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Fizzler said:
Mero I'm using your footyjumpers.com template and when I try to colour the base of the jumper or the collar and cuffs, I end up colouring the outline. I can't put screenshots though.
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Are you using the Paint bucket tool?
Stop using it, it buggers things up.
This is not Paint, Adobe should not have included the Paint Bucket as it only leads to confusion.

Instead of trying to tip paint into a space, Open the Layers tab (F7)
Find the collar and cuffs in the Layer.
Click on the round circle, and a little square next to it shows it is selected.
Click on any of the colours in your swatches and you'll make the path you've selected that colour.
 
Mero said:
Are you using the Paint bucket tool?
Stop using it, it buggers things up.
This is not Paint, Adobe should not have included the Paint Bucket as it only leads to confusion.

Instead of trying to tip paint into a space, Open the Layers tab (F7)
Find the collar and cuffs in the Layer.
Click on the round circle, and a little square next to it shows it is selected.
Click on any of the colours in your swatches and you'll make the path you've selected that colour.
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I'm doing the swatches thing but I haven't done the circle thing. Will try it when I'm on my computer.
 

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Mero said:
A MasterClass in sports logos design

http://skl.sh/1z9K66x
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If you don't want to spend like an hour doing this (pfft) here's a nice condensed version from the same guy
comp-2.gif
 
lmach said:
I haven't watched it, but I'd recommend doing so as it's from (probably) the best sports logo designer in the world.
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If he's so good then why haven't I heard of him, huh???
 
Mero said:
1. Clipping mask.
If you only want a section of your graphic seen, cover the rest over with a Clipping Mask.

http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/clipping-masks.html

Example.
1. Layer the fabric texture over the top of the jumper
Carlton-Clash-1.gif

2. Copy and Paste the outline of the jumper over the front
Carlton-Clash-2.gif

3. Select both the outline you've just pasted and the texture, then Right Click and click on Make Clipping Mask
Carlton-Clash-3.gif

4. Make Clipping Mask
Carlton-Clash-4.gif

5. Do the same for the back
Carlton-Clash-5.gif
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where would you get good textures from?
 

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Dylan8 said:
Is there a way to make stroke colour of an object automatically change should the fill colour change?
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Making a clipping mask removes the stroke IIRC. But I don't think there is a way. I haven't been on illustrator in months so I might be wrong.
 
Dylan8 said:
Is there a way to make stroke colour of an object automatically change should the fill colour change?
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What circumstances require the stroke colour to automatically change with the fill colour?
Perhaps there is a different way of achieving the same result.
 
Mero said:
What circumstances require the stroke colour to automatically change with the fill colour?
Perhaps there is a different way of achieving the same result.
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I had some sort of idea to change the stroke of a jumper to match the fill but be slightly darker, but I've actually just gone and purged the template of stroke outlines anyway.
 
Mero said:
What circumstances require the stroke colour to automatically change with the fill colour?
Perhaps there is a different way of achieving the same result.
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I think he means, as an example, that you might have a yellow base and a darker outline but if you decided to change the base to black, the outline automatically changes to a lighter grey
 
Dylan8 said:
I had some sort of idea to change the stroke of a jumper to match the fill but be slightly darker, but I've actually just gone and purged the template of stroke outlines anyway.
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OK, I understand what you mean, I tried to do the same thing once, and I can't find a way of doing that.
What I ended up doing is choosing a mid to dark grey and using that on all templates.
Just slightly lighter than GWS grey.
 

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Mero said:
OK, I understand what you mean, I tried to do the same thing once, and I can't find a way of doing that.
What I ended up doing is choosing a mid to dark grey and using that on all templates.
Just slightly lighter than GWS grey.
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You could 'Outline the Stroke' in your finals. Have your fill colour below that in the hierarchy or on another layer.
Make your outline shape black then change the Opacity from 'Normal' to 'Darken' and adjust the percentage to your eye.

You can copy the outside shape of your stroke and use that for your fill, that way you can make sure the edges line up.
You can do something similar with highlights (white colour, 'Lighten', percentage '5-10%'). Works also with gradients.
 

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