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 Toolbox Scratch area Artboard Illustrated image Palettes Scroll bars Zoom box

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

6. Scale objects Rotate objects Select objects

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

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

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 New Brush Brush menu Brushes

16. Traditional Brushes

17. Other Brushes

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

19. Pen tool

20. Straight line segments Corner point Segment

21. Curved line segment Corner Point Direction Handle Smooth point

22. Using the Pencil tool Create an open path Create a closed path Reshape a path Toolbox bar 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 Swap Fill and Stroke button Default Fill and Stroke button Stroke box Fill box

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

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

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

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

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

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)