Illustrator notes

07.25.2011

Just finished my visual design mockup for ITC 200. Here’s a list of some of the illustrator tools that I used.

gradient

  • right panel control color
  • left panel controls direction of gradient

Clipping mask

  • must select two objects
  • right-click and click make clipping mask
  • topmost layer becomes mask

radial gradient

polygon tool

  • plus and minus keys to change number of slides

Character tool

  • change line height and line spacing

Global swatches

Symbols

embed image and define pattern