notes

Wk 3a - Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
(I) Watch Mr. Webb's demonstration and post notes to do the following on your blog:
- Creating a new canvas (document)

*we make a new document by pressing command N to make a new canvas

*we have a tool box on left  , menu bar on top ,and panels on the right

*profile should be set to print, size should be at letter, and orientation should be set to portrait

*rectangle tool(M)

*rounded rectangle tool makes rounded edge rectangles and squares

*ellipse tool makes circles

*star tool makes stars

*press L for ellipse tool

*ellipse like a oval or circle

*polygon is a 6 sided shape

*flare is what happens when you get a number amount of circles as a result of pointing a camera to a bright light source 

 *pen tool allows you to create lines and curves

- Interface navigation, drawing tools (Illustrator's shapes & using the Pen Tool)
- Setting the Fill Color, and the Stroke Color
- Saving file formats (saving for Adobe Illustrator editing vs. Saving an image for the web)