Adobe Illustrator CS5Part 1 : Introduction to Illustrator

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Resolution• Resolution refers to the quality of an image• Higher the resolution, better the quality• Recommended– 72 pixels per inch (72ppi) for monitor viewing– 300 dots per inch (300dpi) for printed material

Rasterized Images

⁻ Fixed # of Pixels⁻ Increasing the image

degrades its quality⁻ e.g., Photographic Images

Vector Graphics

⁻ Resolution independent⁻ Resizes without change in

image quality⁻ e.g., type and shapes

Creating a Cube

Tracing an Image

Complex Shapes

Blinky