What is Illustrator?
Illustrator is a program that you can make 2D drawings. designs, logos, decals and more with. We used it to make a key chain out of vinyl that we printed out with a laser. You can make shapes, add text and insert images. We made key chains by making a shape then make a hole for the key chain after that we added text and images.
Step By StepStep 1- Once you have opened Illustrator, made the landscape 2.75 x 1.75 and then make the color setting RGB then create. After this us the shape tool to create a rectangle and you can make any shape you want. Then make the inside of the shape to have no color and the outline color red and .0001 thickness. Then make the circle the same way you made the outline with .2 diameter. Then find the text tool and then type anything you want in and in what ever font you want. Then make sure you create outlines and that the color is all black.
Step 2- Then I looked up a black and white clip art image. Then you paste it into to illustrator and then click image trace and select the black and white option. Then you ignore white and lastly you expand the picture. |
Step 3- I did the same thing as above just with a tennis ball picture. Step 4- Also did the same thing as above with a picture of skis. And then I was done! All you have to do after this is save your file in illustrator on your H drive. This is the final cut out key chain! its a little burnt but it came of once you washed and sanded it a bit. |
Vinyl Cutter- Name Decals
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Summary-
In this unit I learned how to use Illustrator for the laser and the vinyl cutter. It was a very useful way to learn how to use illustrator. Learning to cut things out vs engraving and more! Overall making the key chain and the decal was a great learning experience!