2015
Lynda
Kevin Stohlmeyer
0:19
English

Discover how Illustrator templates can boost your productivity and keep your design elements consistent from one document to another. In this short course, Kevin Stohlmeyer shows how to use Illustrator's built-in templates, and customize one of your own. You'll learn how to add preformatted elements, such as text, graphics, guides, brushes, and swatches, to new documents; save them as Illustrator template files; and share the templates with others.

Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files
1. What Is a Template?
Illustrator templates: What they are and where to find them
2. Creating a Template
Creating a new document
Adding guides
Adding artwork
Adding swatches
Adding brushes and symbols
Adding text styles
Using Illustrator CC libraries
3. Saving and Sharing Templates
Saving and sharing template files
4. Template examples
Sample templates: Three-panel brochure, labels, and T-shirts
Conclusion
Next steps

Download File Size:126.17 MB

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