Adobe Illustrator Class 1 Selection Tool (Tech Learning4U):

Adobe illustrator Greetings ! Welcome to Tech Learning 4u

I am your teacher 
Today, initially
I'm starting for you Illustrator
So before starting Adobe Illustrator, I think its important to share
The first question is that
Photoshop is
good but Illustrator isn't that good
or illustrator is good and Photoshop is't that good
Well we cannot compare
We cannot compare there is no comparison          
because see
Adobe is one organisation which is making both of these software
so obviously the company will not raise a war
in 2 of its own productions. So first of all,
keep in mind that these are different software
Photoshop has a different job of editing images
Illustrator has a totally different job of making vector illustrations
Now whats the difference between vector and raster
This I would explain you later definitely
But for now you need to understand that
This is software which is designed for making logo designs, icons
and similar small small images
or if you go to higher level, yon can design a lot of such similar images
As it is these days, its a trend of flat designs
I myself has personally designed many mobile apps
on illustrator
So, illustrator has
big scope
If you learn this , the biggest advantage you get is
that you can earn money
You can go online and earn money. There are many websites
like fiver, I don't recommend as they pay very low prices
99designs is there. So there are many
such websites where you can earn money
For which definitely you would have to learn first. So,
let start. So this is illustrator interface.
And if you see
to much an extent if you would have seen Phototshop
its similar to that
If you look at here
on the left side. This is a tool bar
and there are many tools in this tool bar
which you are going to use time and again
for different tasks.
and illustrator's interface is really
interesting. You can move these
from its place and place them back tooOn right side this is not tool bar but are calledpanels. I always recommend

the 2 arrows which are hereif you open them then you have enough detailed view

if it doesn't irritate you
And if you need more screen space
so I will recommend you, that you keep it close
Let's start
I am taking a new file
Now when you take a new file
Its going to ask you few things
like; whats the size of your document
what are its properties
I am using illustrator CC 2017
and if you are using some older version
then in that too, you will almost find similar things definitely
so over here some custom sizes
these are the once which I have used recently
and
if you want to save something of your own
that also you can do it here
here there is an option of mobile devices too
you can also work for web, print, film and TV
art and illustration. so here there are different different sizes
For example here is the post card size given
If you come to the print side
from here I can simply selecting A4 or letter size
and if you look here its showing its width and height
and if you do calculation like measurement etc.
so you can change units
from here and otherwise
if you take new file so you can change it
So right now I am keeping it on inches
Let's create
There are some more details on the bottom here
which I am going to discuss later
As such you don't need it now or you will get confused okay?
alright ..create
So here I have got new document
and this is of letter size
If you have seen, when I was taking a new file
so here it appeared
one more thing, art boards
If you need multiple pages
so you can do it from here.
Like I want 2 pages, 3 pages or 4 pages
and as soon as I will create,
see a document will appear in front you you with 4 pages
so for now I am closing it
Lets start from here from a single page
So, first of all we will start from
from tool bar
see first of all you have
selection tool given here. This is selection tool.
If you see there is black arrow on it.
Next to it is direct selection tool which has a white arrow on it
Before using these,
I would like to tell you this that
first you will make some shape then you will select it right?
First of all one thing that
as many tools are given over here
along with which you see an arrow made
this arrow shows that there are additional tools here
for example
if I click this for sometime
a new drop down menu will appear
So lets start with this rectangle
Now, this is one of those tools which
you must have used several times, even in paint
if you have used Microsoft paint
then you much have made a simple box in it
Its simply the same
you can make rectangle in it
Just be considerate about it that
if you only click and leave it
so it will ask you size itself
I am cancelling it
There are 2 ways
1 is to click and drag. whenever I use the word drag
it means that you have pressed click and
with mouse you are moving your pointer
and when you are going to release then it will complete
by release it means to leave mouse button okay?
So from here if I click and drag
and release. See it will make a rectangle for me
and if you want it to make a square
Now
for making square
simply what you need to do it press shift from keyboard
and then drag. Now whatever you do and wherever you go
it will only make square for you.
Size should not be a concern at this point that which size it will make
you can resize it to a big one or a small one
it will not give you rectangle but square
Now..
you all must be knowing what square is
all sides are equal
If I only click here and leave it then it will
ask me size as in width and height
and over here if I
mention width suppose
3 inches and height I insert as 4 inches
and click ok
This made me a rectangle
And if I want to give 3X3 inches so here
it will make a square
Undo command or Ctrl Z
By the way,
you people will be using your other hand a lot
many a times you would have to press Ctrl and many a times shift
many a times alt and many a times all of them together
I will keep telling you from time to time
about which keys you would have to press
So
Why did I come on shapes? So obviously
we wanted to see selection tool. I made a very small square
Now if you come on the selection tool over here
What is the real job of selection tool?
Selection tool's obvious task is to do selection
Like see if I select this a box appears around it
and this box is called bounding box
and there are small boxes within bounding box and
these small boxes are called resize handles
and along with this I would also like to tell you
few more things
I would like to zoom into this
do remember that there is a difference between
Zoom something and resize something
to zoom it means you are seeing it by bring it closer to you
or you are making it bigger just to see it
you are not resizing it to smaller or bigger size
So in order to zoom there are many options
for example here there is a zoom tool given
so lets say for example if I take zoom tool there is a magnifying glass
appearing here which has a + (plus) sign in the middle and if i press alt sign
the +(plus) sign will convert into - (minus) sign
as soon as I will release it , it again would covert into +(plus) sign
so if I click it , it will show you an enlarged size
Another way is
which is more simple
that you press alt
and move your scroll of mouse simultaneously
If you will scroll downward it will zoom out
If you will scroll upward it will zoom in
I mostly use this
Another way is
Press Ctrl and space bar
so for time being your magnifying glass
or your zoom tool will appear
whichever tool you are at and if you press space bar
a hand tool will appear
with this you can pane your art board means
you can move it here and there
do remember you are not moving your objects
you are moving your page or art board
So, if I
select it using selection tool
and these resize handles are appearing
What is the job of these resize handles is
that you can make it larger or smaller
but do remember
that if you
if you are not going to press any key then
you are freely going to resize it larger or smaller
but if you want
that it increases or decreases in size
without loosing it proportion
then do press shift when you resizing it
shift has an advantage
that when you will scale up or scale down
it will be proportionally done
proportionally means height and width ratio
will remain same so for example
If it would have been a rectangle like this one here
and if I would have resized it with a shift
then it would have been in same dimension or proportion
and
could have been resized to smaller or bigger in size
I am doing UNDO (Ctrl Z) do remember short cuts
Alright I am making it bit smaller
now whats the second job of selection tool?
First task was to select the second one is to
resize it. The third one is
you can move it
wherever you like to place it you can easily move and
place it
Fourth task it performs is to rotate
I am making it bigger . So, if I come out
near this resize handle
so see your cursor
would be slightly tilted
and
if at this time I click
and move then see it would be rotating
and so you can rotate it to any angel
and place it
Now one more thing
Even if this when I am rotating
and I press shift
then it will be restricted rotate to 45 degrees
so if you intend to do it 45 degree
then you can do it this way
If you intend to do it 90 degree rotate
then rotate twice
One more important task
If you select your object
and drag it with alt
then it will make a copy of your object
Whats the use of making a copy?
that whenever you want you can preserve a copy or it
you can also you use shortcut keys Ctrl C for Copy and Ctrl V for paste
but the advantage of this option is
that you can drag and keep it wherever you want

One shortcut I am telling you which is an interesting type
Ctrl D
Now what Ctrl D does is that
Whatever task you will perform with your selection tool
It would repeat it. for example
with selection tool I moved this object
and if I press Ctrl D then it will further move
the object in same direction in same angel
and in same distance
as many times I will press Ctrl D
So don't forget keeping your hand on Ctrl D
or it will run away
alright?
Now If I take a copy of it
One more thing which is very important
If you are taking a copy and if you want the copy to be straight
means an aligned one
then you need to be careful that while dragging press
shift in between somewhere along with alt
What will happen when you will press shift is
it will move straight. so if I bring it down see it will
come down to 45 degree and if i further move vertically

So if you want to copy like this you can do it this way
like I told you earlier that Ctrl D
that it copy your last action of selection tool
so in this situation if I do Ctrl D
Let me zoom out to show it to you . See now
it is selected so do not deselect it

Press Ctrl D and see what happens?
It is making further copies of the same object
So if i select the entire column here

and make a copy of the entire thing
with same alt and shift
and then I press Ctrl D
See
very easily you made an interesting pattern

Alright?
If you want to select all of them together
then universal shortcut is Ctrl A
so wherever your cursor is and if you press Ctrl A
it will select all . So if you are at any web page
or any website and you press Ctrl A. It will select everything
Similarly, in illustrator also if you do Ctrl A
It will select all. or if you want
using your selection tool ..like this
you can drag and select all
Now
if you
only want to select this much , then select
and
if you want to delete or move
whatever you want to do you can. So If I want
that I select this bottom row here
then I leave this row and select this row here
See if I select this one , the last one I selected got deselected
so I want to select both of these together for example
if I select this again
I press shift and I drag on this one
See this and this one is selected and
this is not selected. Similarly
I am leaving every alternate row and making selection
that's it
And if I press delete, then it will be deleted from here
This is very simple
Just need a little practice.
I am deleting all this
Lets see what else can we do with these shapes
for example here there is one shape given...polygon
and I am making a simple
polygon here which is a hexagon with 6 sides
By the way, if you look at its sides here
and if you click then its going to ask for details like radius
and how many sides you need
Even if you want to make a triangle , you can make from here
Whichever field as it is appearing over here
If you click
and scroll wheel up or down
Scroll wheel as everyone knows is a small wheel on the mouse
and
If you scroll it up or down, the values will start changing
Otherwise, I am still using it on 6 sides
Soon after making it please select your selection tool
and I zoomed it a bit

Now , what I am doing is
I am taking a copy of it
alright?

Now I selected this entire thing
And I also took a copy of this
but I am taking this without pressing shift
because I want to
fit this inside this other one
something like this. I am doing undo and doing it again
Zoom and do it so it can be done in a precise manner
Illustrator allows you to zoom in 6400 percent
but this cc version allows for 64000 percent zoom
See I show you the maximum zoom of this one
This is 64000% zoom that its giving

what does it mean?
you can do your work keeping in view the minor details
64000% is view-able in cc version

In older version its 6400
which itself is a lot
Anyways, I have selected these 2 columns here
Now again I am taking a copy of it with alt and shift
so its an aligned copy
and now I am
pressing Ctrl D
See how nicely it converted into beehive pattern

So
If you want to resize this entire thing you can

Now, along with this,
today I would like to share last thing
See i n your tool bar at the bottom here
there are two boxes, these are called
This one is fill and this one is stroke
What is fill?
Its the inside colour of your object
and what is stroke?
Its the outline of your object
So if you want to change the colour of stroke
simply select stroke here and you can see colour panel here
so if you want from here you can
open this panel or there are swatches given over here
Swatches has ready made colours
Instead of being confused with all this
its better if you double click on strokes
You can select any colour from here
for example I am giving it over here
one grey colour
and in its fill colour
and in this
I am giving a slightly lighter colour or rather darker colour
Its becoming equally same so lets make some more changes
and make it more dark may be
so you can change any objects colour
for example in between if you want
to change colour of any shape
you can press shift and randomly click on different shapes
means these shapes are selected
for instance if I want to make them Red
see in colour panel, we open this
From here we can select any colour for example
I selected red colour
and see whichever shapes I had selected are all red now
I think its looks nice. what do you say?
For now. Its first class. We are going to product big pieces of art
but for now I am keeping things light because I don't want
you all to be confused, be scared and runaway
Those who already know Illustrator, I know this must be a boring class for them
But those who don't know
this class is for them
I hope you will accompany me in this journey
I will end today's class here
In next class with the due blessings of God we will proceed
and we will see
direct selection tool
Its a very interesting tool. There are certain things
I know I have skipped on purpose as I want to go slow
but want to touch them in depth and detail
I hope you don't dislike it because this must have been
a boring class for a lot of people
But believe me its lot fruitful for those who don't know
For now I want just practice on this
and if there are any questions
add in comments below and ask
I will definitely answer your queries
And if you want that you get updates on my videos
and very soon
I am going to teach you a lot. Thank you