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TOOLS IN ILLUSTRATOR






                                                  Type of tools in Illustrator





                                       Tools in Illustrator are divided into six [6] categories. These are

                                                  categories to learn about the tools within them.














           Draw tools                Select tools            Navigate tools                Paint tools                Text tools               Modify tools



         Draw tools help you        Before you work on         Navigate tools let         Illustrator offers a     Text tools help you          Use advanced
           to draw and edit          your artwork, you         you set your focus         fine collection of       to add and edit text         Modify tools in
          objects and paths,       need to select some         on an area of the         vector brushes with          (type) in your              Illustrator to

              and create           or all of its elements.      artwork. You can        which you can apply        artwork. Apart from        manipulate objects
        perspective. You can        Select tools let you         perform basic           fills and strokes to       plain text, you can           and paths.
          also add symbols          not just select, but      actions like zoom in        elements in your          also add text on a

          and graphs to your        move, rotate, scale,        or out, rotate the        artwork. You can          path or in an area,
               artwork.             and transform your         view, drag artwork,      also add blends and           and apply the

                                   artwork, with varying      or add grids to work          build complex          desired text effects.
                                   degrees of precision.         on the canvas.           shapes to get the
                                                                                        desired visual effect.
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