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Adobe Illustrator for Creative Professionals

By : Clint Balsar
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Adobe Illustrator for Creative Professionals

By: Clint Balsar

Overview of this book

Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based art tool for visual creatives. It is an industry-standard tool that helps you take a design from concept to completion, including the process of peer collaboration and client feedback. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, you’ll begin to build confidence as you master the methods of successful illustrators in the industry by exploring crucial tools and techniques of Adobe Illustrator. You’ll learn how to create objects using different tools and methods while assigning varied attributes and appearances. Throughout the book, you’ll strengthen your skills in developing structures for maintaining organization as your illustration grows. By the end of this Adobe Illustrator book, you’ll have gained the confidence you need to not only create content in the desired format and for the right audience but also build eye-catching vector art based on solid design principles.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Reviewing the Necessary Knowledge
4
Part 2 – Advanced Illustrator Methods
10
Part 3 – Real-World Applications

Chapter 3: Developing and Organizing Objects

Now that we have some of the basics out of the way, we will start discussing the process of creating files within Illustrator by addressing basic organization with object and layer management techniques. This may seem a bit out of order, as we won't discuss creating objects in detail until the next chapter, but knowing a variety of organizational techniques will help you maintain a good level of control once you start creating. After completing this chapter, you will know how to select and combine objects, create layers, and migrate items from one layer to another.

Whether you are new to Illustrator or feel fairly accomplished in it, this chapter aims to encourage you to learn about and/or revisit methods of file management that will help you be more efficient with your time.

To accomplish this, the chapter will be divided into the following main topics:

  • Groups and compound paths
  • Layers and selecting
  • Migrating...