Learn
Learn Rayzia, one lesson at a time.
23 lessons, from first drawing to live effects.
1
Getting started
Fill and stroke
Every object in Rayzia carries two paints: what fills its inside and what paints its outline.
Your first drawing in Rayzia
Rayzia is a vector editor that runs in a browser tab.
The workspace
Rayzia has 52 tools and a rail that shows about nineteen buttons.
Selecting and moving
You will use selection more than any tool that draws.
Draw shapes: rectangles, ellipses, stars and lines
Shapes are the fastest way to get something real on the canvas.
Keyboard shortcuts
This is the authoritative list.
2
Drawing
Gradients and mesh
One rail slot holds four ways of putting colour into artwork.
Node editing
Drawing a path is the first draft.
The Pen tool
The Pen is the tool you reach for when you want the exact shape you pictured, not the one your hand produced.
Pencil and brushes
The Pen is deliberate.
Text and type
Rayzia has one text engine.
Transforming
Five entries share the transform slot.
3
Shaping
Eraser, Scissors and Knife
Rayzia puts three cutting tools in one rail slot, and they are not variations on a theme.
Layers, groups and artboards
A drawing that fits in your head does not need structure.
Pour colour with Paint Bucket and Live Paint
Two tools in Rayzia fill an enclosed region with colour, and they work in completely different ways.
Precision selection, sampling and measuring
Clicking objects one at a time is fine until there are two hundred of them.
Shape Builder and the build slot
Shape Builder is the quickest way to make one shape out of several.
Width and Tweak
Two tools share the width slot and they have close to nothing in common.
4
Mastery
Working with your AI
Rayzia does not sell you AI credits.
Blend and Envelope
Two features that generate a lot of artwork from very little input.
Live effects and the Appearance stack
An effect in Rayzia sits on top of an object rather than replacing it.
Export and share
Getting work out of Rayzia splits into four jobs: keeping it safe while you draw, keeping it on your account, handing a picture to someone else, and keeping a lossless copy for yourself.
Tips and techniques
None of this is clever.