In this lesson, I learned the usefulness of workspaces and the configuration of them. The default workspace, Essentials, is located in the top right hand corner of the screen. When clicked, a list of options appear, which will reconfigure the interface to display the option for the particular disciplines. If you want to save a …
Category Archives: Working In Illustrator
Bounding Box
Today, I learned about the bounding box and its many functions that resize the selected image. To begin, grab your Selection Tool and click on the content in the document. Not only will that particular content be selected but a Bounding Box appears around it. This box has 8 handles, which give you the ability …
Document Navigation
In today’s lesson, I learned how magnify and navigate my way inside of a document. There’s several ways to navigate through a document, but the most useful and commonly used techniques are the View Menu and Zoom Tool. If you want to change the magnification of the document, head to View, and under the menu, …
Preview and Outline Models
Today, I learned about the functions of the Outline and Preview modes. A feature that can be helpful when trying to look, select, and manipulate content is the Outline Mode. When working with a group objects in Isolation Mode and needing to see a lot less detail, go to the View menu then choose Outline. …
Hide/Show Edges
In today’s lesson, I learned about how to hide and show edges and a good tip to know what object is selected. When working with a group of objects and the selected box is distracting, one quick fix is to use the Direct Selection Tool. However, this also can be a nuisance. To fix that, …
Align Panel
In this lesson, I learned about the Align Panel and its many features that help position content accurately. The most basic commands when it comes content positioning is the align command or working with the Align Panel. It gives you the ability to make sure your content is evenly spaced. To open the Align Panel, …
Guides and the Grid
In this lesson, I learned a little more about guides, but most importantly, how to set up and customize a grip and how to work with the snap features. By default, when you grab an object by clicking and dragging, you can have it snap to the guide as long as the cursor is intersecting …
Rulers and Guides
For this lesson, what I got away was the vast usage of rulers and guides to get precise results for your artwork. Rulers and guides help align text and graphic objects. To begin, head to the View and choose Rulers, then Show Rulers, making a top and side ruler appear. When finding exact measurements on …
The Control Panel
In today’s lesson, I learned how the control panel recognizes and modifies different objects and how it can be customized. The Control panel, or the options bar, offers quick access to options related to the objects you select. It’s very crucial since it changes based upon what you have selected and what you’re working inside of the …
Working with Panels
In this lesson, I learned about the 2 panels and how they work. I also learned how Mac users can achieve the same compared to Windows. For Mac users, the document will appear as an Application Frame, and if not preferred, head to the Window menu and deselect Application Frame. This will make a document …
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