Session 3 [Wed 200110] - Quiz/ Backup Strategy/ Copying & Archiving/ The Brief Is Sacred/ PDF Handling/ A Word On PreparingText/ Illustrator Technique

Homework

1. For Monday , we really want to see those 50 Heads! Remember, at least 10 made in Illustrator.


2. Be sure to read the Head briefs closely too!

Illustrator Techniques
Loads covered today! -

• You learnt the difference between Open Paths [lines] and Closed Paths [shapes] in Illustrator.


• Where you can, you must make Closed shapes. These can be easily filled and controlled. Only use Open Paths when you want to make thin hair or narrow lines on a face or an object.


• You saw how Illustrator arranges shapes in a Stacking Order that can be rearranged using the Object > Arrange menu.


• You saw how to make a colour background using a large filled rectangle.


• Shapes can have a Stroke and/ or a Fill colour, and interesting offset effects can be had by using over-lapping duplicate shapes, one with a Stroke, the other with a Fill. Use the Forward Slash [ / ] shortcut or click on the RedStripe swatch to change a Stroke or Fill to None to achieve this effect.


• Use the Alt key to Drag/Copy a shape on the page. The Alt key can also be used to draw an ellipse or a rectangle from the middle.


• You saw how to Group and Ungroup shapes from the Object Menu or by using the Apple-G/ Apple-Shift-G shortcuts.


• With the White Arrow or Sub-Selection Tool you learnt how to select individual shapes within a group or even manipulate individual points in a vector object. We even manipulated the curves in a shape with the same tool. Cool ;-)


• Finally, you saw how to use some of the Transform Tools to Rotate, Scale, and Distort Shapes.

I think that may be it. Thanks for all your enthusiasm this session. See you next time.