Due: Sunday, August 24, 2008
Part I – Review Questions – Please be sure and answer the first question. Since we are spanning four versions of Illustrator here, and each has a few different ways of handling things, it helps me to help you by knowing which version you’re using. Thanks!
- What version of Illustrator are you using?
- Of the colors listed below:
- What’s the difference between opening a graphic and placing one?
- How do you get the guidelines to appear? How would you use them?
- What do you use to “nudge” your object?
- How would you export your drawing as a raster graphic for use on the web?
a. Which is most commonly used for printed work?
b. Which is most commonly used for web-related work? RGB | CMYK
Part II – Looking Around
Draw a rectangle – it may be filled or unfilled, but give it a stroke outline.
Once the rectangle has been created, leave it selected and visit each menu (File, Edit, etc) and see what options are available on those menus. Take a look at all the palettes that are available from the View and Windows menu options. Tell me:
- Two options you find on the View menu.
- Three palettes you can open from the Window menu.
- Save your rectangle in .ai format (native format) and as a .jpg (raster format) using the Save for Web option on the File menu. Please place a link to both on your class homepage for me to see.
Part III – Tutorial
Please do the tutorial on offsetting objects. Your object may be any vector shape/object of your choosing.
Please post your answers to the review questions here. If you’d prefer, you can use your own class home page and provide a link to it in this area.