1 00:00:00.05 --> 00:00:02.00 - [Instructor] All right I'm going to start things off 2 00:00:02.00 --> 00:00:03.05 with a movie I'm calling 3 00:00:03.05 --> 00:00:08.06 Previously on Illustrator CC 2018 One-on-One. 4 00:00:08.06 --> 00:00:10.05 The idea being that I want to pass along 5 00:00:10.05 --> 00:00:12.08 a few highlights from the Fundamentals course 6 00:00:12.08 --> 00:00:15.06 that are specifically designed so that you and I 7 00:00:15.06 --> 00:00:17.04 have a common experience. 8 00:00:17.04 --> 00:00:19.01 So for starters when you first launch 9 00:00:19.01 --> 00:00:21.01 the most recent version of the software, 10 00:00:21.01 --> 00:00:24.01 you're confronted with the Essentials workspace, 11 00:00:24.01 --> 00:00:26.03 which is just these three panels, 12 00:00:26.03 --> 00:00:28.00 and you might see the Libraries panel, 13 00:00:28.00 --> 00:00:30.03 or this enormous Properties panel 14 00:00:30.03 --> 00:00:32.09 which is designed specifically to replace 15 00:00:32.09 --> 00:00:34.00 the control panel. 16 00:00:34.00 --> 00:00:36.04 And at first it seems pretty handy, 17 00:00:36.04 --> 00:00:38.04 that you can for example switch to 18 00:00:38.04 --> 00:00:40.01 a different unit of measure, 19 00:00:40.01 --> 00:00:42.09 or you can lock and unlock the guides 20 00:00:42.09 --> 00:00:44.07 using this icon right here, 21 00:00:44.07 --> 00:00:47.02 and you can even change the keyboard increment, 22 00:00:47.02 --> 00:00:49.03 that is the distance that you move an object 23 00:00:49.03 --> 00:00:51.06 when pressing any of the arrow keys, 24 00:00:51.06 --> 00:00:53.03 which otherwise you can't get to 25 00:00:53.03 --> 00:00:56.04 unless you press Control + K or Command + K on the Mac 26 00:00:56.04 --> 00:00:57.08 to bring up the General panel of 27 00:00:57.08 --> 00:00:59.04 the Preferences dialog box. 28 00:00:59.04 --> 00:01:03.06 The K being for keyboard increment in fact. 29 00:01:03.06 --> 00:01:05.04 All right so I'll go ahead and cancel out. 30 00:01:05.04 --> 00:01:07.08 The problem with this optimistic view 31 00:01:07.08 --> 00:01:11.03 is that it only holds true when the black arrow is selected. 32 00:01:11.03 --> 00:01:13.07 If I switch to any other tool, then we get 33 00:01:13.07 --> 00:01:16.01 pretty much the same options that you otherwise 34 00:01:16.01 --> 00:01:19.02 see in the much smaller control panel. 35 00:01:19.02 --> 00:01:22.00 And when I say much smaller, it is less than 36 00:01:22.00 --> 00:01:25.01 a quarter of the size on most screens. 37 00:01:25.01 --> 00:01:26.08 Now, Adobe has been arguing that 38 00:01:26.08 --> 00:01:29.02 one of the great things about the Properties panel 39 00:01:29.02 --> 00:01:31.03 is that if I were to select something 40 00:01:31.03 --> 00:01:35.03 like the eraser tool, then I have this Tool Options button 41 00:01:35.03 --> 00:01:38.01 in the top right corner, which is not available 42 00:01:38.01 --> 00:01:40.08 in the control panel, and if you were to click on it, 43 00:01:40.08 --> 00:01:44.01 then you can change the angle, and roundness, and size 44 00:01:44.01 --> 00:01:46.01 of your eraser, which is great. 45 00:01:46.01 --> 00:01:48.06 However, you can already get to this dialog box 46 00:01:48.06 --> 00:01:50.01 just by pressing the Enter key 47 00:01:50.01 --> 00:01:51.07 or the Return key on the Mac. 48 00:01:51.07 --> 00:01:54.02 So having this button doesn't really help us out, 49 00:01:54.02 --> 00:01:55.09 which is why at the very least, 50 00:01:55.09 --> 00:01:58.08 I recommend that you switch to Essentials Classic, 51 00:01:58.08 --> 00:02:01.03 which brings back the control panel. 52 00:02:01.03 --> 00:02:04.05 At which point you can see how much, much smaller it is, 53 00:02:04.05 --> 00:02:06.02 and you can also see that it doesn't block 54 00:02:06.02 --> 00:02:08.07 other panels, as the Properties panel 55 00:02:08.07 --> 00:02:10.06 is currently blocking the Libraries panel. 56 00:02:10.06 --> 00:02:12.07 And worse yet, by default, 57 00:02:12.07 --> 00:02:14.05 when you're looking at the Essentials workspace, 58 00:02:14.05 --> 00:02:16.05 Properties blocks Layers. 59 00:02:16.05 --> 00:02:18.09 And nothing in my opinion should block 60 00:02:18.09 --> 00:02:20.04 the Layers panel. 61 00:02:20.04 --> 00:02:21.07 But what I really recommended you do 62 00:02:21.07 --> 00:02:23.04 back in chapter three was create 63 00:02:23.04 --> 00:02:25.06 a custom workspace called One-on-One 64 00:02:25.06 --> 00:02:29.04 that basically brings up the best of all possible worlds, 65 00:02:29.04 --> 00:02:32.07 and doesn't really take up any more room on screen. 66 00:02:32.07 --> 00:02:35.00 Now, speaking of room, notice that we have 67 00:02:35.00 --> 00:02:37.01 these big tabs right here. 68 00:02:37.01 --> 00:02:38.08 They are designed for tablet users, 69 00:02:38.08 --> 00:02:40.04 specifically folks who are working 70 00:02:40.04 --> 00:02:42.04 with Microsoft Surface Pro. 71 00:02:42.04 --> 00:02:44.04 But that's not most of us. 72 00:02:44.04 --> 00:02:47.05 Most of us are working on desktop or laptop computers, 73 00:02:47.05 --> 00:02:49.08 and are perfectly comfortable with smaller tabs, 74 00:02:49.08 --> 00:02:52.02 and so I want to show you how much smaller things get. 75 00:02:52.02 --> 00:02:54.05 I'm going to go ahead and tuck up the bottom edge 76 00:02:54.05 --> 00:02:57.04 of the Swatches panel, so that it's even 77 00:02:57.04 --> 00:03:00.01 with the bottom swatches, and then I'm going to press 78 00:03:00.01 --> 00:03:01.08 Control + K or Command + K on the Mac 79 00:03:01.08 --> 00:03:03.08 to bring up the Preferences dialog box. 80 00:03:03.08 --> 00:03:06.03 And I'll click on this guy, User Interface, 81 00:03:06.03 --> 00:03:07.09 and I'll turn off Large Tabs, 82 00:03:07.09 --> 00:03:10.06 and I want you to see how it happens immediately. 83 00:03:10.06 --> 00:03:12.05 As soon as I turn that checkbox off, 84 00:03:12.05 --> 00:03:15.01 look how much more room we get. 85 00:03:15.01 --> 00:03:17.01 So, it's not inconsiderable. 86 00:03:17.01 --> 00:03:19.08 We get a lot of additional vertical space 87 00:03:19.08 --> 00:03:22.01 which is very important to me on this small screen 88 00:03:22.01 --> 00:03:23.09 when the tabs are smaller. 89 00:03:23.09 --> 00:03:26.04 At which point I'll go ahead and click OK. 90 00:03:26.04 --> 00:03:28.01 All right now I just want you to notice 91 00:03:28.01 --> 00:03:29.00 the toolbox here. 92 00:03:29.00 --> 00:03:31.01 On most screens, like this tiny one, 93 00:03:31.01 --> 00:03:33.07 or a laptop screen, it's going to show up 94 00:03:33.07 --> 00:03:35.08 as two columns in order to fit 95 00:03:35.08 --> 00:03:37.09 all the tools as well as these icons 96 00:03:37.09 --> 00:03:39.01 down here at the bottom. 97 00:03:39.01 --> 00:03:42.01 I however prefer to work with a single column toolbox, 98 00:03:42.01 --> 00:03:43.04 and you can switch between them 99 00:03:43.04 --> 00:03:45.07 just by clicking on the double arrow icon. 100 00:03:45.07 --> 00:03:48.01 And so I just want you to be aware that's the case 101 00:03:48.01 --> 00:03:49.09 so that you can easily find the tool 102 00:03:49.09 --> 00:03:51.07 that you're looking for when you're trying 103 00:03:51.07 --> 00:03:53.06 to track me in the video. 104 00:03:53.06 --> 00:03:55.03 All right now we do have slightly different 105 00:03:55.03 --> 00:03:57.00 cursors these days than you might see 106 00:03:57.00 --> 00:03:58.03 in some of my movies. 107 00:03:58.03 --> 00:04:00.09 The arrow tools no longer have stems, 108 00:04:00.09 --> 00:04:02.08 and if you select the pen tool, 109 00:04:02.08 --> 00:04:06.03 then you get what I'm calling the cloven cursor here, 110 00:04:06.03 --> 00:04:08.05 which looks kind of charred to me, 111 00:04:08.05 --> 00:04:12.00 and it lacks the point that the pen tool used to have. 112 00:04:12.00 --> 00:04:13.03 But, other than aesthetics, 113 00:04:13.03 --> 00:04:16.07 it works exactly the same as it ever has. 114 00:04:16.07 --> 00:04:18.08 All right now notice this numerical option 115 00:04:18.08 --> 00:04:20.02 up here in the control panel. 116 00:04:20.02 --> 00:04:21.07 In this case Opacity. 117 00:04:21.07 --> 00:04:24.08 Well nowadays you can scrub any numerical value 118 00:04:24.08 --> 00:04:26.09 using the scroll wheel on your mouse. 119 00:04:26.09 --> 00:04:29.02 So in this case I'm just hovering over the value 120 00:04:29.02 --> 00:04:30.08 and scrolling down. 121 00:04:30.08 --> 00:04:33.01 I could scroll up in order to increase 122 00:04:33.01 --> 00:04:34.08 that value if I like. 123 00:04:34.08 --> 00:04:37.00 And this works with magic mice, and track pads, 124 00:04:37.00 --> 00:04:39.06 and anything else that scrolls as well. 125 00:04:39.06 --> 00:04:42.00 If you want to scrub in increments of 10, 126 00:04:42.00 --> 00:04:44.03 then press the Shift key as you either 127 00:04:44.03 --> 00:04:47.05 scroll down or scroll up. 128 00:04:47.05 --> 00:04:49.01 All right I'm going to press the V key 129 00:04:49.01 --> 00:04:50.09 to switch back to my black arrow tool, 130 00:04:50.09 --> 00:04:53.00 and I'll go ahead and click on the word Illustrator, 131 00:04:53.00 --> 00:04:55.06 and notice by default we're seeing a bounding box. 132 00:04:55.06 --> 00:04:57.04 And the bounding box has the advantage 133 00:04:57.04 --> 00:05:00.06 of allowing you to transform objects on the fly 134 00:05:00.06 --> 00:05:02.03 just by dragging their handles 135 00:05:02.03 --> 00:05:04.08 or you can drag slightly outside of a handle 136 00:05:04.08 --> 00:05:07.01 in order to rotate the object. 137 00:05:07.01 --> 00:05:08.01 I don't like it though. 138 00:05:08.01 --> 00:05:10.04 I'm going to undo those two changes by pressing 139 00:05:10.04 --> 00:05:13.00 Control + Z or Command + Z on the Mac a couple of times, 140 00:05:13.00 --> 00:05:15.02 and that's because I can't see the anchor points 141 00:05:15.02 --> 00:05:17.00 unless I press and hold the Control key 142 00:05:17.00 --> 00:05:19.01 or the Command key on the Mac to temporarily 143 00:05:19.01 --> 00:05:22.01 switch to the white arrow tool on the fly. 144 00:05:22.01 --> 00:05:23.04 I like to see my anchor points 145 00:05:23.04 --> 00:05:25.03 and I like to be able to drag objects 146 00:05:25.03 --> 00:05:26.06 by their anchor points so that 147 00:05:26.06 --> 00:05:28.05 they snap into proper alignment, 148 00:05:28.05 --> 00:05:30.02 which is why I hide the bounding box 149 00:05:30.02 --> 00:05:31.04 by going to the View menu 150 00:05:31.04 --> 00:05:34.01 and choosing the Hide Bounding Box command. 151 00:05:34.01 --> 00:05:35.04 Now I'm not saying the bounding box 152 00:05:35.04 --> 00:05:36.05 is never useful. 153 00:05:36.05 --> 00:05:38.02 I find it very helpful when working 154 00:05:38.02 --> 00:05:40.00 with area text for example. 155 00:05:40.00 --> 00:05:41.05 Which is why you may want to remember 156 00:05:41.05 --> 00:05:43.07 that keyboard shortcut of Control + Shift + B 157 00:05:43.07 --> 00:05:47.02 here on the PC, or Command + Shift + B on the Mac. 158 00:05:47.02 --> 00:05:49.07 Speaking of which we also have smart guides, 159 00:05:49.07 --> 00:05:51.04 which I have turned off currently, 160 00:05:51.04 --> 00:05:53.03 and that's because it makes objects flash 161 00:05:53.03 --> 00:05:55.01 as I hover my cursor over them, 162 00:05:55.01 --> 00:05:56.06 which is no good for video. 163 00:05:56.06 --> 00:05:58.05 And notice in this case I am making 164 00:05:58.05 --> 00:06:00.08 objects flash that I can't even see. 165 00:06:00.08 --> 00:06:02.05 But I very much like smart guides 166 00:06:02.05 --> 00:06:03.06 and I'll hide them and show them 167 00:06:03.06 --> 00:06:05.05 several times in any given session, 168 00:06:05.05 --> 00:06:07.03 which is why you may want to remember this 169 00:06:07.03 --> 00:06:09.07 keyboard shortcut of Control + U 170 00:06:09.07 --> 00:06:11.08 or Command + U on the Mac. 171 00:06:11.08 --> 00:06:13.08 All right next I'll go up to the File menu 172 00:06:13.08 --> 00:06:15.04 and choose the New command, 173 00:06:15.04 --> 00:06:17.02 so that we can see that these days 174 00:06:17.02 --> 00:06:19.02 Illustrator has this massive 175 00:06:19.02 --> 00:06:22.06 New Document dialog box, which you might quite enjoy. 176 00:06:22.06 --> 00:06:24.01 And one of the good things about it 177 00:06:24.01 --> 00:06:26.01 is that it now runs conversions. 178 00:06:26.01 --> 00:06:29.03 So here I am working in points as you can see, 179 00:06:29.03 --> 00:06:31.04 but I could enter six double quote 180 00:06:31.04 --> 00:06:35.03 in order to convert six inches to points on the fly. 181 00:06:35.03 --> 00:06:39.01 Or I could enter 10 centimeters for example, 10 cm, 182 00:06:39.01 --> 00:06:41.05 and run that conversion as well. 183 00:06:41.05 --> 00:06:42.09 You can also do basic math. 184 00:06:42.09 --> 00:06:44.02 So let's say I want to set the bleed 185 00:06:44.02 --> 00:06:45.03 to a half inch. 186 00:06:45.03 --> 00:06:49.01 I could enter one slash two, so one half inch. 187 00:06:49.01 --> 00:06:51.08 Now that's not going to work the way things 188 00:06:51.08 --> 00:06:52.09 stand right now. 189 00:06:52.09 --> 00:06:54.04 Notice that we have a bad conversion. 190 00:06:54.04 --> 00:06:57.03 A half an inch is really equal to 36 points. 191 00:06:57.03 --> 00:07:00.01 What I have to do instead is enter one inch 192 00:07:00.01 --> 00:07:02.03 divided by two, like so, 193 00:07:02.03 --> 00:07:03.08 and that ends up working. 194 00:07:03.08 --> 00:07:06.04 But I still prefer the old New dialog box 195 00:07:06.04 --> 00:07:07.06 which you can get to by clicking 196 00:07:07.06 --> 00:07:08.09 on the More Settings button, 197 00:07:08.09 --> 00:07:10.08 and notice for the sake of variety 198 00:07:10.08 --> 00:07:12.07 I could enter three slash four, 199 00:07:12.07 --> 00:07:14.09 and it's running that conversion on the fly 200 00:07:14.09 --> 00:07:16.07 in these other values right here, 201 00:07:16.07 --> 00:07:18.06 because they're all linked together. 202 00:07:18.06 --> 00:07:20.01 And then notice as soon as I enter 203 00:07:20.01 --> 00:07:23.05 double quote afterwards, it converts to 54 points 204 00:07:23.05 --> 00:07:25.04 which is exactly right. 205 00:07:25.04 --> 00:07:27.02 So you have a little additional freedom 206 00:07:27.02 --> 00:07:29.00 inside of this old dialog box, 207 00:07:29.00 --> 00:07:31.00 and it's not nearly so huge. 208 00:07:31.00 --> 00:07:33.05 Which is why what I prefer to do 209 00:07:33.05 --> 00:07:35.08 is press Control + K or Command + K on the Mac 210 00:07:35.08 --> 00:07:37.05 to bring up the Preferences dialog box, 211 00:07:37.05 --> 00:07:38.05 and then turn on this guy, 212 00:07:38.05 --> 00:07:41.00 Use legacy File New interface. 213 00:07:41.00 --> 00:07:43.07 Click OK and now if I return to the File menu 214 00:07:43.07 --> 00:07:46.02 and choose the New command, I get the older 215 00:07:46.02 --> 00:07:48.01 more flexible dialog box. 216 00:07:48.01 --> 00:07:50.02 All right so I'll just go ahead and cancel out. 217 00:07:50.02 --> 00:07:53.02 One final thing to know, and this is just an FYI, 218 00:07:53.02 --> 00:07:55.01 let's say you're previewing a document 219 00:07:55.01 --> 00:07:57.05 as we are here, and for some reason 220 00:07:57.05 --> 00:07:59.00 it doesn't look quite right. 221 00:07:59.00 --> 00:08:00.07 Either the strokes are too thick 222 00:08:00.07 --> 00:08:03.04 or your patterns aren't looking right, or what have you. 223 00:08:03.04 --> 00:08:05.08 Then one option is to quit Illustrator 224 00:08:05.08 --> 00:08:08.07 and restart the program, and see if that clears things up. 225 00:08:08.07 --> 00:08:10.09 Another is to go up to the View menu 226 00:08:10.09 --> 00:08:12.04 and choose this command right here. 227 00:08:12.04 --> 00:08:15.05 So, depending on the quality of your graphics card, 228 00:08:15.05 --> 00:08:18.04 Illustrator by default is going to preview 229 00:08:18.04 --> 00:08:21.01 your illustration using the GPU, 230 00:08:21.01 --> 00:08:23.00 which is the graphic processing unit. 231 00:08:23.00 --> 00:08:25.07 If you would prefer to try out the CPU instead, 232 00:08:25.07 --> 00:08:27.06 then just go ahead and choose this command 233 00:08:27.06 --> 00:08:30.01 and you will get a different looking preview. 234 00:08:30.01 --> 00:08:32.00 In my case it looks a little clunkier, 235 00:08:32.00 --> 00:08:33.09 and so I'll return to the View menu 236 00:08:33.09 --> 00:08:35.08 and choose that command's complement, 237 00:08:35.08 --> 00:08:38.06 which is expressed as GPU Preview. 238 00:08:38.06 --> 00:08:40.03 And those are a few highlights 239 00:08:40.03 --> 00:08:41.08 from the Fundamentals course 240 00:08:41.08 --> 00:08:43.06 that will ensure smooth sailing 241 00:08:43.06 --> 00:08:45.00 as you work your way through 242 00:08:45.00 --> 00:08:49.00 Illustrator CC 2018 One-on-One.