Working with Adobe Illustrator 10 : An Introduction

Adobe Illustrator is a drawing and design package.

Course Content

• The interface
• General preferences
• The toolbox
• The palettes
• Using views
• Using the navigation tools
• Using the Navigator palette
• Creating, saving, and closing files
• Creating a new file
• Saving a file

Drawing and painting Tools

• Drawing a rectangle and an ellipse
• Line tool
• Arc tool
• Grid &Polar; Grid
• Drawing a polygon
• Drawing a star
• Drawing a spiral

Using the Brushes palette

• Creating a new brush

Introducing paths

• Introducing Bezier paths
• Creating paths by using the Pencil tool
• Editing paths created with the Pencil tool
• Creating simple shapes with the Pen tool
• Using the Pen tool to create more complex shapes
• Editing paths created with the Pen tool
• Using the cutting tools
• Editing paths by using the Average and Join commands

Working with text

• Using the text tools
• Using the Type and
• Vertical Type tools
• Using the Path Type tool
• Using the Area Type tool
• Using the Type palettes
• Using the Character palette
• Using the Paragraph palette
• Altering text
• Changing text to outline
• Modifying outlined text

Working with layers

• Working with grouped objects
• Grouping objects
• Restacking objects in a group
• Using the Layers palette
• Creating a layer
• Positioning layers
• Moving objects through layers
• Deleting a layer
• Locking and hiding layers
• Merging layers

Editing Objects

• Compound shapes
• Using rulers
• Moving objects
• Arranging objects
• Rotating objects
• Scaling objects

Distortion

• Using Distort filters
• Warp effects
• Creating envelopes
• Envelope mesh
• Liquify tool

Working with Symbols

• Creating symbols
• Defining symbols
• Symbol instances

Adding colours

• Changing Fill and Stroke colours
• Using the Swatches palette
• Using the Colour palette
• Applying gradient
• Setting transparency
• Manipulating stroke options
• Altering the stroke weight
• Altering the Cap and Join options
• Creating a dashed line
• Using the Eyedropper tool
• Using the Paint Bucket tool

Duration

1 day 10am to 5pm

++ Courses held in Canterbury at fully equipped Graphic Design Training Studio.