Adobe - Illustrator Module 1 Basics - Training Courses

Course outline

Duration : 2 days

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Audience	Graphic professional
Prerequesites	none
Objectives	Get to know the Illustrator working environment. Work with drawing and transformation tools. Build and manipulate shapes. Manipulate Illustrator text tools and options. Create a document with Illustrator.
Teaching method	Lectures - Demonstrations - Guided and individual exercises.
Contents	Introducing Illustrator Bitmap and Vector software Illustrator basics The software interface The toolbox Floating palettes Menus
	Using tools and the view menu Magnifier, Hand and Page tools Rulers, guides, grid and view options Navigating the page View and Window menus
	Creating shapes (drawing tools) Creating different shapes Creating a path Path and shape attributes The different tools Line modification tools Tools and backgrounds (color) Color and Shade palettes Brush palette Brush libraries
	Using transformation tools Rotating and resizing an element Mirror and tilt effects The free transformation tool Object menu options The Transform, Align and Info palettes Merging shapes
	Using color attributes Creating a gradient Using the Controlled Gradients tool and its sub-menu The Eyedropper and Paint Pot tools
	Merging shapes and tracings The shape merge tool Bitmap to Vector transformation
	Manipulating text Creating and selecting text Text attributes Character palettes Paragraph palette
	Introducing effect filters Illustrator filters Photoshop filters (Bitmap)
	Introducing save formats Save as formats Export formats