Create a PDF Portfolio Using Illustrator

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Create a PDF Portfolio Using Illustrator

There's no need to use a page-layout program when you're creating a multi-page PDF portfolio (though of course you can). xtine burrough lays out the steps to make that portfolio in Illustrator and then generate a PDF you can send to prospective employers.


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 Create a PDF Portfolio Using Illustrator
There's no need to use a page-layout program when you're creating a multi-page PDF portfolio (though of course you can). Here are the steps to make that portfolio in Illustrator and then generate a PDF you can send to prospective employers.
Written by xtine burrough on November 8, 2010


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Every semester, my students assemble a PDF version of their portfolio to print or email potential employers. I used to teach the basic features of QuarkXPress, then InDesign, just for this purpose. However, Adobe Illustrator's relatively new capacity for multiple Artboards provides a much-appreciated alternative to learning a new application in order to accomplish this single, important task.


Just follow his video and then the steps at the bottom of his article.