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Hi, everyone.

Welcome to today's lesson.

My name is Mrs. Jenkins.

I can't wait to get started with you today.

Hi everyone, welcome to today's lesson, "Making effective drawings," taken from the unit "Introduction to vector graphics." By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to use software tools to adapt a vector drawing.

Let's get started.

In today's lesson, we have three keywords.

These words will appear throughout the lesson.

We're going to have a look now at the meanings as it's really helpful if we know what they mean before we learn about them.

Okay, our three words are zoom, align, and border.

Zoom is to make the view closer or further away without changing the size of the objects.

Align is to line up objects neatly, either side by side or on top of each other.

Border is the line around the outside of a shape, which you can change the colour, thickness, or style of.

So those three words are zoom, align, and border.

Keep an eye out for them throughout the lesson.

Okay, in our lesson today, "Making effective drawings," we have three learning cycles.

We have "Use the zoom tool to view and edit detail," "Use alignment and resizing to improve consistency," and "Modify objects to create a new image." We're going to start with "Use the zoom tool to view and edit details." Firstly, I'd like you to have a look.

Which two penguins are the same? How did you get on? I asked you, which two penguins are the same? Penguin 4 and penguin 7 are the same.

We can see some of the differences here.

So penguin 1, his wing is wonky.

Penguin 2, his wing is much closer to his tummy.

Penguin 3 only has one foot.

Penguin 4 is the same as 7, so penguin 5, his eyeball is in the wrong place.

Penguin 6 doesn't have a white tummy and penguin 8's wing is too far back.

Alex asked us, "Why is using the zoom tool useful?" When objects are small, they can be really hard to click on to and move and resize.

So to get a better view, you can use the zoom tool.

The zoom tool does not change the size of an object, it just helps you view the image more closely.

Okay, true or false? Using the zoom tool changes the actual size of the shapes.

Have a go.

How did you get on? I asked you, true or false? Using the zoom tool changes the actual size of the shapes.

The answer is false.

The reason why? The zoom tool does not change the size of the object, it just helps you view the image more closely.

When you have zoomed enough, use the Select button to make changes.

You may need to scroll the screen to see the other parts of your image when you are zoomed in.

Click the arrow next to the Zoom button and select Fit when you want to see the whole page again.

So here we've got an image and this is part of the penguin, and you can see that once we are zoomed in, it is much easier to move and resize the parts of the eye.

It is much harder to do when the penguin is in the normal fit view.

When you're done, you click Fit and it zooms back out.

So you can see how much easier it is to see the small images.

The zoom tool does not change the size of the object when you click the Zoom button and then click on the area you want to see more clearly.

Okay, a little check here.

What does the zoom tool do? A, it makes the shapes bigger permanently.

B, it helps you see part of your drawing more clearly.

C, it changes the colour of your shapes.

Or D, it moves your shapes.

Have a go.

How did you get on? I asked you, what does the zoom tool do? A, it makes the shapes bigger permanently.

B, it helps you see parts of your drawing more clearly.

C, it changes the colour of your shapes.

Or D, it moves your shapes.

The answer is B, the zoom tool helps you see parts of your drawing more clearly.

Great job.

We are going to go on to Task A now and I would like you to use the zoom tool to build the penguin's head.

Once you have placed the eye and beak, reset your zoom to fit.

Stop once you have completed the head.

Have a go.

How did you get on? I asked you to use the zoom tool to build the penguin's head.

Once you have placed the eye and beak, reset your zoom to fit and stop once you've completed the head.

So here's my completed head.

What does yours look like? Great job, everyone.

Okay, we're going to move on to "Use alignment and resizing to improve consistency." Alex asks us, "What are the red lines that appear when I move shapes?" When you move shapes, red lines may appear.

These are alignment guides.

They help you to centre or line up objects with others.

So the red lines are used for alignment.

You can align an object with the centre of another object.

You can align an object with the edge of another object.

So this means that you can make sure your shapes are in line with each other or in equal parts on the page.

Okay, what do alignment guides help you do? A, rotate a shape.

B, make your drawing colourful.

C, line up your shapes neatly.

Or D, delete shapes.

Have a go.

How did you get on? I asked you, what do alignment guides help you do? A, rotate a shape.

B, make your drawing colourful.

C, line up your shapes neatly.

Or D, delete shapes.

The answer is C.

Alignment guides help you to line up your shapes neatly.

Great job.

Alex got another question for us.

He says, "What are the blue lines that appear when I resize shapes?" When resizing shapes, the blue lines help you match the size with other shapes.

You can use this to keep shapes the same width or height.

So these blue lines are used as a size guide.

As you resize the object, you can use these lines to match them with other objects on the canvas so you can match the width and/or height with another object.

True or false? Blue lines help you match colour with another object.

Have a go.

How did you get on? I asked you, true or false? Blue lines help you match colour with another object.

The answer is false.

Blue lines help you to match the size with another object.

Great job, everyone.

Okay, for Task B, I would like you to use the alignment and resize guides to match the model penguin.

Use the resize lines to make sure the feet pieces are the same size before overlapping them.

Have a go.

How did you get on? I asked you to use the alignment and the resize lines to make a penguin's body.

So you were going to make sure the feet pieces were the same size before overlapping them.

Share your penguins with the rest of your class.

Are they the same? Are they different? Okay, we are going to move into the third learning cycle now, "Modify objects to create a new image." How have circles B, C, and D changed from circle A? What did you think? I said, how have circles B, C, and D changed from circle A? B has a bold border, C has a dotted border, and D has a coloured border.

So all of those have a different border to circle A.

Border tools can be used to adjust the appearance of each outline or border.

So we have the border colour, the border weight, and the border dash.

Border weight changes the thickness of the line, border colour changes the colour of the line, and border dash changes the style of the line.

So here we can see circle B, it needed a border weight of 8.

Okay, so the higher the number, the thicker the outline.

Shape C had a dotted outline that sort of goes longer line, dot, longer line, dot.

But there are other options where you could have just dots or just dashes and then longer dashes, so there's all sorts of options you could have there.

And then shape D has the border colour and you can choose all sorts of different colours there.

Which tool would you use to make a shape outline thicker? A, border colour; B, border weight; C, fill colour; or D, resize handle.

Have a go.

How did you get on? I asked you, which tool would you use to make a shape outline thicker? A, border colour; B, border weight; C, fill colour; or D, resize handle.

The answer is B.

You would use border weight to make a shape outline thicker.

Great job.

Can you spot any differences between the penguin and the parrot? So some things to think about.

Have any shapes been added? Have any changes been made to the shapes? And have any shapes been deleted? Have a go.

How did you get on? I asked you to spot any differences between the penguin and the parrot.

So to think, have any shapes been added? Have any changes been made to the shapes? And have any shapes been deleted? So here are some of the shapes that have been added.

A second triangle for the beak, claws for the feet, and a branch and tail feathers.

Some of the changes to the shapes, the wing has been turned or rotated.

And any shape's been deleted? The penguin's tummy and its feet have been deleted.

Great job.

True or false? To change an object's shape or colour, you must delete it and draw a new one.

Have a go.

How did you get on? I asked you, true or false? To change an object's shape or colour, you must delete it and draw a new one.

The answer is false.

The reason why is you can make changes to an object rather than deleting it and starting again.

Great job.

Okay, we are moving into Task C now and I would like you to use the following tools to turn your penguin into a parrot.

So you need to, you can use the shape and add new shapes, rotate and resize, use the alignment and size guides, fill, so change the colour, look at the border weight, border dash, and border colour, and use the zoom tool to be able to get right in and make changes to things that are really small.

Have a go.

How did you get on? I asked you to use these tools to turn your penguin into a parrot.

So we had shape, add new shapes, rotate and resize, alignment and size guides, fill, so change the colour, border weight, border dash, and border colour, and use the zoom tool to get to those smaller, trickier places.

Share your parrots with your class.

Hopefully all of them look a little bit different.

We've come to the end of today's learning, so let's summarise what we have learned today.

The zoom tool does not change the size of the object, it just helps you view the image more closely.

The red alignment guides help you to centre or line up objects with others.

The blue lines are a size guide and can help you with matching the height or width of objects.

An object's border can be changed by changing the weight, colour, or dashes.

Great job, everyone.

I've really enjoyed today's lesson, I hope you have too.

Hopefully we'll learn together again soon.