Using filters and live effects we can creates lots of special effects instantly. You can smooth out sharp corners, create warp text, add drop shadows and make textures with the live effects. There are many filters in Illustrator and you can have lots of creativity in experimenting all the filters.
Live Effects or Filters
To create special effects, we can use either use Live Effects of Filters. Most of the time I will be using live effects as I can continue making changes using the Appearance Palette. The choice is up to you.
Live Effects: When you apply live effects to objects you can still continue to modify the effects and objects. You will need to expand the object break it into paths again.
Filters: When you apply filters, you can’t make changes to the effect anymore. It is already expanded.
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Nice tutorials 🙂 I can’t wait for the more advanced ones.
really good tutorials, helped me a lot in learning illustrator!
it is the best tutorial forever! each lesson is great! Thank you for helping us to improve our knowledge!
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i can’t find transform>roughen. i went to object>transform, but there’s no roughen option.
@Marivic So – you will get it to work going: EFFECT >> DISTORT & TRANSFORM >> ROUGHEN
PS: Looks like you`re trying to get it via the menu “Object” and it isn`t there, instead go to “effect” in the menu and sure you`ll find it. 🙂
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