1. CSC/FAR 020, Computer Graphics, November 16, 2009 Dr. Dale E. Parson http://faculty.kutztown.edu/parson Outline for week 12 Selection

2. Download and unzip IllusEdit.zip. Create a small set of shapes. Selection Tool sweep, Object -> Group them. Create a few more shapes. Selection Tool sweep, Object -> Group these + former group into a second-order Group. Selection Tool selects the entire group. Direct Select selects vertices / edges. Group Select, multiple clicks selects group hierarchy.

3. More Selection Lasso Tools selects vertices and edges. Magic Wand selects based on Fill color, Stroke color, Stroke Weight. Double click the wand. Selection Tool shift-click adds or subtracts. Direct Select highlights a vertex beneath its cursor. Select -> Same based on properties. Select all on a layer via the Layers Panel.

4. Isolate Selected Groups Select a group of objects. Click Isolate Selected Group in Control Panel. Group appears in Layers Panel. Editing is limited to active group. Clicking top gray bar ends isolation. Object -> Ungroup removes levels of grouping. Select -> Save Selection under a name.

5. Grids and Guides Check View -> Smart Guides to get coordinate and related information. View -> Grid shows a snap grid. View -> Snap To Grid forces grid alignment. Test, then disable this. Illustrator -> Preferences -> Guides and Grid to set grid resolution. Illustrator -> Preferences -> Smart Guides. Enable the top set of options.

6. Moving / Copying Objects Selection Tools moves whole objects / groups. Apple-C / Apple-V for copy / paste. Make and Select a Star Object -> Path -> Offset Path with a.1 in offset, try Miter, Round and Bevel. Window -> Align or alignment icons on Control Panel. Align to Key Object uses reference object.

7. Automating a Composition Put a single simple object (e.g., star) on the page. Select it. Record the following actions: Copy, paste (or Offset Path 0), align, scale, rotate (and / or other transforms), align centers, group, end record. Click this action sequence repeatedly (slowly) to get spiraling-in shapes similar to the first assignment. You may run out of memory!

8. Transformations Window -> Transform and Align Panels. Rulers help with number-based transformations on complicated, many-sided geometric shapes. Object -> Transform has addition transforms. Select -> right click also shows transform menu. If you run low on memory, Save, Quit, restart.

9. PhotoShop Paths to Illustrator Shapes DSC_0007.jpg into PhotoShop. Non-contiguous magic wand, tolerance 100. Create and name a new Path from selection. Use Path menu with 1 pixel tolerance. Rename testpath, Edit -> Copy the path. Create a new Illustrator document. Set fill to gradient. Edit gradient options later. Stroke to black. Paste the shape (compound path).