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Incorporating Adobe Stock images with the type
From the course: Designing a Poster
Incorporating Adobe Stock images with the type
- [Instructor] Continuing with our Bike To Work poster, I had another idea for how we can use a predominantly typographic approach. But instead of incorporating the type with bicycle treads, we can incorporate it with a bicycle shape itself. I was inspired by this famous piece of graphic design from the 1950s, by Gene Federico. And there's a wonderful interaction between the bicycle and the two Os. Now, our title has two Os. So why don't we try the same thing, or a very similar approach. I've arranged the type in such a way that the space between these two Os is going to allow us to fit a bicycle between them. I'm using a very simple bicycle shape. This is from Adobe Stock. It's just a very simple vector bicycle. So I'm going to select this, copy it, come back here, and paste it. I'll change its color. Now ultimately, I want it to be white. But while I'm positioning it into place, I'm going to choose a different color so that I can see how it aligns with the white of the type. I would…
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Setting up the document in Illustrator3m 29s
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Adding type3m 47s
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Adding the tread effects with Adobe Stock6m 52s
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Preparing for print1m 4s
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Creating tread with the pattern brush5m 54s
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Incorporating Adobe Stock images with the type3m 28s
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Cleaning up the Adobe Stock image4m 25s
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Placing bike images with the type5m 28s
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Adding texture in Photoshop5m 10s
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