Creative Quick Tips Flashcards
(96 cards)
How do you create rounded corners with 2 squared corners in Illustrator?
- Draw rounded rectangle and add a square rectangle
- Shape builder will merge together
OR
- Round corners, draw radius
- Object, expand appearance, shape builder to merge shapes together
How can you quickly convert to black + white and adjust lightness + darkness in Photoshop?
- Convert image to smart object
- Open filter / Camera Raw
- Add exposure, change contrast, highlight, shadow, white or black point, add clarity, increase vibrancy and reduce noise
- Therefor, Camera Raw lives on smart filter which adjust anytime
- Mask in or out selection, non destructively
How do you easily add or subtract points in a star?
By pressing UP or DOWN arrow / or ALT
DOUBLE-CLICK to form closed shape
Why / How do you use the shapebuilder in Illustrator?
- It allows you to combine shapes without combining them
- Shift + M on keyboard
- Select ALT + click to subtract
- Just select to add
- Shapebuilder Tool Options
- Cursor Swatch Preview
- Select Color Swatches
How would you create a square, circle, within octagon, within circle, within star?
- Select a square and circle
- Align to selection and key object
- Align to artboard
- Pick octagon and circle, align to center
- The key object has blue line which is thicker
- Move layers FRONT and BACK with CTRL + [
How would you import colors from Kuler into artwork?
- Adobe CC is Adobe Kuler
- Just “love” or “heart shape” your favorite color
- Window / Kuler / Refresh
- Click each swatch from Kuler on Fill Swatches
- Drop swatches from fill not Kuler
What reveals the temporary files while you draw in Illustrator?
~
Tilde Key
How would you quickly create complex patterns like squiggles and faded boxes that looks like skinning?
When you hold down ~ (TILDE) key while you draw any shape it will reveal temporary files on screen
Name 2 ways to easily change color of artboard
- Fill document with color + Ctrl + Z to look it down
- Doc Setup / Simulate Color Paper / Click on white box which represent artboard, pick color from COLORS PANEL
- You are not going to see this when you print it
- Good for web design
- Assumes color of paper will be green
How do you reset bounding box? And why?
- Pick shapes, use UP or DOWN to add or subtract sides on shape
- SHIFT + DRAG to constrain proportions
- Ensure shapes look exactely the way you want them to be resetting bounding box after rotated or destored object
- Reset / Bounding Box
What does RGBA stand for?
R = Red
G = Green
B = Blue
A = Alpha
IN 2014:
What is one way to BRIDGE GAP between designers & developers so things run more smoothly?
- Designers can COPY + PASTE CSS Properties by RIGHT CLICK - LAYER and select COPY CSS
- Or you can wear developer hat, and use SELECTION OF CSS CODE to CALL OUT CSS in HTML through CSS DECLARATION
What would be easiest way to create multiple LOGIN or HOME buttons with scalable rounded rectangles?
- Scalable objects using LIVE EFFECTS and something called 9-slice scaling
- Through converting your live effect via STYLIZE / ROUNDED CORNERS
- Drag + drop into symbols panels
- Symbols options
- NAME: Btn
- TYPE: Graphic
- ENABLE GUIDES FOR 9-SLICE SCALING
- ADD BTN
What shortcut will FILL your foreground on canvas?
ALT + BACKSPACE
How would you change color of text without grabbing text tool?
Press OPT key + DELETE or BACKSPACE to change color of text
How would you easily remove any objects from photo without grabbing the tool?
- Fill / Use: Content-Aware
- Shift + Backspace to fill
- Content-Aware
How would you create a consistent, well-spaced out element, inside of web design mockups?
- Use preferences (CTRL+K)
- Change increments to spacing you need (1PX, 5PX, 15PX and 30PX)
- Nudge up an edge
- Tap 1 or tap 2 spaces (depending on setting)
Can you list 10 WordPress Plugins to use for your blogpost? What do they do?
- W3 Total Cache - Speed Issue
- Better WP Security - Malware
- WordPress SEO - Improve SEO
- WPThumb - Image resize
- Easy Digi Down - Sell digital
- Advanced Custom Fields - Callouts to fronted
- Wordpress.com into Wordpress.org - Jetpack
- Backup Buddy - Backups Database
- Gravity Forms - Form Building Program
- Pippin’s Plugin - Sell membership with restrict content
Which websites provides plugins for WordPress with restriction on content?
- Pippin’s Plugins sells membership or restrict content behind pay wall
- Plugin is called Restrict Content Pro designed by Pippin Williamson, putting certain content behind a way to ensure only certain members to see it
What plugins provide premium membership for contact forms, quizzes and questionnaires? Also, backup for database and full restore or migrate to your new server.
- Backup Buddy in iThemes
- Sent to Amazon, Dropbox
- Take locally develop suite to a production environment live on internet
- Gravity forms is form building programs by Rocket Genuis
Which plugins will help you with following for Wordpress?
- Speed issues
- Malware
- Improve SEO
- Image resize + cropping
- Sell digital goods
- Callouts to front
- Wordpress.org becomes Wordpress.com
- W3 Total Cache - “Snapshot of website” and store it as caching
- Better WP Security - Malware Attack
- Wordpress SEO by Yoast
- WPThumb
- Easy Digital Download
- Advanced Custom Fields
- Get WordPress.com features into WordPress.org
How would you quickly unlock layers in Photoshop?
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What are some quick ways to use shortcuts to change opacity?
- Double click to unlock it
- Opacity - # press nr 1-9 to lower opacity
- COMBINE - 75%
How can I embed social media icons into website mockups?
Through FONT AWESOME, iconic font designed by BOOTSTRAP which you load through TYPEKIT in Windows/Type/Glyphs and you do not have to type in a code like before
How would you create a MULTI-STATE FLEXIBLE BUTTON like BUY NOW (blue) and BUY NOW (pink)
- Draw buttons
- Add 3 fills from Appearance Panels
- Text fill is the button - 1st fill
- Fill: One normal state - 2nd fill
- Fill 2: One hover state - 3rd fill
- Hold SHIFT to bring up ALTERNATE color to change COLOR of STATES
- Convert to shapes - rounded rectangle
- Shape option: Absolute + Relative, 4px radius
- Graphic Style Panel