GIS3015l – WEEK 4 – INTRODUCTION TO ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

This week’s lab was an introduction to Adobe Illustrator.  In the lab, we were tasked with creating and exporting a map in ArcGIS to Adobe Illustrator, while examining Adobe Illustrator tools, organizing layers, and adding/changing basic map elements in Adobe Illustrator.  Presented below are this week's map and process summary.

Process Summary Description

·         Log into ArcGIS

·         File Download (cntbnd_jun11 and cities_feb04)

·         Open new map in ArcMap

·         Add data > right click layer > add data > go to location of zipped files > Add >change to layout view > change page setup to landscape > drag map to fill area

·         Add Neatline: Inside Margin Gap = 10, Border = 2.0 point, Drop Shadow = Grey 60% and Background = Sepia.

·         Save Map > Adobe Illustrator Map_AK.mxd

·         Select globe symbol to bring map view to Full Extent

·         Insert Scale Bar: alternating scale bar with whole number increments

·         Insert Legend: Border = 1.0 point, Gap = 5 for both X and Y, Background = Grey 10%, Gap = 5 for both X and Y, Drop Shadow = None.  Remove Term “Legend”

·         Change Names in Legend>right click cities_feb04 >properties >General >type in “cities” under layer name > OK

·         Repeat for cntbnd_jun11 to “County Boundaries”

·         Save Map

·         Insert North Arrow: ESRI North3

·         Insert Scale Text: inches = miles

·         Save Map

·         Insert Title: “FLORIDA CITIES AND COUNTY BOUNDARIES” - Arial/18/Bold and center on map

·         Insert Author/Source/Date: see map – Arial/10/Bold/Center

·         Save Map

·         Export Map as Al (x.ai). (check that the file is saved in the correct folder for the week)

PART 2

·         Open map in illustrator

·         Select “Update” when you get error message

·         Fit map to screen – see menu at bottom of window

·         Open up layers window > Windows > Layers

·         Begin by renaming the neatline layer at bottom of window > double click box > rename to “Neatline” and change color to Magenta

·         Create 2 new layers > click icon by trash can

·         Double click each layer (click on the box) > Rename > Change color for each (Legend and North Arrow)

·         Click to select layer North Arrow layer and drag to move to topmost layer in the layers window

·         Move Legend layer to just below this

·         Click on and expand layer titled “Other 3”.  Then expand “Groups”

·         Drag and move out of this layer and into the respective layers all legend and north arrow items

·         NOTE:  The order in which you position the legend items will affect their visibility on the map.  Check that they are placed in the order shown

o   Cities icon

o   Cities legend name

o   County Boundaries icon

o   County Boundaries legend name

o   Outline

o   Background

·         Double click to rename “Other 3” to “Scale Bar”

·         Expand “Cities” to see groups and the same for “County Boundaries”

·         Move cities <group> to immediately below county boundaries <group> right under “clipping path”

·         Move scale bar <group> to immediately above cities <group> and immediately below country boundaries <group>

·         Update names.  Double click group under cities and rename “cities group”

·         Repeat for group under scale bar to rename as “scale bar group” and group under county boundaries to rename as “cities/counties/scale”

·         Delete empty layers – Other 2, Cities and Scale Bar >click to select then drag to trash can

·         Check that the layers are properly grouped using the direct selection tool.  Click on any Florida county > bounding box appears > drag box to resize > it should resize entire Florida map, scale bar and city layer.

·         Experiment with adding text to the map using the typing Tool – see lab instructions.

·         Export map > save as jpeg > file – save for web and devices > save as a Jpeg and accept all defaults for now

·         Archive file

·         Post to Blog