Adobe Illustrator Beginners

Adobe Illustrator Beginners course is the gold standard for creating exciting, color-rich artwork for print, the Web, or even mobile devices.

Whether you’re stepping up to Illustrator CC or tackling Illustrator for the first time, you’ll find this training very useful for the newest tools, tips on color control and path editing, ways to organize graphics, and how to get your work into print or on the Web.

Getting Started

• Topic A: The Illustrator environment
• Topic B: Navigation
• Topic C: Adobe Help

Creating a Simple Illustration

• Topic A: Creating a document
• Topic B: Creating basic shapes
• Topic C: Manipulating shapes
• Topic D: Exporting an illustration

Applying Basic Colour

• Topic A: Applying colour
• Topic B: Stroke options
• Topic C: The Eyedropper tool

Drawing Paths

• Topic A: Raster images
• Topic B: Basic drawing
• Topic C: Selecting and editing paths

Working with Text

• Topic A: Adding text
• Topic B: Altering text

Using Layers

• Topic A: Creating Layers
• Topic B: Manipulating Layers

Working with Fills and Colours

• Topic A: Swatch libraries
• Topic B: Gradients
• Topic C: Transparency

Adjusting Typography

• Topic A: Flowing type
• Topic B: Formatting text
• Topic C: Editing text