How to Create Your Own Calendar in Adobe IIlustrator – Custom and Visual

Each of the programs provided by Adobe allows create a wide variety of content: such as images or videos. That is why Illustrator is the first choice in design projects such as billboards.

Therefore, doing things like calendars using Adobe Illustrator will not only guarantee us a quality final result but also that you will using a very intuitive tool. Also, although you can vectorize images with Photoshop, it is not as simple as doing it in Illustrator.

What measures should a calendar created in IIlustrator have?

Illustrator lets you choose file dimensions in pixels as well as centimeters or millimeters, so if you do not want any of the default dimensions (for example, a page either horizontally or vertically) we can give it the size we want by ourselves.

What are the settings that I should take into account before starting?

First of all, we must make sure that our computer meets the minimum requirements to use the software. Otherwise we will have ua frustrating experience in the elaboration of the calendar.

Work tables

Work tables are useful for separating design spaces and facilitate their development, printing and printing them individually. To create them you must assign them when you create a new document and choose their dimensions and distribution on the screen.

Color CMYK

CMYK color mode It is the one indicated for impressions. It is the most recommended to work with our calendar as it is also the format used for printing. So our calendar will look good both in digital format and in print.

How to add text to artboards and start to arrange it to your liking?

To write we only have to press on the text option (the T icon) and create a text box of the dimensions we prefer. To have a better control of the size of the calendar, you can create a rectangular shape and with a single click on it you can write inside the shape.

If you decide to write using a rectangular figure as a margin (the most recommended), it only remains to make the rows and columns of the days of the week and the days of the month, separating with the Tab key each value of the row and with the Enter key the columns.

Finally go to Text> Area Text Options. From here you can modify the size of the rectangle and order the rows and columns of the calendar: we only have to assign the number of rows and columns that we have in the calendar and Illustrator will distribute the dates of the calendar in the rectangle that you prepared.

How can you add a custom background to your calendar?

For it it is best to use layers: the background must be placed in the first layer of the file and the rest of the calendar content must be located in higher layers.

To create a layer you must go to the layers menu and from there create a new layer. Once the layers are created you can move them by clicking on them. The further to the bottom you are on the list, the further to the bottom you will be in the project.

In what type of format is it advisable to save it?

Depending on what you want to do, one type of file or another will be more convenient for you. The most important thing of all is keep original file so as not to lose the opportunity to make changes if you wish.

To print it

To make prints the most recommended formats are JPG, PNG y PDF. The first two are image formats and the last one is a fairly simple document format ready for printing. Or you can just print the calendar directly from Illustrator.

If you want to continue modifying it

The most important file to save is the file in AI format: this is the original format of Adobe Illustrator files and the one you will use to modify the file whenever you want.

Regardless of whether you want to make changes later or not, it is essential that you save this file or you will lose the possibility of making any changes at the time of saving the calendar.

This is the most important thing you need to know to make a calendar with Illustrator. There are many other customization options but these they will only make the job more complex unnecessarily, although you can try other functions of the program yourself and further customize your calendar, you can also try Illustrator on your Android device.