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Illustrator is one of my favorite software made by Adobe, and I use it a lot in my design projects, but one thing that seemed to make it undesirable, and totally annoying was the fact that you couldn’t or at least I couldn’t use the “skew” function as you would in Photoshop.

When you need to create a simple perspective text like the one in this tutorial you would, probably as me go to Photoshop, create your skewed text, and export it to illustrator. Well, those days are gone, since now there is a solution.

I made a video for you describing in detail how to create a perspective tool. I will also transcribe it so you can get around it more easily if me talking wasn’t clear enough, or you missed some steps.

Here are the steps to obtain the perspective effect:

Illustrator is a very powerful tool when you know how to work with it, and the next couple of tutorials will help you have a better understanding of what it can be done, and will serve as a source of inspiration for you future works. Enjoy and prosper.

Design A Print-Ready Promotional Ad Using Photoshop and Illustrator

For anyone in the print industry, we’ll share methods and resources that you’ll hopefully find helpful. For others, this article will shed light on what it’s like to work for a design firm. You’ll gain in-depth insight not only into the methods of professional print designers but also into the marketing implications of their work.

Create a Metal Grille using the Transform Effect

Ok, now this tutorial is one of my favorites, and if you haven’t seen it yet, you definitely should check it out, it has a video and it goes step by step.

I have found these cool websites sharing vector shapes, and illustrator resources while browsing the net for some resources. Hope you find these cool, and if you have any resources of your own that you would like to share with our readers, please insert one in the comment section below. I have sorted the following resources by the website design and the vector quality.

Hope you will find a good use for these awesome illustrator shapes and vectors.

1. I Heart Vector

2. Vecteezy!

3. CoolVectors.com

4. ClickForWebDesign

5. Vector Magic

6.  Vector Vaco

7. CreativeVectors

8. QVectors

9. Dezignus

10.  FreeVectors

Leave your interesting or creative comment in the section below, make it count.

Found this cool new video regarding some new feature that’s waiting for us in the CS5 version. Check it out:

One of the biggest requests we get of Photoshop is to make adding, removing, moving or repairing items faster and more seamless. From retouching to completely reimagining an image, here’s an early glimpse of what could happen in the future when you press the delete key. How might you use this new capability in your workflow?

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Logo Design Inspiration – Great Logos Episode III

This is episode II of a multiple part series of the coolest logo designs. You can see episode one of the logo design inspiration series here – Logo Design Inspiration – Great Logos Episode I and Logo Design Inspiration – Great Logos Episode II. You can use this list as a source of logo inspiration or just look at them . Either way, enjoy the following list of beautiful / great logo designs.