Assi 6

3rd ver:
-revised background slightly
-fixed each letter to...
--become more smooth
--become more sharp
--fixed gaps and breaks in the letter
--left some as they way they were due to time constraint and because I liked the way it already was

2nd ver:
-changed logo image by downloading the original the font and loading it to Illustrator.
--was able to change the color and outline of the font due to having the original text
--arranged the letters around so that both "Ns" in the title matched up at the end
-changed direction of dragon image slightly
-added drop cap
-changed shape of background
-fixed typography problem; orphan

 Critique:
-I will redo the font from scratch...
-"shape" the font
-tangency
-orphan; typography
-Drop cap at the beginning
-order was good; over all nice just fix up.



INSTRUCTIONS:
manipulate fonts and an image
-illustrator
-similar to the shirt design; colors
-vectors
-simple tx and image
-high res
-something with a shadow

 Illustrator:
-Photoshop are pixels, vectors is illus
-lower file size on illus
-graphic things; logos, typography
-crisp and great resolution unless you bring a
-layers are on each object; in order to affect it, it must be clicked on.
-you can send things backwards or forwards (changing the "layers") by right clicking on it and "arrange"
-window pathfinder
--for combining images
--only need "divide" and "combine"
--the others are variations of these two basic tools
--combine by selecting all the shapes desired at once then click combine
--to divide, select all, degroup, make sure you deselect and select again then click divide. then you may separate the objects
-clipping mask is used to hide a part or all of an image without erasing it. You may still move the image within (the key word is "within") the mask (see example assi for details)
--you can move the image within the mask by the white arrow tool.
---make sure you select the WHOLE image
-when you want to have text on a object, make sure the object is "closed"
--the shape should be like how we read, from left to right
---the shape on the right can be "messy"
---roughly should resemble a square
--should be readable

Assignment:
-designing a "logo"
-shadow image and then vectorize. try to get as little amount of vector points
--click the image and his "live trace" on the top screen and hit expand
--if you want to delete something, click on everything and ungroup. From there delete.
--magic wand
-Can also be color, however. But must be vectorized
-The logo and the vectorized image must be combined.
-the body of text will not be read and doesnt need any relevance
--it is used only for pg design
--the text shape may be manipulated to fit your "pg" design
 -export to make it jpg