Adobe illustrator Class 3 Pen Tool Tech Learning 4U:

Assalamualaikum , welcome to Tech Learning 4U

i am your teacher Zohaib now we will learn in class 3

Pentool

now with the pentool we can draw or trace

we will see tracing after sometime

but today we will see how to use pentool

and we will also see a new tool that is curvature tool

which is added recently and i hope you will like this class also

now before starting this class

and i want to tell something that one friend of mine

Aamir gave me a suggestion that

like i am recording my screen, in the same way

my viewers and students can see

what i am pressing in my keyboard

so finally i got good sugestion

and this will tell you what key i am pressing

as well as also the mouse button which i am pressing

it will show you left click and right click

scroll everything

everything will be visible to you whatever i will do .

so it will visible to you in a small box

it will show you which keys i am pressing

i hope it will be very helpful to you

i wish you all will suggest me

so i can make more best videos

so let's start today's class Pentool

so,

Pentool

is a your tool

and here is your pentool which look like a pen

we had saw last time

add anchor point , delete anchor point

and through anchor point tool we can do some modification also

so,

today we will watch how to do drawing through pentool

drawing through pentool is quite so easy

sometime easy and

i know some people find it difficult

if you practice little bit then

i know definitely you will do it better

In childhood

you had saw drawing books in which

we used to connect dots

and drawing was made

exactly in the same way

see with my pen there is a line attached to it

one more thing i want to tell you

in this cc version you can see a line attached to the pen

if you are using old version then

you will not see this line attached to the pen

but there is no very much difference in it

it is just guiding you where you will make your line

if i click here and when i click here

it made a line from here to there

and this line will continue with

your pen wherever you click

so if you come and

click to the initial point

where you started

see when i come here then my pen is indicating a small circle

that i am closing my path

what is the meaning of closing path ?

as long as this open it is just a line

as soon as you closed this

this will became a shape

so we keep everything in shapes so we

can fill colours on it. now we didn't filled the colour

Insha allah will do it very soon

today i will also discuss little too much about colours

alright so

so i am selecting all and deleting this

for delete you can press backspace or delete button

yes you can see

a small indication

now

for making drawing with pen toll

remember one thing that my smart guides are on

which will help you

now i clicked here

because of smart guide i am snapping straight

that is if my life is straight it will tell me that it is straight

if you are making line

i mean line in straight position and you don't need help of

smart guide then please press shift

it will make straight line

see my cursor has gone far away but it is making straight line

i hold shift and when i clicked

it then it will give me a straight line

and so on i am going with shift

see i made a rectangle with my pen tool

if we want to make curve

so remember one thing for curve you have to

hold the mouse and then drag

so what is the meaning of hold and then drag ?

it means when i click and then come to below

i am doing this with pressing shift

(straight line) and i clicked here

but i did not released my mouse

so it means that i am dragging this

drag means i had pressed mouse button and

without releasing mouse i am moving

in the right direction

you can see curve

curve is in 'C' shape

always remember if you will move to other direction

it means that if you

want to make curve at other side

for example if you want to make curve in left side then drag your mouse at right side

alright so i am dragging in right side

right side is exactly this side

and i am going little bit slant

so always remember please if you want to make a curve at a particular direction

then drag your mouse at opposite direction

now

i am making this again

so let's say from here to there is a straight line

so from here i want to make a curve

i left position

so what will i do ?

so i will click here and i will drag my mouse in right side

and we got a curve at left side

Pen tool will not leave you alive

if you don't want to draw further

press escape

if you want to keep it open path then please escape key

your drawing will stop here

if you select this by your selection tool

then see you had made a line

ok now

again i am making some more things

one more thing which is also most important

if you directly click here and then drag

and you make a curve then notice it carefully or look here

see this in one curve handle

and another is this curve handle

this curve handle is curving this

if i close this then also it

this curve will remain here

we will see later why to close curve what's the reason behind this

but if i don't close it what will happen

this curve handle will make the incoming in the form of curve

now this time i am didn't drag anything

i didn't clicked the mouse button i mean i did nothing

this line is automatically showing smooth curve

and

if i will simply click it

automatically it will make a curve

if i want

a corner instead of curve

i mean a want a smooth curve

so i have to close this curve handle

how to close this? simply go to the last point with you r pen tool

click on the anchor point ( last point here )

when you will click your curve handle will close

and now

you can make your line with sharp corner

ok i am pressing escape again

see this point

let me zoom in for you , it is a sharp point

usually try to make corners at extreme conditions

then only

close this curve handle otherwise

please don't close it

yes if you want to make smooth

then you want to make corners

let's make something

so i click simply here

and

i click here and drag in right side

i want to make a leaf shape see in here

here this curve is coming

if will close this then a strange shape is becoming

I would like to have a corner over here

so i will click in this point and close this

and i closing my path

if i click and leave then it will make a half shape only

just like this if click

now i did undo (control + Z) if i click and drag

see

this

this is your leaf shape

it became a leaf shape

alright

if i want to

make a little bit complex shape

let say i clicked here

and i move to little bit right side

let me zoom in so you can see it clearly

and i am going to right side in upward direction and

i clicked and drag

like this

and i closed this curve handle

and by clicking to closing the path

i took it down

this will became Nike's shoes icon

i know this is not too good

strange but it's ok . remember one thing

ah

when you are making anything with your Pen tool

it doesn't mean that it will became perfect at first time

you can adjust it later by direct selection tool

so see here if i select this by direct selection

then by using this handles i can edit this

this is not a big issue

ok

alright i am moving this

some shapes are symmetrical types

ok

what is symmetrical shapes and symmetry ?

for example anything

like my face or your face

our body parts are very symmetry

symmetry is called balance

what is balance ,if your see my half face

i have one ear in this side and one ear in this side

this is called inverse symmetry see butterfly

one feather is in this side and other is at that side

if you cut a apple from bottom

you will get two parts

one part is this side and other part is at that side

this is inverse symmetry it is like a mirror

if you want to make this types of shapes

so it will better to make it half and then copy it

for example let me make a heart shape

let see i clicked here

and i made a curve i came below

and did this

ok

and i closed this

now a problem is that i can't make this properly

this thing is made is not exactly same as this

if you know that you are making one side good

and other side thing is not becoming good

then you don't need to make other side

because you can make one part and you can easily copy it by reflect option

how to do that i will tell you but before it i want to tell you a small thing

that is rulers. What is rulers?

so i am pressing control + R so it will give you rulers in left

and upward side. what is the real purpose of ruler ?

yes it measures as well as it do one more thing which is interesting

at the same time

you can change units and measurements

simply do right click on rulers and simply change your unit

by selecting from here you can choose from these options ex cm, points, Picas, inches and pixels

whatever you want you can take from the options

now i am not changing my units

since i am not going to make anything with measurements

ah

here in this left side

this is the ruller

if click and drag it

then see here is thin and fine line

it is known as guide

one thing remember by default this guides are locked in nature

is this locked or not, you can see this

take your selection tool

and then right click see here is written unlock guides

which means it is locked

if it was unlocked then it was written lock guides

in old version it was shown by check marks

please see once your guides are locked or not

why this is important ?

if you unlock this

then you can't work because your guiding is moving so how can you work on it

i mean if your guide is moving here and there then who will guide you

so keep it locked

i am doing undo to tell you once more

press control + R for your guide (here rulers)

if you don't remember shortcut then come to view

and come to rulers

and show rulers

if you want vertical guide

then drag it from vertical guide

and put it here

if you want horizontal then you can take it from here also

if you want to find center point of anything then you can do like this and it is very helpful

now i don't need horizontal line

i need only vertical guide (vertical line)

so i took my pen tool and i am starting with my guide

so what is the purpose of starting with guide ?

so i want that

my vertical points in the same level

correct i mean in the same axis

so if

i reflect it , it may be possible that it will show some gapes so i don't

want the gapes so that's why i am putting this vertical points in the same axis

so my one part (half) is completed and i am pressing escape

that's it our half shape is completed

now select this half shape by selection tool and then right click

and here you will get transform

you will get many options and we will learn it in details but now

but for now we will see Reflect. what will reflect do ?

The way you see your face in the mirror

it is upside down. so we have to make it in opposite manner ( i want to reflect it)

so after clicking in reflect option

you will get a small dialog box and you can see preview and you can on preview

if you on it then it will show you

which type of shape is going to create

if i will press ok then it will reflect only that part which i made but

i don't want to do ok, i want to copy it

i mean i want to generate it's copy

for generating copy

simply click on copy

and now i am dragging this part

and also pressing shift

see this our shape is completed

but one more thing.

now this shape is made

this is actually not a shape

Both are different lines

now if i want to make them a shape

for now i am hiding my guides

because i don't need any guide now

for hide

one way is that do right click and click on hide guides

or there is one short cut "control + semicolon"

now

your guide will hide

now it is indicating what i typed

and i know it is helping you

now what to do ?

we have to join them

i think you remember what i said to you in the last class

that we can make them group

always remember one thing group means keeping different parts keeping or gathering different things together

but it is not use to make a single object it is just for keeping them along

i don't want to make group here

i want to make them a single shape

just like we do welding

or it is joining process

for joining this you have to do one work

see i am zooming in

and

i am selecting this points by direct selection

ok why we are selecting this two points?

ok remember one thing that direct selection is also important

we have to join this point which is possible with direct selection only, if

you select this two points with selection tool then all points will selected

and strange things will be happen and it will not even joint

it will show error but before joining i want to do a small work

i have to merge them

ok

i am stopping this here

ah i am stopping this for some time

i want to make you understand about this

i am putting this in side for sometime

let say i have two lines and i want to merge them

so select this both points and do right click

and then join

and see this it made a line between them

and yes it was joined but actually we don't want to join like this

we wanted to joined them as point

like a rectangle or square's corner

they all have one point , they do not have two lines

if i will join this from here then i am adding an extra line

i don't need this thing , i need corner here

for corner i need to take this closer

and then i right clicked and joint it

now this is not actually right

but how ? see i am zooming in to show you how it is not right

now one point is this

and this is other point

so this is not joined properly so our problem is not solved at all

ok

so what's the solution of it ?

we have to take both of them exactly in same place

this is same that you are merging something with glue and you joined them here and there

then will join irregular manner

so you have to join them finely

so we have to take them perfectly close

for closing them take them close as much as possible with your mouse

then you have a nice thing ,

so select both the points with your direct selection and right click

and you have a option here called average

so what average do ? average will make them closer

and align them in a particular position

go to average and it is asking me in which axis you will do vertical or horizontal

there is one more option that is both

select both option if you want

either it is vertical or horizontal it will align them

i hope you can see this, both are in exact same location

now if will do join

done . This is now exactly became one point

see this

ok

so average i hope you all undertand

now as i said you earlier ok let see

i made this object

and i made a copy of this

and i am reflecting this

you can also copy and reflect it or go inside the reflect option and do it from there, both are same things

ok so

so if i want to join this shapes from here

i mean i want to join it from here then

then i selected this and then right click and i did average

it will all disappear

why ? do you understand what was my fault ?

because i was doing my work with selection tool

i did it by knowingly to make you understand that don't do it by selection tool

why ? because selection tool will select all the object

when we average them then

all the points come together and disappears right

yes definitely you will not do this things

yes if i select them with my direct selection tool

and right click then i will do average

then ok

then i will do join

yes it is converted into one point

so i am coming on that shape which i made that is heart shape

this

and i took them together

i am zooming in

well our smart guide helped us as much as possible

now still i am doing average

and

then join

similarly

i am doing this below

i am selecting this by direct selection tool

then right click and average and join

now this is now completely a single path

or you can call it a complete shape

you can fill it by any colours or gradients

you can fill anything which you like

if it was not joined then also you can fill colours

but gap will come between them and problems was arrived due to it

so i will suggest you whenever you will make shapes

joined them

alright

and that's it for average and join

let us make one more shape with join with the help of guides

that guide which we used earlier where is that ?

don't worry it was not disappear it is only hided

do right click and then show guide

ok

let us make one more shape

i am clicking on default shape

now i am making spade

you had seen this in cards (deck)

again i said you earlier

we can edit it later

so i am doing little correction by direct selection

as it is looking too larger so i selected this two points by direct selection

and i am pressing shift

alright

then

i selected this whole part and then i did right clicked

transform, reflect and

see if you do horizontal then it will become opposite

but now i don't want to do that i want to make a copy in vertical (reflect- vertical)

simply i did reflect vertical

and i did copy

i am doing this with pressing shift

since both are in same axis so it will arrive any problem

anyways direct selection tool (shortcut -A)

sorry i mean direction selection tool's shortcut is A

direct selection tool's shortcut is A and slection tool's shortcut is V

now i am pressing A

so i can get direct selection

here i selected both the points

average

and join

simply we get this

now the below part

aveargae

and join

done

we had made this and now i am

filling black colour on it i mean dark colour

ok

i hope you all are understanding so far

ok

right

ok

in pen tool some more things are also left

but before that i want to tell you something again that

here if you can see the fill and stroke option

now i know you all are thinking that why i am making fade things

why we are not taking good colours

yes we will take colours but i want to tell you something which is important

so you can practice you will do colorful things

now you have to

understand this little bit

so here by default

this is showing you

that is white fill and black stroke

black stroke is this

white fill is here

remember some things

you can off stoke and fill anytime but how ?

if fill is up and then you click nun option it will be off

then fill will disappear completely

ok i did undo

if i want to remove stroke then i just click to stroke to make it up and then

nun

so now

see now it have only white feel there is no stroke

and yes our object is not visible

because it is in white art board and if put it here

if you did this like

you off the fill also

ok then it will not visible to you

but it is here path is available

so best thing is select this and click on default button

this is one thing and now other thing is that

let say

i change the colours

i took this colour from here

and i am taking stroke colour

pink

so if i want to make my stroke thick or

you can see i want to increase it's weight

you can see stroke weight one point

so i am making it 8 points

ok

now

i want to swap this grey fill and pink stroke

that is pink fill

and grey stroke

this is very simple solution for this

please select it

see there is a small option above this fill and stroke boxes

this option is known as swap

if you put your mouse here it will shown you

swap fill and stoke

so if i click here then it will swap fill and stroke

ok

if you come below you know it is default

Fill and stroke

now i am doing default

here below there are 3 buttons one you know is known as nun

this is your last colour which you used

if you want to add gradient

you can add gradient but we are not coming in gradients

we will learn it in details later

i know many peoples use gradients

in very strange way

ok leave we will discuss it later

i hope everything is clear that is fill and stroke

if you want to take any colour simply double click on it

select your colours from here

let me tell you about this box, this place is known as hue

here are some buttons (H,S,B) , H button is on

if you want to see hue

you can see it , hue means basic colours

so

what is basic colours? let me understand you

that is hue

for example blue i know you had head many types of blue

blue , sky blue, dark blue

royal blue , navy blue

grayish blue, greenish blue etc

in this all things all thing is common that is blue

because their hue is same

i think you understand what is exactly hue

so

if come towards blue see hue is same

and you will get different options of it

that how much dull or sharp colour of blue you need

saturation is nothing

but intensity of that colour (here is blue)

how much colour is intensed colour

let me tell you about saturation

saturation means decreasing or increasing colour

actually you all are decreasing or increasing saturation now

ok

in the same way brightness

it is present in television that how much you want to increase your brightness

or how much you want to decrease your brightness

but remember this is all about colours

ok

i am taking any colour from here

simply you take this colour

then click ok

similarly if you go to stroke

and double click on it then same panel will come in front of you

you can select any colour from here

that's it

if you don't want stroke then remove it

usually i also don't use stroke

there is little bit problems with stroke which i will tell you later

so i selected it and clicked to nun

i hope

you all understand what is the work of pentool

alright

i hided my guides

so inside pentool there is one tool

known as anchor point tool, we had leaned it in previous class

let me repeat once again for you

this is your anchor point tool it's one more name is

convert anchor point tool ( in old version of illustrator)

convert anchor point tool

remember that this is same tool

convert anchor point tool or anchor point tool

this is same tool

by which you can add curves

or

you can remove curves

so see when i am dragging then it is generating curve

and

if click on it

it will remove it

ok

next near this pen tool there is one more new tool

may be it is not given in old versions of illustrator

yes

i know it is not there in old versions of AI

curvature tool's working is same as pen tool

but it is more easier

you don't have to hold it and drag it

simply it will make only curves but how see

i clicked here

and clicked here

then i clicked here then see it is making curve itself

so i put it in fill option

it will show like this

do not think that it don't have anchor points

it has anchor points, if you select direct selection

you can also adjust it

you will get your curve handles

it will support you in helpful way

ok

if you want to make a spiral like this then you don't have to do hardwork

inside the line tool you will get spiral tool also

you can make it by this also

so curvature tool is also

used in some types of works

see this

wherever i will click

it will not give me any corner

yes you can do one more thing

go again that intial place and closed your path

so

for today's class this is enough

today we learn how to make basic shapes with pentool

and

i hope you people

liked this things which i made today

i think this is too much for today's class

you have many things for practice so please practice more and more

please practice it and for commanding your tools

it will take some time

and one more thing when you click and drag it

then it become little bit emotional

please use your hand lightly

if you find trouble in watching or controlling it

press control + 0

you data will appear in front of you

make your hand light in this software with patience

so make it with love patience

like i made this Nike shoe logo

this will happen sometimes so don't worry press escape

do undo and press control + 0

it will come in front of you

ok

i know not so good

let me take it below

and

i know this is still not right

for just giving some ideas

so you will understand that

how to make shapes with pen tool

so i am closing this class here

next class we will do tracing

and except tracing we will pic colours

i dropper tool will also going to use

some things related to path will also going to be discussed

also related with stroke

we have to see many things so for next class

you have to wait little bit but you have to practice this

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