Summary

As we discussed in Chapter 8, Preparing Artwork for Presentation, staying organized should be a goal you set each time you are developing your work. The use of artboards and their benefits will aid you in doing this. One of the greatest benefits of artboards that I reflect on and celebrate often is their ability to allow you to hold so much related content within a single file. The need to search for content related to a task has been greatly diminished by this tool. In addition, it bolsters your presentation quality when working with colleagues and clients. When collaborating with colleagues, labeling allows you to clarify what each artboard's purpose is and offers several related views that can be accessed through the Artboards panel. When working with clients, you can output the file to a PDF and each artboard is created as a page.

In the next chapter, we are going to get into the advanced capabilities of the Layers panel and focus on your ability to harness these...