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Project Meeting Basically, we have the icons, but they’re low-
We have a set of universal warning symbols on
client comments our Web site, but we need to use those same art director comments resolution raster images, so they only work for
the Web, and they can’t be enlarged. Th e good
icons in other places as well. Our printer told
news is that you can use the existing icons as
us that the symbols on our Web site are “low
res,” so they can’t be used for print projects.
templates and more or less trace them to create
the new icons.
Th e printer also said he needs vector graphics
that will scale larger and still look good. Th e
Th e client needs fi les that can be printed
printer suggested we hire a designer to create
digital versions of the icons so we can use
to several feet. Illustrator vector fi les are perfect
them for a wide variety of purposes, from
for this type of job. In fact, vector graphics get
large machinery signs to small plastic cards to cleanly and scaled from a couple of inches up
their resolution from the printer being used for
anything else that might come up. We need a specifi c job, so you can scale them to any size
you to help us fi gure out exactly what we need you want without losing quality.
and then create the icons for us.
project objectives To complete this project, you will:
o Create a grid that will eventually hold
all icons in one document
o Control objects’ stroke, fi ll, and
transparency attributes
o Import and use the client’s raster images as
templates, which you can then trace
o Use layers to manage complex artwork
o Use the Line Segment tool to create a
complex object from a set of straight lines
o Lock, unlock, hide, and show objects to
navigate the objects’ stacking order
o Rotate and refl ect objects to create complex
artwork from simple shapes
o Use the Pathfi nder to combine simple
shapes into a single complex object
