Adobe Illustrator (CC 2021)

The Illustrator Introduction course is designed for anyone with little or no experience using Illustrator and is a comprehensive overview for people currently using other drawing programs and for those who may be self-taught. You will become more comfortable with the Illustrator CC interface and settings, and you will work with panels and many of Illustrator's tools.

Adobe Illustrator CC Workspace Overview

• Navigating around the work area

• Changing the interface colour

• Creating a custom workspace

• Working with multiple Art boards and using the Art board Panel

• Using the zoom tools and view shortcuts

• Working with rulers, grids and guidelines

• Selecting and using tools, controls and panels

• Understanding the Selection tools

• Working with Live Shapes

• Working with multiple window views

• Working with the Layers panel to manage objects

Creating in Adobe Illustrator CC

• Using the various drawing and editing tools

• Mastering the Pen tools and Curvature tool

• Creating and editing Anchor Points

• Tracing an image or logo

• Using the Stroke Panel

Transforming and Combining Shapes

• Using the Transformation Tools

• Using the Pathfinder Panel to edit shapes

• Using the reshaping tools

• Distributing and space-aligning objects

• Creating Masks and Compound Paths

Working with Type

• Editing text

• Formatting character and paragraph attributes

• Working with different text tools

• Creating Title and Paragraph text

• Creating Text Frames and Text on a Path

• Incorporating text into shapes

• Converting text to anchor points and paths

• Placing text from word documents

• Creating text columns and setting area options

Working with Color

• Applying colours to objects

• Creating new colours and using colour swatches

• Creating a colour gradient

• Saving and using gradients (blends)

• Using the Gradient tool

Application Overview: Adobe Illustrator CC 2021

Adobe Illustrator CC is the industry-standard program with drawing tools, flexible color controls, and professional type controls that allows you to electronically illustrate documents using vector graphics. Vector graphics consist of lines and curves defined by mathematical objects called vectors.