Illustrator 2021 Essential Training

Get started with Adobe Illustrator, the world's leading illustration and vector drawing application. Learn how to create artwork for print, the web, or use in other applications.

Introduction

• Welcome to Adobe Illustrator 2021 Essential Training
• Installing Illustrator

1. Quick-Start Exercise

• Walk-through setup
• Walk-through

2. The Illustrator Environment

• The Illustrator workspace
• Panels
• Panning and zooming
• Using the Navigator panel

3. Selection

• The Selection tool
• The Direct Selection tool
• The Lasso tool
• Automatic selections
• Saving selections

4. Shape and Line Drawing Tools

• Drawing basic shapes
• Drawing polygons and stars
• Drawing with the Line tools
• Drawing with the Grid tools

5. Color

• Color models in Illustrator
• The Swatches panel
• Global swatches
• Spot colors
• Using tints
• Color groups
• The Color Guide panel

6. Strokes

• Stroke attributes
• Creating dashed and dotted lines
• Creating arrowheads
• Variable-width strokes

7. Arranging and Ordering

• Aligning objects
• Distributing objects
• Aligning points
• Changing the stacking order
• Using the drawing modes
• Using layers
• Targeting objects using layers

8. Groups

• Working with groups
• The Group Selection tool
• Using Isolation Mode

9. Transforms

• Using the specific Transform tools
• Using the Free Transform tool
• Using Transform Again
• The Transform Each command
• Transforms as an effect

10. Drawing by Construction

• Compound paths and shapes
• The Pathfinder panel
• The Shape Builder
• Live Paint
• Clipping masks

11. Drawing Tools

• The Pen tool
• The Curvature Pen tool
• The Pencil tool
• Drawing with the Eraser tool
• Improving paths

12. Using Guides and Grids

• Using grids and guides
• Making guides from objects

13. Gradients

• Linear gradients
• Radial gradients
• Freeform gradients
• Gradients on strokes

14. Patterns

• Creating a pattern
• Pattern strokes
• Transforming patterns

15. Symbols

• Static symbols
• Dynamic symbols

16. Blends, Blending, and Transparency

• Using blends
• Using blending modes
• Using opacity masks

17. Appearances

• The power of appearances
• The Appearance panel
• Illustrator and Photoshop effects
• Editing or removing effects
• Graphic styles
• The Brush tool
• The Eyedropper tool

18. Type

• Using point type
• Character options
• Paragraph options
• The Touch Type tool
• Using Type On A Path tool
• Outlining type

19. Images in Illustrator

• Placing images
• Embedding images
• Cropping images

20. Pixels to Vectors

• Using Image Trace
• Using Photoshop with Image Trace

21. Modifying Artwork

• Recolor artwork
• The Puppet Warp tool

22. Artboards

• Working with artboards
• Arranging artboards

23. Output

• Packaging Illustrator files
• Export as other file types
• Asset Export

Conclusion

• Next steps