Production Sprint 1: Posters 1–2

• Open Lastname_ExpressiveText_v02.ai → Save As v03.ai.
• Check artboards: Idiom-01…04 present; grid and 10 mm margins locked.
• Create a top layer called Backup and lock it. Keep a copy of each idiom’s live type here.

Safe Outline / Divide Workflow (copy first, then commit):

• Expand Appearance (Object → Expand Appearance) before outlining if effects or variable strokes are used.
• Outline Stroke (Object → Path → Outline Stroke) only for stroke based shapes that must become fills.
• Create Outlines (Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+O) last — on the working copy, never on your backup.
• Pathfinder: Unite, Minus Front, Divide for clean Boolean edits. Ungroup after Divide.
• Shape Builder (Shift+M) to add or subtract regions precisely. Use Isolation Mode when editing groups.
• Knife/Scissors: use sparingly; clean stray points and join as needed (Cmd/Ctrl+J).

Build Poster 1 and Poster 2 to near final:

1. Place your chosen thumbnail on each artboard (small) for reference and lock it.
2. Rebuild with live type. Commit outlines only where the idea truly requires slicing or dividing.
3. Use Pathfinder or Shape Builder to execute cuts. Clean overlaps and stray points as you go.