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.

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 COURSE OUTLINE 
 

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