All language subtitles for 9月16日

because illustrator

has a lot of helpful settings to choose from

it is important to take full advantage

of what works best for each particular project

since we are going to be working with geometric shapes

and the grids which require precision

let's set everything up accordingly

keep in mind that what works for this type of project

and workflow

wouldn't be very handy when you are working on

something else

so remember what settings you are changing now

so you can set them back to your liking later

go to the illustrators preferences

which are located in the illustrator menu on mug

or in the edit menu in windows

and select general

here make sure that the anti allies

artwork option is ticked

then go to the selection and anchor display section

and make sure snap to point is checked

snap to point value

determines how far you need to be from the point

for your object to snap to it

somewhere between two and five pixels

should be fine on the medium scale

we are going to be using

next go to units

and make sure that all of the units here

are set to pixels

then go to the smart guide section

and make sure that all of the options here are checked

smart guides is one of the most useful features in

illustrator for this type of work

and we need to make sure

we can take advantage of all the labels and

hinton it provides

in the construction guides i am going to set it to 90

and 45 degree angles

but you can select any other angles

and experiment with it

depending on what you are creating

for example

when working with hexagonal or isometric grids

it will make sense to switch to further degree angles

instead

and you can change this at any time during the process

then as with the selection an anchor display

snap intolerance here

determines how far you need to be from the guides

puffs or points

before your tools or objects snap to them

so as before

two to five points should be fine in this case

so that's the important preferences

i have added a pdf file

with the screenshot of

all of my illustrator

preferences sections to the class files

so you can also go through

all of the other things which you haven't mentioned

and make sure your settings match mine

to be able to easily follow l

when you're done with the preferences

click ok to apply changes

now go to the view menu

and make sure the smart guides are checked

snap to point is checked

snap to grid is not checked

there is no visible bread

a snap to pixel is not checked either

in illustrator

there are a document grid and a pixel grid

but if either of them are unabled and being snap to

you won't be able to use the smart

guides and snap to point at the same time

and when working with geometric shapes

we will need them to snap to each other's points

perfectly

and for this reason

i am going to be sticking to the smart

guides and snap to point here

and have the document

and pixel grids disable through all the whole process

this is super important

so make sure you've got it all set up the same way

then make sure that the edges

hardwards

and bounding boxes are all shown

when they are

the options here will say hide instead

next go to the rulers

and select change to ardberg rulers

with the artboard rulers

the zero point

will be in the top left corner of every artboard

when it is selected

which will make it easier

to place elements in relation to artwards

so let's review options done

pro the class will be using a lot of different panels

so make sure you add them to your workspace

from the window menu

you will definitely need the align panel

appearance

color

gradient

layers

pathfinder

pattern options

stroke

switches

transform

and transparency panels

make sure that all these panels

show all of the options available

you can turn it on for the menu

in the top right corner of those panels

which have both full and complex view

for example stroke

and gradient

of course you also need the tools panel

which you can customize if you want

and if it is possible in your version of illustrator

but i will seek to the default one

another useful panel to use is the control panel

which can be enabled also for the window menu

it shows different options

depending on the tool you are using

and what you have selected

so it provides equic

access to most of the settings you will need

throughout the process

and i will be using it a lot in this class

instead of going to some of the panels

you can set up what is shown in this panel

for this menu

when working with geometric designs

the most important things are a line

anchor points

art board

focus mold

life corners

life paint

recolor artwork

select same

shapes

transform

and transparency

if you have the latest version of illustrator

you can also use the new properties panel

which was introduced in the two thousand and eighteen

version

it provides quick axes

to most of the useful settings and quick actions

but i will be using

these separate panels and the control panel instead

if this workspace is very different from your usual one

and i bet it is

you can save it by going to the window menu

workspace

new workspace

name your workspace

and save it

so depending on what you are working with

you can always load it in the future

and switch between different workspaces

for the window menu

or through this drop down

set in up separate

workspaces for different types of project

will save you a lot of time in the long run

and will make your workflow more efficient

so it is worth spending some time on it

now we're all set here

and can finally start the design process