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Adobe Course Overview
Adobe® Illustrator® is a sophisticated graphics program capable of creating complex and attractive illustrations and type effects. You might need to create logos, advertisements and other illustrations in Illustrator® . If you have little or no experience with Illustrator® , it can be overwhelming to start creating complex illustrations. In this course, you'll start by drawing and manipulating simple shapes to create logos. You'll also combine text and graphics to create advertisements.
Course Objective:
You will use Illustrator to create illustrations, such as logos and advertisements, that include type and graphics.
Target Student:
Graphic designers, or people transitioning into a design job or taking on design responsibilities, who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents. They may have little or no experience with Illustrator. They may already use InDesign and Photoshop.
Prerequisites:
Before taking this course, you should have a basic understanding of your computer's operating system. For example, you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CD and other media.
Delivery Method:
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom delivery learning model with structured, hands-on activities.
Course duration:
1 day.
Hardware Requirements:
You will need:
- A PowerPC-based Mac OS-compatible computer.
- A CD-ROM drive.
- At least 128 MB of RAM.
- At least 180 MB of available hard-disk space.
- A color monitor with at least 800 x 600 monitor resolution.
Software Requirements:
Platform Requirements:
- Mac OS software version 9.1, 9.2, or Mac OS X version 10.1 or higher.
Performance-Based Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- create a logo using simple shapes.
- create logos using custom paths.
- create a logo with type effects.
- create an advertisement that combines text and imported graphics.
- add body type to a document.
Adobe Course outline
Lesson 1: Creating Logos Using Simple Shapes
- Topic 1A: Choose New Document Settings
- Topic 1B: Draw Basic Shapes with the Shape Tools
- Topic 1C: Draw Paths with the Pencil Tool
- Topic 1D: Format an Object's Fill and Stroke
- Topic 1E: Manipulate Shapes
- Topic 1F: Group Objects
- Topic 1G: Add and Format Type
- Topic 1H: Export a Logo
Lesson 2: Creating Logos Using Custom Paths
- Topic 2A: Draw Paths with the Pen Tool
- Topic 2B: Draw Paths with Corner Points
- Topic 2C: Continue Paths Using the Pen and Pencil
Tools
- Topic 2D: Apply Spot Colors
- Topic 2E: Modify Shapes to Make New Shapes
- Topic 2F: Duplicate Objects
- Topic 2G: Apply Graphic Styles
Lesson 3: Create a Logo with Type Special Effects
- Topic 3A: Apply Gradients to Type
- Topic 3B: Type on a Path
- Topic 3C: Apply an Envelope to Type
Lesson 4: Creating an Advertisement
- Topic 4A: Import a Graphic
- Topic 4B: Aligning and Distributing Objects
- Topic 4C: Wrap
Text
Lesson 5: Adding Body Type
- Topic 5A: Place and Position Body Type
- Topic 5B: Format Type with Styles
- Topic 5C: Fix Spelling Errors
- Topic 5D: Insert Typographic Characters
Appendix A: Create a
Document from a Template
- Supplemental Topic Creating a Document from a Template
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