Illustrator Tip: Arrange Shapes In Concentric Circles

Well guys, today, I will share here a nifty tip for arranging shapes/symbols etc. in Concentric Circles in Adobe Illustrator.

So here we go:

Select the Polar Grid tool.

Click where you want to position the grid. Within the dialog box, enter the width and height of the circle, as well as the number of concentric and radial dividers. (The Polar Grid tool can also be clicked and dragged to create the grid. Use the Arrow keys on the keyboard to adjust the concentric circles and dividers.)

Then create a petal for flower using the Pen Tool.

Next, position the petal on one of the guides.

Select the Rotate tool, and Alt-click (Option-click for mac) the cursor once on the centerpoint of the circle. In the dialog box, enter "360 / 8" (in order to have Illustrator calculate 360° & 8, the total number of petals), and click Copy.

Then press Ctrl-D (-D for mac) to continue copying and rotating six more petals around the circle.

And, there you are!! :D

You can now make a small circle with eclipse tool & place it at the centre of flower &/or decorate it the way you want!!

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Distribute Objects & Center Them Evenly Relative To the Canvas

Well, today I will be sharing with you a most often asked but a very simple & useful Photoshop tip....distributing the objects evenly & centering them evenly relative to the canvas in Photoshop!!



1.Make a rectangle with custom shape in a new layer

2.Duplicate it 4 more times - using move tool whilst pressing alt key, I placed them randomly on canvas



3. Select the first layer, hold down shift key to select other layers & link them with Chain Icon



4. Select first layer again to match others top edge with it, then, Go to Layer-Align-Top Edges (Can do same thing from Option Bar too) to have them on same level





5. Now, to have equal distance bet. each of them, Go to Layer-Distribute-Horizontal Centers



6.This is how my final results look along with History palette, to show the steps!!!



Also make sure, you have no selections by pressing Ctrl/Comm-D (or choosing Deselect from the Select menu). If you don't deselect first, Photoshop aligns to the selection instead of to the layers.

Now, TO CENTER THEM EVENLY RELATIVE TO THE CANVAS:

1. After following the steps mentioned above.

2. Merge all the layers OR the best, Put all the layers in one Group (or Set in PSCS) i.e (layer 1 to layer 5 in above example)

3. Press Ctrl/Comm-A to select the whole image

4. Goto Layer-Align to Selection-Horizontal Centers (Note that, when you have a selection, the Align Linked submenu changes to the Align to Selection submenu)

DO NOT deselect as yet...

5.Then again, Layer-Align to Selection-Vertical Centers



The steps 4 & 5 will align & distribute your shapes exactly in the middle of the Canvas!!!



And, there you're....your objects distributed, aligned & centered evenly to the canvas....& mind you your objects can be anything be it shapes, images, logos, buttons etc.! ! :D

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Awesome Photoshop Text Effects

One of the best thing about Photoshop is, one can play with type/fonts & achieve some cool text effects which are so essential for web & print graphics!

Today, I will share with you a link where you will find around 80 awesome & best Text Effects & you will be really impressed with a lot of them!

CLICK THIS LINK FOR THE 80 BEST PHOTOSHOP TEXT EFFECTS ON WEB

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Cool Free Photoshop Brushes & Vectors Graphics

Well, I was just on the surfing spree & found this cool website for tons of free photoshop brushes!



brusheezy.com

Another site that I am not too impressed about but, worth checking is Vecteezy, it is an index of Free Vectors available for download.

The sites is updated every day, so be sure to check back often.

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Logo Design Trends

Well, I think this article makes sense, check it out: 11 trends that will define logo design in 2007

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