Project 1: International Symbols

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Project 1 International Symbols

• Setting up the Workspace
• Drawing Basic Shapes

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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

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Creating a New Document
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Saving a Native File
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Smart Guides

• Toggled in the View menu
• Changed in the Smart Guides preferences

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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

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Fill Stroke Attributes

• Remembers the last-used settings
• Changes affect any selected object

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Selection tools

• Selection tool
• Selects entire objects or groups

• Direct Selection tool
• Selects pieces of objects or groups

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Other Selection Options

• Select menu

• Control panel Select Similar Objects button

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Moving Selections

• Selection tool
• Move entire objects or groups

• Direct Selection tool
• Move pieces of objects or groups

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Manual Transformation
A
B
C
D
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Transformation tools
A
B
D
C
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Free Transform Tool

• Widget controls
• Cursor indicators

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Page Rulers

• ViewgtRulersgtShow Rulers
• Magnetic when Smart Guide is active

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Aligning Options

• Smart Guides
• Align panel
• Control panel
• Align to Selection, Key Object, or Artboard

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Grouping

• Multiple objects treated as one unit
• Use Direct Selection tool to select individual
  components
• Double-click to enter Isolation mode

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Template Images

• FilegtPlace
• Link option
• Template option
• Special locked layer
• Reduced visibility (dimmed)

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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

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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

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Stroke Panel

• Weight
• Options
• Cap
• Corner
• Align Stroke
• Dashed lines
• Arrowheads
• Profile

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Pathfinder panel

• Combine multiple shapes into one
• Cut shapes out of other shapes
• Option/Alt-click a shape mode to create a
  compound path

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Measure tool

• Automatically opens Info panel
• Find
• X, Y start position
• Width and Height
• Distance
• Angle

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Pencil tool

• Click and drag to draw
• Option/Alt before releasing mouse button to close
  the shape
• Double-click to define tool settings