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Setting up a New Document
the Illustrator Welcome screen—your
starting point for a new project.
When you create a new document, you can
determine number of artboards, multiple artboard
arrangement, document size, units of measurement,
and bleeds. You can also choose a color mode.
When you start Illustrator, the Welcome
screen lets you access your recent
documents or choose a new type of
document for your choice of media.
You can choose how many artboards you
wish to work with, up to 100, arranged any
way you want. For example, you can create
a 12-page document for print with 12 letter-
sized artboards arranged in three rows of
four. And you can set bleed sizes for all
artboards when you create a new document.
All of these settings are easily changed at
any time.
If you're working on a video project, choose
a New Document profile for video, selecting
a size such as NTSC DV. Your color mode
will be set to RGB and your artboard will
automatically show the format's dimensions
with guides for video and title-safe areas.
If you're working on a web project, choose
a New Document Profile for the web to
automatically set raster resolution to 72ppi
and color to RGB. Print profiles default to
CMYK color and offer a range of popular
artboard setups including preset raster-
effects resolutions. You can also save your
own custom profiles that specify setup
parameters such as artboard dimensions,
swatches, brushes, styles, and color spaces.
To create a new document, you can also
choose File > New and choose a New
Document Profile depending on the
intended use of your illustration. As noted
above, the New Document Profile will set
dimensions, units, color mode and raster
effects parameters based on the profile
selected. Any of these settings can be
modified to suit your needs.
You can change raster effects settings at any
time by choosing Effects > Document Raster
Effects settings. To change the color mode,
choose File > Document Color Mode.
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