MYERS - ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CC FOR GRAPHICS DESIGNERS TO VECTORIZE EVERYTHING

Copyright 2018 Mark Myers

Adobe Illustrator CC For Graphics Designers to vectorize everything by Author Mark Myers

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THIS BOOK CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

Basics

CHAPTER 2 Documents

CHAPTER 3 Editing and Combining Shapes and Paths

CHAPTER 4 WORKING WITH Artwork

CHAPTER 5 Working with rulers and guides

CHAPTER 6 Distorting objects with effects

CHAPTER 7 WORKING PEN TOOL AND curved paths

CHAPTER 8 Joining with the Join tool

CHAPTER 9 Deleting and adding anchor points

CHAPTER 10 WORKING WITH BRUSHES

CHAPTER 11 CREATING LOGO

CHAPTER 12 WORKING WITH LIVE PAINT

CHAPTER 13 Exploring Creative Uses of Effects and Graphic Styles

CHAPTER 14 Creating Objects with a Custom Color Transition

CHAPTER 15 Using Illustrator CC With Other Adobe Applications PHOTOSHOP ETC.

CHAPTER 16 ADVANCED DRAWING

CHAPTER 17 CONCLUSSION

START UR PRACTICE WITH ILLUSTRATOR

Adobe IllustratoR CC is the industry-standard illustration application for print, multimedia, and online graphics. Whether you are a designer or a technical illustrator producing artwork for print publishing, an artist producing multimedia graphics, or a creator of web pages or online content, Adobe Illustrator offers you the tools you need to get professional-quality results.

graphics fall into two main categories, bitmap graphics and vector graphics.

Adobe Illustrator is a vector based software package. What this means for you is that unlike bitmap images, a vector based piece of artwork can be scaled to any size and printed on any output device at any resolution without losing its detail or clarity. Vector graphics are the best choice for type, and bold graphics that need to maintain their crispness at various scales. (for e.g. posters etc)

In Adobe Illustrator you "draw" objects. Objects are simply the points, lines, shapes and paths that you create on the page.

What makes Illustrator powerful is its ability to manipulate any object as a graphic element

LET FIRST KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RASTER VS. VECTOR

In the ever-growing world of computer graphics, there are two types of images -- raster and vector. Some programs that create raster images (also known as pixel or paint images) are Photoshop, MacPaint, PC Paintbrush, or Painter. Some programs that create vector art (also known as object-oriented art) are Illustrator (that's us!), FreeHand, MacDraw, and Expression.

Other programs, such as Canvas and CorelDRAW, have tools to create both raster and vector images.

Raster Images

Raster images are made up of a whole lot of tiny dots, called pixels. To illustrate this concept, we will use a sheet of graph paper. Each square on the sheet represents one pixel

Let's start simple and create a black and white circle that is 20 pixels in diameter

The number of pixels determines the resolution of your file. The computer stores this file by recording the exact placement and color of each pixel. The computer

has no idea that it is a circle, only that it is a collection of little dots.

Figure 1.1

Figure 1.2

Each pixel has a coordinate, and the contents of that pixel are recorded and saved in a file.

In this example, we see each individual pixel, and the circle is very blocky. By adding more pixels, thereby increasing the resolution, we can make that same circle appear smoother because the pixels are much smaller. Of course, the higher your resolution is, the larger your file size will be because the computer

has many more pixels to keep track of.

Where the problem arises is when you try enlarging a raster image. Because the resolution is set, when you scale the art, in reality, you are just enlarging the pixels, which results in a jaggy (or pixelated) image.

Vector Images: An Objective Approach

Vector art is different in that instead of creating individual pixels, you create objects, such as rectangles and circles. By noting the mathematical coordinates of these shapes, a vector

program can store files in a fraction of the space as raster images, and more importantly, be able to scale images to virtually any size without any loss in detail.

Unlike raster images, the vector circle appears smooth at 100% (left) and just as smooth

when enlarged 800% (right).

THE ILLUSTRATOR WORKPLACE

Now that we know all about Illustrator, let's actually open it up and see what it has to offer. If it isn't already installed, follow the instructions that came with Illustrator to install it on your computer. Now, let's launch Adobe Illustrator 7.

NOTE: If you've launched Illustrator before, or if you're working on someone else's computer, it's a good idea to trash your Adobe Illustrator Prefs file (in System Folder > Preferences folder) so that what you see pictured in this book matches what you see onscreen. Also, if Illustrator seems to be acting weird, or even crashing often, trashing the preferences and restarting Illustrator usually