Description

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator  is the industry-standard illustration application for print, multimedia, and online graphics. Whether you are a designer or a technical illustrator producing artwork for print publishing, an artist producing multimedia graphics, or a creator of web pages or online content, Adobe Illustrator offers you the tools you need to get professional-quality results.

COURSE OUTLINE Adobe Illustrator

WORKING WITH ART BOARDS

• Drawing shapes and lines
• Applying color
• Working with the Shape Builder tool & Width tool
• Creating and editing gradients
• Placing Adobe Photoshop images in Illustrator
• Using Image Trace
• Working with the Color Guide panel
• Creating and applying a pattern
• Working with type, drawing modes & brushes
• Using the Appearance panel and effects
• Working with strokes
• Aligning content
• Working with perspective & with symbols

WORK AREA

• Adjusting the user interface brightness
• Working with the Tools panel
• Exploring the Control panel
• Working with panels
• Resetting and saving your workspace
• Using panel menus
• Changing the view of artwork
• Using the view commands & Zoom tool
• Scrolling through a document
• Viewing artwork
• Navigating multiple art boards
• Using the Navigator panel
• Understanding rulers
• Arranging multiple documents

SELECTING AND ALIGNING

• Using the Selection tool & Direct Selection tool
• Creating selections with a marquee
• Creating selections with the Magic Wand tool
• Selecting similar objects
• Aligning objects & objects to each other
• Aligning to a key object & points
• Distributing objects
• Aligning to the art board
• Working with groups
• Grouping items
• Working in Isolation mode
• Adding to a group
• Exploring object arrangement
• Arranging & Hiding objects
• Selecting objects behind
• Applying selection techniques

CREATING AND EDITING SHAPES

• Creating a new document
• Working with basic shapes
• Understanding drawing modes
• Creating rectangles
• Creating rounded rectangles
• Creating ellipses
• Creating polygons
• Working with Draw Behind mode
• Creating stars
• Changing stroke width and alignment
• Working with line segments
• Joining paths
• Using the Width tool
• Outlining strokes
• Combining and editing shapes
• Working with the Shape Builder tool
• Working with Pathfinder effects
• Working with shape modes
• Using Draw Inside mode
• Editing content drawn inside
• Using the Eraser tool
• Using Image Trace to create shapes
• Cleaning up traced artwork

TRANSFORMING OBJECTS

• Working with art boards
• Editing art boards
• Renaming and Reordering Art boards
• Transforming content
• Working with rulers and guides
• Scaling objects
• Reflecting objects
• Rotating objects
• Distorting objects
• Shearing objects
• Positioning objects precisely
• Changing perspective
• Applying multiple transformations
• Using the Free Distort effect

WORKING WITH LAYERS

• Creating layers
• Selecting and moving objects and layers
• Duplicating layer content
• Moving, Locking, Viewing & Pasting layers
• Creating a clipping mask
• Merging & Locating layers
• Applying appearance attributes to layers
• Isolating layers