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Illustrator 2021 Essential Training

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Overview

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Get started with Adobe Illustrator, the world's leading illustration and vector drawing application. Learn how to create artwork for print, the web, or use in other applications.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome to Adobe Illustrator 2021 Essential Training
  • Installing Illustrator
1. Quick-Start Exercise
  • Walk-through setup
  • Walk-through
2. The Illustrator Environment
  • The Illustrator workspace
  • Panels
  • Panning and zooming
  • Using the Navigator panel
3. Selection
  • The Selection tool
  • The Direct Selection tool
  • The Lasso tool
  • Automatic selections
  • Saving selections
4. Shape and Line Drawing Tools
  • Drawing basic shapes
  • Drawing polygons and stars
  • Drawing with the Line tools
  • Drawing with the Grid tools
5. Color
  • Color models in Illustrator
  • The Swatches panel
  • Global swatches
  • Spot colors
  • Using tints
  • Color groups
  • The Color Guide panel
6. Strokes
  • Stroke attributes
  • Creating dashed and dotted lines
  • Creating arrowheads
  • Variable-width strokes
7. Arranging and Ordering
  • Aligning objects
  • Distributing objects
  • Aligning points
  • Changing the stacking order
  • Using the drawing modes
  • Using layers
  • Targeting objects using layers
8. Groups
  • Working with groups
  • The Group Selection tool
  • Using Isolation Mode
9. Transforms
  • Using the specific Transform tools
  • Using the Free Transform tool
  • Using Transform Again
  • The Transform Each command
  • Transforms as an effect
10. Drawing by Construction
  • Compound paths and shapes
  • The Pathfinder panel
  • The Shape Builder
  • Live Paint
  • Clipping masks
11. Drawing Tools
  • The Pen tool
  • The Curvature Pen tool
  • The Pencil tool
  • Drawing with the Eraser tool
  • Improving paths
12. Using Guides and Grids
  • Using grids and guides
  • Making guides from objects
13. Gradients
  • Linear gradients
  • Radial gradients
  • Freeform gradients
  • Gradients on strokes
14. Patterns
  • Creating a pattern
  • Pattern strokes
  • Transforming patterns
15. Symbols
  • Static symbols
  • Dynamic symbols
16. Blends, Blending, and Transparency
  • Using blends
  • Using blending modes
  • Using opacity masks
17. Appearances
  • The power of appearances
  • The Appearance panel
  • Illustrator and Photoshop effects
  • Editing or removing effects
  • Graphic styles
  • The Brush tool
  • The Eyedropper tool
18. Type
  • Using point type
  • Character options
  • Paragraph options
  • The Touch Type tool
  • Using Type On A Path tool
  • Outlining type
19. Images in Illustrator
  • Placing images
  • Embedding images
  • Cropping images
20. Pixels to Vectors
  • Using Image Trace
  • Using Photoshop with Image Trace
21. Modifying Artwork
  • Recolor artwork
  • The Puppet Warp tool
22. Artboards
  • Working with artboards
  • Arranging artboards
23. Output
  • Packaging Illustrator files
  • Export as other file types
  • Asset Export
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Tony Harmer

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