Chapter 3: drawing, Drawing basics, About vector graphics – Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 User Manual
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Chapter 3: Drawing
Drawing basics
Is ideating, tracing, or prototyping on your iPad or iPhone the beginning of your Design workflow?
Check out Adobe Illustrator Draw - an app for your iPad or iPhone. Draw incorporates your favorite vector drawing
tools and features into a streamlined, modern interface. You can draw lines, shapes, and freeform illustrations and with
ten drawing layers and a photo layer. And when you’re back at your desk, Creative Cloud connectivity makes it easy to
apply finishing touches in Illustrator CC or Photoshop CC.
Learn more about the Adobe Illustrator Draw app
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Download the amazing Adobe Illustrator Draw app from the
(Available for your iPhone and iPad).
About vector graphics
Vector graphics (sometimes called vector shapes or vector objects) are made up of lines and curves defined by
mathematical objects called vectors, which describe an image according to its geometric characteristics.
You can freely move or modify vector graphics without losing detail or clarity, because they are resolution-
independent—they maintain crisp edges when resized, printed to a PostScript printer, saved in a PDF file, or imported
into a vector-based graphics application. As a result, vector graphics are the best choice for artwork, such as logos, that
will be used at various sizes and in various output media.
The vector objects you create using the drawing and shape tools in Adobe Creative Suite are examples of vector
graphics. You can use the Copy and Paste commands to duplicate vector graphics betweenCreative Suite components.