Week 1 (Imaging)


Adobe Illustrator was introduced. Learned about the difference between an Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

Adobe Photoshop is a software used for manipulating pictures. The pictures are made up of pixels.

Adobe illustrator is vector software used in illustrations and publications. 
Learned the tools in Illustrator.

Like:

  1. Selection Tool: Used for selecting any object and dragging it around the artboard. It can also increase/decrease the size of the image. For uniform increasing/decreasing of the object , click shift and then drag it around for uniform results.
  2. Direct Selection tool: Used for editing individual paths and anchor points. 
  3. Magic Wand Tool: Used for selecting images with the same features.
  4. Pen tool: Used for drawing a line or a curve in the artboard. Can be used to trace images.
  5. Adding/Deleting Anchor Points
  6. Curvature Tool: Used to create curves in a line. 
  7. Pathfinder Tool: Used for combining objects and creating new shapes.

Made 2 logos and a spanner using the tools of illustrator


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