Excellent, informative, presentation by Dave Watkins, using his elegant logo design for the discussion’s exemplar. I love these “short chats” for their granular focus on just one specific star in the Astute Graphics’ cosmos.
@astutegraphics
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you - much appreciated! We're sure Dave will be pleased at that!
@davewatkinscreative
3 жыл бұрын
Happy to hear that you enjoyed this demonstration! I had a lot of fun putting this one together for the team at Astute Graphics.
@Navigator777777
3 жыл бұрын
Short Chat Dittos! Kinda like popping the clutch to get the tractor plowing again. We all know how to create ...but damn, sometimes we stall out. It's nice to get a push, pop the clutch and get back to plowing. At the end of an hour video I forget what day it is and what I do for a living. ;-)
@sforsterification
3 жыл бұрын
Dave does such a great job of explaining offset paths with a clarity never seen before. He explains it all in the right level of detail, and does it on live projects. I wish he would do the same for the other Astute plugins. Thanks Dave.
@astutegraphics
3 жыл бұрын
Yep - we agree. Dave has already done a video for Reform (kzitem.info/news/bejne/s5dqx2VpjXWXZ44) and is currently working on the next! 🏆
@davewatkinscreative
3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate that! Glad to hear that you enjoyed this video.
@tessellatiaartilery8197
3 жыл бұрын
Great explanation, perfect balance of detail with general principles, showing why we would want to use the plugin rather than the default tools and menu option. The instruction was as elegant as the featured graphic. Thank you very much.
@astutegraphics
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Keep an eye out for his forthcoming videos 👀
@ThomasRohde
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome teaching, thank you!
@astutegraphics
3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! We're glad that you enjoyed it!
@shoaibahmedansar4600
2 жыл бұрын
Very useful tool. Really amazing! I'll buy this tool shortly. TY!
@astutegraphics
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for your feedback 😁
@theoldhenk7531
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, this was incredibly useful!
@astutegraphics
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@shoaibahmed2523
2 жыл бұрын
Good explanation. Thank you
@astutegraphics
2 жыл бұрын
Appreciated! Dave makes a great case 👑
@fabgroove
3 жыл бұрын
NICE tips… Thank you…
@astutegraphics
3 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
@santiagosuarez2074
3 жыл бұрын
I wish there could be more tools to create rhinestones templates or scatter effects that could be very handy
@astutegraphics
3 жыл бұрын
Please can you provide examples of the styles you want to see? We're always happy to oblige.
@santiagosuarez2074
3 жыл бұрын
@@astutegraphics drive.google.com/file/d/1y6cOFgXmxJQaHWWYM2BjlphmBLU1s24N/view?usp=sharing Id Love to be able to create motif like this with astute graphics. Rhinerstones templates with scattered effects, different types of rhinestone stones like ss4, ss10 and ss16
@dicknastee1652
2 жыл бұрын
We've got time. Break it all down.
@phillipnewell4527
3 жыл бұрын
If you ever used other programs like Corel Draw, it's crazy how hard illustrator makes functions like offset paths.
@astutegraphics
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed that native CorelDraw does some things better than native Illustrator. But that's what we're here to solve and take it a level beyond 😉
@signamigo
3 жыл бұрын
@@astutegraphics And thanks for doing that! Switching from Corel to Adobe has been a bit daunting, but your videos have helped immensely.
@SteelBlueVision
3 жыл бұрын
What about creating a path (Start Path), scaling it to whatever size (End Path), and using the standard AI Blend Tool to interpolate paths between them. This works for open paths as well, without making them into closed paths.
@davewatkinscreative
3 жыл бұрын
I have used the blend tool in the past but only in certain circumstances. For instance there have been cases where I wanted a series of parallel lines and I would create one line, create a copy of that line, move it to a different location, then select both lines and create a blend. That blend could then be modified with the blend options to determine how many copies would be created. However... once you get into more complicated starting paths you end up running into issues where the blend starts to create a more organic set of steps vs the precise multiple offsets you can create with the AG Offset tool. There is also far more flexibility and speed when experimenting with the number of offsets created and the distance that each step moves while using the AG Offset tool versus the blend tool. Anyways it's true I wasn't demonstrating an effect that couldn't be created with other methods but more so I was demonstrating the speed and accuracy that could be achieved with this plugin by Astute Graphics.
@lexispapi
2 жыл бұрын
I mean if you create the off set path in the appearance panel it’s non destructive so if you want to go back and change it you can without having to delete. AG offset tool is still faster but using it sometimes crashes my illustrator
@JaredNem
Жыл бұрын
I made the offset but i'm not able to interact with it. I am only able to click on the original path
@astutegraphics
Жыл бұрын
The AG Offset is live; you can modify it via the tool or panel. If you need to use the resulting path, go to the options menu and detach it from the original object.
@otzcharlie
3 жыл бұрын
Hi I have a problem when I use it, all the offset paths are above my traces, they never fill the shape, they’re always outside the shape, I’ve tried different positioning but no matter what I choose the offset paths are above my original shape they never fill it like in the video. Can you help me?
@astutegraphics
3 жыл бұрын
We'd be happy to help! But it's a little hard to understand from this description, do please can you email the Illustrator file and the explanation over to technical.enquiries@astutegraphics.com - thanks 👍
@theoldhenk7531
2 жыл бұрын
Are you using negative distance values?
@victorstepanov3588
5 ай бұрын
Иллюстратор очень странная программа. Очень новые инструменты здесь уживаются с очень старыми, которые Adobe не хочет или не может модернизировать. В частности и эти способы обводки тоже очень устарели в иллюстраторе. Такая программа как Corel Draw прекрасно и легко давно уже делает множественные обводки и без всяких плагинов, но проигрывает иллюстратору в других возможностях.
@astutegraphics
3 ай бұрын
You are absolutely right! That's why we create tools to make designers' lives easier.
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