Adobe Illustrator

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Description

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful toolset for vector art and illustrations. It is commonly used in typesetting and logo graphic areas of design, but can also be used for any vector driven projects.

For more information, please visit the Adobe Illustrator product page.

Best Practice

This tool is useful for:

Creating and editing vector based illustrations such as logos and other line drawn artwork, web graphics and motion graphics, that need to be scalable in print and require future uses

Pros/Cons

Pros:

Can be used to create production-quality artwork anywhere using mobile devices or desktop without fear of losing work if illustrator crashes – just reopen and your work will be restored.
Images can be re-sized while still retaining the proper styling and definition
Assets in CC Libraries can be linked so that changes made have the option of being updated across any Illustrator, Photoshop or InDesign projects where it is used
Using the new Adobe Stock marketplace, you can find, licence and manage royalty-free images and vectors from within Illustrator CC.
Improved functions allow you to zoom, pan and scroll more than 10 times faster and more smoothly
Has 10 times greater zoom magnification which allows you to create and edit with greater precision

Cons:

Time consuming
Takes some amount of skill or training to master it

Getting started

Access via the UNSW Medicine Media Room:

The Medicine Media Room (Located in room 237 in the AGSM Building) has a licence available for use. You must complete the orientation to access the room, but once you have access you can book the room to use the different software available for free.

Access via a free trial:

Adobe Illustrator is available for a 30 day free trial or monthly subscription HERE, or or the entire collection of adobe applications (Adobe Creative Cloud) click HERE (Adobe offers a discount price for students, teachers, staff and educational institutions). For more information about system requirements, please click HERE.

NOTE: If you're using a UNSW SOE (Standard Operating Environment) computer, and you do not have admin permission then you will need to make a request from UNSW IT to install the software for you. Follow this link for more details: IT Service Centre. Not sure whether you are using a UNSW SOE computer? Click HERE to find out.

Training and Support:

Learn about Adobe Illustrator from experts. Click on the following link to access videos that will guide you through the different features of Adobe Illustrator: Adobe Illustrator Tutorials.

A wide range of free training resources for Adobe Illustrator can also be found on Lynda.com, which UNSW Australia has a licence to. You can access Lynda.com HERE using your UNSW zID and password.

A number of video tutorials can also be found on YouTube. Please click HERE to go directly to Adobe Illustrator tutorial videos.

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Do you use Adobe Illustrator? Would you like to be part of this Toolkit? To share your experience, please contact Nalini Pather at n.pather@unsw.edu.au.

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