Adobe Illustrator Workspace for Beginners

If you want to design SVG files for your Cricut, Silhouette, or laser cutter, there's no better program than Adobe Illustrator! Let's start with a basic beginner-friendly Adobe Illustrator workspace overview so you can start designing your own cut files!

In this first lesson, we'll go over all of the parts of the Adobe Illustrator Workspace, including all of the menus, tool bars, and panels. We'll also talk about why Illustrator is a great program for designing cut files, customizing your workspace, important tools, and more. Let's dive in!

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0:00 Intro
2:44 Vector vs. bitmap software
4:14 Welcome screen
5:54 Setting up the workspace
6:52 Menu bar
7:37 Control panel
8:52 Document tabs
9:08 Artboard
9:46 Toolbar
14:36 Panels
20:12 Status bar
20:57 Wrap up