Intro to Adobe Illustrator

Intro to Adobe Illustrator, available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.5, with 55 lectures, 13 quizzes, based on 35 reviews, and has 292 subscribers.

You will learn about Launch Adobe Illustrator and navigate the interface. Use the shape tools to draw vector objects. Create and apply color swatches. Add and style type. Convert type into vector outlines. Transform objects: Move, scale and rotate them. Combine two or more colors into a gradient. Create, and manage layers, and use them to organize and select objects. Create artwork with the Paintbrush and Pencil Tools. Use the Pen Tool to draw bezier curves, and add, delete, and convert anchor points. Cut and join paths. Use the Pathfinder Panel to create complex shapes. Create compound shapes. Create clipping masks. Apply Photoshop effects. Place artwork saved in .jpg, .pdf, and other file formats. This course is ideal for individuals who are Graphic designers interested in producing logos, icons, and symbols. or Illustrators and fine artists who want to create vector artwork. or Web and UX designers who want to create vectors for elements like icons and wireframes. It is particularly useful for Graphic designers interested in producing logos, icons, and symbols. or Illustrators and fine artists who want to create vector artwork. or Web and UX designers who want to create vectors for elements like icons and wireframes.

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Summary

Title: Intro to Adobe Illustrator

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.5

Number of Lectures: 55

Number of Quizzes: 13

Number of Published Lectures: 55

Number of Published Quizzes: 13

Number of Curriculum Items: 68

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 68

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Launch Adobe Illustrator and navigate the interface.

Use the shape tools to draw vector objects.

Create and apply color swatches.

Add and style type.

Convert type into vector outlines.

Transform objects: Move, scale and rotate them.

Combine two or more colors into a gradient.

Create, and manage layers, and use them to organize and select objects.

Create artwork with the Paintbrush and Pencil Tools.

Use the Pen Tool to draw bezier curves, and add, delete, and convert anchor points.

Cut and join paths.

Use the Pathfinder Panel to create complex shapes.

Create compound shapes.

Create clipping masks.

Apply Photoshop effects.

Place artwork saved in .jpg, .pdf, and other file formats.

Who Should Attend

Graphic designers interested in producing logos, icons, and symbols.

Illustrators and fine artists who want to create vector artwork.

Web and UX designers who want to create vectors for elements like icons and wireframes.

Target Audiences

Graphic designers interested in producing logos, icons, and symbols.

Illustrators and fine artists who want to create vector artwork.

Web and UX designers who want to create vectors for elements like icons and wireframes.

Every professional designer who wants to be marketable MUST know Adobe Illustrator, the industry standard software for drawing icons, logos, and vector artwork. Vectors are the curves that you draw with Illustrator, and they can be enlarged many times over without loosing quality, unlike raster art, which uses pixels on a grid, and distorts if it gets too large. Illustrator’s vector files can be exported to raster formats, like .jpg, .gif, or .png, for projects that need them, like websites. I’m Joseph Caserto, a graphic designer with over two decades of professional experience, and I’ve been creating vector artwork that whole time. In this course, I’ll help you master the basics of drawing simple vector shapes. Once you’ve got those essentials down, we’ll move on, and use them to help you learn more intermediate ones. You’ll build a solid foundation, which you can use beyond the course, to develop your own projects that showcase your skills in this application that’s critical to know if you’re going to be competitive in the professional design world.

What You’ll Find Inside

A curriculum that lets students build confidence and skills by starting with essential techniques, moving on to fundamentals, and finishing with advanced methods.

Downloadable files for students who want a hands-on learning experience, allowing them to follow along with lectures.

Six hours of instruction through 50+ high-quality, downloadable HD videos that have clear audio and easy to see menus and windows.

A quiz at the end of each section so students can review their knowledge before moving on.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Welcome!

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator

Lecture 1: Adobe Illustrator Interface and Workspaces

Lecture 2: Setting Preferences

Lecture 3: Creating and Working with Documents

Lecture 4: Grids, Rulers and Guides

Lecture 5: What are Picas and Points?

Chapter 3: Working with Objects

Lecture 1: What Are Shapes?

Lecture 2: Rectangles

Lecture 3: Color Swatches and Groups

Lecture 4: Stacking Order

Lecture 5: Rotating Objects

Lecture 6: Ellipses; Drawing Techniques, Adding a Stroke

Lecture 7: The Star Tool

Lecture 8: The Polygon Tool

Lecture 9: Lets Try Recreating an Example

Chapter 4: Aligning Objects

Lecture 1: Smart Guides

Lecture 2: The Align Panel

Chapter 5: Color Swatches

Lecture 1: Creating and Applying Swatches

Lecture 2: Global Swatches

Lecture 3: Managing Swatches

Lecture 4: PANTONE? Swatches

Chapter 6: Gradients

Lecture 1: Creating, Applying, and Editing Gradients

Lecture 2: Applying a Gradient Swatch to a Stroke

Chapter 7: Layers

Lecture 1: Introduction to Layers

Lecture 2: Using Layers as a Layout Tool

Chapter 8: Type

Lecture 1: Type Essentials

Lecture 2: Kerning and Tracking; Applying Color

Lecture 3: Halfway Done!

Lecture 4: Placing and Styling Text

Lecture 5: Transforming Type

Lecture 6: Converting Type to Outline

Chapter 9: Drawing and Painting

Lecture 1: The Paintbrush Tool

Lecture 2: Paintbrush Libraries

Lecture 3: The Pencil Tool

Chapter 10: Drawing Vectors with the Pen Tool

Lecture 1: The Pen Tool

Lecture 2: Drawing Paths

Lecture 3: Drawing Simple Geometric Shapes

Lecture 4: Drawing a Heart with the Pen Tool

Lecture 5: Drawing an Organic Shape with the Pen Tool

Chapter 11: Modifying Vector Paths

Lecture 1: Adding, Deleting, and Converting Anchor Points

Lecture 2: Isolation Mode

Lecture 3: The Knife and Scissors Tools

Lecture 4: Joining Paths

Chapter 12: The Pathfinder Panel

Lecture 1: Shape Modes: Combining Shapes with the Pathfinder Panel

Lecture 2: The Divide Pathfinder

Lecture 3: The Remaining Pathfinders

Lecture 4: Drawing Simple Symbols Using the Pathfinder Panel

Chapter 13: Intermediate Drawing Techniques

Lecture 1: Creating Compound Paths

Lecture 2: Compound Paths: Design Application; Releasing

Lecture 3: Creating and Releasing Clipping Masks

Lecture 4: Effects

Chapter 14: Outputting Documents, Placing Artwork, and Saving As Other File Formats

Lecture 1: Outputting a Document

Lecture 2: Placing Artwork Created in Other Applications

Lecture 3: Smart Objects: Placing Artwork Created in Adobe Illustrator

Chapter 15: Review and Closing

Lecture 1: A Brief Review

Instructors

Joseph Caserto
Design Professional :: Educator :: Consultant

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