IllustratorFor illustrations

Vector Graphics

Can resize shapes without losing quality Place dots (anchor points) Connect the dots with paths Creates shapes, with or without fill and stroke

 

Example

Start Adobe Illustrator

Download assets Into JMA260>InClass>Illustrator>Images

start Adobe Illustrator

OtherMode?

Click here

Toolbox

Artboard + Canvas

Workspace

Artboard Management

Can’t see my Artboard What if I can’t find the artboard? Solution:

View>Fit Artboard in Window Might also try zooming out using Zoom tool (Or use shortcut key Ctrl+ and

Ctrl-)

Fill and Stroke colors:

Choose colors…• Open Swatches panel

Choose fill and stroke colorsCyan and black, 4 pt

strokeControl area = top

Primitive Shapes

Drawing Shapes (1) Click and drag

Select the rectangle tool Create rectangle by selecting the tool and dragging

(2) Perfect circle, or square: Shift-drag (2” x 2” ) fill=a shade of red (3) Click and Type desired dimensions: (try 2” by 1”) fill=yellow) (4) use transform tool: 3” x 4” The box you sometimes see is called the Bounding Box. It can be used

to size the shape…It also can be hidden. (View>Show/Hide Bounding Box.

Grab a corner and drag to resize

Specifying Stroke parameters in Control area

OR Window>Stroke:

Practice: Basic Shapes

Select all—shift-click, delete Draw a red ellipse (circle 2 “ diameter ).with a Black, 4pt (point)

stroke…click and type on the artboard the desired size. Shift-drag a perfect yellow square 3” x 3” with a pale blue 5 pt stroke.

Use the transform tool to resize the circle 3 x 3

Ellipse !!

Ha! ..pickup line maybe…love your ellipse!! or my, you have really fabulous ellipse.!!!

The Arrows

The black arrow (Called Selection) selects an entire shape. The white arrow, ( Direct Select) part of a shape.

Click the Black arrow and “click away” …i.e.in a blank area (Chooses nothing)

Choose white arrow and click an any anchor point, now drag it:

• Ctrl-Z

Layers:Windows>Layers

• Drag circle on top of square• What happened?• Why?• reverse

Pathfinder: centering

Select the two shapes to be centered (Shift-select) second one

Select the Align tab

Look for align vertical centers and align center horizontal

Make Changes:

Drag <path> above ellipseWhat happened?

Called stacking orderBlue box indicates the actual art• Click the actual ellipse• Observe the blue box now.

Adding anchor points Select the square(Selection OR Direct Select) Hide the Bounding box for now Click on a path and choose Add anchor point Tool

Select the new anchor point (White arrow/direct select) and drag:

Ctrl-Z (What does that do?

Some editing

Find scale tool and scale the rectangle to 75% Find rotate tool and rotate the square 90 degrees Could also use Transform panel

Text

7 variationsDraws using fill characteristics;.• Find character in control area • Can also add a stroke on the text

Panel menus: tiny arrows:

• Use to add additional colors, symbols

• Basically all panels have menus

Adding More colors Click swatches menu panel: and then open Swatch library

Choose Swatches Library

Choose category

Perhaps Nature:

Then foliage

Symbol sprayer Draw tree trunk, brown , no stroke Choose your symbol, get one from symbol library Re-Size , if necessary---double-click the tool, modify the size ( I chose .5

in) Try leaves to spray

Cropping

Maybe want a piece of your artboard for a web site you’re doing. The cropping tool is actually called the Artboard tool

Blending

let’s blend a rectangle to a star (a morph) Draw an orange rectangle and a green star

Star tool is under Rectangle tool Select both: (Drag over both, or select one, then shift-click on the

second object)

Blending… Object>Blend>Blend Options:

Says to Blend in 8 steps•Then, Object>Blend>Make:

20 points… in class homework #3…1-2 of you

New document named Type Practice Find the pencil tool….it might be hiding… Use it to draw a squiggly line (3 points) Type your name(s) on the line using comic sans, 25 points type, cyan color (4

pts) If you see a red overflow box, extend the pencil line by clicking the last anchor and

extending the line using the pencil line again; then slide the vertical line OR delete and start over using a longer path

Rotate your name 45 degrees so it is almost vertical . (3 pts) Add a mad science symbol anywhere on your page.(5 points) Keep reading…not done yet

Sprayer (5 more pts)

Create a tree with lips for “leaves ” that you spray on (5 points) Crop your name and tree Print the page

20 points total