Adobe Illustrator Training

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Adobe Illustrator training course imparts the skills to use this graphic-driven software for creating vector graphics. Participants will gain insight on the features of the software for creating high- quality designs that can be used in both digital and print format. Aspirants will learn how to create images that can be scaled up to any extent without compromising with the quality. The graphics designing training course prepares you to create logos, icons, draw objects,maps, infographics, and other reziable images. Advanced printing methods are also discussed.

Upon the completion of the training, you will inculcate the following skills:

Understand different features, interface, and navigation of the software
Understand color combinations, color palette and use of fills, stroke, and color
Work with layers and create templates
Effectively use drawing, editing and symbol tools including lines, shapes, pen tool, pencil tool, brushes and cutting tools
Create graphs and charts
Perform type formatting, transparency, masking, and using envelope functions
Use filters and apply 3D effects
Create images and save for web in different formats
Apply advance printing options including Live Paint and exporting

Target audience

Artistics designer
Graphics designer
Web designer
Fine art students

Prerequisites

While there is no prerequisite for this training, however candidates having strong interest in graphics designing particularly the vector graphics can undergo this training program.

Module 1. Illustrator: Getting Started
Module 2. Illustrator Drawing, Editing and Symbol Tools
Module 3. Type formatting, Filters and Effects
Module 4. Illustrator: Web Application and Image integration
Module 5. Illustrator: Advanced and Printing options

Module 1. Illustrator: Getting Started

1. Introduction, Workspace & Navigation

Using the Welcome Screen
Introducing Vector Based Paths
Working with Layers in Illustrator
Introducing Anchor Points
Creating a New Document
Repositioning and Adjusting
View Saving the Document
Utilizing Illustrator Startup Documents
Page tool
Setting up Preferences
Using Color Settings
Configuring Palettes & Workspace
Using Navigations

2. Selections

Selection tool
Direct selection
Group selection
Selection lassos
Selecting stray
points Magic
wand selection

3. Smart Guides and Rulers

Ruler’s introduction
Creating guides Smart guides
Smart guide options
Grids
Measure and info tools

4. Fills and Stroke and Color

Introduction to Fill and Stroke
Modifying and Arranging the Stroke of an Object
Display Artifacts and Stroke Palette options
Filling and Arranging Objects in a document
Creating a fill Pattern
Color introduction
CMYK vs. RGB
An Overview of the Color Palette
The Color Spectrum Bar and Dialing in colors Black vs. Rich Black in the Color Palette
Creating and saving new Color Swatches Color picker
Color picker theft
Snap to pixel
Moving snap pixel

5. Gradients & Gradient Mesh

Gradients introduction
Using the Gradient
Tool Applying a Gradient
Editing gradients
Using the Gradient Palette
Using the Gradient Slider Bar Gradient libraries
Using Swatches
Adding Colors
Making Color Adjustments
Using the Eye Dropper Tool
Reviewing the Appearance
Palette and Gradients on Strokes
Creating a Gradient Mesh
Expanding a Gradient Mesh
Modifying Gradient Mesh Colors
Modifying Gradient Mesh Points and Control Handles
Applying Other Gradient Mesh Color Change Adjusting
Gradient Mesh Preferences
Blending Objects into the Gradient Mesh

6. Layers and Grouping

Layers introduction
Organizing layers
Selecting layers
Grouping layers
Locking Layers
Group selection
Duplicating
layers Sub-layers
Collect and flatten
Creating templates
Placing paths

Module 2. Illustrator Drawing, Editing and Symbol Tools

7. Drawing with Lines

Line segment tool
Arc tool
Spiral tool
Rectangular grid tool
Polar grid tool
Spaz line tool
Moving lines

8. Drawing with Shapes

Rectangle tool
Rounded rectangle tool
Ellipse tool
Polygon tool
Star tool
Flare tool
The spaz modifier
Using the Flip Tool to Mirror Shapes
Combining Shapes
Tilde Key Function

9. The Pen Tools and Path Editing

Pen introduction
Convert anchor point Additional and sub anchors Joining anchors
Introducing Path Transformations
Combining Path
Dividing Paths
Grouping Paths
Using Bridge
Creating a Tracing Template
Drawing with the Pen Tool
Modifying a Path
Using and Editing Spline Curves
Using Beziér Curves
Creating a Cusp Point
Modifying and Converting Beziér Curves
Using the Offset
Path Dialogue Box Cutting, Extending, and Closing Paths Filling Paths
Clipping with Mask

10. The Pencil Tools

Basic pencil tool
Smooth tool
Eraser tool

11. Drawing with Brushes

Paintbrush introduction
Calligraphic brush
Art brush
Pattern brush
Loading and saving brushes
Creating custom Brushes
Editing your art brush stroke
Converting Text to an Art Brush
Pressure sensitive Drawing with a tablet

12. Symbols Tools

Symbol introduction
Creating custom symbols Accessing
Symbol Libraries Manipulating and
Duplicating Symbols Altering All
Instances of a Symbol Replacing All
Instances of a Symbol Building blocks
Symbol sprayer
Symbol shifter tool
Symbol scruncher
Symbol sizer
Symbol spinner
Symbol stainer
Symbol screener
Symbol styler
Saving default symbols

13. Transform tools

Scale tool
Scaling patterns
Rotation tool
Rotating a pattern
Reflect tool
Twist tool
Sheer tool
Reshape tool

14. Cutting tools

The scissor tool
The knife tool

15. Charts and Graphs

Creating graphs
Changing the graph type
Coloring graphs
Styling type
Column designs
Value divisions
Design markers
Other line graphs

16. Alignment and distribution

Re-positioning art
Object Alignment
Mouse directed movement

Module 3. Type formatting, Filters and Effects

17. Working with Types

The type tool
Area type tool
Path type
Vertical type tool
Block text
Rows and columns
Wrap text Missing font
Creating outlines
Spell checking
Font attributes
Character palette
Formatting paragraphs
Importing texts into Illustrator
Moving Text to a New Text Container
Moving Text and Altering Line Spacing
Type transformation
Copying Text formats

18. Appearance and Styles

Styles introduction
Multiple strokes and fills
Converting effect to shape
Group appearance
The text bug
Distort and transform
Offset path effect
Pathfinder effects
Rasterizing
Document Rasterization
Stylize effects
Pixel effects
Warp effects
Moving and linking styles
Sticky styles
Reducing and clearing styles
Making and saving styles
Over-riding character color

19. Transparency and Masking

Object opacity
Creating an Opacity Mask
Transparency Palette
Targeted transparency
Masking Edges with Clipping Masks
Transparency clipping
Transparency masking
Assigning Different Opacity for Stroke and Fill
Multiply Mode Knockout group Blending modes

20. Liquify, Enveloping and Meshes

Liquify tools
Liquify with Live Trace
Using the Warp Tool to Liquify
Preparing an Image for Liquify & Envelope
Envelope introduction
Using the Envelope Functions
Editing Enveloped
Content Using the warp
Using the mesh
Utilizing the top object
Text distortions
Envelope options

21. Filters

Filter introduction
Creating trim marks
Pen and ink
More lignifications

22. Effects

Effects introduction
3D space and 3D Effects
Applying and Adjusting 3D Extrusion Effects
Applying and Adjusting Bevel effect
Lighting, Shading and Gradation
Mapping the Artwork onto the extruded object
Modifying the object and the Mapped artwork
Using Photoshop to help with 3D Effects
Applying and Adjusting 3D Rotation and Revolve Effects
Mapping Symbols onto 3D

23. Blending

Blending introduction
Blending multiple objects
Simple Color Gradients
Creating Custom Gradients via Blending
Cropping Custom Gradient Blends
Customizing Blends for Specific Shapes
Creating Blends between Two Shapes
Changing the Shape of Customized
Blends

24. Pathfinder Operations

An Introduction to the Pathfinder Operations
Working with the Pathfinder Palette
Comparing Pathfinder Behaviors
Joining Paths and the Miter Limit
Cropping, Uniting and Arranging
Selecting and Deselecting Paths
Fill Options and other pathfinder operations

Module 4. Illustrator: Web Application and Image integration

25. Saving for the Web

Viewing for the web
Web prep overview
Sizing images
Saving as jpeg
Matting a jpeg
Saving as gif
Making a lossy gif
Gradients and gif
Saving as swf
Swf problems
Saving as svg
Svg effects

26. Slicing for the Web

Creating slices
Slice options
Optimizing slices

27. Image Maps

Creating image maps
Saving and previewing

28. Image and Photoshop Integration

Placing images
Linking
Photoshop layers
Type for Photoshop
Photoshop shapes

29. Variables Palette

Making variables
Styling variables
Automating printing
Graph variables
Changing data
Saving and loading data
Linked images
Deleting a data set

Module 5. Illustrator: Advanced and Printing options

30. Pre-Assembly

Introducing Live Effects
Dealing with Fills and Strokes
Using the Scribble Dialogue Box Managing the Appearance
Palette Introducing the Transform
Command Reapplying the Transform
Command Modifying
Stroke Attributes
Changing the Transform Origin
Saving and Loading Graphic Styles

31. Dynamic Type Treatments

Transform Effects and Stacking Order
Text Effects, Warnings and Selection Settings
Applying the Warp Effect and Editing Text
Applying a Stroke and Transforming the Text
Thickening the text using Path options
Creating Drop shadows & Text Effects
Filling Text with Color and Gradients

32. Auto Trace and Live Trace

Auto trace
Auto trace preferences
Reviewing Files for Live Trace
Using the Live Trace Tool
Applying Threshold and Minimum Area
Reviewing Adjustments and View Tracing
Option Reviewing Trace Settings Tracing
Option Expanding Traced Items to Paths
Using Tracing Options for Color
Altering Swatches in Color Tracing

33. Live Paint

Live Painting Fills
Live Painting Strokes Live
Paint-Bucket Basics Live
Painting Update on Fly
Paint Bucket Tricks
Live Painting Paths Leaving
Isolation Mode Selecting
Paths in Live Paint Selection
Tool in Live Paint Layering
Strokes in Live Paint Live
Painting a Trace
Gap Detection
Close Gaps with Paths

34. Customizing the Keyboard

Creating your own shortcuts

35. Printing & Exporting

Setting Document Trim Size
Creating Page Bleed
Setting Imageable Portion of Output Page
Preparing General Setup Output Settings
Preparing Print Bleed Settings
Preparing Printer Settings
Altering Document Rasterize Settings
Saving Print Settings
Exporting Documents as Different File Types

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