Alphabet Soup Illustrator.

On our first illustrator workshop we learnt about the pen tool, this exercise was used to help us practise.

PREPARING FOR PRINT

Document/Artboard size

A1: 594mm x 841mm

Resolution

Print: 300ppi

Screen: 72ppi

Colour Mode:

Print: CMYK

Screen:RGB

'Out of GAMUT'

FILE FORMATS

Print Screen

(Lossless/Uncompressed)

Ai

PSB

IND

TIFF

PDF

EPS

PS

Screen

(Lossy/Compressed)

JPEG

PNG

GIF

NB: Shouldn't send off these illustrator files to commercial printers as they could edit final piece or steal unprotected work.

As software specific they won't have designing software.

PDF: Portable document format - Designed to be portable. Flattens image and so cannot be edited. SUITABLE FOR PRINTING.

EPF: Encapsulated Postscript File - Flattens image and embeds into document. SUITABLE FOR PRINTING.

LAYOUT

13x2 on landscape A1

Alignment:

Highlight all

Windows (if not in tool bar) - Align

View - show grid