Graphic Design

Essential Illustrator Concepts

2
- What are Vector Graphics?
- Overview of Programme
Creating a Document

5
- Colour Space RGB & CMYK
- Pasteboard
- Resolution
- Multiple Artboards
- Tabbed open documents
The Illustrator Interface

8
- Using the Control Panel
- The Tool Bar (including shortcuts)
- Intro to Panels
- View Options
- Basic Navigation
- Basic Shortcuts
- Preferences
- Preview/Outline Options
Guides

8
- Locking/Unlocking Guides
- Rulers
- Creating Guides
- Hiding/Showing Guides
- Making/Releasing Guides
- Smart Guides
- Grids
- Snap-to Features
Panel and Workspaces

4
- Customising
- In-Depth Functions
- The Options Button
- Saving a Workspace
Creating Objects

4
- Exploring Object Options
- Shortcuts
- The Bounding Box
- Altering Objects
Lines, Arcs, Spirals & Grids

2
- Exploring Object Options
- Shortcuts
Moving, Duplicating & Groups

5
- Moving & Copying
- Multiple Copies
- Transform Again
- Duplicating Shortcuts
- Group/Ungrouping
Object Hierarchy

4
- Send to Back/Send to Front
- Send Backward/Send Forward
- Shortcuts
- Intro to Layers and Sub Layers
Transformations

8
- The Reference Point
- Scaling
- Rotating
- Reflecting
- Shearing
- Shortcuts
- Transform Each
- Shortcuts
Selection Tools

8
- Exploring the difference
- Methods of Selection
- Selection Tool
- The Bounding Box
- Selecting Objects within Groups
- Editing Objects with the Direct
- Undo/Redo
- Multiple Undo/Redo
Open Paths

2
- Joining Points
- Averaging Points
Working with Colour

11
- Fill & Stroke Tool overview
- Shortcuts
- Swatches Panel (for Saved Colour)
- Colour Panel (for Custom Colour)
- Creating and Saving Colours
- Editing Colours
- Global Colours
- Pantone and Spot Colours
- Creating Swatch Groups
- Using Libraries
- Adobe Swatch Exchange
Gradients

6
- Introducing Gradients
- The Gradient Panel
- Editing Gradients
- The Gradient Tool
- Working with Gradient Libraries
- New Gradient Features
Patterns

2
- Introducing Patterns
- Working with Patterns Libraries
Strokes and Paths

9
- The Strokes Panel
- Alignment
- Corners and Caps
- Custom Dash Options
- Offsetting Paths
- Outlining Paths
- Using Borders (through Brushes)
- Using & Creating Profiles
- Profiles
Basic Text Editing

11
- Creating Point Text
- Creating Area Text
- Text Formatting
- Area Type Options
- Creating Text Threads
- Using the Glyphs panel
- Checking spelling
- Using the Change Case function
- Convert Text to Outlines
- Text on a Path
- Style Sheets
Working with Images

5
- Placing images
- Image Masks
- Making/Releasing Masks
- Using the Links panel
- Rasterizing artwork
Working with Layers

10
- Overview, Purpose and Function
- Looking at Layered Files
- Working with layers
- Layers and object hierarchy
- The Layers Panel Explained
- Sub Layers
- Creating Layers
- Duplicating Layers
- Layer Groups
- Layer Shortcuts
The Pen Tool

7
- Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool
- Mastering the Pen Tool
- Editing Paths
- Editing Anchor Points
- Direct Selection Tool Shortcuts
- Shortcuts for Related Tools
- Pencil & Eraser Tools
The Align Panel

2
- Aligning objects
- Distributing objects
Pathfinder

4
- Combining Objects etc
- Shape Modes
- Pathfinder Modes
- Using Align & Pathfinder Together
Transparency & Blends

1
- The Transparency Panel
Compound Paths

4
- The Transparency Panel
- Paths Do’s and Dont’s of Compound Paths
- Releasing Compound
- Making Compound Paths
The Corner Widget

2
- Overview
- Custom Settings
Saving and Printing

7
- Saving in Illustrator
- File types
- Printing in Illustrator
- PDF options
- Exporting in Illustrator
- Setting up page tiling
- Using the Crop Area tool

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