

You will find this tool next to the hand tool in the tool panel. Zoom Tool (Z)Īs the name suggests, this tool is used to zoom in and out of the artboard. With help of the eyedropper tool, you can fill or change the color of more than one object at the same time. You can also copy color from and object to another. To copy any color, select the object or shape in which you need to copy the color then click on the eyedropper tool and move the tool over the color to be copied and then click. With help of this tool, I have copied these different shades from the image. If you are wondering how I have got this raster image in the illustrator then keep patience, I will explain this in my forthcoming articles. The Eyedropper tool helps in copying color from any object, image, or artwork. Practice this tool and you will end up playing with colors. You can rotate the slider at any point in the artwork to adjust the color. After selecting the artwork, click on the gradient tool, and with a left-click drag your cursor over the artwork. You can see in the above image that I have added color pointers and even I have changed the color of the pointers.

When you will move the cursor close to the gradient slider, a plus sign will appear, click and this will help in adding a new pointer to the slider. You can change the color by double-clicking on the small pointer placed below the slider. When you will open the gradient window there will be only two colors on the gradient slider, white and black.

In the gradient window, you will see a gradient slider which helps in adjusting the colors. Select the type of gradient form the gradient window. There are two types of gradient fill, linear and radial. To fill your artwork with gradient, select your artwork first with the selection tool. When you double click on the gradient tool a gradient window will appear.
