Adobe Illustrator CC 2021
Introduction

Course Overview

The Illustrator Introduction course is designed for anyone with little or no experience using Illustrator, and is a comprehensive overview for people currently using other drawing programs and for those who may be self-taught. You will become more comfortable with the Illustrator CC interface and settings, and will work with panels and many of Illustrator's tools.

Learn to use the popular Pen tool to create custom graphics and to edit existing content. Upon completion of this course, you will understand how files are created so you can alter or edit existing content as well as create something new!

*Note: DPA Communications offers Adobe Acrobat, After Effects, Animate, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop and Premiere courses on version CC (Creative Cloud). If you are using CS6 or older versions, please contact DPA for more details or to have an instructor contact you.

Course InformationRelated Training

Duration: Two-Day Course
Platform: Windows and Macintosh
Fee: Call for information

We recommend one to eight people for this course.

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Adobe Illustrator CC Workspace Overview

Navigating around the work area
Changing the interface colour
Creating a custom workspace
Working with multiple Art boards and using the Art board Panel
Using the zoom tools and view shortcuts
Working with rulers, grids and guidelines
Selecting and using tools, controls and panels
Understanding the Selection tools
Working with Live Shapes
Working with multiple window views
Working with the Layers panel to manage objects

Creating in Adobe Illustrator CC

Using the various drawing and editing tools
Mastering the Pen tools and Curvature tool
Creating and editing Anchor Points
Tracing an image/logo
Using the Stroke Panel

Transforming and Combining Shapes

Using the Transformation Tools
Using the Pathfinder Panel to edit shapes
Using the reshaping tools
Distributing and space aligning objects
Creating Masks and Compound Paths

Working with Type

Editing text
Formatting character and paragraph attributes
Working with different text tools
Creating Title and Paragraph text
Creating Text Frames and Text on a Path
Incorporating text into shapes
Converting text to anchor points and paths
Placing text from word documents
Creating text columns and setting area options

Working with Colour

Applying colours to objects
Creating new colours and using colour swatches
Creating a colour gradient
Saving and using gradients (blends)
Using the Gradient tool

Application Overview: Adobe Illustrator CC 2021

Adobe Illustrator CC is the industry-standard program with drawing tools, flexible color controls, and professional type controls that allows you to electronically illustrate documents using vector graphics. Vector graphics consist of lines and curves defined by mathematical objects called vectors.

For example, when drawing a circle, the program creates the circle based on its shape and size. The object, can then be moved, scaled or rotated without affecting the quality of the printed copy object.

Whether you are a designer, technical illustrator or an artist producing graphics for the Web or multimedia, you will find that Adobe Illustrator excels as an art production tool. This program gives you precise control over artwork and the ability to produce anything from small designs to large, complex projects.

Users: Creative, Web, Engineering, Finance, IT, Legal, Marketing and Admin Professionals as well as anyone who needs to create, edit, assemble, publish and distribute electronic illustrations, imagery and presentations.

Adobe Illustrator CC 2021 Introduction