Friday, 12 February 2016

Computerized Technical Drawing (Week 6)

Hi guys, I'm back again after Chinese New Year HAHA! Well, start from this week I'll no longer posting about Photoshop cause this week I started to learn Adobe Illustrator. As well as photoshop, adobe illustrator also new for me and I heard from my friends who took Graphic Communication major that Adobe Illustrator is quite more difficult than Photoshop. Truthfully, I didn't expect that I'll learn Ai cause I thought we'll just use Photoshop for our projects. 

Therefore, I did some research on what is the difference between Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator and basically, the difference is that Photoshop is a pixel-based format which when you draw a line in Photoshop and enlarge it, you will see a line of pixels on it, which means there is limited enlargement size for Photoshop because Photoshop can lost its quality very quick. On the other hand, unlike Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based software which a line is composed of two dots connected by a computer algorithm. Due to the vector graphic which was created through Adobe Illustrator, it allows us to scale up and down without any limitation because vector graphic will never lose its quality. In the case of function, Photoshop usually used for web graphics, photo editing, and designing, while adobe illustrator was used for creating logos or anything that need to be printed out or displayed with different sizes.

This week I learned how to use pen tool on adobe illustrator. I'm so sorry I can't put any screenshots here cause I haven't downloaded the software yet, but I'll update this entry ASAP after I download it. In fact, I've tried pen tools in other software which also had pen tools and in my opinion, it was so hard to control! Well, it's not going to be hard if you are used to it, though. For me, I think it is quite difficult to create a curve or even a circle perfectly because if we don't click on the right place or we drag it slightly off, then the circle will not gonna be perfect. Although I find it quite difficult, I'll try my best! ^^

Well, this is all about this week and I'll make sure that I post the screenshots ASAP.

Thank you for reading~! 

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