1. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Project 1: International Symbols Setting up the Workspace Drawing Basic Shapes

2. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Types of Digital Artwork Vector graphics: –Mathematically based –Freely scaled without loss of quality Raster images: –Pixel based –Resolution determined when file is created/captured Line art: –Actually a type of raster image with only black and white pixels

3. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Creating a New Document

4. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Saving a Native File

5. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Smart Guides Toggled in the View menu Changed in the Smart Guides preferences

6. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Basic Shape Tools Click and drag to create Press Shift to constrain height and width Press Option/Alt to create out from the center point Single-click to open related dialog box Numerically define shape size

7. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Fill & Stroke Attributes Remembers the last-used settings Changes affect any selected object

8. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Selection tools Selection tool Selects entire objects or groups Direct Selection tool Selects pieces of objects or groups

9. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Other Selection Options Select menu Control panel Select Similar Objects button

10. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Moving Selections Selection tool Move entire objects or groups Direct Selection tool Move pieces of objects or groups

11. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Manual Transformation AB CD

12. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Transformation tools A DC B

13. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Page Rulers View>Rulers>Show Rulers Magnetic when Smart Guide is active

14. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Aligning Options Smart Guides Align panel Control panel Align to Selection, Key Object, or Artboard

15. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Grouping Multiple objects treated as one unit Use Direct Selection tool to select individual components Double-click to enter Isolation mode

16. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Template Images File>Place Link option Template option –Special locked layer –Reduced visibility (“dimmed”)

17. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Layers panel Click and drag to rearrange stacking order Show or hide entire layers Lock or unlock entire layers Double-click to change layer options –Layer color = object bounding box colors

18. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Line Segment tool Click and drag to create Press Shift to constrain to 45° angles Press Option/Alt to create out from the center point Single-click to open related dialog box

19. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Pathfinder panel Combine multiple shapes into one Cut shapes out of other shapes Option/Alt-click a shape mode to create a compound path

20. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Measure tool Automatically opens Info panel Find: –X, Y start position –Width and Height –Distance –Angle

21. Adobe CS6: The Graphic Design Portfolio Pencil tool Click and drag to draw Option/Alt before releasing mouse button to close the shape Double-click to define tool settings