Adobe Illustrator CC for Beginners

This course is part of: Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud: Essentials for Creating Projects 

Gain the fundamentals necessary to tackle the world’s best vector-based illustration software Adobe® Illustrator®. Brian Wood will take you step-by-step and explain everything a beginner needs to know to get up and running with Illustrator, including:

• Interface & tools
• Using the pen tool
• Applying color
• Formating Text 

In Adobe Illustrator CC for Beginners Brian will use a series of projects to teach you everything you need to create your first graphic or illustration. 

Software Used: Adobe Illustrator CC 2015

• What is Adobe Illustrator?
• Explore the Adobe Illustrator Interface
• Create and Save New Documents
• Zoom and Navigate in Adobe Illustrator
• Working with Artboards in Adobe Illustrator
• Introduction to Layers in Adobe Illustrator
• Rulers and Guides in Adobe Illustrator
• Shapes and Drawing in Adobe Illustrator
• Aligning and Combining Shapes in Adobe Illustrator
• Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator
• Manipulating Stroke and Fill in Adobe Illustrator
• Creating and Editing with Color in Adobe Illustrator
• Painting with Gradients in Adobe Illustrator
• Getting Started with Patterns in Adobe Illustrator
• Adding Text To Your Document in Adobe Illustrator
• Formatting Text in Adobe Illustrator
• 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