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Masking In Illustrator

Thursday, July 5th, 2007 – running time 13:28
Bert explains masking. Original examples. In Illustrator

Bert has made his source files available for this episode available here

Highlights
charcoal ( 6:20, 6:27, 6:20, 6:27 ) mask ( 9:36, 9:45, 10:19, 10:32, 10:43, 10:47, 11:10, 11:14, 11:18, 11:25, 12:27, 12:33, 9:36, 9:45, 10:19, 10:32, 10:43, 10:47, 11:10, 11:14, 11:18, 11:25, 12:27, 12:33 ) handwriting ( 5:21, 5:21 ) Ebert ( 0:36, 0:36 ) charcoal ( 6:20, 6:27, 6:20, 6:27 ) mask ( 9:36, 9:45, 10:19, 10:32, 10:43, 10:47, 11:10, 11:14, 11:18, 11:25, 12:27, 12:33, 9:36, 9:45, 10:19, 10:32, 10:43, 10:47, 11:10, 11:14, 11:18, 11:25, 12:27, 12:33 ) handwriting ( 5:21, 5:21 ) Ebert ( 0:36, 0:36 )

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" Welcome to yet another episode of its approach the Ebert on -- all kinds of tricks. And and this week we're gonna talk about illustrator. Next week as well -- another week of illustrated because only one disease and so it's stand. So but it features illustrated and make it so easy to create things that can be incorporated. Up files. We start I wanna thank my sponsor. And it's good oh godaddy.com. Where you get reliable secure web hosting. Without the long term contract. Yes I am reading something now. Godaddy hosting plans are bigger better than ever. With 99%. Up time briefly 47 support and no annual commitment. Beth. Of all is in I would say this is definitely wanted to besting it at the -- start for a 399. A month. So plus if you enter this code you write your perfect. When you check out and save an additional five dollars off any order of dollars and more. Some restrictions apply idea idea okay. Now let's get to the meat and potatoes here. Those. Now. I said quite a few episodes ago by how history is important for type so that today's -- blue -- treatments. One is gonna be -- with type and the other is to actually start to explain the concept of masking. -- At an episode on layer masks an alpha channels -- gave back some time ago. Which showed him in Photoshop now the -- and posters concepts -- saying but the way to implement this. So. That's what you create -- Kyoto for us and I got a new file he had his own little. And my type tool. And that's a -- Select weddings. Now become appear to select the font you can see all the little names appear -- all the names. That Arafat and if you go into the actual character. And choose them from here in -- that illustrated gives you a little visual. Of what the font looks. Much ten years you've got what what marker felt like -- so one global standard. So here you'll get an actual visual what it looks like I've got whipping already selected. So weddings and now weddings but little pictures so I go in here right click and I start typing yeah it is little pictures. What exactly the way. Get it what what particular one. On the type many absolute tricycle and it's. Actually clips it's gonna show mean. All the different elements or different characters for that particular font. Second now going -- visually see exactly what I'm looking for -- create your little forward independent film company. -- noted that independent film company says I'm looking for all these for something that's got to do with film. And somewhere around here it is one that guy which is the group report and we'll find it at some point -- it's a little and there it is. Right double click on it right here. Notice it automatically inserted it into my idea person there so -- click okay. You select all let's make it bigger that's gonna 120 points -- Hewitt like. And making it will make it -- this way once they have in place such as today got these guys make nice. They piece like that. Now. That's fun. But look at the picture it's perfect -- my little indie films. -- but I want to do here. Wider. That wide. -- the ago. And that's just. Me to saloon narrower. Okay. Area that's perfect so now. In my text tool and click over here. And I'm gonna type up something else and type them in the eyes and you why. Now it's automatically using the -- again so let's select all and he's a different fun. Actually. -- me. Do something here that has realized that idea. -- right into the same block of text we don't want that socialists go in here and eliminate those. And that type tool and do it up here okay in the that's better. So like blah choose a different font on here and choose my a -- a good handwriting font -- here. It's the it's a good one. It's. Here and writing the code that's a good that's perfect. So when did do this font. It's gonna bring into position and its human again it posts. And I think that spot right there and let it go ahead and create outlines there's no longer fun it's actually is shapes and I'm gonna. Invert this I have a stroke. Rather than the actual."

" Inside being film I have it as a stroke and I'm gonna go in there and make that stroke. A white. It's going there and make it a nice wife. -- also this amounts to that I'm gonna go ahead and give that stroke up rush. I don't hear in my brushes at some Russians. And at some pre done -- going to my library your -- I go into like artistic. And yet charcoal pencil -- can paint and scroll look at somebody and say that's a good the chalk charcoal. And they could -- have all these different strokes here. -- go ahead and choose one like let's say we picked this one that's your that's been going through what happened its arsenal look like actual chalk stripes in there. Second take that and I'm gonna make a small enough so it fits into my little area. That's like that. -- things down. And there we had this nice little. In the slate there and another. The thing here -- say. Films. That select all on that and change that font to something very basic like of -- Okay medica maker of medical bold. We'll make the size much smaller let's -- make it. Eighteen points. And we'll put than the position down here. And we'll select that. And change its color. To -- But down here -- there. And every had this really cool little logo says in the films with the the whole thing with existing bonds we had a father gave us all these little pictures all of these little things that we use that the basis other things we don't have to waste time creating lot of pictures is acting backs. Read things are all these different fonts that are available that are nothing but a collection of pictures of them have the the faces of of a deck of playing cards and someone you know at the going to create that stuff it's already in the program it comes to system. Leo oddities and you -- work from from the start. Play around with this a little -- treatment for the purposes of showing you what."

" can do. At this file. Targets at the -- So why do is get a little texture. We got here my -- you have a layer right back here has a zebra texture that is is just a pattern that comes with illustrator. And in it in there you go into your patterns and you can mode that and find that pattern. -- here in your swatches you have all these little library here and if you or your patterns he got nature and nature has animals -- that's right god. So this is something that comes with the program you have to go out there and by something special or whatever. But what I want that happen now is that I want this pattern. To kind of aid in the background. -- in capacity can easily set the capacity right here. No I went to gradually phase now -- episode on their masks and alpha channels explained how they work. The concept of -- black the 255 white and all the race between. Where something is black you don't see it where it's why you see the level of gray. It's determine how much you see some 50% -- going to see it by 50%. So to -- here is gonna use the same concept. From black to white. Where it's black and I see it where is black I'm not going to see it where it's white policy. And the -- gonna give me that mediation that I want for this text disappear. Now the way you create the mask here is little different than Photoshop. On the select the circle back here. A big yellow circle that's key element as to shape that I want the mask the -- on the go ahead and copy that. Copy that's. Right so now. And go to there right here than it has to zebra and a target and it -- like the right here. And that little circle and that's I'm targeting them thing what I want to do now going to happen that particular layer. And go to my transparency. Panel right here. Expand that -- little arrows. And expanded and there we see them there -- bet that little icon. And drop down menu and say make or passively mask. Mask appeared right next to it is completely -- black so of course the text to disappeared as you can see in the image."

" do is and a target. The mask itself liked about it so it has -- little black borders and the backboard and there it seemed idea objects things like that never get -- Hebrew line. I click on. The mask the anticipated because and I do it's gonna happen now to the mask. A cult object into my -- edit rather and I say paste in front. And there you can see it paces right front -- you notice that -- zebra is a little faint it says because there's a value to yeah. That yellow is not white or black so that automatically think good thing based on that level of yellow so -- do is I'm gonna go into. The mask and hold down my option key which is all on a PC and click on the mask. And night if you haven't on the screen and in the actual mask and -- is -- Which is the equivalent in the grey scale of that yellow that very like great. That mask is selected you to see you bounding box and then go in here and that would make me. There's agree which are not going to direct with migrating tool to be. Going from white appear to black and about this at that it can be little more. White and maybe a little less black about like that there that's perfect -- that's the gradient. Why did the topic groundless he might text of fully. The black in the bottom his grandmother's funeral and of both grays in between is gonna be baiting of that -- I go back into my transparency and it click on the -- Now we see. They send out. It is still -- dual -- except now it's -- inside that circle so that only a select the top part of this texture and just drag it up. Well I am a fifteen constraints on straight up there and now we see that the texture is being. Controlled inside that circle and I haven't really strong on the top. Being behind the letter through levels of gray in the mask to the bottom where on the scene at all that's where the black is in the mask. So it's a little different than Photoshop way of doing things but the concept saint from black to white to expose the elements of that layer. Black hides them white chosen of the grade level of exposure. Popular something from -- on. If something you once in particular something you've been wrestling with for a while certainly need now then the burn -- on the wrong one it's my personal thing. -- at revision3.com. And I'll try to answer your show and some cases unanswered I mean. The next week."

" It's."

" Welcome to yet another episode of its approach the Ebert on -- all kinds of tricks. And and this week we're gonna talk about illustrator. Next week as well -- another week of illustrated because only one disease and so it's stand. So but it features illustrated and make it so easy to create things that can be incorporated. Up files. We start I wanna thank my sponsor. And it's good oh godaddy.com. Where you get reliable secure web hosting. Without the long term contract. Yes I am reading something now. Godaddy hosting plans are bigger better than ever. With 99%. Up time briefly 47 support and no annual commitment. Beth. Of all is in I would say this is definitely wanted to besting it at the -- start for a 399. A month. So plus if you enter this code you write your perfect. When you check out and save an additional five dollars off any order of dollars and more. Some restrictions apply idea idea okay. Now let's get to the meat and potatoes here. Those. Now. I said quite a few episodes ago by how history is important for type so that today's -- blue -- treatments. One is gonna be -- with type and the other is to actually start to explain the concept of masking. -- At an episode on layer masks an alpha channels -- gave back some time ago. Which showed him in Photoshop now the -- and posters concepts -- saying but the way to implement this. So. That's what you create -- Kyoto for us and I got a new file he had his own little. And my type tool. And that's a -- Select weddings. Now become appear to select the font you can see all the little names appear -- all the names. That Arafat and if you go into the actual character. And choose them from here in -- that illustrated gives you a little visual. Of what the font looks. Much ten years you've got what what marker felt like -- so one global standard. So here you'll get an actual visual what it looks like I've got whipping already selected. So weddings and now weddings but little pictures so I go in here right click and I start typing yeah it is little pictures. What exactly the way. Get it what what particular one. On the type many absolute tricycle and it's. Actually clips it's gonna show mean. All the different elements or different characters for that particular font. Second now going -- visually see exactly what I'm looking for -- create your little forward independent film company. -- noted that independent film company says I'm looking for all these for something that's got to do with film. And somewhere around here it is one that guy which is the group report and we'll find it at some point -- it's a little and there it is. Right double click on it right here. Notice it automatically inserted it into my idea person there so -- click okay. You select all let's make it bigger that's gonna 120 points -- Hewitt like. And making it will make it -- this way once they have in place such as today got these guys make nice. They piece like that. Now. That's fun. But look at the picture it's perfect -- my little indie films. -- but I want to do here. Wider. That wide. -- the ago. And that's just. Me to saloon narrower. Okay. Area that's perfect so now. In my text tool and click over here. And I'm gonna type up something else and type them in the eyes and you why. Now it's automatically using the -- again so let's select all and he's a different fun. Actually. -- me. Do something here that has realized that idea. -- right into the same block of text we don't want that socialists go in here and eliminate those. And that type tool and do it up here okay in the that's better. So like blah choose a different font on here and choose my a -- a good handwriting font -- here. It's the it's a good one. It's. Here and writing the code that's a good that's perfect. So when did do this font. It's gonna bring into position and its human again it posts. And I think that spot right there and let it go ahead and create outlines there's no longer fun it's actually is shapes and I'm gonna. Invert this I have a stroke. Rather than the actual."

" Inside being film I have it as a stroke and I'm gonna go in there and make that stroke. A white. It's going there and make it a nice wife. -- also this amounts to that I'm gonna go ahead and give that stroke up rush. I don't hear in my brushes at some Russians. And at some pre done -- going to my library your -- I go into like artistic. And yet charcoal pencil -- can paint and scroll look at somebody and say that's a good the chalk charcoal. And they could -- have all these different strokes here. -- go ahead and choose one like let's say we picked this one that's your that's been going through what happened its arsenal look like actual chalk stripes in there. Second take that and I'm gonna make a small enough so it fits into my little area. That's like that. -- things down. And there we had this nice little. In the slate there and another. The thing here -- say. Films. That select all on that and change that font to something very basic like of -- Okay medica maker of medical bold. We'll make the size much smaller let's -- make it. Eighteen points. And we'll put than the position down here. And we'll select that. And change its color. To -- But down here -- there. And every had this really cool little logo says in the films with the the whole thing with existing bonds we had a father gave us all these little pictures all of these little things that we use that the basis other things we don't have to waste time creating lot of pictures is acting backs. Read things are all these different fonts that are available that are nothing but a collection of pictures of them have the the faces of of a deck of playing cards and someone you know at the going to create that stuff it's already in the program it comes to system. Leo oddities and you -- work from from the start. Play around with this a little -- treatment for the purposes of showing you what."

" can do. At this file. Targets at the -- So why do is get a little texture. We got here my -- you have a layer right back here has a zebra texture that is is just a pattern that comes with illustrator. And in it in there you go into your patterns and you can mode that and find that pattern. -- here in your swatches you have all these little library here and if you or your patterns he got nature and nature has animals -- that's right god. So this is something that comes with the program you have to go out there and by something special or whatever. But what I want that happen now is that I want this pattern. To kind of aid in the background. -- in capacity can easily set the capacity right here. No I went to gradually phase now -- episode on their masks and alpha channels explained how they work. The concept of -- black the 255 white and all the race between. Where something is black you don't see it where it's why you see the level of gray. It's determine how much you see some 50% -- going to see it by 50%. So to -- here is gonna use the same concept. From black to white. Where it's black and I see it where is black I'm not going to see it where it's white policy. And the -- gonna give me that mediation that I want for this text disappear. Now the way you create the mask here is little different than Photoshop. On the select the circle back here. A big yellow circle that's key element as to shape that I want the mask the -- on the go ahead and copy that. Copy that's. Right so now. And go to there right here than it has to zebra and a target and it -- like the right here. And that little circle and that's I'm targeting them thing what I want to do now going to happen that particular layer. And go to my transparency. Panel right here. Expand that -- little arrows. And expanded and there we see them there -- bet that little icon. And drop down menu and say make or passively mask. Mask appeared right next to it is completely -- black so of course the text to disappeared as you can see in the image."

" do is and a target. The mask itself liked about it so it has -- little black borders and the backboard and there it seemed idea objects things like that never get -- Hebrew line. I click on. The mask the anticipated because and I do it's gonna happen now to the mask. A cult object into my -- edit rather and I say paste in front. And there you can see it paces right front -- you notice that -- zebra is a little faint it says because there's a value to yeah. That yellow is not white or black so that automatically think good thing based on that level of yellow so -- do is I'm gonna go into. The mask and hold down my option key which is all on a PC and click on the mask. And night if you haven't on the screen and in the actual mask and -- is -- Which is the equivalent in the grey scale of that yellow that very like great. That mask is selected you to see you bounding box and then go in here and that would make me. There's agree which are not going to direct with migrating tool to be. Going from white appear to black and about this at that it can be little more. White and maybe a little less black about like that there that's perfect -- that's the gradient. Why did the topic groundless he might text of fully. The black in the bottom his grandmother's funeral and of both grays in between is gonna be baiting of that -- I go back into my transparency and it click on the -- Now we see. They send out. It is still -- dual -- except now it's -- inside that circle so that only a select the top part of this texture and just drag it up. Well I am a fifteen constraints on straight up there and now we see that the texture is being. Controlled inside that circle and I haven't really strong on the top. Being behind the letter through levels of gray in the mask to the bottom where on the scene at all that's where the black is in the mask. So it's a little different than Photoshop way of doing things but the concept saint from black to white to expose the elements of that layer. Black hides them white chosen of the grade level of exposure. Popular something from -- on. If something you once in particular something you've been wrestling with for a while certainly need now then the burn -- on the wrong one it's my personal thing. -- at revision3.com. And I'll try to answer your show and some cases unanswered I mean. The next week."