Adobe Illustrator CC Introduction
Code INF 552
Table of Contents
Starting with Illustrator CC
Understanding Vector Graphics
Starting Illustrator in Windows 8
Opening an Illustrator Document
The Status Bar
Understanding Artboards
Closing a Document & Exiting Illustrator
Navigating Illustrator
Understanding Panels
Displaying and Hiding Panels
Floating and Docking Panels
Understanding the Tools Panel
Working with the Tools Panel
Understanding Workspaces
Working with Workspaces
Working with the Control Panel
Navigating with the Hand Tool
Navigating with the Navigation Panel
Changing Document Views
Using the Zoom Tool
Creating and Using Custom Views
Working with Objects
Understanding Paths & Selection Tools
Selecting with the Selection Tool
Working with Isolation Mode
Selecting Multiple Objects
Making Marquee Selections
Selecting with the Direct Selection Tool
Selecting with the Magic Want Tool
Understanding Smart Guides
Moving Objects
Copying Objects
Grouping and &Ungrouping Objects
Locking & Unlocking Objectss
The Alignment & Distribution Tools
Aligning Objects
Distributing Objects
Inserting Images
Deleting Objects
Saving & Printing
Understanding Save & Export Options
Understanding File Formats
Exporting an Illustrator Document
Saving for a MS Office Program
Saving as a PDF File
Saving an Illustrator Document for the Web
Printing an Illustrator Documen
Packaging a Document
Getting Help
Understanding the Help Menu
Using Help
Searching for Online Help
Setting Up a New Document
Understanding Templates
Understanding Document Presents
Adjusting Units of Measure
Creating a Document
Saving a New Document
Working with a Document
Understanding Artboard Options
Moving & Resizing Artboard
Crating & Deleting Artboards
Understanding Grids, Guides & Rulers
Displaying & Hiding Rulers
Making Guides
Locking, Unlocking & Clearing Guides
Viewing & Hiding the Grid
Layers
Understanding Layers & Sublayers
Understanding the Layers Panel
Working with the Layers Panel
Crating Layers & Sublayers
Naming Layers and Assigning Colours
Grouping Layers
Reassigning Objects to Different Layers
Rearranging Layers
Hiding & Displaying Layers
Locking & Unlocking Layers
Deleting Layers
Shapes
Understanding the Shape & Colour Tools
Preparing the Workspace
Creating Basic Shapes
Creating Polygons
Creating Other Shapes
Creating Lines & Spirals
Editing Path Segments
Using Offset Path
Understanding Drawing Modes
Colour, Fill & Stroke
Understanding File & Stroke
Understanding colour
Understanding Colour Controls
Applying Colour Using the Colour Panel
Applying Colour Using the Swatches Pane
Applying Colour Using the Eyedropper Tool
Swapping Fill & Stroke Colours
Working with Stroke Weight
Working with Stroke Width
Applying dashes to Strokes
Gradients
Understanding Gradients
Applying a Linear Gradient
Changing the Direction of a Gradient
Changing colours in a Gradient
Adding Colours to a Gradient
Applying a radial gradient
Saving a gradient
Applying gradients to Strokes
Working with Type
Understanding Type in Illustrator
Understanding formatting options
Inserting & formatting Point type
Inserting and formatting area type
Importing text
Threading text
Cutting & Pasting Text
Formatting Text
Formatting paragraphs
Copying Formatting with the Eyedropper Tool
Creating Columns of Text
Text & Objects
Wrapping Text around an object
Typing on a Path
Working with Options for Path Type
Transforming Path Type Objects
Converting Text into Editable Paths
Working with Character Objects
The Touch Type Tool Styles
Introduction to Drawing
Understanding Drawing in Illustrator
Drawing a Straight Path with the Pen Tool
Drawing Closed Paths with the Pen Tool
Drawing curved paths with the pen tool
Drawing objects with curved paths
Adjusting curves created by the pen tool
Drawing paths with the curvature tool
Drawing paths with the pencil tool
Add fill to closed paths
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