Quick tip

Short posts covering a technique or feature to help you figure something out and get back to designing

Illustrator quick tip: evenly distribute objects
Quick tip

Illustrator quick tip: evenly distribute objects

It’s likely you know how to align things in Illustrator, but you can never remember how to space things equally, so you resort to the tedious way of spacing them individually. If you want to align objects with an equal space between them, this quick tip will show you how.

Illustrator quick tip: align to key object
Quick tip

Illustrator quick tip: align to key object

Aligning to a key object in Illustrator is one of the most useful alignment options. If you’ve ever been frustrated with aligning objects centrally, then everything nudges over a few pixels. This is where align to key object comes in, read on for how to.

Illustrator quick tip: grid guides
Quick tip

Illustrator quick tip: grid guides

I find myself needing to remember, how do I create a set of grid guides in Illustrator. As I’m a relatively new convert to using Illustrator, well I find myself switching between Illustrator and Photoshop, for much of the work I do. This is a quick tip to show you how to make a grid, for those who just can’t remember, due to it generally being easier to remember in Photoshop. In the post I will cover how to create a simple grid and toggle it’s visibility.