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Duration: 1 Day

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR INTRODUCTION COURSE


Objectives

Discover the unique features of Illustrator, including how to create logos, professional type effects, complex airbrush effects and colour control. Delegates will learn how to create lines and shapes, using the Live Trace tool. fill and stroke, using blends, Selection tools, type basics, gradients, transparency, the Pen tool, Transform tools, liquefy and envelope and using layers.

Module 1: Getting Started

  • The Illustrator Environment

Module 2: Creating a Simple Illustration

  • Creating a new document
  • Basic shapes
  • Manipulating shapes
  • Exporting an illustration

Module 3: Applying Basic Colour

  • Applying colour
  • Stroke options
  • The Eyedropper Tool

Module 4: Drawing Paths

  • Raster images
  • Basic drawings
  • Selecting and editing paths

Module 5: Working with Text

  • Adding Text
  • Altering Text

Module 6: Layers

  • Layers
  • Manipulating layers

Module 7: Working with Fills and Colours

  • Swatch libraries
  • Gradients
  • Transparency

Module 8: Adjusting Typography

  • Flow type
  • Formatting text
  • Editing text