We no longer require checking in to the lab or filling out lab hours time sheets. Yeah!!! But you're still on the hook for spending time working on this class.
In 1439 Johannes Guttenberg becomes the first European to use moveable type
Guttenberg press, circa 1439 (wiki article)
Acutal paste-up artwork using actual paste
Drafting Machines
T-Squares
Rubber Cement, RC Thinner and Spray Mount
Hot-Waxers
X-Acto Knives & Blades
Wooden Type
Metal Type
AKA "Letterpress" - used nowadays for wedding invitations and special events
Hand setting type workstation
California job case & slug of set type
Letterpress press
Linotype Hot-Lead Typesetter Machine
(Wikipedia article )
Photo-Typesetting
Example of mark-up for typesetting and a good article .
Straight-Edges & Triangles
Templates
French Curve Sets
Flexible Curves
Ruling Pens
Instrument sets
Rapidograph Pens
Rubylith
Photostat Camera
& Processor
Luci Camera
Proportion Wheel
Typesetting is measured in Points, Picas and Agates
Apple introduces the Apple Macintosh and creates "Desktop Publishing".
The introduction of MacDraw introduces vector drawing for the masses
Adobe introduces Illustrator 88
Great YouTube video from Adobe on the origins of Illustrator
Altsys created FreeHand and licenses it to Aldus (creator of PageMaker)
Corel introduces CorelDRAW on Windows 2.0
Adobe acquires Aldus
Altsys sues Adobe to get FreeHand back
Macromedia acquires Altsys
Adobe acquires Macromedia
Adobe retires FreeHand
Some people still use FreeHand, but for all practical purposes it is dead in 2012.
Adobe moves to subscription model
Adobe Illustrator CC 2018 (version 22) current version, decent upgrade with some new features and enhancement (listed here)
There are more, the above are just a few of the options, listed by popularity. For more on the various tools and their differences check this Wikipedia article
Buy an Adobe Cloud subscription. $80/Yr or $40/Semester, cheaper than most textbooks
Buy Affinity Designer. $54.99 for Windows or OS X. Don't use the iPad version for this class.
Use the on campus machines through VMware Horizon.
Adobe Illustrator CS5 is the industry-standard illustration application for print, multimedia, and online graphics. Whether you are a designer or a technical illustrator producing artwork for print publishing, an artist producing multimedia graphics, or a creator of web pages or online content, Adobe Illustrator offers you the tools you need to get professional-quality results.
Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom In A Book
Create without boundaries: Create distinctive vector artwork for any project. Used by design professionals worldwide, Adobe Illustrator CS5 software provides precision and power with sophisticated drawing tools, expressive natural brushes, a host of time-savers, and integration with Adobe CS Live online services.
Adobe's web site - which is from an earlier version. They're so set in their monopoly that they don't even try to describe the product anymore, they just talk about new features.
First, a word about Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs).
Watch from 1:30 +
A Vector is geometrical primitive such as a point, line, curve or polygon which can be described by a mathematical formula, and formulas can be infinitely scaled.
Grouped by related function
Selection
Creation
Transformation
More Transformation
Useless Gadgets
Document Tools
Stroke/Fill Colors
Fill Types
Draw Modes
Screen Modes
A context sensitive display of everything that can be controlled for the current item from the Tools Panel
Pick your poison from the Workspace menu: Essentials
From the View Menu
With the Zoom Tool
Scrolling
The Navigator Panel
