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

2 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: 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 InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Creating a New Document

4 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Saving a Native File

5 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Smart Guides Toggled in the View menu Changed in the Smart Guides preferences

6 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: 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 InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Fill & Stroke Attributes Remembers the last-used settings Changes affect any selected object

8 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Selection tools Selection tool Selects entire objects or groups Direct Selection tool Selects pieces of objects or groups

9 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Other Selection Options Select menu Control panel Select Similar Objects button

10 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Moving Selections Selection tool Move entire objects or groups Direct Selection tool Move pieces of objects or groups

11 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Manual Transformation AB CD

12 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Transformation tools A DC B

13 Free Transform Tool Widget controls Cursor indicators Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio

14 Page Rulers View>Rulers>Show Rulers Magnetic when Smart Guide is active

15 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Aligning Options Smart Guides Align panel Control panel Align to Selection, Key Object, or Artboard

16 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Grouping Multiple objects treated as one unit Use Direct Selection tool to select individual components Double-click to enter Isolation mode

17 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Template Images File>Place Link option Template option –Special locked layer –Reduced visibility (“dimmed”)

18 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: 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

19 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: 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

20 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Stroke Panel Weight Options: –Cap –Corner –Align Stroke –Dashed lines –Arrowheads –Profile

21 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: 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

22 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: Graphic Design Portfolio Measure tool Automatically opens Info panel Find: –X, Y start position –Width and Height –Distance –Angle

23 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC: 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


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