Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator is a program used by both artists and graphic designers to create vector images. These images will then be used for company logos, promotional uses, or even personal work, both in print and digital form. So what is Adobe Illustrator used for?

It is typically used to create illustrations, charts, graphs, logos, diagrams, cartoons of real photographs, and more. While the program may be difficult to understand initially, the final product will be well worth the learning curve.

Adobe Illustrator Intermediate (Course Content):

• Module  1 - Getting to Know the Work Area
  • Viewing artwork
  • Using the illustrator tools
  • Changing the view of the artwork
  • Working with palettes
  • Using context menus
  • Calibrating your monitor
• Module 2- Creating Basic Shapes
  • Setting up the document
  • Using the tools
  • Drawing a the pencil shape
  • Drawing the piece of stationery
  • Decorating the stationary border
  • Painting the logo
  • Copying and scaling shapes
• Module 3- Painting
  • Filling with color
  • Stroking with color
  • Building a custom palette
  • Copying paint attributes
  • Saturating colors
  • Painting with patterns and gradients
  • Painting with a pattern brush
• MODULE 4 - Drawing with the Pen
  • Drawing straight lines
  • Drawing curves
  • Editing curves
  • Finishing the pear illustration
• MODULE 5- Working with Brushes
  • Applying brushes to paths
  • Getting started
  • Using art brushes
  • Using scatter brushes
  • Changing the color attributes of brushes
  • Using a fill color with brushes
  • Using calligraphic brushes
  • Using pattern brushes
  • Creating brushes
• MODULE 6- Working with Type
  • Adding type to a document
  • Sampling type
  • Changing the character size
  • Creating columns of type
  • Changing character attributes of a placed text
  • Changing paragraph attributes
  • Adjusting the text flow
  • Wrapping type around a graphic
  • Typing along a path
  • Creating type outlines (letterforms)
  • Creating type masks
• MODULE 7 -  Blending Shapes and Colors
  • Creating a gradient fill
  • Adjusting the direction of the gradient blend
  • Adding colors to a gradient
  • Creating smooth-color blends
  • Blending intermediate steps
  • Modifying the blend
  • Combining blends with gradients
• MODULE 8 - Creating Shapes with the Pathfinder
  • Uniting shapes
  • Removing shapes to create a new object
  • Intersecting objects trimming objects
  • Blending colors with the soft mix command
  • Blending colors with the hard mix command
  • Dividing shapes with the divide command
• MODULE 9 - Working with Layers
  • Creating layers
  • Moving objects and layers
  • Locking layers
  • Viewing layers
  • Pasting layers
  • Merging layers