ILLUSTRATOR CC - BEGINNERS TO ADVANCED Central

Course details

This course provides participants with hands-on experience to learn the features of Illustrator CC quickly and easily. Countless time saving tips and techniques are discussed in this course to help you add vitality and impact to your work.

We share indispensable suggestions and advice so that you can achieve sophisticated results with minimal efforts. You will gain new creative freedom and realise that drawing has never been this easy!

THE ESSENTIAL OF ILLUSTRATOR CC
Getting to know the work area and customising your workspace
Quick startup with document profiles
Setting up design grid with rulers and guides
Create "multi-page" files with artboards of varying sizes


DRAWING TECHNIQUES
Mastering the various selection techniques
Creating shapes and lines
Working with freeform tools including pen, pencil, and brush tools
Building new shapes with the Shape Builder tool
Reshaping and editing existing shapes
Using Image Trace to trace artwork
Improving the quality of traced artwork
Applying colours using Live Paint tool
Using Symbols for re-usable shapes
Turning 2D shapes into fully editable 3D objects
Draw behind or inside other objects without choosing layers or setting the stacking order
Using opacity to create depth
Adding non-destructive effects to objects


WORKING WITH LAYERS
Keeping track of your objects with layers
Easily locate and target an object using layers
Using inline editing to rename layers
Handling layers and sublayers
Changing stacking order
Moving art between layers
PAINTING AND COLOURS
Creating and using colour and gradients swatches
Using the Pattern Tile tool to experiment with patterns
Using Appearance panel for quick and easy editing
Creating smooth colour blends
Applying gradients to strokes
Saving colours groups for re-use


TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY
Create or import text from an external source
Working with typographic controls
Adding wavy text
Creating text and clipping mask
Create type outlines to avoid missing fonts issues
Get creative with Touch Type tool


INTEGRATING IMAGES
Importing images to reduce drawing efforts
Managing links for successful high resolution printing
Enhancing images with effects
Colourising an imported grayscale image
Packaging files for hand over to printers