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Illustrator® CS: Creating Basic Illustrations

Course Type: Self-paced Courses
Estimated Time of Completion: 3 hour(s) 12 minutes
CEU Credits:
Language: English

Description: Adobe Illustrator® CS 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 will also combine text and graphics to create advertisements. The target students for this course are 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 be using InDesign and Photoshop.
Objectives:

  · In this course, you will use Illustrator to create illustrations, such as logos and advertisements, that include type and graphics.

Hardware and Software Required:

  ·  Browser Netscape Communicator 4.0
  ·  Browser Other: AOL 4.0
  ·  Operating System MacOS 8.5
  ·  Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
  ·  Operating System MS-Windows 95

Content Outline:

Course Introduction
Course Introduction

Creating Logos Using Simple Shapes
Lesson Introduction
Choose New Document Settings
Draw Basic Shapes With the Shape Tools
Draw Paths with the Pencil Tool
Format an Object's Fill and Stroke
Manipulate Shapes
Group Objects
Add and Format Type
Export a Logo
Lesson Lab Creating a Logo Using Simple Shapes
Lesson Follow Up

Creating Logos Using Custom Paths
Lesson Introduction
Draw Paths with the Pen Tool
Draw Paths with Corner Points
Continue Paths Using the Pen and Pencil Tools
Apply Spot Colors
Modify Shapes to Make New Shapes
Duplicate Objects
Apply Graphic Styles
Lesson Lab Creating a Logo Using Custom Paths
Lesson Follow Up

Create a Logo with Type Special Effects
Lesson Introduction
Apply Gradients to Type
Type on a Path
Apply an Envelope to Type
Lesson Lab Adding Type Effects to the Annie's Orchard Logo
Lesson Follow Up

Creating an Advertisement
Lesson Introduction
Import a Graphic
Aligning and Distributing Objects
Wrap Text
Lesson Lab Creating a Marvin's Gardens Flyer
Lesson Follow Up

Adding Body Type
Lesson Introduction
Place and Position Body Type
Format Type with Styles
Fix Spelling Errors
Insert Typographic Characters
Lesson Lab Add and Format Body Type in the Marvin's Gardens Annual Review Advertisement
Lesson Follow Up

Course Follow Up
Course Follow Up