AUDIENCE

This course is specially designed for Designers and graphic artists of all types who are new to Illustrator or have used it a little bit and want to create digital graphics, illustrations, charts, and flyers for all kinds of media: print, web, interactive, video, and mobile.

PREREQUISITES

• Good working knowledge of your computer and its operating system
• Know how to use the mouse and standard menus and commands
• Know how to open, save, and close files, and navigate to other folders

METHODOLOGY

This program will be conducted with interactive lectures, PowerPoint presentations, discussions and practical exercises

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to :

• Have an overview of the workspace.
• Learn how to select objects using both the five selection tools and also with advanced selection techniques. You will understand how to work in groups and with Isolation mode.
• Create and modify basic shapes and join them together to create new shapes using both the classic pathfinder and the new Shape Builder. Learn about strokes and Learn how to change the width, alignment, and create a variable width.
• Use Image Trace to trace raster images and make vector paths.
• Understand how to use artboards, including how to create, resize, rename, reorder, and delete them.
• Learn to scale, reflect, rotate, shear, and position objects with precision.
• Be introduced to the Pen tool to create straight and curved paths.
• Understand how color works in Illustrator, and create solid, pattern, and gradient swatches.
• Create and format basic type.

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