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What You'll Learn

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to use Adobe Illustrator CC to create illustrations that include graphics and text. You will: Identify the components and capabilities of Illustrator. Create basic shapes. Create custom paths. Create graphics that contain custom text. Customize objects. Customize basic shapes. Prepare documents for deployment.

Description

This course focuses on Adobe® Illustrator® CC, the component within Creative Cloud used to create "drawn" graphics, while enabling its users to integrate content from other domains (such as photo-oriented graphics and animation, which belong to Adobe® Photoshop® and other applications). With Illustrator's many easily used tools, you will discover that not only can you unlock the same creative impulses you've always had as you've picked up a pencil to sketch out an idea, but also capture those multiple ideas and "what ifs" during the creative process in ways that you never imagined. And for those of you who are just embarking on building your creative skills, you will be surprised at "how good" your work will appear, even at the outset of your exploration of the world of graphic design. Thi

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals, or people switching to a design job or taking on design responsibilities and who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents. It is also useful for anyone interested in working toward the Adobe Certified Professional Graphic Design and Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator exam certification.

Course Overview

This course focuses on Adobe® Illustrator® CC, the component within Creative Cloud used to create "drawn" graphics, while enabling its users to integrate content from other domains (such as photo-oriented graphics and animation, which belong to Adobe® Photoshop® and other applications). With Illustrator's many easily used tools, you will discover that not only can you unlock the same creative impulses you've always had as you've picked up a pencil to sketch out an idea, but also capture those multiple ideas and "what ifs" during the creative process in ways that you never imagined. And for those of you who are just embarking on building your creative skills, you will be surprised at "how good" your work will appear, even at the outset of your exploration of the world of graphic design. This course is a great component of your preparation for the Adobe Certified Professional in Graphic Design & Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator exam.

Course Prerequisites

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Course Agenda

7 Title

Course Agenda 7

Lesson Id	Title	Description
1	Introducing Illustrator	Topic A: Apply Design Principles, Elements, and Graphics Composition <br />Topic B: Evaluate Graphics Scalability <br />Topic C: Navigate the User Interface <br />Topic D: Customize the User Interface <br />
2	Creating Documents Containing Basic Shapes	Topic A: Create Documents <br />Topic B: Save Documents <br />Topic C: Draw Basic Shapes
3	Creating Documents Containing Customized Paths	Topic A: Draw Paths <br />Topic B: Modify Paths
4	Creating Graphics Containing Customized Text	Topic A: Insert Text <br />Topic B: Apply Flow Text Along a Path <br />Topic C: Insert Bounded and Threaded Text <br />Topic D: Apply Text Styles <br />Topic E: Insert Typographical Characters
5	Customizing Objects	Topic A: Import, Place, and Link Graphics <br />Topic B: Alter the Appearance of Objects
6	Customizing Basic Shapes	Topic A: Apply Strokes and Brushes <br />Topic B: Fill Shapes <br />Topic C: Apply Graphics Styles <br />Topic D: Distort Text with Text Envelopes
7	Preparing Documents for Deployment	Topic A: Update Text <br />Topic B: Wrap Text <br />Topic C: Hyphenate Text <br />Topic D: Optimize Content for Print <br />Topic E: Optimize Content for the Web <br />Topic F: Optimize Content for PDF Documents

1

Introducing Illustrator

Topic A: Apply Design Principles, Elements, and Graphics Composition
Topic B: Evaluate Graphics Scalability
Topic C: Navigate the User Interface
Topic D: Customize the User Interface

2

Creating Documents Containing Basic Shapes

Topic A: Create Documents
Topic B: Save Documents
Topic C: Draw Basic Shapes

3

Creating Documents Containing Customized Paths

Topic A: Draw Paths
Topic B: Modify Paths

4

Creating Graphics Containing Customized Text

Topic A: Insert Text
Topic B: Apply Flow Text Along a Path
Topic C: Insert Bounded and Threaded Text
Topic D: Apply Text Styles
Topic E: Insert Typographical Characters

5

Customizing Objects

Topic A: Import, Place, and Link Graphics
Topic B: Alter the Appearance of Objects

6

Customizing Basic Shapes

Topic A: Apply Strokes and Brushes
Topic B: Fill Shapes
Topic C: Apply Graphics Styles
Topic D: Distort Text with Text Envelopes

7

Preparing Documents for Deployment