Wednesday, October 25 :: Reshaping your Name!
Adobe Illustrator
Expectations:
C: Voice Level 2 (only the people next to you can hear you and no shouting across the room)
H: Ask your team, elbow partner or raise hand
A: Work on the assignment
M: Stay in your assigned seat
P: Work till assignment is completed
S: Finishing your work
Typing.com ASSIGNMENT!
Beginner: Review 2 :: Due Friday, October 27
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On Beginner: Review 2
Due Friday, October 27
10 Pts.
If you are finished or waiting, work on Clever!
Students click on the Clever icon on the desktop
Sign in using the username & password (same as logging into computer)
Click on the square that says iReady
Continue until time is up!
Lessons have been assigned to them based on their diagnostic test results both in Math and Reading. Within each lesson are brain break games. The district is pushing a goal of 45 minutes per week on Online Lessons in ELA and 45 minutes per week in Math to close the gaps found in the diagnostic. Math and ELA are providing some of that time during the week, but not all.
WHAT IS ILLUSTRATOR?
What you NEED to know!!!!
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: Adobe Illustrator Reshaping text
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor and design program developed and marketed by Adobe Inc.
What you will learn: Reshaping text!
Drag across the text to select it. In the Properties panel to the right of the document, change text formatting options like fill color, font, and font size.
With the Selection tool and move the pointer off a corner of the text object and drag to size.
Focus on aligning text converted to objects manually.
Troubleshoot and decide what looks most appealing (subjective)
HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: You will practice different tools and techniques and gradually show your success!
FORMATTING TEXT
Like our last file, we will be reshaping our own names today!
Adobe Illustrator
We need to grab a file first!
Click the Ai Image on the left!
Left click the DOWNLOAD button on the top right
This will save the file to your Arts & Media folder!
Quick Tip! After you click the download button, notice on the top right corner the download should appear...simply click the file to open!
If missing fonts box appears...click activate fonts to sync the Adobe font to your computer. Click Close after they are activated.
If this doesn't work we can just pick a different font
SAVE (as) YOUR DOCUMENT!
Shortcut: Shift + Ctrl + S
(or File: SAVE AS)
Save to YOUR COMPUTER!
Click the Save on Your Computer button
On the left click THIS PC
Select Desktop
Select Arts and Media Folder
Name the document:
"First Name Last Name My Name"
Click SAVE
Illustrator OPTIONS...
Version: Illustrator 2020
click OK
With the document open...
Click on VIEW (on the top menu) and select Fit All in Window! Ctrl + 0
Turn on SMART GUIDES
Click VIEW
Click SMART GUIDES (Check mark should be next to smart guides)
Smart guides will help to easily align the letters with each other as we modify them. (They will show up as Magenta lines)
THE END GOAL...
Your name should fit into a box interestingly!
(and we will be using these files in the future!!!)
First Name...
With the Type Tool selected
Drag across FIRST NAME and type YOUR first name!
Next...Last Name
With the Type Tool selected
Drag across LAST NAME and type YOUR last name!
Convert to Paths...
With the Selection Tool selected
To do this:
Select the text (both the first and last name)
Choose TYPE > CREATE OUTLINES or
Shortcut:
The text is now composed of shapes that you can edit!
Deciding what to change...
Let's look at your last name first...
How many letters are in it?
Is it an equal amount?
The example (left) has 8 letters...but 6 letters have no letters above them so lets work with that!
Zoom in to it
Adjusting your Last name...
Select the Select Tool and select the LAST NAME
We need to move the letters independently and since these are now grouped shapes, we must ungroup them
Click the UNGROUP button toward the bottom of the Properties panel on the right
To deselect the letters, click in a blank area.
Moving letters...
Since this last name has SIX (6) remaining letters with nothing above...
I am selecting the last 3 letters (L, E and Z)
Than I am moving them below the 3 letters before them (under N, Z and A)
Lining them up to the left with the N (see the magenta Smart Guide line?)
Matching the width...
With the letters still selected, I am pulling on the right center anchor (of L, E and Z) to line up the letters to match N Z A
(see the magenta Smart Guide line?)
Change the height...
Select the N, Z and A with the select tool
Pull up on the top center anchor point to match the height of the first name...
(see the magenta Smart Guide line?)
Ooopps...Did you mess up?
Use the UNDO short cut!
Change the height...
Select the G O with the select tool
Pull down on the bottom center anchor point to match the bottom height of L E Z...
(see the magenta Smart Guide line?)
Changing the first name...
Select the Select Tool and select the First name
We need to move the letter independently and since these are now grouped shapes, we must ungroup them
Click the UNGROUP button toward the bottom of the Properties panel on the right
To deselect the letters, click in a blank area.
Now we can edit the letters independently!
Again, we must decide what to move.
In this example, I am selecting the C H R I S and dragging it above T O P H E R.
Lining it up to the left with the T.
(Note: I chose CHRIS because typically that is Christopher shortened)
(see the magenta Smart Guide line?)
Change the size...
With CHRIS still selected, I click and pull on the top right anchor to size.
Matching it to line up to the right with the A in NZA.
This time though, I pull up and right to make it more visually interesting (make it larger)
(see the magenta Smart Guide line?)
One more change...
Still using the select tool, I select the T O P H
Pull on the bottom center anchor to size.
Lining it up with the bottom G O and L E Z.
(see the magenta Smart Guide line?)
Finally...
Select the Selection Tool
Drag across ALL of the letters.
Or press:
to select All
GROUP...
Click the UNGROUP button toward the bottom of the Properties panel on the right
To deselect the letters, click in a blank area.
Or press:
to group
To get credit!
Raise your hand and show me on your screen! Then...
Go to our Classroom in TEAMS
Select Assignments
Select
Illustrator My Name!
Scroll down to MY WORK
Click +ATTACH
Click UPLOAD FROM THIS DEVICE
REMEMBER! YOU ARE ATTACHING THE Illustrator File!
DO NOT EXPORT THE FILES!!!!
Wait for files to upload
File will show up below under My Work
CLICK TURN IN!
NOTE: There MUST be an Adobe Illustrator file attached to get credit. Simply clicking TURN IN will not do!!!
50 Points possible!
Due October 23!!!