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Adobe Illustrator Basic - Summer 2006
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Adobe Illustrator Basic - Course Outline:
This hands-on course will build the software skills required
to handle basic Adobe Illustrator tools and functions.
Learning will occur through the use of project-based lessons
and assignments.
Week 1: Illustrator Introduction
Week 2: Illustrator Document
Setup and Formatting
Week 3: Illustrator Pen Tool
and Objects Tutorial
Week 4: Illustrator Layers
and more Objects Tutorial
Week 5: Illustrator Type Tools
Tutorial
Week 6: Illustrator Manipulation
Tools Tutorial
Week 7: Illustrator Colour
and Gradient Tools Tutorial
Week 1: Illustrator Introduction
Course introduction with Course Syllabus and Outline.
Talking about Raster verse Vector images, learning the Illustrator
Interface and tool bar.
Course Syllabus and Outline
Illustrator Interface
Illustrator
Tools Palette
Week 2: Illustrator Document Setup and
Formatting
Working with an Illustrator document. Document setup, opening and closing, file formats, saving, exporting, and placing images.
Illustrator
Document Setup
Illustrator
Assignment #1
Week 3: Illustrator Pen Tool and Objects
Creating objects in Illustrator. Start to learn how to use the pen tool,
line tool, shape tool, brush and pencil tools to create images.
Illustrator Pen
Tool
Week 4: Illustrator Layers and more
Objects
Layers and more objects. How to create layers and
manipulate layers, hide, duplicate, lock, use as templates,
and manipulating objects.
Illustrator
Layers Palette
Illustrator
Assignment #2
Layers Working Look
Find a practice floor plan to trace for layers at Ticketmaster.com
Week 5: Illustrator Type
Tools
Using the type tools. Learn the different types
of type tools, typography skills, outlining fonts, manipulating
blocks of type.
Type Tool Palettes
Quotes
Week 6: Illustrator Manipulation
Tools
More object manipulation techniques using scaling,
rotating, cutting and joining, warp tools and transforming
tools.
Illustrator
Transform Tools
Illustrator
Example Image
Illustrator
Assignment #3
Week 7: Illustrator Colour
and Gradient Tools
Colour and Gradients. Adjusting colours, selecting,
colour palette, eye dropper, gradient mesh, colour filters
and transparency.
Illustrator Colour Palettes
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