The goal this week was to export a map from ArcGIS format (.mxd) into Adobe Illustrator (.ai) where it could be further edited/manipulated and then exported as an image file (.jpg - seen above). This lab walked us through all the steps to accomplish this as well as detailed exercises in working with Illustrator objects, groups, and layers. It is especially important to make sure that ArcGIS objects (such as the scale bar and the geographic data) are grouped together into a common layer when working in Illustrator. This grouping will ensure that if any items in the group are resized, all the other objects in that group will stay within the relative scale relationship that existed in ArcGIS. Our lab also provided an overview of many of the most common tools in Illustrator for enhancing maps.
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