Applied Advanced Drawing Techniques

1
Chapter 4

• Applied Advanced Drawing Techniques

2
Preview

• Custom colors and gradients
• Select and isolate drawn objects
• Use and edit groups

3
Colors and Gradients

• Creating custom color swatch
• Hexadecimal Colors
• RGB RR GG BB -- 42009C purple
• Base 16 -- 0,1,2,3 9,A,B,C,D,E,F
• Try It p. 94-96
• Expand color mixer on top right
• Color mixers panel options drop down top right
• Expand to full

4
Custom Gradient

• Radial or linear gradients
• Try both
• Try It p.98-99
• Transforming gradients
• Fill Transform tool next to Free Transform
• Try It p. 100 102

5
Isolating Objects

• Levels are not layers
• Layers chapter 12
• For now everything on one canvas level
• Try It p.106
• Two circles to make a crescent

6
Grouping Objects Important!

• Grouping objects has 2 effects
• Puts grouped objects on level of their own
• Locks images together for editing
• Create groups p.108 demo
• Editing groups
• Try It p.109 111
• Pay attention to the edit bar change
• Step 5 6

7
Review

• Custom colors and gradients
• Select and isolate drawn objects
• Use and edit groups