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Illustrator CC: Essentials
Adobe Illustrator is the industry’s premier program for graphic design, which creates vector graphics that remain at perfect quality at any scale on any media. This course is suitable for anyone who need to design and edit visual communications, such as marketing collaterals, web banners, name cards and posters. By completing this course, participants will be able to utilize Illustrator's essential features to handle graphic design for both the print and web media.
Target Audience : New and basic users | Prerequisite : Basic I.T. skill
Duration : 2 Days (9am - 6pm) | Course Fee : Please refer to the Courses page
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Essential Basics
Exploring the interface and workspaces
Optimizing the panels for an efficient workflow
Accessing hidden tools in the Tools panel
Adjusting the magnification with various ways
Panning the view to review different designs
Learning essential shortcuts to manage the view
Setting up documents for different media output
Creating Artboards to handle design collaterals
Managing Artboard settings
Designing with Smart Guides
Selection & Alignment Techniques
Learning various selection techniques
Selecting graphics by the properties in an instant
Distributing graphics evenly perfectly
Aligning graphics among themselves automatically
Referencing an artwork for graphics alignment
Controlling object alignment with a key object
Grouping relevant graphics for an easy selection
Working in Isolation Mode
Stacking graphics with the Arrange commands
Compositing an Illustration with Shapes
Drawing shapes with the shape tools
Transforming shapes with accurate specifications
Knowing the benefits of using a reference point
Creating shapes with precise dimensions easily
Duplicating graphics to creates instances
Customizing the visual characteristics of shapes
Fixing layout issues with stroke alignment
Creating curved edges with the Eraser tool
Importing graphic assets into Illustrator
Obtaining a complex shape with the Image Trace
Transformation Techniques
Designing with various transformation techniques
Changing the form in the graphics with effects
Reflecting the orientation of a graphic
Creating a pattern with circulating graphics
Repeating complex transformation with ease
Altering the perspective of a graphic
Distorting a graphic freely with intuitive controls
Placing common graphics on all design collaterals in the same position automatically
Illustrating with Drawing Tools
Understanding the mechanism of the Pen tool
Constructing straight and curvy lines with the Pen
Constraining the direction in the drawing
Modifying the anchor points in a path to achieve the desired drawing
Adding and deleting anchor points selectively
Revising a drawing with the Direct Selection tool
Incorporating dashed lines and arrows
Doing freeform drawing with the Pencil tool
Creating smooth drawings with the Pencil
Decorating Paths with Brushes
Activating the Brushes panel
Touring the variety of libraries
Exploring and loading brushes for a theme
Adorning paths with various kinds of decorations
Varying the brush effects for the desired design
Managing Layers
Understanding the concept of layers
Inspecting the options in the Layer panel
Locating the required layers and sublayers
Associating layers with intuitive names
Organizing graphics with layers by relevancy
Preventing accidental editing on graphics
Isolating editing on selected layers
Hiding specific graphics unneeded for an editing
Understanding the concept of Masking
Revealing a graphic by a specific area and form
Managing Colors
Knowing the essence of Color Modes
Setting a color with the Color Picker
Fetching colors from graphics with the Eyedropper
Ensuring important colors are used accurately
Saving colors for a reoccurring need
Setting up a swatch for the different needs
Cascading an update to graphics in an instant
Organizing colors with groups by relevancy
Blending Colors & Objects
Featuring Linear, Radial & Freeform gradient
Strategizing color placement in Freeform Gradient
Dispersing colors smoothly in a gradient
Customizing the different types of gradient
Defining the properties of colors in a gradient
Tweaking the direction and angle of a gradient
Reflecting a gradient with the Reverse Gradient
Casting a gradient across multiple graphics
Saving a gradient for a reoccurring need
Directing gradient on paths with different renders
Conforming a Radial Gradient to a specific area
Simulating real-world effects with transparency
Showcasing a gradient in typography
Getting acquainted with the Blending Modes
Completing a tedious and complex graphic work effortlessly with blending techniques
Improvising blended graphics for the desired look
Typography Design
Understanding the differences between using Point and Area Types
Applying elementary and in-depth text formatting
Typesetting with tracking, kerning and leading
Incorporating text document created in other programs (e.g. Microsoft Word)
Reflowing overloaded text with threading
Diving text with columns for a better readability
Sampling and setting type formats automatically
Featuring special characters and symbols
Warping text to the form and size of a graphic
Spacing text away from a graphic automatically
Creating interesting typography with wavy text
Stylizing text with special effects
Understanding the benefits of outlining text
Exploring the solutions to missing font issues
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