Daily Archives: June 21, 2021

Adobe Illustrator

Rotate View Tool in Adobe Illustrator

If you use Adobe Illustrator, you will appreciate the new Rotate View Tool. The rotate view feature help you create artwork, logos, page layouts, and other illustrations by allowing you to change the canvas view to any angle you want.
You can access the Rotate View tool by pressing Shift + H or by clicking and holding down the Hand tool; from the flyout menu, select the Rotate View Tool.

Click anywhere on the canvas to rotate the view.

If you want to rotate the view to a specific angle, Choose View> Rotate View, and you will be able to select an angle from the menu.

To rotate the view to match the selection Choose View > Rotate View to Selection

To reset the View to the original position:
Press Esc.
Choose View> Reset Rotate View


Press Shift + Cmd +1 or Shift + CTRL + 1(Windows)
If you are using the same rotated View all the time or very often, you can save time by saving the rotated View:
Choose View> New View.

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Adobe Photoshop

Create Patterns in Photoshop

Working with patterns could be a lot of fun, but creating a custom pattern is another level of creative fun. The best part is that in Photoshop we can do it fast while paying more attention to creativity. Photoshop will do the technical part for us. So let me show you how we can have more fun in Photoshop.

Create a new document any size and feel free to use any color for your background.

Create a new layer and use the Curvature Pen tool (or any other tool you are more comfortable with) to create the artwork you want to make a pattern from.

While the artwork layer is selected, click on the “View” menu and choose Pattern Preview.

Click OK on the pop up notification

And your pattern is ready!!!

You can still modify your artwork if needed. You can add extra details or objects, change/modify colors, etc. The best part is that you will be able to preview all modifications/changes in real-time.


Now open Patterns panel > Window > Patterns

At the bottom of Patterns panel, click on the “+” icon to add the new pattern to your Patterns.

Rename the new pattern.

Congratulations, you have created your first pattern. Enjoy!

If you would like to learn how to apply a new pattern to a mock-up, here is a helpful video I recorded for you.

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