Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud: Essentials for Creating Projects

The world’s top designers use Adobe® Illustrator® for its powerful, vector-based drawing environment – and now you can gain fluency in it, as well! Join Brian Wood for a dynamic course on everything you need to know about Adobe Illustrator.

By walking you through a series of projects on Adobe Illustrator, Brian will give you a comprehensive toolkit that will answer any need, including:

• Getting started in Adobe Illustrator and familiarizing yourself with its workspace
• Creating color using a variety of methods
• Creating and transforming artwork, working with text, and importing images
• Tricks and techniques for drawing: selecting and editing, and working with layers
• Creating custom patterns, brushes, and symbols
• Exploring built-in visual effects libraries

You’ll also tackle more advanced Adobe Illustrator topics, like the perspective grid, Creative Cloud libraries, effects, live paint groups and selection, blends, and the shape builder tool.

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Software Used: Adobe Illustrator CC 2015.3.1

• Class Introduction
• What is Adobe Illustrator?
• Explore the Interface
• Create and Save New Documents
• Zoom and Navigate
• Working with Artboards
• Introduction to Layers
• Rulers and Guides
• Shapes and Drawing
• Aligning and Combining Shapes
• Pen Tool
• Manipulating Stroke and Fill
• Creating and Editing with Color
• Painting with Gradients
• Getting Started with Patterns
• Adding Text To Your Document
• Formatting Text
• Strokes and Variable Strokes in Adobe Illustrator
• Rotating Objects in Adobe Illustrator
• Effects and the Appearance Panel in Adobe Illustrator
• Adding Photo Images in Adobe Illustrator
• Working with Linked Content in Adobe Illustrator
• Packaging your Project for Handoff in Adobe Illustrator
• Best Formats to Save Your Files
• Select Like a Pro: Layers, Groups, & Other Unique Tools
• Edit Paths Like a Pro in Adobe Illustrator
• Editing Paths: Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator
• Creating & Applying Brushes to Artwork in Adobe Illustrator
• Editing Paths: Knife & Scissor Tool in Adobe Illustrator
• Editing Paths: Join Tool in Adobe Illustrator
• Editing Paths: Isolation Mode in Adobe® Illustrator®
• Pen Tool Shortcuts in Adobe Illustrator
• Other Drawing Tools & Methods in Adobe Illustrator
• Transforming Techniques in Adobe Illustrator
• Shortcut to Reflecting Artwork in Adobe Illustrator
• Get to Know Your Appearance Panel in Adobe Illustrator
• Exploring Effects in Adobe Illustrator
• Work Smarter with Graphic Styles in Adobe Illustrator
• Color Inspiration in Adobe Illustrator
• Type Effects in Adobe Illustrator
• Masking Your Artwork in Adobe Illustrator
• Using Creative® Cloud® Libraries in Adobe® Illustrator®
• Capture Artwork with Creative Cloud Apps & Adobe Illustrator
• Tracing Raster Images in Adobe Illustrator
• Blending Artwork in Adobe Illustrator
• Using Symbols in Adobe Illustrator
• Using a Perspective Grid in Adobe Illustrator
• Crash Recovery in Adobe Illustrator
• GPU Performance in Adobe Illustrator
• Curvature Tool in Adobe Illustrator
• App Integration in Adobe Illustrator
• Creative Cloud Libraries in Adobe Illustrator App
• Shaper Tool in Adobe Illustrator
• Smart Guides in Adobe Illustrator
• Text Enhancements in Adobe Illustrator
• SVG Export in Adobe Illustrator