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For the first time ever Astute Graphics are giving you the opportunity to gain the complete collection of plug-ins with a remarkable 50% OFF. Whether you are an existing customer or new to Astute Graphics this is an unmissable offer!

posted by: Chloë Waugh, in Articles / News, Read More
Free iOS 7 Illustrator Vector UI Kit for iPhone and iPad

Today we introduce a free iOS 7 Illustrator Vector UI Kit for iPhone and iPad from Mercury. Though Mercury’s design team has many years of experience with both Illustrator and Photoshop, they find Illustrator to be the fastest way for them to be productive and create precise software mockups.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Freebies / Free Vectors, Read More
Free Infographic Template Kit

Today we present you a royalty-free vector pack which consists of 10 Fantasy free infographic template kit. Infographic is an effective strategy to communicate or convey your message in visually attractive way.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Freebies / Free Vectors, Read More
Create a Proper Reflection Using MirrorMe and Stylism
It’s been many times that I’ve noticed that some designers make mistakes creating the reflection of objects. Actually, reflections obey the same laws of perspective as the object itself. In today’s article we will talk about these laws and create a reflection of a simple object using MirrorMe and Stylism.
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Tool, Read More
Image Trace with Phantasm

Today we will talk about the combination of automatic and manual tracing of raster images with Phantasm. Image Trace feature and Phantasm’s tools will help you to achieve amazing effects that you can not get by using Image Trace options only. Do you want to work faster and more efficiently? Then this article is for you.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Tool, Read More
Free Mesh Tormentor plugin is now available for Adobe Illustrator CC 2014

Today we are introducing an update for free Mesh Tormentor plug-in for Adobe Illustrator. This plug-in allows you to make the manual and tedious work with gradient mesh automatic, extending the standard features of Adobe Illustrator. Now a new version of the Mesh Tormentor plugin is available for Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 for Mac and Windows 32 and 64.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Articles / News, Read More
Create oblique projection with OPO plug-in for Adobe Illustrator
OPO plugin is designed to create a simple Parallel 3D Effect. This effect is also known as oblique projection. Oblique projection is often used in design, for example, to create the long shadow effect and typography. But Adobe Illustrator, unfortunately does not yet have such a function, and we have to use blend objects or Transform effect for such constructions. Both of these methods create steps at the edges of these projections, the removal of which can be a time consuming process. OPO plugin avoids these drawbacks and has a number of additional options. Let's check this out.
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Techniques, Read More
How to Create GIF Animated Images with Camtasia Studio

Recently we started to increasingly encounter hybrid tutorials, that are written tutorials with animated images, demonstrating different actions of the author. And I’m sure that this is the best possible kind of tutorials today. Therefore, in today’s article we will cover one of the methods to create GIF animated images using Camtasia Studio software.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Techniques, Read More
Vary Width Markers Feature in WidthScribe Plug-in

Vary Width Markers Tool allows adding width markers randomly to your selected paths. This feature has several parameters which allows us to adjust variation and create thousands of new width markers in a few seconds. In this article we will discuss how to manage and use the Vary Width Markers feature.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Tool, Read More
Using The Contour Control Feature in Stylism
In todays article you will learn how to use a flexible contour control in the Stylism plug-in to achieve the levels of subtlety direct in vector art. Take a look at the ability to apply the Contour Control feature on the example of Abstract Crystal artwork, which consists of regular paths with gradient fill and Flare object.
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Tool, Read More
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