Adobe Illustrator Beginners Short Course

This course will teach you the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator, an industry standard software for vector graphics. On the course you will learn the fundamentals of the software and the skills to create vector illustrations.

Topics Covered

• Introduction to the Illustrator environment
• Creating vector shapes
• Creating and amending a path
• The pen tool
• Colours and fills
• Gradients
• Strokes and fill effects
• Basic typography – outlining in text
• Grouping vector elements
• Isolation mode
• Pathfinder and compound shapes
• Using patterns
• Symbols and the symbol sprayer
• Incorporating bitmap images – linking files
• Saving Illustrator documents
• File formats and what format to use