This help sheet covers basic usage of Adobe Illustrator, a powerful drawing program. Illustrator has features that make it ideal for drawing or arranging images that will be used in print.
Line art is the term used to describe the kinds of images it makes.
A line art file uses commands that define the shape and size of the object, be it a line, curve, or, some combination of the two, so that the separate elements of the image can be changed easily. The other common type of graphics file is the bitmap, in which the image is made up of a number of pixels, each with its own color. Photoshop is designed to work with bitmap files, which are a commonly created when using a scanner. The Tool Palette has many different types of tools, grouped together on the palette. The first group is at the top, and they are used to move around the page, change the zoom factor, and select objects and parts of objects for detailed editing.