Exporting and Printing Artwork in Illustrator CS3


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
Adobe Illustrator CS3 allows users to export electronic art to use in other applications and other members of the CS3 suite of products, such as Flash CS3. There are several printing options available in Illustrator CS3 that allow for different output applications and technologies and make Illustrator a versatile product. This course will familiarize you with file formats for saving, exporting, and work flow. It will show you how to optimize Illustrator artwork for the Web, video, and mobile devices, and prepare Illustrator layers for building Flash animations. In this course, you will also learn how to crop areas for print or export, configure artwork for optimal printing on various output devices, and use approaches such as flattening, overprinting, and trapping to address special printing considerations for gradients, effects, and transparency in your artwork.

Target Audience
Graphic designers and IT professionals who want to gain experience using Adobe Illustrator CS3.

Prerequisites
Familiarity with end-user computer applications such as word processing and basic graphics; some knowledge of digital imaging would be an advantage

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Exporting and Printing Artwork in Illustrator CS3

  • match the four native file formats in Illustrator CS3 to their characteristics
  • recognize the characteristics of file formats and how to save files for export
  • recognize how to set optimization options and preview images for export to the Web
  • recognize strategies for optimizing file size
  • recognize how to use Illustrator CS3 artwork to create animation in Adobe Flash
  • recognize how key image components function when exporting from Illustrator CS3 to Flash
  • prepare artwork for export, in a given scenario
  • recognize how to set crop areas using the Crop Area Tool
  • distinguish between crop areas and crop marks
  • determine how to configure a printing job in a given scenario
  • recognize the utility of basic print options
  • recognize strategies for optimizing the printed appearance of gradients, meshes, effects, and color blends
  • recognize how to use the Print dialog and the Flattener Preview panel to flatten transparency before printing
  • prepare an illustration for print in a given scenario
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