The first video that I saw was called "What Is Illustrator CS5?" In this video I learned a couple things that helped me get a feel for Illustrator. One thing I learned is that with Illustrator, you can repurpose any type of graphics for any need. Also, you can create cross media design. Cross media design is how you deliver your work, such as a print or digital format. Also, it gave an introduction to vector images. With vector images, they can always be edited and they are always scalable.
The other that I watched is called "Creating Files For Print." This video basically gives you an introduction on how to get your documents setting correct for the "Print" format before you actually work on the document. Some examples of files that are made for print are menus, movie posters, newspapers, advertisements, etc. When you go to create your new document, there are already some preset document formats that you can choose from like Web Document, Print Document, Mobile and Devices Document, etc. But let's focus more on the Print d]Document since that was what the video was mainly focused on. One feature is called artboards. They did not give a thorough explanation of what artboards are, but you can have up to 99 artboards in a single document. You are able to specify the direction of the artboard, how many columns, and the spacing between each artboard. Another thing you can do is change swap the width and height values in the orientation section. This changes the documents from portrait which is tall and landscape which is wide. Also, if you have a design where it goes to the end of the page, you can change the bleed options. Bleed is basically artwork that goes beyond the trim size of the page. Another thing is that you want to keep the color mode at "CMYK" for print documents. These are several things that I learned from the tutorial videos.
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