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Adobe Illustrator Introduction - course outline

This one day Illustrator course can be booked according to our course schedule, or alternatively you can book a trainer to visit you.  Contact us for more details!

Adobe Illustrator CS

Beginners Level 

Illustrator is the industry standard graphic drawing program, used to produce and amend graphic icons, maps, symbols, diagrams, cartoons, illustrations, graphs, charts and logos. Even at beginners’ level you can create polished and professional digital illustrations, easily and speedily.

Useful to you if:

you need to produce or amend any basic graphic items from the list above.

Before the course, you:

should be able to navigate your desktop/system and be familiar with basic universal functions such as “Save”, “Quit” etc.;

need no prior experience of Illustrator.

 

At the end of the day’s course you will:

• have produced a simple colour map, a graphic icon, and a posterised illustration;

• be comfortable with bezier curves;

• and know some basic keyboard shortcuts to improve workflow.

Course contents (may vary slightly):

Basics

Bitmap vs vector

Viewing/opening documents

Title bar info

New document specifications

RGB v CMYK

Browsing

Navigation

Preferences

Most commonly used palettes

Rulers

Guides and grids

Smart guides

Shape Tools

Tool bar

Drawing simple shapes

Basic bezier work

Path selection

Basic path amendments

Palette options

Editing tools

Selections

Type Tools

Selecting and creating type

Font usage, formatting

Type wrapping around objects

Converting to outlines

Transforming shapes

Amending shapes

Multiple transformations: groups

Object Relations

Basic fill

Basic strokes

Positioning

Alignment

Transparency

Object groups

Layers

Placing

Arranging

Moving objects between layers

Layer attributes

Saving and Exporting

Revert

Saving for various software imports

Exporting paths

Drag and dropping

Legacy

Bitmap vs vector export

Workflow

Saving the workspace

Hiding edges and guides

View as outline

Keyboard shortcuts

Project achievements:

Basic map

Graphic icon

Posterised illustration

 

If you would like to make an enquiry about our Adobe Training, fill in the form below, or call us on 0800 019 6882, or email us at sales@computertrainingsolutions.co.uk


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