Appropriate tools and methods to produce digital graphics

1. Objec&ve 102.04 20%
U&lize appropriate tools and methods to produce digital
graphics.

2. Free Transform
q Change by using rotate, scale, skew,
distort, or perspec&ve in one
con&nuous opera&on. Instead of
choosing different commands, you
simply hold down a key on your
keyboard to switch between
transforma&on types.
q Rota&ng an object turns it around a
fixed point that you choose.
q Hold ShiL while resizing to keep the
propor&ons or use Scale instead.

3. Shear
q Shearing objects will slant or skew the object. This
is great for cas&ng shadows.

4. Common Graphic Editing Terms
q Selec&on
☐ Surrounding specific part(s)
of a graphic to make
individual adjustments.
q Feathering/Blending
☐ Smoothing or blurring the
edges of an image to help
transi&on into the
background or into another
image.

5. Selection Tools
q Allows you to choose a specific part of the image.
There are several selec&on tools each work in a
different way.
☐ Marquee
☐ Lasso
☐ Quick Selec&on Tool
☐ Magic Wand

6. Marquee Selection
q Selects in the shape specified. The marquee shows
the following op&ons:
q Rectangle
q Ellip&cal
q Single Row
q Single Column

7. Lasso Selection
q Three versions of lasso selec&on tool all enable
a free-hand draw around image to be selected.
q Lasso
☐ Lasso tool is great for drawing freeform segments of
a selec&on border.
q Polygonal Lasso
☐ The polygonal lasso is best for straight-edged
segments of a selec&on border.
q Magne&c Lasso
☐ The magne&c lasso tool snaps to the edges of
defined areas (color) in the image.

8. Other Selection Tools
q Quick Selec&on
☐ Use the quick selec&on tool to quickly “paint” a
selec&on using a round brush &p.
q Magic Wand
☐ The magic wand will allow you to make
selec&ons by color, pa_ern and stroke weight.

9. Spot Healing Brush Options
q Content Aware Patch
☐ This allows you to replace unwanted parts of the
image with pixels near it.
q Content Aware Move
☐ Select and move a part of a picture. The image is
recomposed, and the hole leL behind is filled
using matching elements from the picture.

10. Straighten Tool
q In the crop tool, you can straighten the image.
q Choose Straighten Tool by clicking on its icon in the
Op&ons Bar or press CTRL/CMD while the crop tool
is ac&ve.

11. Brush Tool
q Apply and draw with brushes to
create ar&s&c elements.
q Many op&ons in op&ons bar for
brushes.
q Art History Brush allows you to
use stylized strokes from a
previous ac&on.

12. Panels in Illustrator Workspace
q Workspace is same as PhotoShop with a few new
tools and panels.
q Op&ons Bar
q Document Panel
q Tools Panel
q History Panel
q Color Panel
q Layers Panel

13. Tools Panel
q Tools grouped and
hidden similar to
PhotoShop.
q Note new
Illustrator tools.

14. Pathfinder Panel
q Use to combine objects into new shapes.
q Use the top row of bu_ons in the panel to make
paths or compound paths.

15. Align Panel
q Align or distribute selected objects along the axis
you specify.
q Can use either the object edges or anchor points as
the reference point, and you can align to a
selec&on, an artboard, or a key object.

16. Vector Images
q Use mathema&c equa&ons and geometric elements
(points, lines, and shapes) to create art.
q Can be scaled infinitely, without any loss of quality
or fidelity.
q Watch this video:
h_ps://helpx.adobe.com/
illustrator/how-to/what-is-
illustrator.html?
set=illustrator--get-started-

17. Symbols
q A symbol is an art object that you can reuse in a
document.
q If you create a symbol from a leaf, you can then
add instances of that over and over again without
actually adding the image mul&ple &mes.
q Each symbol instance is linked to the symbol in the
Symbols panel or to a symbols library.
q Using symbols can save you &me and greatly reduce
file size.

18. Pen Tool
q Use the pen tool to add and delete anchor points.

19. Anchor Point
q A point on a path that indicates a change of
direc&on.
q You can add anchor points or delete anchor points
to change the shape of a path.

20. Paths
q Open Path
☐ Open paths do not end.
They don’t connect back to
the original anchor point.
q Closed Path
☐ A closed path has the same
beginning and ending point.
☐ It forms a complete shape
than can be filled with color
or text.

21. Fill and Stroke
q Stroke is the outline of a shape,
text or image.
☐ Weight
☐ Color
☐ Style
q Fill is the inside color of a
closed shape.

22. Patterns
q A repea&ng pa_ern fills the image with a unique
assortment of shapes and colors.

23. Image Trace
q Use the Image Trace to automa&cally trace an
image.

24. Area vs. Point Type
q Area type fills the text in a
closed path.
q Use this when you want text to
appear inside a shape or
object.
q Point type begins right where
you click and does not
automa&cally wrap to the next
line.
q Area vs. Point Type video

25. Type on a Path
q The text flows along an open or closed path.
☐ Horizontally, the characters are parallel to the
baseline.
☐ Ver&cally, the characters are perpendicular to
the baseline.