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Astute Graphics is pleased to announce that following several months of planning and testing, we are now fully compatible with both Adobe Illustrator 2025 (made available on Monday, 14 October) and macOS 15 (made available September). For full details, please visit https://lnkd.in/d5NsgKJM

We want to show you a keypress in PathScribe you may not know about. 👀 When trying to move multiple anchor points with the direct select tool, sometimes smart guides and constrain angles works, but when it comes to working in other angles it can be super tricky to get it bang on. Well if you use the PathScribe tool to marquee-select your points and then use the “L” keypress for Line Lock, you constrain the angle of the path either horizontally or vertically. Meaning you never have to eye ball your adjustments again! Start your 7 day trial today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ezAptBQh . . . #astutegraphics #VectorFirstAid #VectorScribe #artwork #digitalillustration #vectorart #Vectorillustration #poster #illustration #art #screenprint #poster #postermockup #posterart #vector #mirrorme #illustrator #instantsymmetry #illustratortips #illustratorlifehacks

How to transform your objects like a pro 🚀🔥 ㅤ 🍤 Select your object and open the Stylism panel 🍤 Click the transform live effect button 🍤 With the UI-widget, increase the number of copies 🍤 Click and drag out to move the copies and release to place 🍤 Now if you copy or adjust your original object, it simultaneously adjusts the copies too, including shape, colour, rotation and more! Start your 7 day trial today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/edZmQmAw . . . #astutegraphics #VectorFirstAid #VectorScribe #artwork #digitalillustration #vectorart #Vectorillustration #poster #illustration #art #screenprint #poster #postermockup #posterart #vector #mirrorme #illustrator #instantsymmetry #illustratortips #illustratorlifehacks

Drawing + lettering in one tool = InkFlow plugin Start a trial today and benefit from: 🤎 Ink simulation controls 🤎 Feels like a real pen 🤎 Turn your stylus into a calligraphic tool 🤎 100% editable in Illustrator 🤎 Marker brush for sketching Start your 7 day trial today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e6Hnm6Ga . . . #astutegraphics #VectorFirstAid #VectorScribe #artwork #digitalillustration #vectorart #Vectorillustration #poster #illustration #art #screenprint #poster #postermockup #posterart #vector #mirrorme #illustrator #instantsymmetry #illustratortips #illustratorlifehacks

With Reform you can bend, warp and arc vector paths and type intuitively! Start your 7 day trial today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d9fV2qB4 . . #astutegraphics #VectorFirstAid #VectorScribe #artwork #digitalillustration #vectorart #Vectorillustration #poster #illustration #art #screenprint #poster #postermockup #posterart #vector #mirrorme #illustrator #instantsymmetry #illustratortips #illustratorlifehacks

Here’s how you can use the Randomini Tool for quick and easy randomizing in Adobe Illustrator: The Randomini Tool is the dice shaped icon in the Toolbar. Selecting it will bring up the classic Astute Graphics UI where each arm has a different purpose. 🍃 Scale - You can randomise the scale at a percentage of the original, and the live preview will give you a guide to what will change. 🍃 Offset - This will randomise the position of your objects up to the maximum value selected. 🍃 Rotation - You can rotate the objects from zero to the value shown in the dialogue box. 🍃 Color - You can also randomise the hue by simply clicking the colour box. The color randomaztion is a random walk around the 360 degree color hue. 🍃 Controls - To apply these changes you can hit the Apply button, or hit Enter/Return on the keypad. To reset to defaults, double click the centre white marker. Start your 7 day trial today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dN-fdHsV . . . #astutegraphics #VectorFirstAid #VectorScribe #artwork #digitalillustration #vectorart #Vectorillustration #poster #illustration #art #screenprint #poster #postermockup #posterart #vector #mirrorme #illustrator #instantsymmetry #illustratortips #illustratorlifehacks

Here's how we stacked textures to add more depth and detail to this design, using the Texturino plugin. ☕ Open the Texture Panel in Illustrator (Window > Astute Graphics > Texture) ☕ Select your artwork ☕ Select a collection in the category drop down menu ☕ Select a texture from the collection ☕ Click the big plus to apply ☕ Use the Texture UI Widget to adjust the scale, opacity and blending mode ☕ Keep stacking textures until you're happy Happy International Coffee Day! Start your 7 day trial today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/epth7Hng . . #astutegraphics #texturino #VectorFirstAid #VectorScribe #artwork #digitalillustration #vectorart #Vectorillustration #poster #illustration #art #screenprint #poster #postermockup #posterart #vector #mirrorme #illustrator #reform #illustratortips

With the Reform plugin you can: 🔥 Sculpt any vector path intuitively 🔥 Create type-on-a-path effects 🔥 Avoid Bézier handles for complex reshaping 🔥 Create and save custom profiles 🔥 Bend, warp and arc paths and type 🔥 Apply repeating profiles to any shape with the Reprofile tool The Reprofile tool supplies you with a set of default profiles, so it's easy to get started and then create and save your own. You can create anything from waves to flames or zigzags and sculpt your paths without brushes! Start your 7 day trial today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d9fV2qB4 . . #astutegraphics #VectorFirstAid #VectorScribe #artwork #digitalillustration #vectorart #Vectorillustration #poster #illustration #art #screenprint #poster #postermockup #posterart #vector #mirrorme #illustrator #instantsymmetry #illustratortips #illustratorlifehacks

Delve into creative possibilities with the live & interactive multiple offset tool. Easily adjust the: 🥐 Distance 🥐 Steps 🥐 Color 🥐 Easing controls 🥐 Randomization Start your 7 day trial today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/edZmQmAw . . . #astutegraphics #VectorFirstAid #VectorScribe #artwork #digitalillustration #vectorart #Vectorillustration #poster #illustration #art #screenprint #poster #postermockup #posterart #vector #mirrorme #illustrator #instantsymmetry #illustratortips #illustratorlifehacks

Vector halftones with Phantasm: ⭐️ Create your shapes and color them, we used a gradient fill ⭐️ Open the Phantasm panel (Window > Astute Graphics > Phantasm) ⭐️ Click the Halftone icon button (top left) ⭐️ Change the color type to sample your object, it will pick up on the gradient fill ⭐️ Alter the DPI to your liking (lower the number the bigger the dots) ⭐️ Change the pattern or angle if you wish ⭐️When you’re happy, click OK Start your 7 day trial today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eyF4k79y . . #astutegraphics #VectorFirstAid #VectorScribe #artwork #digitalillustration #vectorart #Vectorillustration #poster #illustration #art #screenprint #poster #postermockup #posterart #vector #mirrorme #illustrator #instantsymmetry #illustratortips #illustratorlifehacks