BACK to Computer Design
SWBAT:
Finish Project!
1. Quit Illustrator by choosing Quit from the Illustrator Program Menu or by Right-Clicking on the Illustrator icon on your Dock.
2. Hold down 3 Keys with one hand:
Command, Option & Shift
3. Load Illustrator
4. Check File > Recent Documents. If it's grayed out you did it right
1. Window > Workspace > Reset Essentials
1. Select the copied circle that you previously placed near the red object.
2. Choose Object > Arrange > Bring To Front.
3. Zoom into the white circle.
4. With the Selection tool, select the white circle, if it’s not already selected.
5. Double-click the Scale tool in the Tools panel to open the Scale dialog box. In the Scale dialog box, change Uniform Scale to 210% and then click OK.
1. Position the with circle centered on top of the red object.
2. . Select the Type tool but do not click! Position the pointer over the edge of the white circle and observe how the curser changes to an Area Type curser. Don't click!
3. Press Option and position the curser over the left side of the circle (see the figure for location). The Type on a Path curser appears (the curser with an intersecting wavy path).
4. Click, but don’t type. The cursor is now on the path.
5. Type THE COMMON COLD (all uppercase). The text flows on the circular path.
1. Click three times to select the text.
2. In the Control panel, change the font size to 15 pt, the font to Myriad Pro (if not already selected), the font style to Bold Condensed or something similar, and the Fill color to a light gray (C=1 M=1 Y=13 K=15).
1. To adjust the placement on the path, switch to the Selection tool. Position the pointer over the line on the left end of the text (to the left of the word “THE”).
2. That line is called a bracket. When you see the cursor with the arrow pointing left, drag up around the circle a bit. See the figure for position.
1. With the path type object selected with the Selection tool, choose Type > Type On A Path > Type On A Path Options.
In the Type On A Path Options dialog box, choose Descender from the Align To Path menu, and change the Spacing to -12 pt. Click OK.
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Your project should look like this
1. Confirm availability. Report to the Mac Lab
• Art Making
• Developing Art Literacy
• Making Connections Through Visual Arts
• Community and Cultural Resources
• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning
...Students with different abilities can seek assistance from teacher, paraprofessional, or another student
...The students who finish early can ask a classmate if they need help or review
NYC VISUAL ARTS BENCHMARKS
• Developing Art Literacy
• Community and Cultural Resources
• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning