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San Francisco Bay Area class
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Illustrator Fundamentals - San Francisco
In this training course you'll learn how to use Adobe Illustrator to create high quality art. Exercises will cover duplication, rotating and scaling text, tracing, freehand drawing, image refinement, and use of gradients and color. Particular attention will be given to the Pen Tool.
This class is taught by an Adobe Certified Instructor.
Topics include:
- Illustrator Interface
- Window Components
- Navigating the Illustrator Palettes
- What are Image Paths?
- Vector Graphics vs. Raster Graphics
- The Drawing Tools
- Using the Pen Tool to Draw Straight Lines
- Manipulating Paths
- Illustrator Objects
- Setting the Rulers
- Inserting a New Object
- Modifying Objects
- Paint Characteristics
- Adding Color
- Creating New Colors
- Setting Gradients
- The Brush Tools
- Setting Opacity
- Illustrator Layers
- Using Layers
- Stacking of Layers
- Creating and Using Type
- Adding Type
- Typing within an Area
- Copying Type
- Setting Type on a Path
- Type Objects
- Exporting to Outlines
- Outputting the Results
- Saving and File Types
- Printing
Prerequisites:
- Basic Mac or Windows skills: copying/pasting, right-clicking (contextual menus), finding files, switching between programs, exploring windows
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