Adobe Illustrator Training

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