march 24 class session

Id design
exporting pdf files  packaging is a good way to save your work. View your document with the view tab on the top of the page. She also talked about bleeds and how its a run outside of lines we also about the presentation view if you just want to see the main thing your working on. We went over  strokes, color , and color swatches.  The tools we use for InDesign are very similar are
Today in class for Computers for Artist, I learned about the drop down menus for Adobe Illustrator. The menus used for Illustrator are very similar to the menus used for Photoshop. There is a lot of common likeness to the Adobe program. The only differences you may see are applications purchased by Adobe like Dreamweaver  for example.
Throughout the class we went over several drop down menus used in Adobe Illustrator
File deals with the file itself. For example if you would like to save the file or save as (save under a different file name), print, email, export or close the file, you can do all of that located in the file drop down menu.

Edit deals with the many things you can do to the file you are working on.
The Tools panel contains tools for creating and editing images, artwork, page elements, and so on. Related tools are grouped. In addition to the tools on the Tools panel, which are used for creating and editing objects, you will also find color controls, a menu or icons for choosing a drawing mode, and a menu for choosing a screen mode. If the panel is hidden, choose Window > Tools to display it. To convert the panel layout from single column to double column or vice versa, either click the double arrowhead at the top or double-click the top bar.

The Control panel displays options for the currently selected tool. In Illustrator, the Control panel displays options for the currently selected object. (In Adobe Photoshop this is known as the Options bar. In Adobe Flash®, Adobe Dreamweaver, and Adobe Fireworks this is known as the Property Inspector and includes properties of the currently selected element.)

The Document window displays the file you’re working on. Document windows can be tabbed and, in certain cases, grouped and docked.The Application frame groups all the workspace elements in a single, integrated window that lets you treat the application as a single unit. When you move or resize the Application frame or any of its elements, all the elements within it respond to each other so none overlap. Panels don’t disappear when you switch applications or when you accidentally click out of the application.

Aside from the menus we learned how to make different paths from objects or shapes.
In class our professor taught us to not leave a line in a file because it can change. The stroke could be a different stroke size, or the line could change without the point size changing. Also someone could change the lines if they wanted to or by accident.
She also taught us that we can create a line the got to path > outline, and it will outline the line creating a narrow rectangle. If you were to have a curved line it would follow the shape given.
If you take a dotted line and go to path > outline stroke, it will select them and give you a series of dots/different shapes that are grouped.