Title: Output Assignments Outline
Course: WILSON MC - INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER GRAPHICS HYBRID > Section: Week 14 - Output

- INTRODUCTION TO OUTPUT

It is rarely the case that the final product of Illustrator artwork is an Illustrator file. Illustrator artwork might end up in a PDF file. It might end up in an InDesign publication. It might end up in a Flash video project, or as a web object.

Therefore, carefully and consciously managing exporting from Illustrator is a critical, if final, stage of the creative process.

Illustrator files can be saved as PDF — an almost universally recognized format for print and digital display. Illustrator files saved to PDF can include a fully editable Illustrator version (which increases file size, but makes the file revisable).

There are several options for managing fonts in exported files, including embedding fonts so that printers can access them.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- PRINT illustrations
- HAND OFF to InDesign
- SHARE with Photoshop
- EXPORT for web and mobile devices
- EXPORT to Flash
- BATCH files in Bridge

ELEMENTS OF THIS LESSON INCLUDE:

- CHAPTERS
ILLUSTRATOR CS6: VISUAL QUICKSTART GUIDE
Using the book Illustrator CS6: Visual QuickStart Guide refer to the following chapters for Output:
Chapter 5: Bridge
Chapter 31: Print and Export

- PRESENTATION
  - View the 28-slide presentation on Output in MGLab to familiarize yourself with the basic concepts and the terminology.
- VIDEOS
  - Watch the following lesson videos in MGLab. As with the slide presentation, use the video content to expose you to the techniques demonstrated. You may need to re-watch portions - or all-  of a video for complex techniques.
    - 1 Saving Illustrator Files
    - 2 Saving as PDF
    - 3 Saving for the Web