Release to Layers Sequence

• By selecting the drop-down in layers panel, select "release layers to sequence to put each path in separate layer
• this works especially well for importing ai files in after effects

Preparing Illlustrator files for After Effects

In Illustrator - Preparation

• Place all vector paths in the layers that they are meant to be placed in. i.e. sections/groups of vectors. ex: when illustrating a person's face, one part of the face you might have are the eyes as a separate layer

• By selecting the drop-down in layers panel, select "release layers to sequence to put each path in separate layer
• this works especially well for importing ai files in after effects

In After Effects - Importing

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• When importing ai file into after effects, we are going to select FILE>IMPORT FILE
• We are going to make sure it is a "composition - Retain File Sizes"; not "footage". This ensures that all layers from .ai file will automatically get cropped at the edges, making it easier to edit each individual component

After Effects blog post:

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6361797571478875406#editor/target=post;postID=6218440806600586042;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=3;src=postname

Global Edit

• Select > Start Global Edit
• Select "Appearance" to find objects with the same appearance
• Start Global Edit is in the Quick Actions panel

SOURCE:

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/global-edit.html

Illustrator - Study Guide

https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/the-a-to-z-of-adobe-illustrator--vector-20799


tutplus guide to illustrator acting as this kind of glossary of terms for everything. very helpful.

Pathfinder Options

Original

Unite

Minus Front

Intersect

Exclude

SOURCE:

https://sts.doit.wisc.edu/manuals/illustrator1/

Bleed, Slug, Spine and Margin

• Bleed
• the space beyond where the print will be trimmed.

Image Source:

https://blog.thepapermillstore.com/bleed-what-is-it-why-need-it/

• Slug
• the part of a URL which identifies a particular page on a website in an easy to read form.

• Spine
• a layout in which a main aisle is used for the movements between the work cells located on both side and for the temporary storage of work in process.

SOURCE:

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-create-a-book-cover-spine-in-Adobe-InDesign-It-needs-to-be-between-1-4-and-1-2-inch-I-also-need-to-know-how-to-add-the-books-title-and-my-name-as-author-to-the-spine-so-it-reads-sideways-when-the-book-is-lying-flat

• Margin
•  the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of print or writing

SOURCE:
https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/46606/applying-different-margins-slugs-to-different-pages

SOURCES:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/margin

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233350411_Spine_layout_design

https://yoast.com/slug/

Illustrator Brushes

5 brushes

Calligraphic brushes

• Create strokes that resemble those drawn with the angled point of a calligraphic pen and are drawn along the center of the path. When you use the Blob Brush tool, you can paint with a calligraphic brush and automatically expand the brush stroke into a fill shape that merges with other filled objects of the same color that intersect or are adjacent in stacking order.
• Scatter brushes
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• Disperse copies of an object (such as a ladybug or a leaf) along the path.
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• Art brushes
• Stretch a brush shape (such as Rough Charcoal) or object shape evenly along the length of the path.
• Bristle brush
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• Create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles.
• Pattern brushes
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• Paint a pattern—made of individual tiles—that repeats along the path. Pattern brushes can include up to five tiles, for the sides, inner corner, outer corner, beginning, and end of the pattern.

Source:

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/brushes.html

Interface

• control panel is at the very top of interface shows the color, stroke, and pattern properties
• document window is the workspace with a bar at the top that you can undock by clicking and dragging
• tools panel on the left shows the tools
• status bar is at the bottom of the interface.
• panels dock on the right of interface consists of properties to apply to strokes, fills and gradients
• in the center of interface is the artboard

Image Source:

https://sts.doit.wisc.edu/manuals/illustrator1/