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Adobe Illustrator: An Introduction to Illustrator – Course Outline – (3 -

Days)

Getting to Know the Work Area

• Understanding the workspace

• Adjusting the user interface brightness

• Working with the Tools panel

• Exploring the Control panel

• Working with panels

• Resetting and saving your workspace

• Using panel menus

• Changing the view of artwork

• Using the Zoom tool

• Scrolling through a document

• Viewing artwork

• Navigating multiple artboards

• Using the Navigator panel

• Understanding rulers

• Arranging multiple documents

• Exploring document groups

Selecting and Aligning

• Selecting objects

• Using the Selection tool

• Using the Direct Selection tool

• Creating selections with a marquee

• Creating selections with the Magic Wand tool

• Selecting similar objects

• Aligning objects

• Aligning objects to each other

• Aligning to a key object

• Aligning points

• Distributing objects

• Aligning to the artboard

• Working with groups

• Grouping items

• Working in Isolation mode

• Adding to a group

• Exploring object arrangement

• Arranging objects

• Selecting objects behind

Summary of content (6 pages)

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Adobe Illustrator: An Introduction to Illustrator – Course Outline – (3 Days) Getting to Know the Work Area • Understanding the workspace • Adjusting the user interface brightness • Working with the Tools panel • Exploring the Control panel • Working with panels • Resetting and saving your workspace • Using panel menus • Changing the view of artwork • Using the Zoom tool • Scrolling through a document • Viewing artwork • Navigating multiple artboards • Using the Navigator panel • Understanding rulers • Arr
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• Hiding objects • Applying selection techniques Creating and Editing Shapes • Creating a new document • Working with basic shapes • Understanding drawing modes • Creating rectangles • Creating rounded rectangles • Creating ellipses • Creating polygons • Working with Draw Behind mode • Creating stars • Changing stroke width and alignment • Working with line segments • Joining paths • Using the Width tool • Outlining strokes • Combining and editing shapes • Working with the Shape Builder tool • Working with
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• Changing perspective • Applying multiple transformations • Using the Free Distort effect Drawing with the Pen and Pencil Tools • Starting with the Pen tool • Creating straight lines • Creating curved paths • Building a curve • Converting smooth points to corner points • Creating the violin illustration • Drawing curves • Selecting a curved path • Drawing a curved path • Drawing a closed path with curves • Drawing the violin shape • Creating the strings • Splitting a path • Adding arrowheads • Creating a d
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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Creating color groups Working with the Color Guide panel Editing a color group Editing colors in artwork Working with the Kuler panel Assigning colors to your artwork Adjusting colors Painting with patterns Applying existing patterns Creating your own pattern Applying a pattern Editing a pattern Working with Live Paint Creating a Live Paint group Editing Live Paint regions Working with gap options Working with Type Working with type Creating point type Creating area type Im
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Creating text outlines Working with Layers • Creating layers • Selecting and moving objects and layers • Duplicating layer content • Moving layers • Locking layers • Viewing layers • Pasting layers • Creating a clipping mask • Merging layers • Locating layers • Applying appearance attributes to layers • Isolating layers Blending Colors and Shapes • Working with gradients • Creating and applying a linear gradient to a fill • Adjusting the direction and angle of a gradient fill • Applying a gradient to a stro
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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Creating an Art brush Editing an Art brush Using Bristle brushes Changing Bristle brush options Painting with a Bristle brush Using Pattern brushes Creating a Pattern brush Applying a Pattern brush Changing the color attributes of brushes Changing a brush color using Tints colorization Changing the brush color using Hue Shift colorization Working with the Blob Brush tool Drawing with the Blob Brush tool Merging paths with the Blob Brush tool Editing with the Eraser tool www.