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Using artboards as pages

Using artboards as pages - Illustrator Tutorial

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Using artboards as pages

- [Instructor] Many people use art boards as pages and build complete documents in Illustrator. Personally, I think that in many cases, a program like InDesign is better suited to document production, but you might have a solid reason for doing the whole thing in one application. And that's fine too, because there are some advantages in certain circumstances. You're not restricted to a single size of art board in an illustrated document, and I think that's where Illustrator comes out on top, is really using the term 'pages' in the wider sense. For example, what we're looking at here is a poster. But in the same document I've also got some slides from a presentation. In addition to that I've also got a stationary set, and finally, inside of the same file I've also got a promotional postcard, front and back. Now this example does cross both prints in digital which might not be the best approach. I think they're better separated out, if for no reason other than color, but it is just an…

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