Week 4 Notes

Week 4 Notes

Setting up a template/library of shapes etc.

·      Can drag brushes etc we don’t want into trash

·      Save specific colour swatches etc

·      Keep all dress shapes on the side around the page

·      File save as template

BUTTONS

·      Shift option draw circle

·      Line in middle

·      Creating same gaps:

·      Group button lines (up vertical bar)

·      Shift option move down

·      Command D etc etc

OR

·      Position first and last

·      Double click Blend tool (under eyedropper). Specified steps. ok

·      Click on top and bottom button

PRINTS

·      Select shape

·      Click on desktop. Make size of square

·      Fill

·      Ellipse tool (circle). Click desktop. Make size. Fill.

·      Place centre of circle on corner of square.

·      Square is 20mm wide. Illustrator preferences, general, incriment 20mm. OK.

·      Option, arrowkey to left ONCE. Dot will go to next corner. Down and then across.

·      MIDDLE: Illustrator, preference general. 10mm. Option left, no option up.

·      Select square.

·      Command C command B to paste to back.

·      Remove fill

·      Window, brushes

·      Select whole thing, drag into palette

·      Use as FILL

CHANGE SCALE

·      Object transform

·      Scale. Untick object, tick patterns.

·      Uniform scale 50% or whatever.

·      Command D to duplicate last action, will keep going smaller and smaller.

CHANGING COLOUR

·      Must always keep original pattern working if we want to make changes

STRIPES

·      Make a rectangle shape. E.g. 20mm by 30mm.

·      Fill plain.

·      Create second one 20mm by 15mm. Make it white. Same width but different height, which determines the stripe thickness.

·      Window, pathfinder. Align.

·      Select two objects. Align them to the left and top.

·      Click bigger square, command C command B. No fill.

·      Select whole thing, drag into swatches.

·      Object transform, rotate or scale as we wish. E.g. diagonal.