Who should attend this Adobe Illustrator course?
Our course enables delegates with no
previous experience of Illustrator or any graphics program to produce effective drawings and
illustrations, and those with a design background to effectively utilise and manipulate this drawing
tool. You will learn professional approaches to creating artwork projects efficiently and how to
integrate Illustrator's vast array of special effects into your graphics. You will prepare
Illustrator files for print and the web.
How long is this Adobe Illustrator course?
2 Days
What are the benefits of attending this course?
At the end of the course
you will have gained an overview of the software, which will enable you to effectively produce
illustrations. You will also gain practical use of the features listed below.
Included in
this course:
- Course book
- Lunch
- 3 Months post
training support
- Certificate of attendence
Course Outline
Introduction to the interface
- Overview of the
Toolbox
- Exploration of the palettes
- Using the Info Bar
- Understanding document
- Magnification and views
- Setting document
preferences
- Using the control palette
Drawing tools
- An introduction to bézier curves
- Understanding how to draw béziers
curves and lines using the pen tool
- Adding and deleting points
- Using
keyboard shortcuts to draw more efficiently
- Cutting and joining paths using the
scissors and knife tool
- Using the pencil tool
- Using the smooth pencil
tool
- Using the eraser
- Editing paths using the reshape tool
Shapes
- Using the rectangle, ellipse, star, polygon and spiral tools
- Using smart guides
- Manipulating objects
- Moving and copying
objects
- Controlling the stacking order
- Using the Pathfinder palette
- Grouping and ungrouping
- Using the transform tools: scale, reflect, shear and
rotate
- Using the transform palette
- Locking a point on the proxy box
Colour
- Using the colour palette
- Creating process
colours
- Specifying spot colours
- Choosing Pantone colours
- Using the Swatches palette
- Adding and deleting Swatches
- Applying
fill and stroke colour
- Using the gradient tool
- Exploring the gradient
palette
- Creating, editing and customising pattern fills
- Exploring the
stroke options
- Copying colour attributes to different objects
- Using the
Eyedropper tool
- Using the Paintbucket tool
- Creating blends
- Creating a smooth colour blend
- Specifying steps for a blend path
- Specifying document colour modes
Type
- Creating and editing
type
- Formatting type to include typeface, type size, type style, leading and
kerning?
- Creating, editing and formatting text on a path
- Creating and
manipulating outline type
- Using the type area tool
Images
- Importing images
- Linking and embedding images
Selection
- Correct usage of the selection and direct selection tools
- Locking and
unlocking objects
- Using the Align palette
Saving and printing
- Saving Illustrator files
- Printing files
Related
courses
- Adobe Illustrator Advanced
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
