Mordy Golding

Mordy Golding, author of Real World Illustrator and a collection of Illustrator and Flash Catalyst training video titles at Lynda.com, happily answers questions on Twitter @mordy.
  • Review: Adobe Illustrator CS6
    Features: Written by Mordy Golding on June 10, 2012
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    Pros: 64-bit support, fun-to-use pattern feature, significantly better performance with certain files, gradients on strok

  • Review: Adobe Illustrator CS5
    Features: Written by Mordy Golding on May 10, 2010

    Pros: Useful new features that include variable-width strokes and a tool to build shapes more easily; innovative Bristle Brush feature; new antialiasing settings create pixel-perfect web graphics; numerous enhancements to artboards; seamless integration with Adobe Flash Catalyst.

    Cons: Perspective drawing feature difficult to use; Bristle Brush feature can create artwork that could cause printing issues; some core drawing tools still absent.

    Rating: 85 out of 100

  • Top Ten Illustrator Power Moves
    Features: Written by Mordy Golding on February 28, 2010

    This tutorial is courtesy the Real World Illustrator blog.

    In most professions, one goes through intense training -- intended to help a person develop the ability to act on instinct -- where the body learns to act automatically in response to a situation without the need to mentally go through each required step.

  • Illustrator How-to: Distribute Art Around a Path
    Features: Written by Mordy Golding on September 24, 2009

    This tutorial is courtesy the Real World Illustrator blog.

    Many designs call for distributing art along a path. And while Illustrator has some nice Align and Distribution tools, and even Smart Guides, they won't help when you're trying to align your objects to anything other than a straight line.

  • Clipping Drop Shadows in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
    Features: Written by Mordy Golding on June 22, 2009
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    On my Mordy.com blog, I made note of my quest to create

  • Mobile Design How-to: Use a Vector iPhone Skin
    Features: Written by Mordy Golding on April 16, 2009

    This article originally appeared on Mordy.com.

  • 10 Illustrator Resolutions for 2009
    Features: Written by Mordy Golding on January 5, 2009
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    A while back, I started putting together a list of the features I thought that Illustrator users didn't use enough.

  • Review: Adobe Illustrator CS4
    Features: Written by Mordy Golding on October 21, 2008

    Pros: Multiple artboards, intuitive Blob brush, better gradient transparency control, real clipping masks, easier to use Appearance panel.
    Cons: None. It may not be a perfect program, but it's a perfect upgrade.
    Rating: 95

  • InDesign Transparency: No Longer the Forbidden Fruit
    Features: Written by Mordy Golding on April 28, 2008

    This article is excerpted from the February/March 2008 issue of InDesign Magazine (#22). Buy the issue or subscribe to the magazine at www.indesignmag.com.

  • Illustrator How-to: This Technique is a Real Knockout
    Features: Written by Mordy Golding on April 14, 2008

    One of the things that I really love about Illustrator is that it's used across such a diverse professional spectrum. Before I even joined Adobe, I spent several years training New York City fashion designers in Illustrator. And since then, I've had the pleasure of working with folks at places like Cabelas, Reebok, Victoria's Secret, Hurley International, the GAP, and more.

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