Adobe Illustrator level I training
2 days. Learn about Adobe Illustrator, the professional illustration and design tool for graphic artists, technical illustrators, cartographers, and desktop publishers.
Learn to understand and use the vector Bézier pen! Topics include:
- Getting to know the Illustrator workspace and preferences
- Making a custom Tool panel
- Understanding paths, views, selection tools, fills and strokes
- Setting up preferences and color settings
- Creating basic geometric shapes with the Shape tools
- Live Corners and reshape segment techniques
- Using the enhanced features in the Pencil tool
- Using a grid and/or Smart Guides to aid symmetrical drawing
- Using the Bézier Pen, Direct Selection tool, and Anchor Point tool efficiently
- Applying and editing color gradients to filled regions
- Creating and using swatches, tints, gradients, and patterns on filled regions
- Transform tools including scaling, rotating, distorting, shearing, and reflecting
- Using the Pathfinder panel to make complex shapes
- Working with the Blend tool/panel/command and its options
- Creating a compound path
- Adobe Illustrator Tips and Tricks
- What's new in Illustrator
- AI: Text to Vector Graphic, Concept to Vector, Turntable, Generative Shape Fill
- AI: Generative Expand, Generative Recolor, Text to Pattern, Prompt to Edit
- AI: Generate Similar, Retype, Mockup, AI Assistant
Prerequisites or equivalent experience
- General experience in graphic design
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Adobe Illustrator level II training
2 days. In the second course in the Illustrator series, we'll explore many of the program's advanced features, including:
- Transparency panel for blend modes and opacity
- Using Layers panel to keep your art project organized
- Creating clipping masks: traditional way vs. Draw Inside
- Tracing a scanned image with ImageTrace
- Applying warp effects and the envelope feature
- Understanding the Appearance panel
- Creating effects and saving Graphic Styles
- Using multiple strokes and fills on one object
- Creating and manipulating type
- Creating symbols and using the Symbol tools
- Understanding and creating the five kinds of custom brushes
- Using and editing an opacity mask in the Transparency panel
- Using the Mesh tool for complex gradients
- Applying 3-D effects and mapping artwork onto 3-D shapes
- Radial, Grid, and Mirror Repeat
- Intertwining Shapes
- Adobe Illustrator Tips and Tricks
- What's new in Illustrator including artificial intelligence AI
Prerequisites
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Adobe Illustrator level III training
2 days. In this course, you'll learn how to build your illustration skills by mastering classic art techniques and harnessing the power of Illustrator. Topics include:
- Using Illustrators tools to create special effects
- Creating realistic shadows
- Creating repeating patterns for fills and borders
- Drawing 3-D artwork—isometric, dimetric, and trimetric views
- Drawing using custom guides for perspective
- Creating line effects for maps
- ImageTrace to LivePaint explorations
- Creating type effects—masks, applying a paintbrush effect, and circle text
- Applying 3-D effects to shapes
- Using the graph tool to create bar and pie charts
- Working with Turntable
- Adobe Illustrator Tips and Tricks
- What's new in Illustrator including artificial intelligence AI
Prerequisites
Suggested Follow Ups:
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