Illustrator CC - Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud

Lesson 1: Introducing Illustrator CC

• TOPIC A: Apply Design Principles, Elements, and Graphics Composition
• TOPIC B: Evaluate Graphics Scalability
• TOPIC C: Navigate the User Interface
• TOPIC D: Customize the User Interface
• Summary

Lesson 2: Creating Documents Containing Basic Shapes

• TOPIC A: Create Documents
• TOPIC B: Save Documents
• TOPIC C: Draw Basic Shapes
• Summary

Lesson 3: Creating Documents Containing Customized Paths

• TOPIC A: Draw Paths
• TOPIC B: Modify Paths
• Summary

Lesson 4: Creating Graphics Containing Customized Text

• TOPIC A: Insert Text
• TOPIC B: Apply Flow Text Along a Path
• TOPIC C: Insert Bounded and Threaded Text
• TOPIC D: Apply Text Styles
• TOPIC E: Insert Typographical Characters
• Summary

Lesson 5: Customizing Objects

• TOPIC A: Import, Place, and Link Graphics
• TOPIC B: Alter the Appearance of Objects
• Summary

Lesson 6: Customizing Basic Shapes

• TOPIC A: Apply Strokes and Brushes
• TOPIC B: Fill Shapes
• TOPIC C: Apply Graphics Styles
• TOPIC D: Distort Text with Text Envelopes
• Summary

Lesson 7: Preparing Documents for Deployment

• TOPIC A: Update Text
• TOPIC B: Wrap Text
• TOPIC C: Hyphenate Text
• TOPIC D: Optimize Content for Print
• TOPIC E: Optimize Content for the Web
• TOPIC F: Optimize Content for PDF Documents
• Summary

Lesson 8: Drawing Complex Illustrations

• TOPIC A: Apply the Grid, Guides, and Info Panel
• TOPIC B: Combine Objects to Create Complex Illustrations
• TOPIC C: Organize Artwork with Layers
• TOPIC D: Create a Perspective Drawing
• TOPIC E: Trace Artwork
• Summary

Lesson 9: Enhancing Artwork Using Painting Tools

• TOPIC A: Paint Objects Using Fills and Strokes
• TOPIC B: Paint Objects Using Live Paint Groups
• TOPIC C: Paint with Custom Brushes
• TOPIC D: Add Transparency and Blending Modes
• TOPIC E: Apply Meshes to Objects
• TOPIC F: Apply Patterns
• Summary

Lesson 10: Customizing Colors and Swatches

• TOPIC A: Manage Colors
• TOPIC B: Customize Swatches
• TOPIC C: Manage Color Groups
• TOPIC D: Adjust Color
• Summary

Lesson 11: Formatting Type

• TOPIC A: Set Character Formats
• TOPIC B: Apply Advanced Formatting Options to Type
• Summary

Lesson 12: Enhancing the Appearance of Artwork

• TOPIC A: Apply Effects to an Object
• TOPIC B: Create Graphic Styles
• TOPIC C: Apply a Mask to an Object
• TOPIC D: Apply Symbols and Symbol Sets
• Summary

Lesson 13: Preparing Content for Deployment

• TOPIC A: Prepare Artwork for Printing
• TOPIC B: Prepare Transparency and Colors for Printing
• TOPIC C: Create Slices and Image Maps
• TOPIC D: Save Graphics for the Web
• TOPIC E: Prepare Documents for Video
• TOPIC F: Prepare Files for Other Applications
• Summary

Lesson 14: Setting Project Requirements

• TOPIC A: Identify the Purpose, Audience, and Audience Needs
• TOPIC B: Determine and Evaluate Standard Copyright Rules for Artwork, Graphics, and Graphics Use
• TOPIC C: Determine and Evaluate Project Management Tasks and Responsibilities
• Summary

Lesson 15: Appendix A

• Graphic Design & Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator CC Certification Exam Objectives

Lesson 16: Appendix B

• Adobe Certified Expert Illustrator CC Exam Mappings

Lesson 17: Appendix C

• Adobe Illustrator CC: New Features

Lesson 18: Appendix D: Default keyboard shortcuts

• Keys for selecting tools
• Keys for viewing artwork
• Keys for drawing
• Keys for drawing in perspective
• Keys for selecting
• Keys for moving selections
• Keys for editing shapes
• Keys for painting objects
• Keys for working with Live Paint groups
• Keys for transforming objects
• Keys for creating variable width points
• Keys for working with type
• Keys for using panels
• Keys for the Actions panel
• Keys for the Brushes panel
• Keys for the Character and Paragraph panels
• Keys for the Color panel
• Keys for the Gradient panel
• Keys for the Layers panel
• Keys for the Swatches panel
• Keys for the Transform panel
• Keys for the Transparency panel
• Function keys