JRN 440 Adv. Online Journalism Intro. to Illustrator Monday, 2/20/12

Class Objectives Lecture Intro to Illustrator Homework Ex. 4 and 5 due by 2:05 pm 2/29/12

The interface Similar to Photoshop (surprise!) Tools, menus, palettes No history palette (have to do undo’s) Instead of foreground and background color, you have a fill and a stroke color Fill is inside of a closed shape Stroke is line or outside of a closed shape

Tutorials address: highed.atomiclearning.com login: mcom_adv password: mcomttuad Go to "Training Library" Then to "Technology Skills" Then to "English“ Look for Illustrator tutorials

Tools Selection tool (black arrow) moves things around and resizes (e.g. a rectangle) Be careful about resizing things if you don’t want to… click in the middle of the object to move Direct selection tool (white arrow) is more specific in what it selects You will use this with “diagonal” select and zooming in and out a lot (look for hollow and closed anchor points) mUg (3 ½ minutes) mUg

Type tool Can be just like typing in Word But acts like a vector shape in that it can be transformed (scaled and skewed) Has typical properties (color, typeface, size, kerning, leading, horizontal scale…) Be careful about filling and stroking text! Need to go back to select or direct select tool to move textbox E&feature=related (start at :50, 10 minutes) E&feature=related

The almighty Pen tool Used to create more complex shapes than the paintbrush or pencil tool, or shapes Can create open or closed paths Both have strokes and fills (be careful if not a closed path and you want the shape to be stroked completely) Little circle shows you that shape will close Parts to a path = line, anchor points, bezier handles (5 minutes) (27 minutes)

Shading in Vector Download and open the three files on the Images webpage, under 2d Vector Cat no stroke Medical stroke Bird in hand gradient Notice the different ways of coloring and shading in each. Google “vector infographics”

Breaking down shading Look at each shape (can you re-draw with shapes or just with pen) Look for stroke and fill colors Look for linear and radial gradients

Gradient Tool First, need to draw a closed shape Next, open up gradients panel Select the type of gradient Select your colors Use RGB, CMYK, or color swatches If you use HSB  Make Saturation 100% (to start)  Brightness 100% (to start)  Then select your hue Gradient Tool tutorial (4 minutes) ure=related

Gradient Tool To change angle of gradient (make sure your object is selected) type it in the gradient palette To add another color to gradient, click below gradient slider Set “blend” by clicking on white squares above If you want to change back to a solid fill, at the bottom of your tools palette, select the solid fill Color icon

Mesh Gradients (advanced- on your own) The Gradient Mesh tool is used to create more complex gradients Draw a shape Click on the Gradient Mesh tool Click on the shape You control colors by selecting the nodes (you do not use the Gradient Tool Palette) Once you have a MG, you can’t undo it! No stroke with MG Go to highered website, Intro to Illustrator CS 4, Creating a Gradient Mesh Object 1 and 2

Adobe Illustrator (on your own) ded/desc/1/ ded/desc/1/ shiny-gum-ball-machine-with-mesh-gradients/ ion/