Adobe Fresco Tutorial for Beginners: Getting Started!

Adobe Fresco is Photoshop + Illustrator’s weird baby—with motion powers. I use it for ~90% of my pro work. In this quick-start, I’ll tour the interface, show pixel vs. vector (and why it matters), my favorite brush/smoothing tricks, shapes, masks, the magic modifier, and the motion tools that make your art wiggle on command. 🛒 My Fresco tools: https://www.chrispiascik.com/shop/digital Create your own shapes library for Fresco: https://youtu.be/oC5EqeeQ_7Y Want more? Checkout my Fresco playlist after this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deo2BtXoyBQ&list=PLAufnRAvMJPA-HqPweZI908u7K1Lmrc2y&pp=gAQB 🌐 Website: https://www.chrispiascik.com 🖌 Check out my Retro Supply Co Brush and Texture pack: https://bit.ly/3Lk5cMl 💟 Become a Patron for exclusive content / access: https://www.patreon.com/c/chrispiascik 🐐👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 👨‍👩‍👧👩‍👧‍👦🦁🦄 Join our growing creative community on Discord: https://discord.gg/aBsrr6PuMN 💌 Sign up to my mailing list and get a free download!: https://www.chrispiascik.com/free-download Chapters 00:00 Why Fresco + what you’ll learn 00:11 Home screen tour (recents, sizes, import PSD) 01:36 Create New & presets (print/digital/social) 02:25 UI tour: tools left, layers right, top bar 02:58 Pixel, Vector, Live brushes—what’s what 03:52 Brush quick menu: size, flow, smoothing (why it rules) 04:42 Pixel vs Vector layers (separate realities) 06:01 Paint Inside, brush settings (fast overview) 06:23 My vector workflow: sketch → clean vector lines 06:45 Toolbar speed run: eraser (why I don’t), smudge, transform 07:58 Liquify & reconstruct 08:05 Selections: lasso, magic wand, paint select (color margin) 09:49 Paint bucket & why thin pencil lines “leak” 10:49 Shapes libraries (and vector textures = chef’s kiss) 11:59 Text tool + adding fonts 12:21 Eyedropper tips 12:31 Add Image + Elements (grains, gradients, halftones, etc.) 13:15 Color panel + auto palettes from images 13:45 Layers 101; convert photo → pixel layer 15:05 Artboard preview & using images off-canvas 15:18 New layer, clipping masks (practical demo) 16:10 Groups/folders 16:12 Adjustments (Hue/Sat) + clipped adjustments 17:04 Blend modes (Multiply/Overlay in real life) 18:36 Precision: snapping, grids, symmetry modes 19:41 Modifier tool: erase with same brush texture 20:46 Modifier superpower: vector trim + multi-select 21:24 Multicolor swatch trick (stamps/striped lines) 22:12 Motion tools 101: per-layer timelines & onion skin 23:37 Motion presets (sway, bob) + speed control 24:25 Custom paths, alignment, easing, scatter, shrink 25:20 Speed drawing → “Original speed” path demo 25:55 Eyeball gag: frame-by-frame + paths + multiples ☎︎ Book a 1hr call with me! https://superpeer.com/chrispiascik 🛒 Stuff I use and Recommend: https://tinyurl.com/CPamazonshop 👨‍🎓 Check out my Skillshare classes w/ a FREE Month: https://tinyurl.com/MYSKILLSHARE #art #illustration #drawing #DigitalArt ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ DISCLOSURE: I sometimes review and/or link to products & services I have used (or tried). When available, I use referral links, which means if you click one of the links in this video or description and make a purchase I may receive a small commission or other compensation. Often times, the links to products/gear are links to those products on Amazon. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for content creators to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and related sites.