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Illustrator Introduction

Course description

Who Should Attend

 

Designers of all types who want to create digital graphics, illustrations, and typography for all kinds of media: print, web, interactive, video, and mobile.

 

Prerequisites

 

You should have a good working knowledge of your computer and its operating system. Make sure that you know how to use the mouse and standard menus and commands, and also how to open, save, and close files, and navigate to other folders.

 

What You Will Learn

         An overview to the workspace

         Selecting and Aligning

         Creating and Editing Shapes

         Transforming Objects

         Drawing with the Pen and Pencil Tools

         Color and Painting

         Working with Type

 

What Other Students Have Said About This Illustrator Intro Training Course

 

I just added a huge trick to my toolbox with just 2 days of training. I have taken relative classes in college and did not get this much information. - Rodney R. DHS

 

The instructor definitely knew everything about the software. No matter what question was asked she was able to answer without having to look things up in a book. This allowed the class to move at a quicker pace than one where the teacher only knows the exact course material but little else. - Jeff R. DHS

 

The instructor was phenomenal and such an expert. She was flexible and catered to the participants needs. - Jane C. DHS

 

 

Related Training and Certification Courses

 

Illustrator CC Advanced

Photoshop CC Advanced

Photoshop CC Intro

InDesign CC Advanced

InDesign CC Intro

 

 

Course Outline

 

1. Getting to Know the Work Area

         Getting started

         Understanding the workspace

         Adjusting the user interface brightness

         Working with the Tools panel

         Exploring the Control panel

         Working with panels

         Editing panel groups

         Resetting and saving your workspace

         Using panel menus

         Changing the view of artwork

         Using the view commands

         Using the Zoom tool

         Scrolling through a document

         Viewing artwork

         Navigating multiple artboards

         Using the Navigator panel

         Arranging multiple documents

         Finding resources for using Illustrator

 

2. Selecting and Aligning

         Getting started

         Selecting objects

         Using the Selection tool

         Using the Direct Selection tool

         Creating selections with a marquee

         Creating selections with the Magic Wand tool

         Selecting similar objects

         Selecting in Outline mode

         Aligning objects

         Aligning objects to each other

         Aligning to a key object

         Aligning anchor points

         Distributing objects

         Aligning to the artboard

         Working with groups

         Grouping items

         Working in Isolation mode

         Creating a nested group

         Exploring object arrangement

         Arranging objects

         Selecting objects behind

         Hiding and locking objects

 

3. Creating and Editing Shapes

         Getting started

         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 in the Pathfinder panel

         Working with shape modes in the Pathfinder panel

         Using the Draw Inside mode

         Editing content drawn inside

         Using the Eraser tool

         Using Image Trace to create shapes

         Cleaning up traced artwork

 

4. Transforming Objects

         Getting started

         Working with artboards

         Adding artboards to the document

         Resizing artboards

         Editing document setup options

         Renaming artboards

         Reordering artboards

         Transforming content

         Working with rulers and guides

         Scaling objects

         Reflecting objects

         Rotating objects

         Distorting objects with effects

         Shearing objects

         Positioning objects precisely

         Positioning with Smart Guides

         Transforming with the Free Transform tool

         Applying multiple transformations

 

5. Drawing with the Pen and Pencil Tools

         Getting started

         Exploring the Pen tool

         Selecting paths

         Constraining lines

         Introducing curved paths

         Drawing a curve with the Pen tool

         Drawing a series of curves with the Pen tool

         Converting smooth points to corner points

         Combining curves and straight lines

         Creating the ice cream illustration

         Drawing the ice cream

         Drawing half of the ice cream dish

         Finishing the ice cream dish

         Editing curves

         Deleting and adding anchor points

         Converting between smooth points and corner points

         Cutting with the Scissors tool

         Creating a dashed line

         Cutting with the Knife tool

         Adding arrowheads

         Drawing with the Pencil tool

         Editing with the Pencil tool

 

6. Color and Painting

         Getting started

         Understanding color

         Exploring color modes

         Understanding the main color controls

         Working with color

         Applying an existing color

         Creating and saving a custom color as a swatch

         Creating a copy of a swatch

         Editing a swatch

         Creating and editing a global swatch

         Using the Color Picker to create color

         Using Illustrator swatch libraries

         Creating a spot color

         Creating and saving a tint of a color

         Adjusting colors

         Copying appearance attributes

         Creating a color group

         Working with color in the Color Guide panel

         Editing a color group in the Edit Colors dialog box

         Editing colors in artwork

         Assigning colors to your artwork

         Painting with patterns

         Applying existing patterns

         Creating your own pattern

         Applying your pattern

         Editing your pattern

         Working with Live Paint

         Creating a Live Paint group

         Painting with the Live Paint Bucket tool

         Adding to and modifying a Live Paint group

 

7. Working with Type

         Getting started

         Working with type

         Creating point type

         Creating area type

         Converting between area and point type

         Importing a plain text file

         Working with overflow text and text reflow

         Threading text

         Creating columns of text

         Formatting type

         Changing font family and font style

         Changing font size

         Changing font color

         Changing additional text attributes

         Modifying text with the Touch Type tool

         Changing paragraph attributes

         Working with glyphs

         Resizing and reshaping type objects

         Creating and applying text styles

         Creating and applying a paragraph style

         Editing a paragraph style

         Creating and applying a character style

         Editing a character style

         Sampling text formatting

         Warping text

         Reshaping text with a preset envelope warp

         Editing the envelope warp

         Working with type on a path

         Creating type on a path

         Creating type on a closed path

         Editing type on a path options

         Wrapping text around an object

         Creating text outlines

 

Disclaimer:

All course objectives and outlines are a guide for students. To ensure student satisfaction, these course topics and order may be modified or added to ensure the latest information is covered to support real world use of the technology.


Disclaimer: All course objectives and outlines are a guide for students. The course topics and order of presentation may be modified based upon the needs of each individual class.