Each week you will need to respond to two questions posted. Your response should be a minimum of 150 words for both questions. You should also include at least one response to your fellow students. The responses are a requirement for the participation part of your grade. Post your discussion in the Reply area.
Question 01 –
How do you duplicate a shape while keeping it aligned to the original shape?
Question 02 –
How would you “globally” change colors from your design? For example, change all blue colors to purple.
on mac in order to duplicate a shape keeping it aligned to the original shape you first fine the shape tool on the tool bar to your left. next you click on the shape tool and you start to drag it out on the screen while holding shift to keep it parallel. then to click on the shape you chose and start to drag out, while dragging out hold shift and option key. when you finish dragging it out let go of the mouse pad then let go of shift and option keys. Then to replicate it again while keeping it aligned to the right just hold the command key and press the D key. next in order to replicate the whole row down, select the row and press on the row, drag down while holding shift and option keys then let go of the mouse pad then press command key and the D key to duplicate the rows how ever many time you’ll like.
if you want to change multiple shapes with the same color to a different color you first select the direct selection tool. then you go to the top tool bar on your mac and chose selection, go to same then chose fill color. Next you go to to windows and go down to swatches, this will open the color swatches bar to chose your colors. last you chose the color you want and see the magic happen.
I like how you included both mac and pc options for people who have different software :))
1). in order to duplicate, there is a set a of procedures needed to be followed. First, create the shape or lime youāre trying to mimic/duplicate.You start by picking the selection tool (black arrow). You select whatever it is that youāre trying to copy and then you press āaltā and āshiftā at the same time while dragging the shape with the black arrow. At this point you wouldāve completed a proper duplication of the shape. To continuously repeat this action, make sure the shape is still selected and grouped, then press āctrl Dā to repeat the duplication as much times as possible.
2). To globally change the color, it starts off as very similar to the duplication process. First, you select the initial shape, then you go to select, then to same, and finally to fill color. This allows you to universally change the color of all shapes and lines, or even strokes. After selecting all the corresponding shapes, you move over to the swatches section and choose a color from the spectrum given.
Duplicating a shape is incredibly simple in Adobe Illustrator. To start, select the selection tool, the black arrow. Then select the shape you wish to copy by clicking. Next hold alt, this will turn your cursor into a black arrow overlayed on a white arrow. If you click and drag at this point and another shape appears then you have successfully copied it. To make it now align, you need to hold shift while still in the process of copying the previous shape. This will make the cloned shape snap to being perfectly horizontal, vertical, or diagonal to your original shape. Tldr: Hold alt + shift+ mouse movement to clone and perfectly align your cloned shape.
Globally changing colours is even simpler. Simply select the shape you want to change then go to select > same > fill colour on the top of your screen located between type and effect. This will select all the shapes that are the same colour as the shape you selected. To change the colour of the shape or stroke, you simply select which square you want. The shape is the complete square while stroke is the outline of a square. Then the colour you want to change is selected in either the colour or swatch tab. In that question’s case, you would select the blue colour then go to select, press same, then press fill colour. It would have selected all all the blue colour shapes, then you can simply change them to purple.
If you want to clone a shape and keep it aligned to that shape, first make the shape. Next, use the selection tool (āvā key) on an object. Then, click and hold the object along with holding the alt plus shift keys (option plus shift if you are on a mac) and move the object to the destination you want it to go. Notice when you move the object, the slightest movements wonāt affect the objects destination. To let go of the object, let go of left mouse button, alt plus shift keys. To repeat the cloning action (what you just did), use control plus āDā key (command plus āDā key if you are on a mac).
If you want to change all the shapeās colors to a different color, first, click on the object you want to change the color of using the direct selection tool (āAā key). Then, click on āselectā menu, dropdown and hover over the āsameā button. You see many options from the āsameā button. For this tutorial, we are going to choose āfill colorā. With the āfill colorā option selected; the shapes that share the same color will change. The shapes that have different colors will remain unchanged. You change the color from the āswatchesā menu.
Simple instructions, easy to follow. Not much needs to be added other than maybe substituting some words for their abbreviations.
In adobe illustrator, we have the tools to duplicate an object while keeping it aligned to the original shape. First, identify the toolbar on the screen. By clicking on the rectangle tool, we can make a square box by using and holding the shift key. After the square is created, then we can proceed to duplicate the original shape. Using the arrow selection tool, we can begin to drag the shape. Click on the outside of the object and press down on the mouse pad to start dragging to the right while holding shift and alt keys. Then we can release the mouse once we see the object being mirror successfully. Once the second object emerges, we can proceed to multiply the object by pressing Command D. Doing so, will fill the document with the identical shape. We can also play with different shapes to by clicking on the polygon tool. By using the up and down arrow keys, we can add sides to some of the shapes. Once the desired shape is created, we can then drag to the right. By having our setting under object and group, we can duplicate the groups by clicking Command D.
We can change the color of the design in adobe illustrator as well. This can be achieved by making sure we click on the arrow selection tool. If I want to change the color of the circle thatās inside a square, then I will need to locate the top bar menu. Once I locate the top bar, I proceed to click on the Selection. We can then select on fill in color. I can use my swatches window to seek the color I would like to use to fill and making sure the fill is highlighted. This is how we can globally change colors of the design.
Good response. Instead of saying “outside of the object”, say side of the object. Also, when going on the select menu, say hover over “same” before going to fill color.
Thanks Jeffery
Thanks for explaining all the details. As a first-time user, I needed it. However, you did not indicate how to do this “globally,” several identical objects according to the same principle (color and fill). As I noted in my discussion earlier, that is how to do it, “At the top of the Illustrator panel, we find the Selection section, go from the pop-up menu to the Same section and then press Fill and Color from the drop-down menu. Then you will notice that all the objects of the same color are selected. On the right side of the Swatches panel, you choose any other color that you want to replace the original one with. And voila, you did a quick change of all shapes at once”.
In order to duplicate an object in Illustrator, one would use the selection tool and left click said object. Without letting go of the left mouse button, the user will then begin to drag the object to the desired location on the art board. Two keyboard keys will be used here. If the user is working on a Mac, then the keys to use are shift and option. Otherwise, if the user is working on a PC, then the keys to use would be shift and alt. Pressing the alt/option key after dragging the object will produce a secondary cursor, which indicates that releasing the hold on the left mouse button will result in duplication of the object that the user was initially dragging around. Alignment between the original and duplicated object is maintained when the user holds the shift key in conjunction with the alt/option key. This action too can then be duplicated with the keyboard shortcuts: command+D on Mac or CTRLl+D on the PC. The object will continue to duplicate from the repeated action for as long as the user holds down on the combination of keys and the space between each object duplicated remains to be the same, making for a quick and easy way to duplicate objects in Illustrator.
In terms of globally changing colors for oneās design, the user would need to use the selection tool to select the object that they would like to work with. Next, at the top of the Illustrator application, the user should click on āSelect,ā navigate through the drop-down menu, hover the cursor over āSameā to open another drop-down menu, and then finally the user can choose between fill color, stroke color, or fill and stroke as needed. Once the user has made their selection, all objects with the same color (be it fill or stroke depending on the userās selection) will be selected. The user should then refer to the toolbar to see if it is the stroke or the fill that is at the foreground. They may press on x on the keyboard to navigate between stroke and fill. Once that has been done, the user can then select a color from the color window. If the color window is not present in the user’s workspace, they can bring it up by navigating through the Window menu at the top of the application, or they can simply press F6.
I like how you mentioned where each of the panel options would be and then continue on to your step by step instructions. For example, “navigate through the drop down menu..” and ” top open another drop down menu…” Like you make sure you specify which I feel helps a lot :))
1) As we know, we can duplicate shapes on Adobe Illustrator. Once we already have a shape chosen, we can start to duplicate it. To do this, we select the shape with the right mouse button and initiate to drag it. As we start dragging, we must also hold down the SHIFT and OPTION buttons if on a Mac, without letting go off the right mouse button. A second duplicate object will show detaching from the original shape. As we see it detaching, when set apart from the original object, we let go the right mouse button. Then, we release the SHIFT and OPTION buttons. If we want to duplicate more shapes, this can be done over and over. However, a quick way to do this and without the mouse button, can be done by using COMMAND + D buttons on Mac. This will not duplicate one, but multiple shapes at once.
2) On Illustrator, we can change the color of several shapes (globally) without doing one at a time as it would time consuming. For example, I want to change several green-colored shapes to red. In order to do this, we go to the toolbox on the left and use the direct selection tool. Next, we click on the shape who’s color we would like to change. Looking at the top bar menu, we go to “Selection” and scroll down the menu to Fill and Color. We can then see how several objects of that specific color as selected. Then, we can head over to the “Swatches” panel on the right side and choose the new color to replace with the original one. That is how change the color of several shapes at once.
I appreciate how succinct your response is. It is also helpful that you provided examples and mentioned that the keyboard shortcuts listed in your response is specific to Macs.
good response. I understood everything you said and you personally helped me a bit.
Duplicating objects is easy but making sure they keep the same shape is the trickier part. For starters, it depends on what software your laptop or desktop is running on. For example, with Windows 10 the steps are going to be different in comparison to Mac OS software. Since I use Windows 10 software, I will go into detail of how to duplicate objects. In my case I like to work in layers since it is easier to organize and find where everything is because I title my layers. The first step would be to select which item you would like to duplicate. This would be in the layers section. Then you would click on the option Duplicate on the layer name which is found in the Layers Panel. This is only one of the options. But there is so much more! You can duplicate by dragging onto the layer or dragging and dropping. Also, you can do Alt and drag. Furthermore, to keep the original shape you can do repeat patterns. So, once you have made the shape you can do repeat patterns. There are several types of repeat patterns that you can pick from. One being Grid Repeat. I feel like Grid Repeat would be the best suited to keep the original shape and be able to transfer the object without it being altered. But thereās also other versions such as Mirror Repeat or Radial Repeat. Mirror Repeat would be the second-best option since you would be able to flip the mirrored image.
When you want to make all the colors of an item one unified color it can be fairly simple. It will save you a lot of time if you try the methods that I would explain. I used to make it extremely difficult for myself by clicking each detail that I wanted to change, but now after trial and error. I found myself gravitating towards this method. First, you want to make sure that you are on the āDirect Selection Toolā which is located on the left-hand side. Then you would pick the color you wanted to change and make sure you select it. Then you would click the select button on the top menu selection and scroll down to āSameā and click āFill Color.ā They would automatically select every detail with that color and change it to the new color that you wanted.
Malika
On a Mac you start to drag, then depress the shift and the OPTION key. Then let go of mouse and then the shift and Option keys. You have a duplicate.
On a PC you start to drag, then depress the shift and the ALT key. Then let go of the mouse and then the shift and Alt keys. You have a duplicate
Same procedure for both – Option on Mac and Alt on PC.
Thanks for letting me know !!
To duplicate the shape while keeping it aligned with the original shape in Adobe Illustrator. Initially, you need to create an initial shape. It could be a square, a line, or any other form. Then, the left mouse button starts dragging the object using the arrow selection tool on the toolbar. During this process, we hold down the shift and alt buttons. When the second figure or duplicate is detached from the original shape, the mouse button is released, but the shift and alt are released later, after the mouse, not together. Subsequent copying of the figure vertically or horizontally can be done without a mouse, shift, and alt buttons but using the ctrl (control) and D buttons. And so you can fill the entire artboard with the aligned forms you originally created, which will become your design in this project.
Sometimes you need to change the color of several shapes quickly without doing it alone, as it will take a long time. If you need to change all blue to colors to purple, I will tell you the fastest way to do it in Adobe Illustrator. Select the direct selection tool to “globally” change the color of several shapes at once from the left side toolbar in Adobe Illustrator. After that, left-click on the object whose light we want to change. At the top of the Illustrator panel, we find the Selection section, go from the pop-up menu to the Same section and then press Fill and Color. from the drop-down menu. Then you will notice that all the objects of the same color are selected. On the right side of the Swatches panel, you choose any other color that you want to replace the original one with. And voila, you did a quick change of all shapes at once.
Great explanation of how to duplicate shapes step by step. From a beginner point of view, it is easy to understand and follow through with your explanation. I truly liked the fact that you used the terms of what they go by!
I really liked your explanation! I am also new to illustrator and your response is very step by step which I appreciate!