Vector Tutorials by creativepro.com

We all know that Photoshop and Illustrator play nicely together. Here's a simple technique that lets you transform scanned photographs into sketched portraits by tapping into Illustrator's drawing tools and Photoshop's painting features.

When does negative become a positive? When you apply Illustrator's opacity mask. In this exclusive preview from the new and revised "Adobe Illustrator CS WOW! Book," to be published by Peachpit Press, see how to add an antique effect to type using this hidden feature.

To most designers the idea of using clip art in a project is gauche, to be considered only as a last resort. But clip art -- or any stock graphic -- takes wing when you make a few changes to it in Adobe Illustrator.

Are you using Photoshop to create something with both transparency effects and spot colors? You may be better off with Illustrator instead.

When you create a digital collage, you don't always have to do it in Photoshop. All you need is a program that supports transparency, blending modes, and masks. Illustrator fills that bill - in fact, when text and vector graphics are important parts of your composition, Illustrator can be better.

The new LiveTrace feature in Adobe Illustrator CS2 is an incredible timesaver for illustrators -- and a gift for those of us whose drawing skills are sub par. Here's how to quickly and effectively convert a photographic image into a stylized vector drawing.

Illustrator's newest coloring tool gives you a more intuitive way to paint, so you can color shapes and spaces the way your eye sees them. In this article, one of the writers of "The Adobe Illustrator CS2 Wow! Book" shows you how to click with Live Paint.

Learn how to create realistic lens flares, make a symbol, turn a symbol into an art brush, and create multiple-page documents.

When it comes to numbers, proper fractions, ordinals, and old-style figures separate the pros from the amateurs. Let Deke McClelland show you the easy way to set professional-looking numbers.

Markers are essential to filling out an initial concept sketch. Used to be that any graphic designer could wield a felt marker with skill and panache. But markers are messy and immutable. Here's how to make your mark with a more-forgiving tool like Illustrator.