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Illustrator CS5
“The Adobe Illustrator is the most used software for designing images and enhance Web publishing. The course covers all the tools and functionalities in a simple format.”
Acquired Skills:
At the end of this course the student will have acquired the skills to master the principal tools, 3D graphics editing and various image outcomes.
Prerequisites:
None
Duration of the Course
The course will be completed in 3 weeks or on average in 16 hours.
Curriculum Material
The language and teaching techniques are geared to the course’s final use. It includes explanatory exercises and videos.
Course Topics:
- Choosing Adobe Illustrator CS5 workspace
- Opening an Adobe Illustrator File
- The Adobe Illustrator Document window
- Using Artboards in Illustrator CS5
- Navigating multiple artboards
- Using the new Artboards panel
- Creating New Artboards
- Switching screen modes
- Changing your view
- Preview versus Outlines
- Zooming Scrolling
- Scrolling with the Hand Tool
- Changing views with the Navigator panel
- The Tools Panel
- The Control Panel
- Custom Workspaces
Essentials
- Using the Shape tools
- Repositiong and visually resizing the shapes
- Finding or changing the shape's dimensions using the Transform panel
- Rotating and shearing using the Transform panel
- Constraining a shape in Illustrator
- Entering exact dimensions
- Selecting artwork
- Helpful keyboard shortcuts for selections
- Overview of the selection tools
- Using the transform tools Illustrator
- Adding a fill color
- Cutting and pasting objects
- Moving objects from one layer to another
Adding Color
- Basics of Appearance panel
- Changing colors in Adobe Illustrator
- Adding Effects in Adobe Illustrator
- Creating a colorful Illustrator
- Using Live Paint
- Saving a set of colors as a group
- Global Color
- Creating a color group from selected colors
- Using the Color panel in Adobe Illustrator
Working with Drawing Tools
- Working with the Pen Tool
- Drawing straight, and curved lines
- Drawing hinged curves
- Drawing curved lines to straight lines
- Manually tracing images in Adobe Illustrator
- Placing an image as a template in Adobe Illustrator
- Other Illustrator drawing tools
- Using the Line Segment and Arc Tools
- Using the Pencil, Smooth and Path Eraser tools
- Using the Eraser tool
- Editing existing paths
- Adding and removing points
Exploring Additional Color Options
- Adding tonal values with gradients
- Customizing an existing gradient
- Saving the gradient
- Applying a second instance of the gradient
- Using the Gradient Panel
- Updating a gradient
- Creating and using patterns
- Creating a bounding box
- Applying the pattern
- Editing a pattern fill
Working with and Formatting Text
- Formatting type in Adobe Illustrator
- Paragraph Formatting
- Formatting imported type
- Paragraph and character styles
- Editing styles
- Advanced techniques with text
- Text on Path
- Text in a shape
Organizing your Illustrator with Layers
- Getting to know the Layers panel
- Using layers to organize your illustrations
- Using the Layers panel to make selections
- Creating new layers and moving items between layers
- Paste remembers layers
- Using Template in Adobe Illustrator
Certificate of Completion
At the end of the course the student will receive our certificate of completion for this training.
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