Every aspect of type in Adobe Illustrator can be treated as a vector-drawing object with a fill and a stroke, or even a gradient fill, while preserving the ability to edit the text later. Text with a ...

In Adobe Illustrator, if you want to make one object or group gradually fade to reveal the object underneath, you can use a fade mask. Through the use of the "Transparent" and "Gradient" panels, you ...

In a previous article, I went into some elaborate detail about how to create and use the Gradient Mesh feature in Illustrator CS4 ( ). Today, in this second of a two-part series about gradient mesh, I ...

Learning how to group and expand objects in Illustrator allows you to remove backgrounds from images, add color and effects to objects and so much more. Grouping in Illustrator allows you to work on ...