Act 3
Transform and edit artwork
Transform and edit artwork
Learn the basics of transforming and editing artwork in Adobe Illustrator CC, including resizing artwork, using groups, and aligning objects.
What you learned:
Transform artwork
Select a shape with the Selection tool in the Tools panel.
Drag a bounding box handle to resize or re-shape the shape. Smart Guide crosshairs show when it’s a perfect circle as you resize.
Adjust artwork numerically and with more precision in the Properties panel.
Press Shift+Alt (Windows) or Shift+Option (macOS) and drag a shape to resize from the center and constrain proportions. Release the mouse and then the keys.
Select a shape. Select the Rotate tool in the Tools panel. Click on the shape to set where to rotate. Drag anywhere around the shape to rotate it.
File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 3.1 Done and file type: .ai
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File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on.
What you learned:
Group objects
Click the Selection tool in the Tools panel. Drag across artwork to select it.
Click the Group button in the Properties panel to group selected objects together.
Drag a corner of the group to resize all objects together.
Click the Selection tool and double-click a group to edit the individual objects. Press Escape to stop editing and regroup the objects.
File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 3.2 Done and file type: .ai
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File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on
What you learned:
Align objects
Select multiple objects by holding Shift. Click Align To in the Properties panel to the right of the document and make sure Align To Selection is chosen to align the objects to one another.
Click an align option to align objects to one another.
Select a single object. Open the Align panel (Window > Align). Click Align To and choose Align To Artboard to align the objects to the artboard.
Click an align option in the Align panel to align objects to one another. Aligning to a key object allows you to align to a specific object.
File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 3.3 Done and file type: .ai
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File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on
What you learned:
Erase and cut artwork
Select the Eraser tool in the Tools panel to erase parts of your artwork. Only selected content will be erased. Shift-drag to erase in a straight line.
To cut a path, click and hold the Eraser tool to select the Scissors tool.
File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 3.4 Done and file type: .ai
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File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on
What you learned:
Puppet Warp and Free Transform Tool
Add pins with the Puppet Warp tool
Pins can hold artwork in place or be moved and rotated to transform artwork.
With artwork selected, select the Puppet Warp tool in the Toolbar. By default, Illustrator identifies suitable areas in which to transform your artwork and automatically adds pins.
To add more pins, click the artwork. To remove pins, click to select a pin and press Backspace or Delete.
Warp with the Puppet Warp tool
Drag a pin to transform the content. The adjoining pins hold the nearby areas intact.
To twist the artwork, click to select a pin and then position the pointer near to, but not over, the pins. When a dashed circle appears, drag to rotate the pin and artwork.
Warp with the Free Transform tool
With the Free Transform tool selected, drag a point on the bounding box to freely transform the artwork. Depending on the transform option set in the Free Transform widget, you can manipulate the artwork in different ways.
File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 3.5 Done and file type: .ai
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File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on
What you should do:
To earn your points
Upload your Last Name + Act 3 Done.png files to the Act 3 quiz on Canvas.
Finish the quiz on Canvas.
What you should do:
To earn your points
Complete the extra credit tutorial in Illustrator
Show your teacher the completed and saved files from the tutorial.
Modify or create on your own.