Course Details
Course Outline
1 - Introducing Illustrator
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
2 - Creating Documents Containing Basic Shapes
Topic A: Create Documents Topic B: Save Documents Topic C: Draw Basic Shapes
3 - Creating Documents Containing Customized Paths
Topic A: Draw Paths Topic B: Modify Paths
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
5 - Customizing Objects
Topic A: Import, Place, and Link Graphics Topic B: Alter the Appearance of Objects
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
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
Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.
Who is it For?
Target Audience
This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals, or people switching to a design job or taking on design responsibilities and who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents. It is also useful for anyone interested in working toward the Adobe Certified Professional Graphic Design and Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator exam certification.
Other Prerequisites
To ensure your success in this course, you should be familiar with the basic functions of your computer's operating system, such as creating folders, launching programs, and working with windows. You should also have basic Windows application skills, such as copying and pasting objects, formatting text, saving files, and so on. Familiarity with basic design terminology, such as palettes, color modes, shapes, text, and paths, is highly recommended.You can obtain this level of skill and knowledge by taking one of the following courses:
Using Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 10: Transition from Windows 7