1 [AI]Illustrator Tutorial Creating a CD Art in Illustrator CS Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:17 pm
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We are going to create this CD in CMYK colour. Access Preferences and change Units to inches.
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Use the Ellipse tool to form a circle using the following measurements.
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Open the swatch library and select Dicolour.
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Choose a colour for the fill and a white for the stroke set to 5 pt.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Copy (Control+C) and paste (Control+F) from the circle. Use the Scale tool and specify a reduction of 80%. Hit the / None button to specify no fill.
Make the line dotted using Dashed Line. Set the point to 2 with a gap of 6.
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Use a solid green for the main text and highlight it with a stroke of yellow. Open 3D Extrude and Bevel Options and set the Extrude Depth to 25 pt.
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Choose a symbol from the Nature symbols and added a drop shadow.Add more Symbols.
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Change the view to Outline. Select the Ellipse tool and click on the centre point holding the Alt key down.
Duplicate the circle and reduce the size by 50%.
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Finally, ungroup the background and made adjustments to placement. Add some more symbols to the piece and the CD is finished.
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Use the Ellipse tool to form a circle using the following measurements.
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Open the swatch library and select Dicolour.
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Choose a colour for the fill and a white for the stroke set to 5 pt.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Copy (Control+C) and paste (Control+F) from the circle. Use the Scale tool and specify a reduction of 80%. Hit the / None button to specify no fill.
Make the line dotted using Dashed Line. Set the point to 2 with a gap of 6.
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Use a solid green for the main text and highlight it with a stroke of yellow. Open 3D Extrude and Bevel Options and set the Extrude Depth to 25 pt.
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This is the screenshot of the title.
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Choose a symbol from the Nature symbols and added a drop shadow.Add more Symbols.
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Change the view to Outline. Select the Ellipse tool and click on the centre point holding the Alt key down.
Duplicate the circle and reduce the size by 50%.
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Finally, ungroup the background and made adjustments to placement. Add some more symbols to the piece and the CD is finished.
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