Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

• About the work area
• Tools and Commands
• Using the palettes
• Context Menus
• Viewing Artwork

Basic Drawing

• Simple Lines and Shapes
• Drawing Paths
• Adjusting paths
• Editing Artwork

Arranging and Combining Objects

• Selecting objects
• Stacking objects
• Grouping objects
• Compound Shapes
• Nested Layers

Reshaping Objects

• Using the Transform options
• Using the Liquify Tool
• Using Envelopes to reshape objects
• Cutting objects
• Blending objects
• Using Effects and Filters
• Creating 3D objects

Applying Colour Fills and Strokes

• About Spot and Process colours
• Selecting Colours
• Working with Swatches
• Applying Colour to Strokes and Fills
• Live Colour
• Creating and Applying Graphic Styles

Using Transparency, Gradients and Patterns

• Working with Transparency
• Workling with Gradients, Meshes and Blends
• Creating and Applying Patterns
• Applying Transparency Masks

Advanced Drawing

• Using Brushes
• Creating and Editing Brushes
• Drawing with Symbols
• Using the Symbolism Tools
• Drawing Flares
• Graphic Styles
• Live Trace

Working with Bitmap Images

• Changing Illustrator Artwork to Bitmap
• Using Bitmap Filters and Effects

Working with Type

• Creating Type
• Working with blocks of text
• Adjusting the position of Text on a Path
• Modifying Letterforms as Graphic Objects
• Transforming Type
• Rasterising and anti-aliasing Type
• Formatting Characters
• Formatting Paragraphs
• Using Style Sheets
• Working with Tabs

Saving & Exporting Artwork

• Viewing Document Info
• Saving Illustrator Files
• Saving as EPS
• Saving as PDF
• Exporting Artwork

Printing Artwork

Also

• Producing Colour Separations
• Automating Tasks
• Creating Graphs

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This can be added as an aspect of this course if required