Adobe Illustrator – Basic Course

This course is intended for common users who wish to learn how to work with the Adobe Illustrator program.

•  To operate Illustrator
• To use drawing tool
• To create and edit Bézier curves
• To format objects
• To manipulate objects
• To work with text
• To print and export documents

The basics of working with a computer

Program control

• Workspace
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Rulers
• Guides, automatic guides
• Grid
• Display modes
• Layers

Creating documents

• Creation of a new document
• Setting of a document

Drawing tools

• Pencil, smoothing, eraser
• Pen
• Brush
• Editing and use of traces

Primitive objects

• Line segment, arc, spiral, grids
• Rectangle, ellipsis, polygon, star

Paths

• Principles of Bézier curves
• Making and editing paths
• Composite path
• Division
• Simplification
• Offset path
• Stroke contours

Deformation of paths

• Deformation by envelope
• Deformation with contortion
• Deformation with object
• Contortion tool

Object formatting

• Colour filling
• Transition filling
• Pattern filling
• Stroke

Working with text

• Text frames
• Text frame chaining
• Text editing
• Local character formatting
• Local paragraph formatting

Manipulation of objects

• Duplication
• Transformation
• Shape modes
• Alignment, layout
• Grouping
• Locking
• Import of objects

Outputs from Illustrator

• Print
• Exports

Next courses

Adobe Illustrator – Advanced Techniques [ILUS2]

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