3. Working with Artboards

Artboards let you place designs on different size layouts, helping you visualize how they will appear on different size pages and devices.

Artboards are also useful for creating video storyboards or laying out animation elements.

Artboards Overview

An artboard defines the area that contains your document’s printable or exportable artwork (Figure 3.1).

A screenshot of the Adobe Illustrator represents the artboard tool and the artboard panel.

FIGURE 3.1 Artboard selected with Artboard tool active and Artboards panel open

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