Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

(singke) #1


  1. Select the Direct Selection tool ( ) in the Tools panel. Click the top-corner widget ( ) of the
    selected triangle to select it.




  2. Drag the top-corner widget toward the center of the shape to round the top corner a little.




Creating a star


Next you’ll use the Star tool ( ) to create a few stars that will go on the diamond you just
created. The Star tool currently doesn’t create Live Shapes, which means editing the star after the
fact can be more difficult. When drawing with the Star tool, you’ll use keyboard modifiers to get
the number of points you want and to change the radius of the arms of the star (the length of the
arms). Here are the keyboard modifiers you’ll use in this section when drawing the star and what
Free download pdf