Artboards revisited

[Timber]

So... if I want a place to store objects off canvas, so to speak, it seems that I need to create an art board for the primary workspace/size, and then I can create off to the side art boards to store images, or text snippets off the main work area. Is this the correct way of looking at art boards?

 

And I can also use art boards to create varying sized primary work areas, ie. a business card, and a letterhead and say a postcard.

 

Again, just trying to get the correct working with art boards in mind.

Thanks - Timber

[MEB]

Hi Timber,

Yes, in regular documents (no artboards) you use the canvas area to compose your design and the pasteboard area to store temporary or alternate objects (you need to uncheck Clip to Canvas to be able to see the objects in the pasteboard area for regular docs - menu View ▸ View Mode ▸ Clip to Canvas).

In artboard documents you use the artboards to compose your design (one for a business card other for a letterhead etc) and the area that surrounds them to store temporary or alternate objects.

[Timber]

Hi MEB, thanks for the distillation of using Artboards and pasteboard area.

 

One thing I did note, is if you want to see text snippets in the pasteboard area, and your text is black, you'll need to not only set the View > View Mode to > uncheck Clip to Canvas, but in AD preferences you'll need to change User Interface > Background Gray Level to a lighter gray, or white, to see the text in black.

 

Best regards - Timber