 Tarot
Card
 1.
Open a new canvas by clicking file=> new. Set to the preset size of 2 X 3
2. Select your rounded rectangle shape tool for your tool box.
Set the rounded rectangle to the following:
- Draw path
- Rounded rectangle
- Radius = 50 pixel
- Add to path area.
 3.
Draw a rounded rectangle that fits on your canvas, just inside the
borders. 4. Double click the work path on the path palette and name it
My Shape. We will build out paths into a a shape on the paths palette.
 5.
Select the rounded rectangle tool set to the same options as above except
set it to exclude from path area
6. Draw a rounded rectangle path inside the first so that there is about a
25 pixel margin outside this rectangle to the first. 7. Click on
the My Shape path on the paths palette. Select your path selection tool.
Click on the inside path to highlight it. Hold your shift key down to
click on the outside path to
highlight it. 8. On the paths selection tool option bar, use
the alignment choices there for
- Align horizontal centers
- Align vertical centers
9. Click the combine button on the path selection tool to join the two
paths.
 10.
Use the rounded rectangle tool set to add to area to draw another
rectangle inside the second.
- Use the path selection tool to select it.
- Hold the shift key to add the combined outer two paths to the
selection.
- Click the option to align vertical centers and align horizontal
centers.
- Click the combine button.
11. Click view=> new guide.
- Set a vertical guide at 300 px
- Set a horizontal guide at 275 px
 12.
Select the polygon tool. Set it to the following
- path
- polygon
- sides=6
- Exclude area pressed.
- Polygon options fly out menu: star checked, indent by 50%
13. Draw a star starting at the intersection of the guide lines up
to the top border of the inner rounded rectangle. Notice how the
rectangle will "snap" to the lines. 14. Draw a second star with
same settings from the same starting point, but rotating about a
third of the way between the points. Draw a third star path from
the same starting point and rotating an additional third.
15. Select the path selection tool from the toolbox. Click on the
first star path. Hold the shift key down and click on each of the
other two paths. Still holding the shift key down, click on the
rounded rectangle borders. Click the combine button on the option
bar.
16. Select your type tool set to the following and type in the
letter "n"
- Mythology one
- Regular
- 120 pt
- smooth
 Use
your move tool to position the figure so that it is centered on
the vertical guide and the head just touches the horizontal
guide. 17. Click the menu layer=> Type=> Create Workpath.
Turn off the eye on the type layer on the layers palette.
 18. Choose your
path select tool from the tool box. Click on
the work path on the path palette. Click the menus Edit=> Copy.
Click on the Me Shape path and then select Edit=> Paste. Use the
direct select tool to select the figure. Set this figure to
Exclude on the direct select options bar.
 19. Hold your shift
key down and click on the background paths. Click the combine
button. 20. Select your type tool set to Comic sands font,
bold, 14 pt, smooth, and choose tracking = 100 from the
character palette. Type in the work SOLARIS under the figure but
within the inner rounded rectangle. Use the move tool to
reposition it if need be. 21. Click Layer=> type=> Create work
path.
 22. Choose your
path select tool from the tool box.
Click on the work path on the path palette. Click the menus
Edit=> Copy. Click on the Me Shape path and then select Edit=>
Paste. Use the direct select tool to select the text, holding
shift key down to add each letter by clicking. Set this Type to
Exclude on the direct select options bar. Click combine.
Hold your shift key down and click on the orther path and then click combine
again to make one big path.
23. Use the path selection tool to click on the My Shape path.
Click Edit=> Define Custom Shape. Call the shape Solaris.
You can now draw your shape on any canvas in any size since this
is totally vector.:) |
