Illustrator interface – drawing ribbon, selecting tool – select vs direct select. Photoshop vs Illustrator
Topic_01:
- Opening new document, sizing/orientation
- Line tool, rectangle tool
- Pen Tool
- Scale, double click (isolation mode) Check or uncheck box for ‘scale line weight and line type.’
- Selecting objects
- Direct select vs select tools (white arrow vs black arrow)
- Shift selecting control points
- Shift image enlarging – avoid image distortion
- Zooming through ctrl + or ctrl –
- Copy/Paste ctrl C/ctrl V
Topic_02
- Layers
- Creation
- Layer order establishes drawing order
- Selecting everything on a layer through the image selection box – drag to change object layer
- Renaming
- Locking and visibility
Topic_03
- Import CAD – CAD file must be saved down to 2007 version
- Stroke, (Cap, corner, align stroke, dashed line)
- Fill/Opacity
Topic_04
- Live Paint Bucket
- Isolation mode to edit paint group
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Command: Default Shortcut
These are some of the commands covered:
Place: ctrl shift P
Zoom: ctrl +/-
Pan: hold space bar
Rulers: ctrl R
Pen: P
Type (Text): T
Paint Bucket: K
Refer to the adobe “cheat sheet” for others: https://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/help/en/illustrator/pdf/illustrator_cheat-sheet.pdf
Refer to Adobe TV for additional tutorials: http://tv.adobe.com/product/illustrator/