All language subtitles for 9月14日

Adobe illustrator

has a lot of different documents

settings and preferences

and setting everything up correctly

for what you're planning to work with

is very important in order to have a small workflow

with predictable and precise results

there is no one universal setup which is perfect for

every project

and in this class I will share my favorite setup

for working with grid based designs

so to make it easier

to follow alone with all of the techniques

and to get illustrator behave the way it is supposed to

make sure you set your illustrator preferences

document and view settings the same way

let's start with setting up a new document

regardless of how you intend to use your

designs for patterns afterwards

set your document units to pixels to begin with

it will make it easier to create pixel perfect work

and avoid having issues when exporting raster images

or creating seamless pattern tiles

set your artward size to any size you want

art words will continue individual

designs or button tiles

and at this stage

it is more about the proportions

rather than anyone else

and you can always scale your electric artwork

as much as you need to

and since we'll be working with grids

try using some numbers which will be

easy to divide in the whole pixel modules

for example

I'm going to set the size of my art boards to 1200

by 120 pixels

it is my personal preference

because 12 divides nicely by different numbers

so it is easy to deal with

and create

varied grids with a good opportunity for Thailand

next set the number of art boards

because you can always

add new art boards whilst working

it is not critical at the moment

but I will start with 5 art boards

because I will be creating 5 different

standard grids to begin with

so it will save me some time later

we won't need any bleeds

which I used as a run of area for print

so give them set to 0

next

depending on the version of illustrator you're using

either open up the advanced options

or click on the more settings button

to set up the color mode

ruster effect and the preview mode

I am going to set the color mode to RGB

because I am using my designs online

or sending them to printers who accept files in RGB

but if you are creating your artwork

specifically for print

then set the color mode to cnyk

then set the ruster effects to 300 ppi

it determines how any ruster effects

for example grain blur

or shadows will appear and render

you might not use any of this effects

but it is still a good idea to set them to the highest

resolution just in case

next set the preview mode to default to be able to see

all of your elements as smooth

vector shapes

and to see the preview in full color

if you are using more than one art word

it is also useful to click on the more settings button

and set the space in between the art boards

I will set it to the same size as my art boards

so I can have large gaps between the art boards

to make it easier to work with any large elements

which fall beyond the ard board's boundaries

I am also going to set the number of columns to 5

so all my initial art boards are arranged in one line

so that's the document setup done

give your document a name

and click create

when the new document opens up

it's a good idea to save it right away

so press command s or control s in windows

in the save dialogue

select where you want to save your file

and make sure that the format is set to AI

click save and in the next illustrator options window

make sure that your

work and version of illustrator is selected here

and click ok

next let's quickly go for illustrator preferences

reuse settings and workspace setup

so that we are on the same page

and all the useful things

which you will need to work with grids with precision

are enabled