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Create a new document template

Create a new document template - Illustrator Tutorial

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Create a new document template

In this movie, we'll review the process of creating a new document template in Illustrator for specific project needs. I'll start by pressing command or control n to get the new document dialog box and in here I'll set up some of the options that I want for my template by starting with an existing preset and then making some tweaks. So, let's say that I create images for a website that's part of my job and each day I need to make an image that's featured on the homepage and that image is 900 pixels wide by 550 pixels tall. So I'll click web presets and change the width and height to 900 by 550. The orientation is automatically set to landscape and each image will be a separate piece of work so I don't need more than one art board. I don't need bleeds, since this image will be for on screen display only and RGB color is fine and so is screen resolution for rester effects and the default preview mode. Now that I have everything set the way that I want, I'll click create and I can also…

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