Format), etc. One of most popular raster based software is Adobe Photoshop but it also store Vector graphics as Vector Objects. 

What is Graphic and it's significance?

Graphics are images or art designs type which can be understand visually through pictorial information. It can be represented in form of Web Banners, Posters, Canvas Illustrations and even street symbols & signs. The person who design graphics are known as Graphic Designers. Most popular softwares for creating Digital Graphics are Adobe Illustrator & Adobe Photoshop. 

Graphics can be combinations of text, drawings, graphs, lines, patterns or even geometric shapes with comprehensive color variety.

Graphics can be both artistic and digital.

Graphics can be both artistic and digital. It can be Drawing, Line art, Illustration, Engineering drawings, Cartoons, Symbols, Signs, Maps, Photography, CGI, etc. These days, graphical education is 65% more effective and an important aspect in the modern education system. It plays an important role for visual success of any matter (communication through symbols can be more understandable by public or a e-commerce website with eye-catching sale banners attracts most of its customers).