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Adobe Illustrator Basics

Adobe Illustrator Basics. Instructor: Cristol Gregory Assistant: Tara Caimi. Illustrator 10: Basic. Maneuvering Working with layers Creating simple shapes Creating paths Adding colors Working with text Saving illustrations. Vector vs. Raster. Vector - Infinitely sizeable

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Adobe Illustrator Basics

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  1. Adobe Illustrator Basics Instructor: Cristol Gregory Assistant: Tara Caimi

  2. Illustrator 10: Basic • Maneuvering • Working with layers • Creating simple shapes • Creating paths • Adding colors • Working with text • Saving illustrations

  3. Vector vs. Raster Vector - Infinitely sizeable Consists of layered shapes • Logos • Ads (1p. text + graphics) •.EPS or .PDF files Raster - Fixed resolution Consists of one layer of pixels • Screen images • Photos and scanned images • .TIFF or .JPEG files

  4. Illustrator components Artboard Toolbox Illustrated image Palettes Scratch area Scroll bars Zoom box

  5. The toolbox Selection tools Path and Text tools Shape tools Transform tools Gradient tools Path editing Viewing tools Fill and Stroke Colors

  6. Select objects Scale objects Rotate objects

  7. Palettes Opened and closed through the “Window” menu

  8. Layers palette Sub-Layer View/Hide Layer expansion Lock/UnlockLayer Thumbnail layer Highlighted Current Delete Selection button Make/Release Create New Create New Clipping Sublayer Layer Mask

  9. Arrange objects

  10. Drawing basic shapes

  11. Rectangle and ellipse shapes • Click on tool button • Click on the artboard for dialog box • Or click and drag to draw

  12. Line shapes

  13. Other shapes

  14. Scale objects • Selection tool • Scale tool • Scale dialog box

  15. The Brushes palette Brushes Brush menu New Brush

  16. Traditional Brushes

  17. Other Brushes

  18. Components of a path Smooth Curved Straight anchor point segment segment Corner anchor point (joining two curved segments) Corner anchor point (joining a curve and a straight segment) Anchor points

  19. Pen tool

  20. Straight line segments Corner point Segment

  21. Curved line segment Smooth point Corner Point Direction Handle

  22. Using the Pencil tool Toolbox bar • Create an open path • Create a closed path • Reshape a path Selection tools Shape tools Painting tools Transformation tools Gradient tools Viewing tools Color box Color modes Viewing modes

  23. Editing tools • Selection tools • Anchor point tools

  24. Editing commands • Average command • Join command

  25. Path Cutting tools • Scissors tool • Knife tool

  26. Fill and Stroke Fill box Swap Fill and Stroke button Stroke box Default Fill and Stroke button

  27. Stroke palette Stroke Butt Cap Round Cap button button palette tab Projecting Cap button Miter Join button Round Join button Bevel Join button

  28. Swatches palette No Fill Pattern swatches Color swatches Gradient swatches Delete Swatch Show All Show Show Show New Swatch Swatches Color Gradient Pattern Swatches Swatches Swa tches

  29. Color palette Stroke Color Fill box sliders box CMYK or RGBColor value boxes White Black No Color Web Spectrum Color bar Color

  30. Eyedropper tool • Select an object to color • Select the Eyedropper tool • Click the object from which you want to copy paint attributes

  31. Paint Bucket tool • Select the object • Select the Paint Bucket tool • Click the target object

  32. Gradients Gradient Fill Gradient bar Color slider

  33. Transparency palette Blending Mode box Thumbnail preview area

  34. Typing text at a point • Click the Type tool button • Click in the artwork window • Type the text • Deselect the Type tool

  35. Character palette Font Style Font family Leading (space between lines) Tracking(space between letters) Point Size Kerning Vertical Stretch Horizontal Stretch Baseline Shift

  36. Paragraph palette Align Center Align Right Justify Full Lines Justify All Lines Align Left Right Indent Left Indent Space Before First Line Paragraph Indent

  37. Typing text along a path • Draw or select a path • Select the Path Type tool • Click on the path - where you want to start typing • Type

  38. Text to shapes (outlines) • Click the text • Choose Type, Create Outlines • Edit each character

  39. Saving • File Menu> • Save for Illustrator(.ai) • “Save As” for Portable Document Format (.pdf) or Post Script (.eps)

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