Making Scientific Figures w/ Illustrator - Part 5: Workflow, Journal Templates
Intended for all users, in this video I go through my workflow for creating a figure for publication using a journal template. I cover:
—Using and saving journal templates (example: Nature family of journals) 0:00
—Document Settings & document color mode 3:45
—Using layers for organizing a figure 4:22
—Using artboards (shift + o), duplicating artboards 5:14
—Live demo of 1-column figure, 7:39
—Importing a data plot into AI via linking 8:48
—Importing a data plot into AI via embedding 11:20
—Changing all fonts in a figure 12:02
—Live-demo creating a schematic 3D figure 13:01
—Quickly outlining a 3D object with the pen tool (p) 22:13