0 1 00:00:03,766 --> 00:00:07,016 Hi there, in this video we're going to show you how to do this. 1 2 00:00:07,041 --> 00:00:09,961 Put in a drawn image in the background, fade it out... 2 3 00:00:10,070 --> 00:00:11,890 lock it, make a new layer like this... 3 4 00:00:11,915 --> 00:00:15,594 all instamatically with one of the Illustrator features... 4 5 00:00:15,619 --> 00:00:17,125 because what I tend to do is... 5 6 00:00:17,258 --> 00:00:19,609 say this drawing here, I draw it in my notebook... 6 7 00:00:19,656 --> 00:00:21,020 I take a photo with my phone... 7 8 00:00:21,045 --> 00:00:22,570 just because I'm better with drawing... 8 9 00:00:22,843 --> 00:00:26,606 often with the pen, than in Illustrator directly... 9 10 00:00:26,639 --> 00:00:30,426 then I just redraw it in Illustrator, but I want to stick it on its own layer... 10 11 00:00:30,715 --> 00:00:33,637 that I can redraw over the top, maybe wash it out a little bit. 11 12 00:00:33,825 --> 00:00:36,625 All right, let's go see how to do that in Illustrator. 12 13 00:00:37,882 --> 00:00:39,236 First up, we're going to make a new document. 13 14 00:00:39,261 --> 00:00:40,755 We're going to go to 'File', 'New'. 14 15 00:00:41,129 --> 00:00:43,357 We are going to go to 'Print'... 15 16 00:00:43,382 --> 00:00:46,450 and you can use either A4 or US Letter, depending on where you are. 16 17 00:00:47,277 --> 00:00:49,996 I'm going to use 'Letter', and I'm going to go 'Portrait'. 17 18 00:00:50,021 --> 00:00:52,701 The big thing to just make sure... 18 19 00:00:52,801 --> 00:00:56,567 you are using kind of the new dialog box that Illustrator comes with... 19 20 00:00:56,708 --> 00:00:59,317 is down the bottom here, there's this one called Advanced Options... 20 21 00:00:59,869 --> 00:01:03,861 and by default, anything under the Print Tab wants to be CMYK. 21 22 00:01:03,939 --> 00:01:06,658 Web, you'll see over here, wants to be RGB... 22 23 00:01:06,683 --> 00:01:08,736 and the resolution needs to be 72. 23 24 00:01:08,939 --> 00:01:10,640 So that's just something you need to be aware of... 24 25 00:01:10,665 --> 00:01:12,533 when you are picking from these defaults. 25 26 00:01:12,558 --> 00:01:15,205 I use Print mainly because I like the shape of-- 26 27 00:01:15,237 --> 00:01:17,853 I'm used to this shape, US Letter, or A4. 27 28 00:01:17,878 --> 00:01:20,252 I'm used to this shape, so I just want to start with that.... 28 29 00:01:20,277 --> 00:01:23,221 even though it might be going for Digital, or going out to Web. 29 30 00:01:23,455 --> 00:01:25,291 So you just got to make sure, whenever you change it... 30 31 00:01:25,408 --> 00:01:26,375 go into here, and say... 31 32 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,760 actually I want to make sure it's RGB if I want it to be RGB. 32 33 00:01:30,439 --> 00:01:32,335 Now just so you know, if you are kind of... 33 34 00:01:33,054 --> 00:01:36,361 not really clued up about RGB versus CMYK... 34 35 00:01:36,518 --> 00:01:39,330 it's best to use RGB to get started with... 35 36 00:01:39,363 --> 00:01:42,158 because CMYK is a limited color range. 36 37 00:01:42,183 --> 00:01:45,178 Doesn't have the really strong greens, or Madonna pinks... 37 38 00:01:45,203 --> 00:01:47,056 the real kind of fluorescent colors. 38 39 00:01:47,081 --> 00:01:51,283 So it's best to work in RGB, and maybe switch it up to CMYK later on. 39 40 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:52,882 It becomes a little bit more washed out... 40 41 00:01:52,907 --> 00:01:55,440 but starting with RGB is generally how I work. 41 42 00:01:55,572 --> 00:01:57,354 The other thing is, when you pick Web... 42 43 00:01:57,541 --> 00:01:59,125 you probably want to switch it up... 43 44 00:01:59,150 --> 00:02:03,541 to maybe 300ppi to get the resolution really high. 44 45 00:02:03,566 --> 00:02:05,486 You can change this later on, no big deal... 45 46 00:02:05,511 --> 00:02:06,750 but it's just something to be aware of... 46 47 00:02:06,775 --> 00:02:09,221 when you are playing around with a new document window. 47 48 00:02:10,845 --> 00:02:13,658 Let's click 'Create', doesn't really matter as long as it's in RGB. 48 49 00:02:14,515 --> 00:02:17,515 The next thing we're going to do is put that kind of washed out drawing. 49 50 00:02:18,109 --> 00:02:22,093 I do my drawings in my book, take a photo with my phone... 50 51 00:02:22,118 --> 00:02:26,312 then just kind of jam it on a page, put it on its own layers, wash it out... 51 52 00:02:26,577 --> 00:02:29,327 make a new layer, and draw on top of that. 52 53 00:02:29,476 --> 00:02:32,046 So that is big drama, takes a little while... 53 54 00:02:32,071 --> 00:02:33,743 so there's an easy shortcut to do it. 54 55 00:02:33,931 --> 00:02:35,673 So if we go to 'File', 'Place'... 55 56 00:02:36,883 --> 00:02:40,907 in your 'Exercise Files' there's one called 'Curvature Tool'; find that one. 56 57 00:02:41,149 --> 00:02:44,204 Down the bottom here - you probably can't see it - click on 'Options'. 57 58 00:02:44,229 --> 00:02:45,859 Just click on this one that says 'Template'. 58 59 00:02:45,890 --> 00:02:47,220 This does all he work for us. 59 60 00:02:47,245 --> 00:02:48,306 Let's click 'Place'. 60 61 00:02:48,931 --> 00:02:50,181 So brings in our file... 61 62 00:02:50,206 --> 00:02:51,567 you'll see, in our Layers Panel... 62 63 00:02:51,592 --> 00:02:53,674 so you might be on Properties, switch to 'Layers'. 63 64 00:02:53,923 --> 00:02:56,227 It's created a layer, it's locked it. 64 65 00:02:56,314 --> 00:02:59,892 It's faded this out for us, and created a new layer that we can draw on. 65 66 00:02:59,917 --> 00:03:01,900 All just super quick and easy. 66 67 00:03:02,204 --> 00:03:03,938 When you've drawn it, you can turn this off... 67 68 00:03:04,595 --> 00:03:06,618 because you probably don't want it to go to print. 68 69 00:03:06,751 --> 00:03:10,446 So that's just a really quick little getting started trick. 69 70 00:03:10,595 --> 00:03:12,281 All right, let's get into the next video... 70 71 00:03:12,306 --> 00:03:15,852 where we start drawing these guys using some of the new tools in Illustrator. 71 72 00:03:16,008 --> 00:03:17,102 All right, I'll see you there.