Description:
This course covers the fundamentals
of Illustrator CS5, which is used primarily to work with
vector-based graphics. After getting familiar with the
Illustrator CS5 environment, students will learn how to
create a simple illustration by creating and
manipulating shapes and by drawing and editing paths.
Students will also learn how to apply color, gradients,
and transparency. They will then learn how to work with
text and layers.
Prerequisites: Windows XP or
later: Basic or equivalent experience
Adobe
Illustrator Basic course topics:
Unit 1: Getting
started
The Illustrator environment
Navigation
Adobe Help
Unit 2: Creating a simple illustration
Creating a document
Creating basic shapes
Manipulating shapes
Exporting an illustration
Unit 3: Applying basic color
Applying color
Stroke
options
The Eyedropper tool
Unit 4: Drawing
paths
Raster images
Basic drawing
Selecting and
editing paths
Unit 5: Working with text
Adding
text
Altering text
Unit 6: Using layers
Creating layers
Manipulating layers
Unit 7:
Working with fills and colors
Swatch libraries
Gradients
Transparency
Unit 8: Adjusting
typography
Flowing type
Formatting text
Editing
text
After completing this course, students will know how
to:
Start Illustrator and explore the Illustrator
environment, magnify and navigate a document, and use
Adobe Help.
Create and save a document, draw basic
shapes, manipulate basic shapes to make complex shapes,
and export an illustration.
Set fill and stroke
colors for shapes, set basic stroke options, and use the
Eyedropper tool to sample colors.
Embed raster images
in an Illustrator document for the purpose of tracing
them, draw shapes and paths with the Pencil and Pen
tools, and select and edit paths.
Use text tools to
insert text into illustrations, manipulate text, and
convert type to outlined shapes.
Create layers and
organize them in the Layers panel, assign objects to
layers, rename layers, duplicate layers, and delete
layers.
Open, import, and export swatch libraries,
create and adjust gradients, and adjust transparency for
items.
Flow type through linked type containers, wrap
text around items, set tabs, insert special characters,
use character and paragraph styles, check spelling, find
and replace text in a document, and replace fonts in a
document.
