Reflection on illustrator and creating files for print

In the first video, I've learned how to start on illustrator, and the guy explained to me what are the cool features and what illustrator does. The cool features are how to design newsletter, advertisement, and basic design to create an illustration. He introduced the illustrator by stating that it's pretty cool and it does a lot of graphic features. The most important art work is the art work is always editable, and it's scaleable. The editable means to add an additional tool to make it prettier. The scaleable is when the art work is zoomed it had no problem to view it; it original color. Also the illustrator could export and import variety of files that are in the computer. For example, i could open up pdf files, and others. The amateur designers can illustrate their works with illustrator.

In the second video, I've watched how to make illustrator display or print in my screen. How to make easier settings before creating my art work. How to think about what you are going to do before I start working with illustrator. The first task was to click on the Print Document. Print Document is where I set up my page and begin with illustrator. The size's are letter for regular art work, and he explained the Units that are Points, Inches, Picas and others measurements. So the illustrator calculates all of the inches. For example, if I number the width with inch while the unit is points. Then automatically, I will get points. I believe he thought me well because he explained how to print illustrator and follow the steps of the Print Document. In my opinion, I think that I will be able to do the illustrator correctly the way they did it.

Newsletter Terminology

·         Nameplate – identifies the person or products name that goes on the top of the newspaper 

·         Content (and number of articles and entries) – the box on the article that explains something... for example, graphic photos, illustration, and etc.

·         Table of contents – the list of main names of events in the newspaper, book, and etc.

·         Masthead – the editorial page of the newspaper

·         Titles and headers – the title is the main verification of a person, place and others. The header is the sign that represents some name, organization, and others.

·         Page numbers – the number of pages that you read through the book, newspaper, magazine, and others.

·         Bylines – a newspaper or magazine that gives the name of the person, place and etc.

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       Continuation lines – any sentence, entry, phrase that requires one line to be continued in the second line.   

·           Pull quotes – is a quotation or excerpt that has a larger typefaces.

·         End signs – is the last page of the article, and that tells a reader to stop reading.

·          Photos/illustrations – a graphic illustrations that shows an event, conflict, or anything else. Usually, get it in the articles and newspapers.

·          Mailing labels – a label that shows in the newspaper, article, magazines the address, e-mail, phone, and etc.