Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare work environment
- Details of brief are reviewed to identify preference setting requirements
- Monitor is calibrated using an International Colour Consortium (ICC) profile to ensure closest possible colour match
- Palettes are arranged to suit job and personal preferences
- View magnification is set for ease of working with graphics
- Produce objects
- Ruler units are set and grid is displayed to ensure artwork meets design specifications
- Tools are used to produce objects, required attributes are entered and shapes manipulated, until graphic framework is finalised
- Lines and curves are adjusted and edited to fit design specifications
- Objects are painted and transposed, and strokes and effects are scaled according to design brief
- Colours are created, edited and saved to colour palette and saturation of colour is adjusted
- Colour and appearance attributes are selected and copied, as required
- Gradients fills, mesh and patterns are used to paint and blend according to layout and design brief
- Alter objects
- Objects are grouped or individually selected, moved, scaled or rotated using a variety of methods
- Objects are reflected, sheared and distorted according to design brief
- Three dimensional objects are formed and edited and gradient colour added to create depth
- Perspective of objects is adjusted, as required
- Transformations are repeated according to design brief
- Smooth colour blends are created between objects, and blends are modified as required to meet design brief
- Add type as a graphic element
- Set appearance attributes and styles
- Set up layers
- Finalise document
- Appropriate format for saving graphic is identified given various elementsin the graphic
- Resolution for effects and any filters are set based on image quality
- Document is checked to ensure correct layout file and that all elements are printable
- Portable Document Format (PDF) or other export options are fixed to best settings for final medium and file is exported and saved