Comments on: Creating Non Standard Vector Shapes – Tutorial

By: Halil

Halil — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:40:19 +0000

A very good Tutorial.

It is very easy to create a unique Logo, but sometimes we need the idea and the good tricks.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:44:45 +0000

Its a great tutorial. Thanks for sharing again! Love your blog…

By: rach

rach — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:48:34 +0000

This tutorial is such a life-saver for me. It might be the simplest thing out there, but I’ve been looking for it for the long time. You’ve rescued my assignment. Thank you so much. I’ll definitely come back here regularly!

cheers,

By: Bozzz74

Bozzz74 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:32:09 +0000

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By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:57:37 +0000

Wow, thats life saving. Excellent job on the tutorial, you rescued me from three or four frustrating and jaw clenching hours.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:24:05 +0000

As I say – any vector package can do this – good point Calophi, we tend to only think of Illustrator or Freehand when it comes to vector but Photoshop does it as well.

Vixus – what is Inkscape like to use? I have never heard of it before if I’m honest. I have just had a quick look on google and I have found that you can download it from these places:

Mac Download

PC Download

I’m going to take a look at it when I get time. (Note: Attitude Design does not take responsibility for copywrite, licensing or distribution of this product – it is solely your responsibility if you install this software)

Also nobody has mentioned Corel Draw which I assume will do the same.

My preference is Illustrator because I work alot in Photoshop and Indesign and these 3 are highly compatible when transferring elements between them. Also all the hot-keys are virtually the same. Only downside is the expense. There really isn’t a right or wrong way to create graphics though and as long as the result is good I don’t suppose it matters…

By: Vixus

Vixus — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:22:12 +0000

There’s no need to think in terms of Adobe all the time.

This could easily be achieved in an open source vector proggie like Inkscape.

By: Calophi

Calophi — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:45:50 +0000

Hey, just wanted to let you know, you can also make non-standard shapes in photoshop too, with the shape tool.

Make sure the shape tool (or even just the pen tool) is set to be a vector shape and not just a path or a rastor shape. Then once you draw one shape, you’ll see a bunch of other shape options activate in the toolbar to the right of all the default shape symbols.

With these new options, you can add to or subtract from the shape areas, intersect shape areas, or exclude overlapping shape areas. This makes it really easy to get the sort of shape you want.

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:00:50 +0000

Great Tut. I’m looking for tutorials like this. I never was taught anything about vectors, so I’ve been curious! Thanks.

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:30:18 +0000

Excellent tutorial for a budding Illustrator (or vector) user.

Bookmarked!

By: Jamie Poitra

Jamie Poitra — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:26:13 +0000

That this is so freaking difficult in Illustrator is why I’m so sad that Freehand is no more. This could be done in seconds with Freehand. Thanks for the tutorial though. I’ve been putting off learning Illustrator simply because I think in terms of Freehand still and just get frustrated. Sorry for venting.

By: Chris Williams

Chris Williams — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:06:08 +0000

Hi there,

In step 4 you could combine the whole knockout procedure into one move by selecting all three objects before selecting “subtract”.

Also I would be inclined to create this using the new “Live Paint” feature in CS2 as it allows for more freedom to tweak and perfect the join of the three main circles.

It is however a good tutorial and will hopefully lead to people plaing with the pathfinder options more…

Chris )

By: M_333

M_333 — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:01:46 +0000

Cool tut.