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Adobe Illustrator for Creative Professionals
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I personally love creating in Illustrator using the simple shapes that the shape tools offer. Let's first look at the simplest drawing methods and then examine some methods for adding and subtracting from combined objects.
As we look at the list of available shape tools, please be aware that the Flare tool is also in this same family of tools. We will not be discussing it with the others, as it has a very different purpose and often feels like it should be located with some other tool family. If you are unfamiliar with the tool, it is used to create a simulated lens flare and can be fun to use, but this just isn't the right time to examine it. Instead, we will be sticking to the five main shape tools:
To select any of these tools you can use their keyboard shortcuts...
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