Illustrator Training (Essential Skills 1)

This comprehensive Illustrator hands-on training is an in depth courseware using the industry standard tool for creating rich vector graphics for everything from a business card to a roadside billboard.

Illustrator is not just for artists. Use Illustrator to quickly manipulate and create Acrobat PDF documents, create mocks and dashboards for prototyping, create logos, brochures and much, much more. This Adobe Illustrator course starts at a fundamental level and works through intermediate concepts including color, typography and all of the "Live" features such as Live Type, Live Trace, Live Paint, and Live Color.

Your instructor will cover the pitfalls, and the best practices will be followed so that you are creating artwork that can be used for print, web, video and mobile devices in this Adobe Illustrator class.

Outline:

• Get comfortable with the interface and workspaces
• Understand the difference between vector and raster graphics.
• Set up Artboards and control document settings
• Learn to use the basic shape tools
• Combine shapes with the Shape Builder tool
• Set up custom colors and gradients to use as Swatches
• Draw custom precise artwork with the Pen Tool
• Format text for headlines and paragraphs
• Export artwork into various formats for print or screen usage