Introduction to Adobe Illustrator CS5 Training

This 2 day Adobe Illustrator training course introduces students to the basics of Illustrator. It is packed with hands-on exercises so that students can learn by doing.

1. Adobe Illustrator CS5 Jumpstart
   1. Setting up the artboard
   2. Creating the background
   3. Access additional Swatch Libraries
   4. Using the new Shape Builder tool
   5. Applying color and effects
   6. Cloning objects
   7. Aligning and distributing objects
   8. Adding text
   9. Applying the Warp effect
   10. Adding text to shapes
   11. Distorting a shape
   12. Importing an image
   13. Creating a pseudo horizontal image scroll
   14. Adding symbols
2. Getting to Know the Workspace
   1. Opening Illustrator
   2. Choosing a workspace
   3. Opening a file
   4. Using Artboards
   5. Navigating multiple Artboards
   6. Using the Artboards panel
   7. Creating new Artboards
   8. Switching screen viewing modes
   9. Changing your view
   10. Preview versus Outlines
   11. Zooming and scrolling
   12. Scrolling with the Hand tool
   13. Changing views with the Navigator panel
   14. The Tools panel
   15. Using tools and panels
   16. The Control panel
   17. Moving the Control panel
   18. Panel groups and the dock
   19. Custom workspaces
   20. Saving workspaces
   21. Using the Manage Workspaces dialog box
   22. Customizing keyboard shortcuts
   23. Custom shortcuts
   24. Saving shortcut sets
   25. Deleting shortcut sets
3. Illustrator CS5 Essentials
   1. Using the shape tools
   2. Repositioning and visually resizing the rectangle
   3. Finding or changing the shape’s dimensions using the Transform panel
   4. Rotating and shearing using the Transform panel
   5. Constraining a shape
   6. Entering exact dimensions
   7. Selecting artwork
   8. Helpful keyboard shortcuts for selections
   9. The selection tools
   10. Isolation mode
   11. Using shape and transform tools to create artwork
   12. Using the transform tools
   13. Adding a fill color
   14. Entering a shape size in the Transform panel
   15. Viewing in Outline view
   16. Rotating the shape
   17. Changing the color of the triangles
   18. Using layers when building an illustration
   19. Creating a new blank layer
   20. Cutting and pasting objects
   21. Creating bubbles
   22. Cloning the bubble group
   23. Repeating a resize transform
   24. Moving objects from one layer to another
4. Adding Color
   1. Basics of the Appearance panel
   2. Changing colors
   3. Adding effects
   4. Creating a colorful illustration
   5. Using Live Paint
   6. Adding a symbol to your artwork
   7. Expanding the symbol
   8. Global color
   9. Selecting the same color
   10. Creating a color group
   11. Adding Pantone  (spot) colors
5. Working with the Drawing Tools
   1. Working with the Pen tool
   2. Drawing straight lines
   3. Drawing curved lines
   4. Drawing hinged curves
   5. Drawing curved lines to straight lines
   6. Drawing straight lines to curved lines
   7. Tracing images
   8. Placing an image as a template
   9. Other drawing tools
   10. Using the Line Segment and Arc tools
   11. Using the Pencil, Smooth, and Path Eraser tools
   12. Using the Eraser tool
   13. Editing existing paths
   14. Adding and removing points
   15. Refining a curve
   16. Cutting and joining paths
   17. Working with Live Trace
   18. Using the tracing presets
   19. Understanding tracing options
   20. Expanding Live Traced artwork
   21. Working with Live Paint
   22. Creating a Live Paint group
   23. Setting Gap Detection options
   24. Using the Live Paint Bucket tool
   25. Using the Live Paint Selection tool
   26. Combining the shapes
   27. Subtracting with the Shape Builder tool
6. Working with and Formatting Text
   1. Formatting type
   2. Paragraph formatting
   3. Formatting imported type
   4. Paragraph and character styles
   5. Editing styles
   6. Advanced techniques with text
   7. Text on a path
   8. Warping text
   9. Text in a shape
   10. Creating outlines
   11. Check spelling
   12. Find and Replace