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Adobe Illustrator - Introduction
2 day course
Adobe Illustrator is a sophisticated graphics application that helps you to create complex and attractive designs with type effects. This software allows you to create logos, advertisements, and other illustrations with ease. However, creating complex designs can be overwhelming if you are not familiar with the tools and features in Illustrator. In this course, you will learn to use Adobe Illustrator by drawing and manipulating shapes and logos, and combining text and graphics to create advertisements.
This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals, or people switching to a design job or taking on design responsibilities, who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphics.
Course Topics:
(for a full detailed outline, visit our PDF link above)
Creating Simple Shapes
- Creating a New Illustration
- Customizing the Workspace
- Understanding Raster vs Vector Graphics
- Working with the Shape Tools
- Understanding Strokes and Fills
- Drawing Basic Shapes with the Shape Tools
- Working with the Pencil Tool and its Options
- Understanding Paths
- Draw Basic Freeform Shapes with the Pencil Tool
Creating Logos Using Simple Shapes
- Understanding Objects within a Drawing
- Selecting and Formatting Objects
- Manipulating and Transforming Objects
- Understanding Type
- Inserting Text in your Drawing
- Working with and Manipulating Type
Creating Logos Using Custom Paths
- Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool
- Modifying Existing Shapes
- Duplicating Objects
- Applying Graphic Styles
Enhancing Logo Type
- Applying Gradients to Type
- Flowing Type on a Path
- Applying an Envelope to Type
Manipulating Body Type
- Importing Body Type
- Formatting Type with Styles
- Find and Replace Text
- Fix Spelling Errors
- Inserting Typographic Characters
Creating an Advertisement
- Importing a Graphic
- Aligning and Positioning Objects
- Applying Spot Colors
- Wrapping Text within an Object
- Saving and Export File Formats
Organizing Assets with Adobe Bridge
- Understanding Adobe Bridge
- Customizing the Adobe Bridge Workspace
- Appending Metadata to Assets
- Finding and Using Assets with Adobe Bridge
