ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

Adobe Illustrator is a program used by both artists and graphic designers to create vector images. These images will then be used for company logos, promotional uses or even personal work, both in print and digital form. So what is Adobe Illustrator used for? It is typically used to create illustrations, charts, graphs, logos, diagrams, cartoons of real photographs, and more. While the program may be difficult to understand initially, the final product will be well worth the learning curve.

ADOBE  ILLUSTRATOR  INTERMEDIATE

 Course of Contents :

Module  1 - Getting to Know the Work Area
· Viewing artwork
· Using the illustrator tools
· Changing the view of artwork
· Working with palettes
· Using context menus
· Calibrating your monitor

Module 2- Creating Basic Shapes
· Setting up the document
· Using the tools
· Drawing a the pencil shape
· Drawing the piece of stationary
· Decorating the stationary border
· Painting the logo
· Copying and scaling shapes

Module 3- Painting
· Filling with color
· Stroking with color
· Building a custom palette
· Copying paint attributes
· Saturating colors
· Painting with patterns and gradients
· Painting with a pattern brush

MODULE 4 - Drawing with the Pen
· Drawing straight lines
· Drawing curves
· Editing curves
· Finishing the pear illustration

MODULE 5- Working with Brushes
· Applying brushes to paths
· Getting started
· Using art brushes
· Using scatter brushes
· Changing the color attributes of brushes
· Using a fill color with brushes
· Using calligraphic brushes
· Using pattern brushes
· Creating brushes

MODULE 6- Working with Type
· Adding type to a document
· Sampling type
· Changing the character size
· Creating columns of type
· Changing character attributes of placed text
· Changing paragraph attributes
· Adjusting the text flow
· Wrapping type around a graphic
· Typing along a path
· Creating type outlines (letterforms)
· Creating type masks

MODULE 7 -  Blending Shapes and Colors
· Creating a gradient fill
· Adjusting the direction of the gradient blend
· Adding colors to a gradient
· Creating smooth-color blends
· Blending intermediate steps
· Modifying the blend
· Combining blends with gradients

MODULE 8 - Creating Shapes with the Pathfinder
· Uniting shapes
· Removing shapes to create a new object
· Intersecting objects trimming objects
· Blending colors with the soft mix command
· Blending colors with the hard mix command
· Dividing shapes with the divide command

MODULE 9 - Working with Layers
· Creating layers
· Moving objects and layers
· Locking layers
· Viewing layers
· Pasting layers
· Merging layers

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR ADVANCED

Course of Contents :

MODULE 1 - Your Creative Workspace

• Organizing Your Workspace
• Mastering Object Management
• Managing Multiple Artboards
• Digitizing a Logo: Learning to Use a Template Layer
• Basic to Complex: Starting Simple for Creative Composition
• Guides for Arcs: Designing with Guides, Arc, and Pen Tools
• Nested Layers: Organizing with Layers and Sublayers
• Basic Appearances: Making and Applying Appearances
• Auto-Scaling Art: Apply Effects and Graphic Styles to Resize

MODULE 2 - Designing Type & Layout

• Types of Type
• Working with Threaded Text
• Wrapping Area Type Around Objects
• Formatting Text
• Converting Type to Outlines
• Using the Eyedropper with Type
• Using the Appearance Panel with Type
• The Glyphs Panel
• Working with Legacy Text
• Advanced Features of Multiple Artboards
• Create an Identity: Working Efficiently with Multiple Elements
• For Client Review: Creating Presentations for Artboards
• Book Cover Design: Illustrator as a Stand-Alone Layout Tool
• Curvaceous Type: Fitting Type to Curved Paths
• Moving Your Type Setting: Setting Type on a Curve and Warping Type
• Arcing Type: Transforming Type with Warps & Envelopes
• Brush Your Type: Applying Brushes to Letterforms

MODULE  3 - Rethinking Construction

• The Eraser tools & the Blob Brush
• Shape Builder tool
• Working with Live Paint
• Using Live Trace
• Aligning, Joining, and averaging
• Draw Behind and Draw Inside
• Compound Shapes & Compound Paths
• Combining Paths: Basic Path Construction with Pathfinders
• Coloring Line Art: Using Live Paint for Fluid Productivity
• Blob to Live Paint: From Sketch to Blob Brush and Live Paint
• Rapid Reshaping: Using Shape Builder to Construct Objects
• Interlock Objects: Using the Pathfinder Panel & Live Paint
• Drawing Inside: Building with Multiple Construction Modes

MODULE 4 - Expressive Strokes

• Width Tool
• The Expanded Stroke Panel
• Brushes
• Symbols
• Brushes & Washes: Drawing with Naturalistic Pen, Ink & Wash
• Pattern Brushes: Creating Details with the Pattern Brush
• Symbolism Basics: Creating and Working with Symbols
• Painterly Portraits: Painting in Layers with Bristle Brushes

MODULE  5 - Color Transitions

• Gradients
• Gradient Mesh
• Live Color
• Custom Coloring: Creating Custom Colors & Color Groups
• Color Guidance: Inspiration from the Color Guide Panel
• Scripting Colors: Tools for Adding and Editing Colors
• Kuler Colors: Using Kuler, Live Trace, & Live Color
• Unified Gradients: Controlling Fills with the Gradient Annotator
• Folding Gradients: Simulating Paper Folds with Gradients
• Contouring Mesh: Converting Gradients to Mesh and Editing
• Recolor Black: Using Live Color to Replace Blacks
• Reducing Color: Going Monochromatic with Live Color
• Transparent Mesh: Molding Transparent Mesh Layers Going

MODULE  6 - Reshaping Dimensions

• Wraps and Envelopes
• 3D Effect
• The Perspective Grid
• Wrap & Distort: Bending Forms to Create Organic Variations
• 3D with a 2D Twist: Using 3D Effects to Achieve 2D Results
• One Perspective: Simulating a One-Point Perspective View
• Amplified Angels: Creating Details with Two-Point Perspective
• Modifying a Photo: Inserting Photographs in Perspective
• Establishing Perspective: Aligning Grids & Planes to an Architectural Sketch

MODULE 7 - Mastering Complexity

• Transparency
• Opacity Masks
• Blends
• Clipping Masks
• Roping in Paths: Using Masks and Pathfinders for Shapes
• Floating Type: Type Objects with Transparency & Effects/li>
• Adding Highlights: Using Transparency to Create Highlights
• Opacity Masks 101: Transparency Masks for Blending Objects
• Simple Masking: Applying the Basics of Clipping Masks
• Blending Elements: Using Transparency to Blend and Unify
• Warping Blends: Creating and Warping 3D Blends
• Moonlighting: Using Transparency for Glows & Highlights
• Creating Depth: Gradients Add Dimension in Space

MODULE  8 - Creatively Combining Apps

• Linking vs. Embedding in Illustrator
• Moving Illustrator files to other Programs
• Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
• Illustrator and InDesign
• Illustrator, PDF, and Adobe Acrobat
• Illustrator & 3D Programs/li>
• Web Graphics
• Creating Animation with Layers