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: Let's 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
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Joseph Caserto
Design Professional :: Educator :: Consultant
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- 5 stars: 19 votes
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