Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Illustrator !

Getting Started -
In illustrator, you can always edit different images at any time. You can even scale images at any size without it becoming blurry and fuzzy. In illustrator, you can import and export different files from many different formats. This allows you to re purpose graphics for any of your needs.You can also create cross media designs, it even has different tools used to create artwork in illustrator.
Creating files for print-
First you should establish an intent for your artwork, you can then use that to figure out key settings. You can name your document , you should change it to print if you are going to print the image afterwards. You can change the size of the page(artwork) size.Change your settings according to what you are creating, for example a business card is 3 1/2 inches wide and 2 inches tall. You can set your page size to be 2 1.2 inches for width and when you press tab, it automatically changes the height accordingly. You should change the raster effects to a higher resolution to get the best quality. on a day to day basis, you can hide the advanced settings and work with the basic settings. click ok and the new document will open.

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