Adobe Illustrator Master Course

Introduction:

What is Adobe Illustrator

Difference between Raster and Vector Images

Getting started and Navigation:

Navigating a document

Properties Panel

Working with Illustrator Panels

Art boards and Artwork Basics:

Understanding Art boards

Art board Tool

Creating Multiple Art boards

Using selection and Direct selection tool

Drawing basic shapes

Working with layers and objects:

Layers in Illustrator

Working with Layers

Using layers to groups

The Group selection tool

Transforming objects

Repeating transformations

Aligning and distributing objects

Working with fills and strokes:

Using fills and Properties

Using strokes and its properties

Using Gradient fills and strokes

Envelope distort

Working with colours and Appearance Panel:

Understanding RGB and CMYK

Understanding swatches

Exploring appearance panel

Using multiple fills and strokes

Creating and Using graphic styles

Working with effects & filters

Creating Compound paths and shapes

Using pathfinder

Using shape builder tools

Drawing tools:

Pencil and brush tools

Smoothing Paths

Coloring and draw inside

Distort and Transform tools

Symmetrical drawing

Knowing and mastering Pen tool

Using the curvature tool.

Typography:

Creating point type and Area type

Exploring character options

Using touch type tool

Converting type to path

Exploring paragraph options.

Advanced Techniques:

Using different types of masks

Using symbols

Blending objects

Creating patterns

Using live paint bucket

Using gradient mesh

Perspective drawing

Using images and Auto trace:

Placing and cropping images in illustrator

Using clipping masks

Using image trace panel

Printing and exporting Artwork:

Saving work for print and web

Packaging files for print production

Save for web legacy

Exporting image files