Making the guides for the DVD Label

 

Making the guides for the DVD Label

 

 

 

 

Before I can start producing the DVD label I first off need to make the guides. Down below are the steps that I took in order to successfully create the guides.

 

 

Step 1

 

The first thing that I did was open up Adobe Illustrator CS6 and then went to the top tab of ‘File’ and then I clicked on where it says ‘New’.

 

 

 

 

Step 2

After clicking on ‘New’ it then opens a box where it allows me to be able to have the ability to alter the name, profile, size, units in which the size is measured in, orientation of the page and the bleed areas. For this instance I change the name and the units in which the size is measured in. I don’t select a size that is automatically there from the drop down box as I wish to insert the measurements myself I then also change the orientation from portrait to landscape.

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3

As I have entered the width and height manually myself then this then creates the size type as ‘custom’. I have changed the units to millimetres as this is the measurement type that I will be working with when I create the DVD label. The width and height are both 135mm and the explanation for this is that as the DVD Label is 120mm then this gives me room to be able to cut out the label once completed but also means that images can overlap within this area but will be cut once I have constructed a clipping mask at the end to make the DVD Label have a professional finish. I then click on ‘OK ‘to be able to apply and save these settings that I have chosen to have. Once I have clicked on ‘OK’, it then brings up a new page with the requirements I have just chosen.

 

Step 4

Once I have opened up a new page I then go to rectangle tool icon and go down to the ellipse tool as that is the tool that I need to first draw out the shape for the DVD. I then move the cursor on the white page and double click.

 

 

Step 5

Once I have double clicked on the page a box then appears, what this box allows you to do is enter the measurements for the width and the height of the ellipse and therefore this will then create a perfect ellipse.

Step 6

I alter the width and the height to 120mm because this is the outer circle and this is the correct measurement that is normally used.  I then press ‘OK’ to accept.

Step 7

After pressing on ‘OK’ it then creates the circle with the measurements that I have entered, however the circle isn’t all on the page so I select the selection tool so that I can move the ellipse onto the page correctly.

 

 

Step 8

I then move the ellipse onto the page till the ‘centre’ in green appears on the page , I do this so that I ensure that the ellipse is right on the middle of the page and that the border around the ellipse is the exact same. I then complete the process until I have the number of ellipses that I need to help create the DVD label.

 

Step 9
 

Above are the other ellipses and their measurements that I have selected.  I have selected to have these measurements as that is normally the sizes that are constructed and therefore will make the DVD label look professional. I then also ensure that the ellipses are centred. Now I have the DVD label shape that I need in order to help complete the DVD label. Now I have these ellipses I now need to turn these all into guides.

 

Step 10

To make these ellipses into guides I go to the top tab ‘View’ down to where it says ‘Guides’ and then across to ‘Make Guides’. I then click on this option which will then make the ellipse into a guide on the page.

 

 

Step 11

After I have selected ‘Make Guides’ it then turns the ellipse’s colour from black to aqua and this then indicates that it  is now a guide. I then do the same procedure until all the ellipses are now guides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 12

I repeat the step for all the other ellipses. I know have all the ellipses into guides as all are the aqua colour.

 

Step 13

Now that I have the entire guides all completed I ensure that all the guides are now locked. I make the guides locked so that the guides then can’t move on the page and therefore constantly in the same exact same place throughout the construction of the DVD label. To lock the guides I go to ‘view’ and then down to ‘Guides’ and across to ‘Lock Guides’.

 

 

Step 14

Now that I have all the guides locked I now make sure that I save the template ready for future use.

Step 15

After I had clicked on ‘Save ‘ this box appears which is basically all about how you can select some options like if you also want to have a PDF file of that save. For this instance I just leave all the options automatically chosen and select ‘OK’.

 

 

Step 16

The first part of the DVD label has been successfully completed.