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LOPEZ, KAI BIT42 | Graphic Design LEC MODULE 1: Design principle #4: Use Repeating colors, fonts, Workspace The portion of the INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC DESIGN USING ADOBE repetition to your...

LOPEZ, KAI BIT42 | Graphic Design LEC MODULE 1: Design principle #4: Use Repeating colors, fonts, Workspace The portion of the INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC DESIGN USING ADOBE repetition to your and shapes ties the Illustrator interface that ILLUSTRATOR advantage. design together and is used to view and edit Graphic Design creative process of reinforces the brand or documents. visually communicating message. Panels A wide variety of windows, ideas using typography, Design principle #5: Group related elements to tools and menus and can images, and colors to Consider proximity when create a clear relationship be displayed within the convey messages organizing your graphic and declutter the design, Workspace in order to effectively. elements. enhancing provide quick access to Eight (8) Basic Design Principles comprehension. the features needed for a DP #1: Focus on alignment. Design principle #6: Make Balance provides stability. given task. DP #2: Use hierarchy to help focus your design. sure your designs have Symmetrical balance Interface Components DP #3: Leverage contrast to accentuate important balance. evenly weights elements, design elements. while asymmetrical DP #4: Use repetition to your advantage. balance uses contrast to DP #5: Consider proximity when organizing your graphic create an even flow. elements. Design principle #7: Use color to evoke DP #6: Make sure your designs have balance. Optimize color to support emotions and reinforce DP #7: Optimize color to support your design. your design. your message. Stick to a DP #8: Leave negative space. consistent palette for a Design principle #1: Focus ensures a sharp, ordered cohesive design. on alignment. appearance by Design principle #8: Leave Negative space, or white connecting design negative space. space, helps highlight key elements. Common elements and adds clarity alignments are center, by creating a simpler, right, and left, but cleaner design. Application Bar contains the Workspace asymmetrical alignment Adobe Illustrator designed for graphic Switcher menu and a can also be used. designers, illustrators, shortcut to Adobe Bridge Design principle #2: Use gives extra visual weight to artists, and anyone and Adobe Stock. The hierarchy to help focus your the most important needing to create high- Application Bar also design. message, drawing quality vector graphics. It contains the File, Edit, attention to key elements provides tools to design View, etc menus. through size, boldness, or logos, icons, illustrations, placement. and other scalable vector The Workspace Switcher Design principle #3: emphasizes important graphics that can be used menu can be used to Leverage contrast to elements by pairing across various media arrange multiple windows. accentuate important opposites like black and formats, such as print and Document Window displays the file that you design elements. white or thick and thin. digital. are currently working on. If Use contrasting colors or you have multiple files fonts to add emphasis. open, each file appears as  LOPEZ, KAI BIT42 | Graphic Design LEC a tab in the Document Artboard The designated area for Quiz [quiz in SB] Window, as shown above. your design within the Identifying Parts of the Adobe Illustrator and Tools The white rectangle inside Document Window. To organize different What is the purpose of the the Document Window, Layers Panel Manages different layers elements Layers Panel which displays the of your artwork for better Ellipse Tool Which tool would you use printable area of the organization. to create perfect circles? Workspace, is called the Properties Panel Offers contextual options To enlarge or reduce view What is the function of the Artboard. for the selected object or Zoom Tool? Tools Panel contains tools used to tool. Navigator Panel Which panel shows all create and manipulate Color Panel Allows you to choose and your documents and artwork (like a toolbox). customize colors for fills allows you to switch Control Panel The Control Panel and strokes. between them? displays options for the Swatches Panel Displays saved colors and Pen Tool Which tool is used to currently selected tool. patterns for easy access. create straight lines and Control Panel options are Brushes Panel Contains different brush paths? generally a small subset styles for painting and Select entire objects What does the Selection of those available in other drawing. Tool (black arrow) do? panels and menus. Gradient Panel Used to create and apply Fill shapes with a gradient What does the Gradient Properties Panel offers options to further gradient fills to objects. color Tool do? monitor and modify your Pathfinder Panel Offers tools for combining To create multiple canvases What function does the artwork, and some of and manipulating shapes. Artboard Tool serve? these settings can also be Appearance Panel Displays all the attributes Artboard What is the main found in the Control of a selected object, workspace in Adobe Panel. There are also two including fills, strokes, Illustrator called? other panels: the Layers and effects. Colors Panel Which panel is used to Panel and the Libraries Transform Panel Used to modify an change the color of your Panel. object's size, position, and objects? Essential Parts of Adobe Illustrator Interface rotation. Pencil Tool Which tool allows you to Application Bar Contains menus for file Align Panel Provides options for draw freehand? management and tool aligning and distributing To combine or subtract What is the purpose of the access. selected objects. shapes Pathfinder Panel? Tools Panel A vertical panel with tools Shape Builder Tool Which tool is best for for creating and editing combining shapes? graphics. Add text What does the Type Tool Control Panel Displays options related do? to the currently selected Ctrl + Z Which shortcut is tool or object. commonly used to undo Document Window The main area where your an action? artwork is displayed.  LOPEZ, KAI BIT42 | Graphic Design LEC MODULE 2: you stretch them, the more be more suitable for MODULE 3: ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR THE KNOW HOW the quality can decline. graphics rather than ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR TOOLS [FROM THE QUIZ] Two (2) distinct types of images files photographs. Pen Tool - You need to create a 1. Raster smooth curve that follows 2. Vector - Lighter file sizes - Compatibility issues a specific path for a logo Raster Files composed of a fixed By avoiding blocks of pixels, You’ll need a vector-based design. number of square pixels. vector files tend to be more design program like Adobe - You are designing a This means raster files lightweight than raster Illustrator to open and detailed illustration and can become distorted if images such as photos, work on vector files. need to adjust anchor you resize them beyond which can feature lots of Editing vectors in raster- points to create precise the amount of space the camera data. based software can prove angles and curves. pixels were meant to fill. difficult. - You are tasked with creating a series of Vector Images Don’t use pixels. They’re - Plenty of design features - Conversion difficulties straight lines and angles created with You can add shapes, text, It’s generally much harder for a technical drawing. mathematical equations, different colors, and filters to convert a raster image Pencil Tool - You want to draw a quick lines, and curves — using to create unique to a vector file than the sketch of a character points fixed on a grid — illustrations and designs — other way around because without worrying about which means images can plus, you can easily go back it requires more precision. be made infinitely larger and edit over and over computing power. - You need to quickly (or smaller) without losing again. create outlines around an resolution. Basically, object while maintaining a vectors don’t lose quality freehand style. when resized. Brush Tool You want to add texture to RAW Files uncompressed images a flower illustration by directly from camera using a customized brush sensors, different from stroke. both vector and raster Blob Brush Tool - You want to fill a shape formats, each having with a gradient color while specific use cases. drawing it. Advantages and Disadvantages of Vector Files - You need to create a Advantages Disadvantages filled shape that merges - Infinite resolution - Less useful for complex seamlessly with another There’s virtually no limit on photos shape while you draw. how big you can make a Highly detailed digital Eraser Tool - You need to erase parts vector image without losing photos may be better of your drawing to refine its resolution. In contrast, suited to the raster the shape of an object. raster files only maintain format, where their Shape Builder Tool You want to create a their resolution when fitted individual pixels can be complex shape by to a specific size. The bigger edited. Vector files tend to  LOPEZ, KAI BIT42 | Graphic Design LEC combining several exchange of documents When to use vector Files? - You need scalable overlapping shapes. across platforms and is designs editable in Adobe Use vector files when Acrobat. creating logos or graphics MODULE 4:.svg The Scalable Vector that need to maintain high VECTORS AND MASKING Graphics format is based quality at any size, from Image Trace tracing allows us to easily in XML (a markup business cards to convert a raster image language used widely billboards. into a vector image. This across the Internet that's means we could trace a readable by both - You require precision in photo or image in machines and humans). printing Illustrator to make it a It’s useful for the web, Vector files are ideal for vector. where it can be indexed, printing processes, searched, and scripted. ensuring images remain Vector Files are images that are built Vector File sharp and clear, regardless by mathematical formulas of size. that establish points on a grid. Raster files are - Avoid pixelation composed of the colored Unlike raster images, blocks commonly referred vectors do not lose to as pixels. Because they resolution when resized, can infinitely adjust in size making them perfect for without losing resolution, large-scale projects. vector files are more Editing vector files in - Adobe Illustrator (.ai) versatile for certain types different applications Files of tasks than raster files. The most common type of The most Common Types of Vector Files Raster File editable vector file, ideal.ai Short for Adobe Illustrator, for detailed design work this file is commonly used and can store a large in print media and digital amount of graphics graphics, such as logos. information..eps Encapsulated PostScript is an older type of vector - Conversion to PDF graphics file..eps files Illustrator files can be don’t support converted to PDF for transparency in the way printing and document more modern file formats sharing. Adobe Acrobat is like.ai do. commonly used to edit.pdf The Portable Document PDFs. Format is built for the  LOPEZ, KAI BIT42 | Graphic Design LEC - Non-destructive Editing Type Tools Moving & Navigation Tools Work done in Illustrator Type Tool: Add and edit text. Hand Tool: Pan across the workspace. files is non-destructive, Area Type Tool: Fill a closed path with text. Zoom Tool: Zoom in or out of the canvas. with PDF conversion being Type on a Path Tool: Add text along a custom path. Perspective & 3D Tools the final step in most Vertical Type Tool: Add and edit vertically aligned text. Perspective Grid Tool: Create drawings in perspective cases for printing or Shape Tools (1, 2, or 3-point perspective). sharing. Rectangle Tool: Draw rectangles. Perspective Selection Tool: Manipulate objects in Clipping Mask is a shape (clipping path) Rounded Rectangle Tool: Create rectangles with perspective grids. placed on top of objects rounded corners. 3D Rotate Tool: Rotate objects in 3D space (extrude, like images or drawings, Ellipse Tool: Create circles and ellipses. revolve). allowing you to see only Polygon Tool: Create polygons with customizable sides. Reshaping & Warping Tools the parts of the objects Star Tool: Create stars with customizable points. Warp Tool: Distort objects by dragging. within the boundaries of Flare Tool: Create lens flare-like effects. Twirl Tool: Twirl objects and shapes into spirals. the shape, making it useful Reshaping Tools Pucker Tool: Squeeze or deflate parts of an object. for isolating specific areas Anchor Point Tool: Adjust anchor points for precision in Bloat Tool: Inflate or expand parts of an object. of an image, like a curves. Scallop Tool: Add scalloped edges to shapes. headshot from a full-body Scissors Tool: Cut paths and shapes. Crystallize Tool: Add jagged edges to shapes. photo. Knife Tool: Freehand slice objects and paths. Wrinkle Tool: Add wrinkle-like effects to shapes. Transform Tools Graph and Data Tools Rotate Tool: Rotate selected objects. Bar Graph Tool: Create bar graphs. Adobe Illustrator Tools and their Uses [additional info] Reflect Tool: Mirror or flip objects across an axis. Pie Graph Tool: Create pie charts. Selection Tool Scale Tool: Resize objects proportionally or non- Line Graph Tool: Create line graphs. Selection Tool: Select and move entire objects. proportionally. Area Graph Tool: Create area graphs. Direct Selection Tool: Adjust anchor points, segments, Shear Tool: Skew objects along a chosen axis. Scatter Graph Tool: Create scatter plots. and paths. Free Transform Tool: Scale, rotate, and distort objects in Slicing Tools Group Selection Tool: Select objects within groups. freeform. Slice Tool: Divide artwork into web-ready images. Magic Wand Tool: Select objects based on similar Color & Appearance Tools Slice Selection Tool: Select and edit slices for web attributes. Eyedropper Tool: Sample and apply colors from objects. design. Lasso Tool: Freehand selection of anchor points or Gradient Tool: Apply and customize gradient fills. Gradient & Pattern Tools objects. Mesh Tool: Create and adjust mesh gradients. Gradient Mesh Tool: Create complex color gradients Drawing Tools Blend Tool: Create smooth color and shape transitions within shapes. Pen Tool: Draw precise, customizable paths and curves. between objects. Pattern Tool: Design and apply repeating patterns. Pencil Tool: Freehand sketching of paths. Live Paint Bucket Tool: Fill enclosed areas with colors Curvature Tool: Draw smooth curves and paths with interactively. intuitive anchor point manipulation. Symbol & Graph Tools Paintbrush Tool: Apply stylized brush strokes to paths. Symbol Sprayer Tool: Place multiple instances of Blob Brush Tool: Draw filled, freeform vector shapes. symbols and edit their attributes. Shaper Tool: Combine, modify, and reshape live shapes. Column Graph Tool: Create various types of charts and Line Segment Tool: Create straight lines. graphs (column, line, pie, etc.). Pie Graph Tool: Create circular graphs to display data.