Illustrator Introduction
One Day Course

Course Overview

This course is designed to give the delegate a good working knowledge of the features of Adobe Illustrator.  During the course the delegate will learn how to use layers, colour, filters and text.

Delegates Requirements

The delegate should be familiar with the windows operating environment.

Who Should Attend

Any one who is required to produce professional graphics and illustrations using Adobe Illustrator software.

Course Outline

Topic Heading

Introduction to Illustrator

Overview of features

Introduction to the Illustrator Screen

Illustrator Tools

Creation and Selection Tools

Using the Hand and Type Tools

The Pen Tool

Auto Trace and Freehand Tools

Brush and Eye Dropper Tools

Anchor Points, Lines and Curves

Drawing Paths

Working with Beziers

Using Pathfinder

Adding and Deleting Points on a Path

Using Transform

Previewing

Constraining and Adjusting Lines

Manipulating Curves

Rectangles and Ovals

Text

Adding and Deleting Text

Setting Type Styles

Changing Font and Size

Tracing and Kerning

Importing Text

Linked Text Boxes

Entering Text  Along a Curve

Checking Spelling

Layers

Understanding Layers

Adding and Locking Layers

Moving Elements From One Layer to Another

Resequencing Layers

Using Hide and Group Commands

Painting and Paint Order

Understanding Paint Order

Changing Paint Order

Filling and Stroking

Creating and Applying Patterns

Using Gradients

Graphs

Entering Graph Data

Importing Data into Graphs

Altering Data in Graphs

Defining a Graph Design

Transformation Tools

Dragging and Scaling

Rotating and Reflecting

Shearing and Blending

Multi media Functions

Rastering Objects to PICT and TIFF

Formatts

Saving Multiple Formatts

Using Photoshop Plugins

Working with Illustrator’s Filters

The Ink Pen

Gallery Path and Effects

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