Training & Certification: ADG 401 Illustrator

Intro to Adobe Illustrator

Short Description

WELCOME TO ILLUSTRATOR introduces all of the fundamentals necessary to professionally draw, trace and creatively process your illustrations. This is a beginner course intended for users with little or no Illustrator experience. This course is for Windows and Mac users.

What You Will Learn

INTRODUCTION - Vector and raster defined Illustrator interface Important keyboard commands Black Arrow vs. White Arrow Duplicating Control Palette Preview mode Moving with keyboard arrows SELECTIONS - Single & Multiple Selections Bounding Box “Selection Marquees” Locking & Grouping Stacking order: Front and Back Hiding Select same fill and stroke FILE & FORMAT BASICS - Opening & Saving documents Setting up new documents Margins & guides Preferences & Defaults DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS - Primitives: Rectangles, Ovals, Polygons, Stars, Spirals, Rectangular Grids Simple fills and strokes options Global colors, Pantone® colors & spot colors Align & Pathfinder palettes Rotating & Scaling Pencil, Line & Knife tool TYPE & FONTS - Applying attributes Font, size, color Underline & StrikeThru Kerning & tracking Paragraph spacing & alignment Hyphenation & justification Tabs & Leaders OpenType TRANSFORMING - Transform palette Moving Reflecting and Shearing Align palette Reshape tool MODIFYING & MANAGING IMPORTS - Importing Photoshop files Formats for importing Managing Photoshop Layer Comps Clipping Masks Alternate ways to import Importing vs. embedding Adobe Bridge Links palette Updating graphics Live Trace TRANSPARENCY - Adjusting opacity Blending modes DRAWING INTRODUCTION - Pen Tool Styles Brushes Symbols Expand Filters vs. Effects: What’s the difference? Live Paint LAYERS - Layers Palette Layer Options Moving objects to new layers Dupe / Merge / Flatten PRODUCTIVITY - Custom Workspaces Rulers Guides & Smart Guides PRINTING, EXPORTING & OUTPUT - Overprint Preview Transparency flattening & preview Exporting to PDF PDF-X Printing Basics

Who Should Attend

This is a beginner course intended for users with little or no Illustrator experience. This course is for Windows and Mac users.

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending this course:

Knowledge of Mac or Windows OS. Experience with graphics or word processing applications is helpful.

Course Outline

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