This tutorial is for applications that use the pen: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia FreeHand. When drawing with the pen you will inevitably have to stop mid-path and make adjus

The idea behind the keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia FreeHand is so you can draw paths in a fluid manner with as few interruptions as possible. Ideally, yo

This page contains all the practice templates for drawing with the pen. Here are tutorials for Deneba Canvas, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia FreeHand and CorelDRAW. These tutor

In Adobe Illustrator, always click the Direct Selection tool before clicking and drawing with the Pen Tool.

The following table shows which terms are equivalent between Deneba Canvas, CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia FreeHand and are presented here to sort out any possible confusion where

It used to be that the only way you could create a stroked text effect in Quark was to use another application (such as Adobe Illustrator). You first had to create the effect, then save it as an E

I’ve received a few emails about EPS files and decided to publish this tutorial to clear up any confusion that may arise when using them in QuarkXPress or Photoshop. EPS files are PostScript and th

Some people have asked me, “How do I get a chart from Excel into a Quark document?”. There are a couple of ways to do this but the best way is to export the Excel graph as a PostScript file, then

Illustrator will present you with the EPS Format Options dialog. In this case we will choose version 7 compatibility. In this case version 7 will suffice and it is widely supported so you shouldn’t

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Fireworks CS3 and Illustrator CS3 together. You’ll create some illustrative vector elements to add to the final composition. You’ll also mix in photos and