Adobe Illustrator CC

Now that you’ve mastered the skills you learned in Adobe Illustrator Level I, you are ready to increase your productivity by learning advanced features and more tips and tricks.

You want to know more about layers, and are wondering why effects, appearances, and symbols are essential to understanding Illustrator. You’ve also been wondering how to use the new Touch Type tool.

Objectives:

• Work with text in frames, including overflow text, text reflow, threading text, and importing text from Microsoft Word.
• Create and format type on a path.
• Modify individual letters with the new Touch Type tool.
• Understand how to create and use Layers, and how to select, view, and move objects on layers.
• Be able to draw using a perspective grid, and add and edit shapes and text on the grid.
• Create, apply, and adjust a gradient applied to a fill or stroke.
• Create, apply, and adjust a smooth blend or a blend with specified steps.
• Learn how to use, create, and edit brush strokes.
• Use, apply, edit, and remove effects, including 3D effects.
• Understand the Appearance panel and be able to create, modify, and apply graphic styles.
• Create and modify symbols, and use the symbolism tools.

Outline:

• Module 1 - Working With Type
• Module 2 - Working With Layers
• Module 3 - Working With Perspective Drawing
• Module 4 - Blending Colors And Shapes
• Module 5 - Working With Brushes
• Module 6 - Applying Effects
• Module 7 - Applying Appearance Attributes And Graphic Styles
• Module 8 - Working With Symbols
• Module 9 - Combining Illustrator Cc Graphics With Other Adobe Applications