Adobe illustrator Class 2 Direct Section Tool on Tech Learning 4U...

i am your teacher Zohaib and
today we will start next topic yes
so what's the next class? direct selection
In previous class i told you small things
regarding selection tools and i told you about some shapes
today we will move one step forward
we will see direct selection what is direct selection ?
ok i will take you here and there just
i want to start it directly
and now we have to move forward quickly
so first of all come here
i made file here
which has 3 shapes
this is as you had seen last time
selection tool . This is our Direct selection tool
which is your white arrow
if you see here i made some things here
for example
this is one path
this is a simple line which i made by this line tool
or if you don't made this then simply
click and drag it and i am making with shift for straight line
so always remember shift will help you
for making straigh things
so on
alright so if you see here
what is the purpose of direct selection
see the way Selection tool works, in same way Direct selection also works
but little bit things are different
jus like if we copy
yes we can also copy from this
like selection tool but you can't resize it
but there is something else
which i am saying repeatedly, Let's tell you what the path is like.
Illustrator is much more like
in school you had learn geometry
In geometry one thing you had learn that line segment
now what is line segment ?
a line which have two end points
so we have a perfect example here
of line segment and that two end ponits
the two end points are also available here if i
select it
look carefully here little
blue dots
the blue dots are that end points
which in illustrator know as anchor point

anchor point and this lineif i remove stroke's colourhow to remove colour of stroke ?

here there is no fill colour, but why not fill colour i will tell you later
but if you see here there is black colour in stroke
from here and from this button i will click
and close it
when i
off both the fill and stroke
then you can see a blue thin and fine line
this is called path and from this path
all the vector graphics are making
and i was telling you about the line segments
these are your anchor point and this is known as path
see if i , always remember in view
always check your smart guides are on
always on this check
which will help you
illustrator will continuous guide you
what is near cursor and where is your cursor is saying
so if i put my cursor on this then it will
show path written small text and if put on this
this will show written text anchor
this
anchors are real anchor points for which you have any shape
will remain living in that particular shape
for example , and one more thing
what is anchor ? In English language
anchor is called a heavy object attached to a cable or chain and
used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, and also used to stop the ship at a particular place
tv also has a anchor
the tv anchor person or host stops
the people going to other channel or place
in the same way this anchor point
will stop our path in this particular place
and if you look it carefully
direct selection will give me benefit that
i can select individual anchor point and
i can move them
and yes it is thin fine line
so i am
putting a black stroke in it
if you see below here you can see a stroke colour option
here it will give you stroke
for this stroke we can see the whole path
so aah
so the main purpose of direct selection was
you can select the individual points
and you can change their postions
for this your path's direction will changed completely
ok now in this same way
if you see below in any shapes
for example there is a square
if you zoom it you will see in this square
this is a anchor point
in illustrator cc there is one new thing add
if you are using old versions cs6 etc
you will not get this features on that
if i select the whole box by direct selection tool
A small circle is visible besides anchor point
what is it's work? It's very interesting
if all four anchor points are selected then
from this circle , click and drag inside
then the square will convert into rounded rectangle or rounded square
this is used to curve any corner
if i select only point then it will curve only one corner
but now our topic is not this
our topic is
anchor points
if i move anchor points for example from here to there
and i moved from here to there and see it your
shape changed completely
right
always remember one thing that anchor points
are same as
our hand's joint called elbow
if there was no elbow
then
so may be i can not bend my hand. yes i can't bend my hands
you can not also bend your hand
so our body have joints in same way this are also joints
form this joints
you can bend things. right
and where there is no joint
you can not bend
so for example if i will select this path from direct selection tool
and if move it
so only this path will move, there is no corner here
how corner will come ? we will see after some time
so first of all see
we can change any shape completely
by moving our anchor points
what is the benefit of it,
i mean advantage of it
we can make some interesting things from it
for example

let me remove this all things
after some time we will discuss circles etc
if i zoom it
see i have a square
ok I make it again in front of you
simply i made a square here
and
i made a copy of it
by pressing alt + shift
ok and make sure your smart guide is on Because of which the intersection is written
so it will guide you
In a way, this will snap also
ok and i made a copy here
i am taking one more copy in upward position
see interesting thing is going to made
now i have three squares
so i take direction selection
as i said from direct selection we can move the complete path also
if i select this and drag from here
my this and this points are selected
in short this complete path is selected
if i hold this and bring it down by draging
in the same way holding this two points
move it here
no shift button or any key is pressed by me
plus if i
select , then total 4 points are selected
so two points from here and two points from here
anyways i hold them and did this.
right if you see it , it become a box
if you see this, this box is that three diffrent shapes
this is that shapes
from which we made 3 squares
for example if i take a copy of this
copy of full box
how did i copy ? i did it by selecting with direct selection
it doesn't matter that you have to take only selection tool you can do this by direct selection but make
sure you are selecting completely the object
and i took a copy and from below from direct selection
i selected below points. 1,2,3,4
ok and i took them upward
see when i am taking them upward these are moving here and there
may be your hand will move here and there
so i am pressing shift so it will move straight in upward position
correct
see we had made this
after that we made this you can make any type of box
you can also do this select this complete box
now i am using selection tool
(black arrow)
because of this bounding box is visible
i am making it larger by pressing shift
but i am not making it too larger but only little bit
after making it larger i am putting this on the first box
remember this contain white fill inside
if you are seeing previous life while making
so please select them all and click default colours once
so you can get white fill and black stroke
ok
we got a box
now cap
now if you want to decrease it's height
i am doing this and ok there is difference
see carefully
if i take a copy of this box
if i
if i make this smaller through bounding box by selection tool
now this is not that box. It's perspective is changed completey
although our first box's perspective is also not right
but this all boxes
it is Running through 45 degree angle or
you can a particular angle
you can say a short of isometric design
there is a difference in real perspective
for now i am taking isometric
actually it is much nearer to isometric
so please don't make it smaller by this
if you want to decrease it's height i mean you want to make it smaller
so simply select from upwards
or select from below and press shift
take it upward from below
that's it
so i believe there is no problem up to here
now there is one thing which is most important
that is
how we can fill colours on it
honestly i don't want to tell you about colours now
reason is that because of colour
you will become little bit distract
so first of all learn how to make shapes and drawings after that we will colour it
we will do many things from colours in fantastic way don't worry
initially i will recommend you
please work on this black stroke and white fill
alright i am deleting this
i am this and putting it in this side
one more thing
this also has different parts as you can see
and if i want to make this all
a single object or if i want to use it as a single object
means a single group
so first of all select them all and we have 2 or 3 options
go to object menu
you can see group
or press control + G
and second method is right click and you will see group
what is the advantage of this ?
if you select this by direct selection also
it will move as a complete object
now i am moving a little step forward
i made a circle
and i made a square also
i am taking this box outside the
art board since we don't need this now
i am rotating this little bit
now i am asking you all a small
question
look it carefully
what is common between both of them
same thing is that one is center point
of course all the shapes contain center point
ah
one thing is common that 1,2,3,4
anchor points in circle,
similarly 1,2,3,4 anchor points
present
in square also
so this is similar but
both the shape is totally different
because here there is no curve but here is curve
if i select one anchor point by direct selection
you can see handles
in illustrator language
in some other software it is known as bezier points
some people call them curve handles
you can call it what you like but in Geometry language
it is called Tangents
yes Tangent sorry i forgot it
alright
so what is real purpose of this
handles or tangents
so if you select any points
you will see two handles one is this and other is this
this handles
is curving half this line (right side)
and this handle is curving half this line (left side)
so if i move this by holding this handle like this
then your circle shape
will change into a
different shape
right
ok
sorry everyone if my recording is disturbing you
because of the traffic noise
then i am really sorry because i live too much near the main roads
i will correct it in future
now if i want to
add same type of baziers points
or handles so what can i do ?
so you have a tool name Pen tool and
inside that pen tool there is a tool called anchor point tool which is in the last
click on that anchor point tool and see what's happen
whenever i come to any anchor points
and then click and drag
it will give you a curve
of course don't make this type of strange curve
i am making like this
please press shift
shift will help you to maintain straight position or to do it straight
ok
you can do one more thing by this tool
if any object contains curve
it will remove that curve
so for removing it simply go to that part which have curve
and click in the anchor pont
then this tool will remove curve one by one
and guess what this is now a square
i mean our circle became a square
so both of them have 4 points
so if i remove all the curves then
this will become a square
alright
let us make one more things
inside pen-tool we had seen anchor point tool
so i said you earlier
how to add joints
so come again in Pen tool if you see in Pen tool
there are options first is pen tool and last is anchor point tool
add second anchor point tool
then delete anchor point tool
that is add anchor point tool and delete anchor point tool
anyways
i believe that this two tools is not necessary ( delete and add anchor point tools)
the pen tool do all works of that two tools ( delete and add anchor point tools)
for example
if i want to delete some anchor point
then simply i will go to that anchor point
see now you can see a small black star in my cursor with a pen
ok
so i go to anchor point then it will show a minus sign with cursor
and if i click it then it will become a triangle
see path will remain closed
shape is also there but one anchor point is deleted
that's why it became a triangle
now if a click on some
existing path
it will add anchor point, so please remember
one thing don't add here and there, otherwise pen tool will start drawing
how it is making we will discuss it later
when pen tool will discuss i will tell you everything
if i
add a anchor point. What is the benifit of it ?
so one more thing
if you add with the pen tool make sure that
plus sign is visible with your pen tool
if i want to add in the center then my smart guide will help me
see i am doing this through center point and a purple guide is directing me
so this purple guide will help me wherever i go
so it will easier to us to detect our center point through the help of guides
so i clicked here
and by direction selection i take it in upward direction
correct
so let it zoom out
move it little it below
if i take my anchor point tool and then i click and drag then
see this
it became very interesting arch
that's it
now come again to make some other things
for example
what is this ?

egg yeah of course egg is not like this
but if we change it little bit then it will look like egg
but how ? so i made a oval shape i take again direct selection
and i selected this middle two points
and by holding this,
i take it little bit below
see this , now it is better it looking like egg now
i am making it smaller and putting it side
now i am making again an oval and this time i want to make a
mango

yes mango session is also coming soon
i don't know it will become good or not
alright
so first work is
that i am selecting this upper point by direct selection
by holding this handle (right) and pull it outside
and same from left also i want to make it broad from upwards
i selected this point
and made a little
curve by doing this
and move it little bit inside
right and by holding this point
i move it little bit upward , now this your mango
as u know this thin you can make it thin also
and you can make it more curvy from here
all designs are useful
please try to make ideal shape of mango
right
remember one thing we are not
creating very detail graphics. it is just a start
this is our second class so we will learn many things in future
so for now be light handed in this software
now i am making a another oval
now i am taking the anchor point tool
which was our last tool inside the Pen tool
now i clicked here
and one click to here now
now i got a strange shape
leaf and i rotate it little bit
putting it here
this are very easy things
that you can practice
and i used only direct selection
i didn't used pen tool or pencil for making anything
i just used basic shapes
i just modified the basic shapes by using direct selection
and
some interesting things is made in front of you
ok let's move to one step forward
one thing remember what i am making now is cartoonist
not realistic
so please don't claim that
you are making childish things
yes brother i am making childish things
yes i making this for you peoples
specially for them who are completely new here i mean beginners who just started
ah let's make some thing else
this is
a grape
grape (also known angoor in some country)
this is strange i know
so inside this i want to add a
Stick so for making that stick
i am quickly using
ok let me use this tool
ok inside this line segment tool there is one tool name arc tool
arc tool is very small tool
if you drag this then it will give you this types of arcs
so
i made a small arc by this
and i moved this arc by
my selection tool
if you want to little bit rotate and put here then it's ok no problem
you can put as you like it's up to you
i think it is larger so i am making it little bit small
ok do a small thing
i am zooming in
and make a small circle here
alright
ok
and i am making a group
so it will remain together
i don't know it is looking more olive than grape
ok anyways think that it is a grape
so i took a copy of it
and i rotate it little bit and i took another copy and rotate it little bit
and
i took this 3 things
and put it together
and one more thing
this grape is in moved backward position
but i want it in front
so for moving it in the front there is a simple way
so select it and then right click and you will get arrange option
arrange
there are 4 options bring to front, bring to forward,
sent to backward , sent to back
sent to back
sent to back is the last position
bring to front is the first position
bring to forward means one step forward position
for example this grape is behind two grapes
if i select and then right click to it
and i will go to arrange and bring forward
so it will forward only one step
if i select and right click to it
and arrange it to bring to front
then it will move to top
ok
alright , so

so i group the overall object

and i rotated the overall object and made a copy
and i also rotated this copied object also
i want to make a bunch of it
i mean bunch of Grapes
see alright
it is a simple bunch
it is not so heavy and i took a copy of the whole bunch
press control + G
i hope you remember control + G means group
this
where i want to move this ?
i select this
and then right click and arrange then send to back
i am making it little bit smaller
do a little random rotation
and i took a copy of this also
i rotated like this and then i decreased it's size
and again send to back
by the way here you will get short cut keys
shift + control + square bracket (left)
just like this if i press shift + control + square bracket
then it will move to back position

that's it
take your brush tool
well you all know what is use of brush tool
so with the brush tool
i made this
so we made a mango grapes
i know this is little bit strange
egg and
a box
i think this is enough for today
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