Act 1
Get to know Illustrator
Get to know Illustrator
Welcome to the Get Started with Illustrator series of tutorials that teaches you the basic tools and techniques of Adobe Illustrator CC. This first tutorial introduces you to the Illustrator work space and shows you how to open and save your images.
What you learned:
Illustrator workspace
Menu bar (at the very top) shows the File, Edit, and other menus that give you access to a variety of commands, adjustments, settings, and panels.
Tools panel (on the left) contains tools for creating and editing artwork. Similar tools are grouped together. You can access them by clicking and holding a tool in the Tools panel.
Panels (on the right) include Properties, Layers, and other panels that contain a variety of controls for working with artwork. You can find a full list of panels under the Window menu.
Document window (in the middle) displays the file you’re currently working on. Multiple open documents appear as tabs in the Document window.
What you learned:
Zoom and Pan
The Zoom tool, located in the Tools panel, can be used to show you more detail of a document. To change from Zoom In to Zoom Out, press Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS).
The Hand tool, found by clicking and holding the Zoom tool in the Tools panel, allows you to pan across a document.
What you learned:
Create a document
The Start screen appears when there are no documents currently open in Illustrator. It lists your recent files, Learn content, and presets. You can also access various resources and search Adobe Stock from here.
Choose File > New. In the New Document dialog box, start by choosing a preset. For example, the Print preset shows various sizes and document options you can set for a new document. The New Document dialog box is where you can access free and paid Adobe Stock templates, which are a great starting point for your designs.
What you learned:
Save a file
Choose File > Save or File > Save As.
Saving in Illustrator (AI) format retains layers, type, and other editable Illustrator properties. It’s best to save your document in the .AI format while you’re still working on it.
Choosing File > Save As and choosing Adobe PDF saves as a file that can be shared, opened by free PDF readers, and turned in to Canvas. We will also be exporting files as PNGs which can be opened and previewed on all devices.
File>Save As the part 4 file naming it Last Name + Act 1 Done and file type Adobe Illustrator.ai
AND
File>Export>Export As the Act 1 Done with file type .png
What you should do:
To earn your points
Upload your Last Name + Act 1 Done.png file to the Act 1 quiz on Canvas.
Finish the quiz on Canvas.
IF DONE EARLY: Practice pen tool on this site https://bezier.method.ac/
IF you beat the game, take and email me a screenshot of the final level and you will earn extra credit on this activity