1 00:00:00.06 --> 00:00:02.02 - [Instructor] Over the course of this chapter, 2 00:00:02.02 --> 00:00:04.05 we'll be creating this project from scratch, 3 00:00:04.05 --> 00:00:06.07 and it features Chapter Five from the original 4 00:00:06.07 --> 00:00:10.02 Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written in the year 1900 5 00:00:10.02 --> 00:00:14.04 by L. Frank Baum, and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. 6 00:00:14.04 --> 00:00:17.04 When I say from scratch, I mean the text. 7 00:00:17.04 --> 00:00:19.05 I've gone ahead and drawn the tin woodman 8 00:00:19.05 --> 00:00:22.00 and the scarecrow in advance. 9 00:00:22.00 --> 00:00:24.01 We're going to start things off in this movie 10 00:00:24.01 --> 00:00:26.07 by creating a three-page document, 11 00:00:26.07 --> 00:00:28.07 so three artboards in all. 12 00:00:28.07 --> 00:00:31.02 We're also going to add these margin guides 13 00:00:31.02 --> 00:00:33.02 around each one of the artboards 14 00:00:33.02 --> 00:00:35.06 as well as these two horizontal guides 15 00:00:35.06 --> 00:00:38.07 that separate the headline from the body copy. 16 00:00:38.07 --> 00:00:41.03 So the first step is to go up to the File menu 17 00:00:41.03 --> 00:00:43.09 and choose the New command, but before we do, 18 00:00:43.09 --> 00:00:46.03 I want you to notice that we have a clean 19 00:00:46.03 --> 00:00:49.07 white boundary around the edge of the artboard, 20 00:00:49.07 --> 00:00:52.01 so we won't be needing any bleed. 21 00:00:52.01 --> 00:00:53.05 Just so you know. 22 00:00:53.05 --> 00:00:56.07 All right, so I'll return to the File menu and choose New, 23 00:00:56.07 --> 00:01:00.01 and then I'll switch to the Art & Illustration panel, 24 00:01:00.01 --> 00:01:01.04 and I'll make sure that my units 25 00:01:01.04 --> 00:01:03.03 are set to Points, which they are, 26 00:01:03.03 --> 00:01:05.05 and I'll dial in those same width and height values 27 00:01:05.05 --> 00:01:07.02 that we've used in the past. 28 00:01:07.02 --> 00:01:10.04 That is to say a width value of 1008 points 29 00:01:10.04 --> 00:01:14.05 and a height of 672, and then I'll Tab my way 30 00:01:14.05 --> 00:01:16.02 over to the Artboards value, 31 00:01:16.02 --> 00:01:18.07 and I'll take it up to three. 32 00:01:18.07 --> 00:01:20.07 Now as I say, we don't need any Bleed, 33 00:01:20.07 --> 00:01:22.07 so you can leave these values set to zero. 34 00:01:22.07 --> 00:01:25.00 A color mode of RGB is just fine, 35 00:01:25.00 --> 00:01:27.02 but I want to arrange my artboards 36 00:01:27.02 --> 00:01:29.09 into a single line, and so I'll click 37 00:01:29.09 --> 00:01:32.01 on the More Settings button in order to 38 00:01:32.01 --> 00:01:35.00 bring up the Legacy new dialog box, 39 00:01:35.00 --> 00:01:37.00 and I'll click on this icon right here, 40 00:01:37.00 --> 00:01:39.07 Arrange By Column, so that all of the artboards 41 00:01:39.07 --> 00:01:41.04 are arranged in a line. 42 00:01:41.04 --> 00:01:45.08 Then I'll change this Spacing value here to 100 points, 43 00:01:45.08 --> 00:01:48.01 and I'll click on the Create Document button 44 00:01:48.01 --> 00:01:51.01 in order to create these three artboards. 45 00:01:51.01 --> 00:01:53.00 All right now I'm going to zoom into the first one 46 00:01:53.00 --> 00:01:56.07 by pressing Control + 0 or Cmd + 0 on the Mac. 47 00:01:56.07 --> 00:01:59.00 Now as I've been saying, Illustrator is not 48 00:01:59.00 --> 00:02:01.07 technically a page layout program, 49 00:02:01.07 --> 00:02:05.05 so unlike say InDesign, Illustrator does not provide 50 00:02:05.05 --> 00:02:08.00 a dedicated command that allows you 51 00:02:08.00 --> 00:02:09.07 to create page margins. 52 00:02:09.07 --> 00:02:11.06 Instead, you need to create your margin 53 00:02:11.06 --> 00:02:14.01 as a custom guide, and so let's start 54 00:02:14.01 --> 00:02:16.04 by making sure our Smart Guides are turned on 55 00:02:16.04 --> 00:02:18.06 by going to the View menu and confirming 56 00:02:18.06 --> 00:02:21.06 that Smart Guides has a checkmark in front of it. 57 00:02:21.06 --> 00:02:24.02 Then, go ahead and switch to the Rectangle Tool, 58 00:02:24.02 --> 00:02:28.02 because after all, a page margin is ultimately a rectangle, 59 00:02:28.02 --> 00:02:29.08 and then you need to hunt around 60 00:02:29.08 --> 00:02:32.04 for the center of your artboard. 61 00:02:32.04 --> 00:02:34.03 Notice at this point here, I can see 62 00:02:34.03 --> 00:02:36.03 a vertical Smart Guide line going up 63 00:02:36.03 --> 00:02:38.01 to the center, and so now I'll just move 64 00:02:38.01 --> 00:02:42.02 my cursor upward until I see the word Center. 65 00:02:42.02 --> 00:02:43.07 Now we need to create a rectangle 66 00:02:43.07 --> 00:02:45.06 from the center outward, and you do that 67 00:02:45.06 --> 00:02:47.09 by pressing the Alt key, or the Option key 68 00:02:47.09 --> 00:02:50.01 on the Mac, and clicking, 69 00:02:50.01 --> 00:02:52.01 and the reason I'm Alt or Option clicking 70 00:02:52.01 --> 00:02:54.04 is to bring up the Rectangle dialog box 71 00:02:54.04 --> 00:02:57.01 so that I can enter some numeric values. 72 00:02:57.01 --> 00:02:58.08 So I'll start with those same values 73 00:02:58.08 --> 00:03:01.04 I entered into the new document dialog box, 74 00:03:01.04 --> 00:03:04.04 which is to say a width value of 1008 75 00:03:04.04 --> 00:03:07.01 and 672 for the height. 76 00:03:07.01 --> 00:03:09.07 Now I want to move the edges inward, 77 00:03:09.07 --> 00:03:11.02 and just through trial and error, 78 00:03:11.02 --> 00:03:12.06 I figured out that I wanted to move 79 00:03:12.06 --> 00:03:16.00 the edges inward from the right and left-hand sides 80 00:03:16.00 --> 00:03:19.01 by 50 points, and so I'll go ahead and subtract 81 00:03:19.01 --> 00:03:21.02 twice 50, which is 100, 82 00:03:21.02 --> 00:03:23.04 and so I'll just enter negative 100 83 00:03:23.04 --> 00:03:25.02 after the width value like so, 84 00:03:25.02 --> 00:03:27.00 and then when I press the Tab key, 85 00:03:27.00 --> 00:03:29.06 notice that Illustrator does the math for me, 86 00:03:29.06 --> 00:03:31.06 and now I'll press the right arrow key 87 00:03:31.06 --> 00:03:33.08 in order to advance to the right side 88 00:03:33.08 --> 00:03:35.01 of the height value. 89 00:03:35.01 --> 00:03:38.01 I decided I wanted it to come in 40 points 90 00:03:38.01 --> 00:03:41.01 from the top and the bottom, and because 40 times two 91 00:03:41.01 --> 00:03:43.05 is 80, I'll go ahead and subtract 92 00:03:43.05 --> 00:03:45.04 80 points this time around, 93 00:03:45.04 --> 00:03:46.08 and then when I press the Tab key, 94 00:03:46.08 --> 00:03:48.09 again Illustrator does the math, 95 00:03:48.09 --> 00:03:53.06 and now when I click OK, because I Alt or Option clicked, 96 00:03:53.06 --> 00:03:56.06 I'm creating that rectangle from the center outward. 97 00:03:56.06 --> 00:03:58.08 Now we don't want this rectangle to have a fill, 98 00:03:58.08 --> 00:04:01.05 so I'll just go ahead and click on this first color swatch 99 00:04:01.05 --> 00:04:03.05 on the far left side of the control panel, 100 00:04:03.05 --> 00:04:05.08 and change it to None. 101 00:04:05.08 --> 00:04:07.05 Now we want to convert this rectangle 102 00:04:07.05 --> 00:04:10.04 to a custom guide, and the easiest way to do that 103 00:04:10.04 --> 00:04:11.07 is to right-click anywhere inside 104 00:04:11.07 --> 00:04:15.03 the document window, and choose the Make Guides command. 105 00:04:15.03 --> 00:04:18.03 Now we have a custom margin guide. 106 00:04:18.03 --> 00:04:20.02 Now we need to add a couple of ruler guides 107 00:04:20.02 --> 00:04:22.07 to separate the headline from the body copy, 108 00:04:22.07 --> 00:04:24.00 and so I'll bring up the rulers 109 00:04:24.00 --> 00:04:27.01 by pressing Control + R or Command + R on the Mac, 110 00:04:27.01 --> 00:04:29.02 and now I'll drag a horizontal guide 111 00:04:29.02 --> 00:04:32.02 from that top ruler and drop it any old place 112 00:04:32.02 --> 00:04:34.01 inside the document, and the reason 113 00:04:34.01 --> 00:04:36.06 I'm putting it any old place is I actually 114 00:04:36.06 --> 00:04:39.03 want to position it at exactly 100 points, 115 00:04:39.03 --> 00:04:42.01 but that's easier done in a separate step. 116 00:04:42.01 --> 00:04:43.08 All right I don't need the rulers anymore, 117 00:04:43.08 --> 00:04:45.08 so I'll get rid of them by pressing Control + R 118 00:04:45.08 --> 00:04:47.09 or Command + R on the Mac, and now I need 119 00:04:47.09 --> 00:04:50.09 to unlock the guides by going up to the View menu, 120 00:04:50.09 --> 00:04:54.04 choosing Guides, and then choosing Unlock Guides 121 00:04:54.04 --> 00:04:56.04 so that I can now edit them. 122 00:04:56.04 --> 00:04:58.05 Now you want to switch back to the black arrow tool, 123 00:04:58.05 --> 00:05:00.03 which you can get by pressing the V key, 124 00:05:00.03 --> 00:05:03.04 and then click on that horizontal guide to select it. 125 00:05:03.04 --> 00:05:05.01 Then when you move your cursor away, 126 00:05:05.01 --> 00:05:06.09 you'll see that it is selected. 127 00:05:06.09 --> 00:05:09.09 Now the easiest way to move it to a specific location 128 00:05:09.09 --> 00:05:11.09 is to bring up the Transform Panel 129 00:05:11.09 --> 00:05:14.00 which you can get by clicking on the word Transform 130 00:05:14.00 --> 00:05:15.08 up here in the control panel. 131 00:05:15.08 --> 00:05:18.01 The X value would change the horizontal position 132 00:05:18.01 --> 00:05:20.08 of this guide, which won't make any difference, 133 00:05:20.08 --> 00:05:23.05 so just Tab your way down to the Y value 134 00:05:23.05 --> 00:05:25.07 and now enter a value of 100 points 135 00:05:25.07 --> 00:05:28.03 and press the Tab key to move the guideline 136 00:05:28.03 --> 00:05:33.01 to exactly 100 points below the very top of the artboard. 137 00:05:33.01 --> 00:05:34.09 Now I want to create a second copy 138 00:05:34.09 --> 00:05:38.02 of this guideline 34 more points down, 139 00:05:38.02 --> 00:05:40.00 and the easiest way to do that 140 00:05:40.00 --> 00:05:42.05 is to click after this Y value, 141 00:05:42.05 --> 00:05:45.06 and enter plus 34 like so, 142 00:05:45.06 --> 00:05:47.06 and then instead of pressing the Enter key, 143 00:05:47.06 --> 00:05:49.03 which would just move the guideline, 144 00:05:49.03 --> 00:05:51.04 we want to press Alt + Enter, 145 00:05:51.04 --> 00:05:53.05 or Option + Return on the Mac 146 00:05:53.05 --> 00:05:55.06 in order to create a copy of that guide 147 00:05:55.06 --> 00:05:57.04 at the new location. 148 00:05:57.04 --> 00:05:58.08 All right now the horizontal guides 149 00:05:58.08 --> 00:06:01.01 only need to appear in the first artboard, 150 00:06:01.01 --> 00:06:03.00 but the margin guide needs to appear 151 00:06:03.00 --> 00:06:05.01 on all three artboards. 152 00:06:05.01 --> 00:06:06.07 So what we need to do is cut 153 00:06:06.07 --> 00:06:08.06 this margin guide and then paste it 154 00:06:08.06 --> 00:06:10.08 onto all of the artboards at the same time, 155 00:06:10.08 --> 00:06:12.00 and to make that happen, 156 00:06:12.00 --> 00:06:14.08 go ahead and click on the rectangle to select it, 157 00:06:14.08 --> 00:06:16.02 and then go up to the Edit menu 158 00:06:16.02 --> 00:06:17.07 and choose the Cut command. 159 00:06:17.07 --> 00:06:19.03 Or you can just press Control + X, 160 00:06:19.03 --> 00:06:21.02 or Command + X on the Mac. 161 00:06:21.02 --> 00:06:23.03 Now, just so that we can see the next step 162 00:06:23.03 --> 00:06:25.09 in all of its glory, go up to the View menu, 163 00:06:25.09 --> 00:06:28.03 and choose Fit All in Window, 164 00:06:28.03 --> 00:06:30.02 so that we can see all three artboards 165 00:06:30.02 --> 00:06:33.00 at the same time, and now return to the Edit menu 166 00:06:33.00 --> 00:06:35.06 and choose Paste on All Artboards. 167 00:06:35.06 --> 00:06:37.04 You will now see margin guides 168 00:06:37.04 --> 00:06:40.08 around every single one of the pages. 169 00:06:40.08 --> 00:06:42.01 All right now at this point we're done 170 00:06:42.01 --> 00:06:44.05 with the guides, so we might as well lock them down 171 00:06:44.05 --> 00:06:46.00 by going up to the View menu, 172 00:06:46.00 --> 00:06:49.06 choosing Guides, and then choosing Lock Guides. 173 00:06:49.06 --> 00:06:51.07 Now I'll just click on that first artboard 174 00:06:51.07 --> 00:06:53.04 to make sure it's active, and I'll once again 175 00:06:53.04 --> 00:06:55.03 zoom in by pressing Control + 0 176 00:06:55.03 --> 00:06:57.02 or Command + 0 on the Mac. 177 00:06:57.02 --> 00:06:58.07 Now finally, we need to do a little bit 178 00:06:58.07 --> 00:07:01.00 of housekeeping here inside the Layers panel, 179 00:07:01.00 --> 00:07:02.06 so click on the fly out menu icon 180 00:07:02.06 --> 00:07:04.05 in the top right corner of the panel 181 00:07:04.05 --> 00:07:07.01 and choose the Panel Options command, 182 00:07:07.01 --> 00:07:08.09 then select Other and change 183 00:07:08.09 --> 00:07:13.06 the thumbnail size to 60 pixels, and click OK. 184 00:07:13.06 --> 00:07:15.00 Now I'm going to rename this layer 185 00:07:15.00 --> 00:07:17.01 by double-clicking on its existing name 186 00:07:17.01 --> 00:07:20.03 and renaming it guides, and then our last step 187 00:07:20.03 --> 00:07:22.05 is to create a layer for the text. 188 00:07:22.05 --> 00:07:25.04 You can do that by dropping down to the little page icon 189 00:07:25.04 --> 00:07:26.09 at the bottom of the Layers panel, 190 00:07:26.09 --> 00:07:29.00 and Alt or Option + Clicking on it 191 00:07:29.00 --> 00:07:31.08 to force the display of the Layer Options dialog box, 192 00:07:31.08 --> 00:07:33.08 and then call this layer text, 193 00:07:33.08 --> 00:07:36.07 and now I'm going to change the color to Violet, 194 00:07:36.07 --> 00:07:38.07 and that way all of the handles 195 00:07:38.07 --> 00:07:41.08 and other widgets will show up nicely on screen, 196 00:07:41.08 --> 00:07:44.09 after which point I will click OK. 197 00:07:44.09 --> 00:07:47.01 That friends is what I consider to be 198 00:07:47.01 --> 00:07:49.06 the best approach to creating margin guides 199 00:07:49.06 --> 00:07:53.07 across a multi-page document here inside Illustrator.