Adobe Visual Design 1

Objective: 3.01 ADOBE VISUAL DESIGN

Understand Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud interface and program settings. Abode Classes
Wake County Public Schools
 QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE
YOU BEGIN:
● How large should my image be?
● What resolution should it be?
● What file naming structure can I
use to easily locate my files?
Creating New Documents in Illustrator
• New Document Settings
• Use of appropriate
document settings for
print and onscreen work
• Width/height,
orientation, artboards,
bleed, raster effects,
resolution, color mode
Creating a New Document
Project Name
The title of your project. When you save, it will default to the Project
name and add the proper file extension to it.
Image Size
Determines the size and resolution of your artboard. You can change
units of measure (i.e. pixels, inches, picas, etc.) in the drop down to
the right.
Orientation
Portrait is when the image is taller than it is wide. Landscape is when
the image is wider than it is tall.
Bleed
Bleed is the amount of artwork that falls outside the printing area or
artboard and will display when printed.
Color Mode
Limits the amount of colors available to match the output settings of
your project. For instance, RGB color is meant for screens; whereas
CMYK is meant for printers.
Raster Effects
The resolution your art will be created in. This can be adjusted to High,
Medium, Low, and for Complex Art
 Illustrator Layout: A. Control panel
displays options for the currently selected tool.
B c
A G B. Menu Bar
gives you access to a wide range of functions and extra commands.

C. Collapsed Panel Bar

a series of useful panels which provide extra functionality and give
you quick access to many tools that make modifying artwork easier.

D. Toolbar
contains tools for creating and editing images, artwork, page
elements, and so on. Related tools are grouped.

E. Document Window
displays the file you’re working on. Document windows can be tabbed
and, in certain cases, grouped and docked.

F. Artboard
where you design your art, artboards can be adjusted, and you can
D have multiple artboards.

E G. Properties panel
F this will change based on the tool you are using and give you a
variety of useful options and commands.
Creating New Documents in Illustrator
• Artboard
• The pages in Illustrator which
represents the printable area
in which you design your art.
You can have multiple
artboards (up to 100) in a
variety of sizes, which can be
adjusted.
• Bleed
• The amount of artwork that
falls outside of the printing
bounding box that gives the
printer a small amount of
space to account for
movement of the paper, and
design inconsistencies.
ARTBOARDS
• Artboards represent the
regions that can contain
printable artwork. Learn
more here.
• Can have 1 to 100
artboards per document
depending on size.
• You can create artboards
in different sizes and
resize them by using the
Artboard tool.
• Options to reorder and
rearrange artboards are
in the Artboards panel.
Illustrator Interface
• Menus Bar
• Gives you access to a wide range of functions and extra
commands. Menus include the File, Edit, Object, Type, Select,
Effect, View, & Window menus.
• Collapsed Panel Bar
• A series of useful panels which provide extra functionality and give
you quick access to many tools that make modifying artwork
easier.
• Panels
• A group of related commands and options.
Illustrator Interface
• Toolbar
• Contains tools for creating and
editing images, artwork, page
elements, and so on. Related tools
are grouped.
• Control Panel
• Displays options for the currently
selected tool.
TOOLS PANEL
Tools grouped and hidden
similar to Photoshop.
Note new Illustrator tools.
 The Tools:
Hand (H)
Selection (V) Direct selection (A) Pen (P) Curvature Pen Moves an image
Eyedropper (I) Anchor Point
Move a Lets you draw Let’s you draw curved
within its window. Select a color from Lets you add and
selection or an Select individual smooth lined paths an area within your remove curves from
entire layer anchor points paths. image. an anchor ponit

Brush (B) Artboard Blend (W) Eraser (E) Gradient (G) Shape builder Free transform
Applies color with Blend two objects over a Removes anchors or Creates a gradual Merges or erases shapes Transform an
brushstrokes in a Adjust, change or path blended or specified paths blend between to make complex shapes object freely
variable tip. move the artboard steps multiple colors

Shaper Text (T) Line (/) Rectangle (M) Ellipse (L) Zoom (Z) Scale
Draw shapes freely Create text in your Create lines Draw shapes and lines in a Magnifies and reduces Rescale objects freely
design normal layer or shape Crop or the view of the image.
that transform to
layer. straighten
geometric shapes
photos.
Illustrator Interface
• Properties • Libraries Panel
Panel • Allows the user
to store different
• This will design elements
change based that can be
on the tool easily accessible
you are using across other
and give you projects.
a variety of
useful options
and
commands.
Illustrator Interface
• Document Window
• Displays the file you’re
working on. Document
windows can be tabbed
and, in certain cases,
grouped and docked.
Illustrator Interface
• Workspace
• The user interface of the
software with specific
panels, bars, and windows
which can be adapted and
saved for future use.
• Default workspace:
Essentials
• Navigate, organize, and
customize the workspace,
switching between
workspaces, nesting,
hiding, and docking
panels, shortcuts