Course Description
This professional illustrating and drawing software combines immensely powerful vector art tools and techniques with a wide range of creative options.
The Adobe Illustrator introductory course is designed to enable you to make the most of the power of Illustrator and will highlight how to use Illustrator to improve productivity without sacrificing quality.
The Introduction course concentrates on getting to know Illustrators many complex tools and functions. Knowing how to navigate around your artwork and create basic forms of vector artwork.
Course Content
What is Illustrator
Introduction to Illustrator
Vector or Bitmap
Illustrator Basics
Different Vector Files
Opening files in Illustrator
Built-In Illustrator Templates
New Document Settings
Saving Document Settings
Illustrator's User Interface
Panels, Tools & Workspaces
Navigation
Keyboard Shortcuts
Illustrator Features
Outline & Preview mode
Rulers, Guides and grids
Smart Guides
Vector Theory
Bezier Curves,
Paths & Anchors
Anchor Handlers
Introduction to layers
Group & Ungroup Illustrations
Isolate groups & sublayers
Object Transformation
Transform Tools
Reshape Tool
The Transform Panel
Liquify Tools
Envelope Distortions
Importing Bitmaps in Illustrator
JPEG, GIF & TIFF imports
Photoshop PSD Import options
Complex Shape Creation
Creating Compound Paths
Compound Paths
The Pathfinder Panel
Compound Shapes
Expand Shapes
Typography & Text
Type & Text tools
Character Panel
The Paragraph Panel
Outlining Text
Text on a Curved Path
Export & Outputting
Saving Settings of AI files
Adobe PDF File Creation
Various other File Formats
Liquify Tools
Envelope Distortions
Conclusion
Questions & Answers
Workshop
Exercises
Basic Shapes
How to create a Basic Shape
Polygons, Stars & Spirals
Drawing grids, lines & arcs
Alignment & Snap to shapes
Colour in Illustrator CS4
RGB vs. CMYK
Colour your shapes
CMYK Process & Pantone Spot
Using Global process colours
Swatches
About Colour Groups
Gradients in Drawings
Import swatch library
Share swatches between applications
Vector Drawing
Drawing Basics
Drawing Simple Lines & Shapes
Drawing freehand
Draw Curves with the Pen Tool
Editing paths
Slicing and cutting tool
Average & Join Commands
Erase artwork
Using LiveTrace
Automatically tracing artwork
Adjusting LiveTrace Settings
Converting LiveTrace objects
Painting in Illustrator
Manipulating stroke options
Painting with the paintbrush
Introducing blends
Using the Gradient mesh
Multiple Fills & Strokes per object
Introduction to Symbols
Using LivePaint
Creating LivePaint Groups
Painting LivePaint Objects
Gap Detection
Path editing with LivePaint
Artwork Management
Change Artboard Size
Rulers, Guides & Smart Guides
Custom Guides
Accurate object positioning
Align Panel
Layers in Illustrator
Template Layers