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
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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.