Introduction to Adobe Illustrator CS6 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 CS6 Jumpstart
   1. Setting Up the Artboard
   2. Creating  the Background Shape
   3. Combining Shapes
   4. Sampling a Color
   5. Applying a Fill and Stroke
   6. Creating the Smaller Combined Shape
   7. Applying Color and Effects
   8. Cloning the Small Shape
   9. Aligning and Distributing the Shapes
   10. Adding Text
   11. Applying the Warp Effect
   12. Adding Text to the Small Shape Areas
   13. Distorting a Shape
   14. Importing an Image
   15. Adding Lines of Text
2. Getting to Know the Workspace
   1. Opening Illustrator
   2. Exploring the New Interface
   3. Choosing a Workspace
   4. Opening a File
   5. The Document Window
   6. Using Artboards
   7. Navigating Multiple Artboards
   8. Using the Artboards Panel
   9. Creating New Artboards
   10. Switching Screen Modes
   11. Changing Your View
   12. Previews versus Outlines
   13. Zooming and Scrolling
   14. Scrolling with the Hand Tool
   15. Changing Views with the Navigator Panel
   16. The Tools Panel
   17. Using Tools and Panels
   18. The Control Panel
   19. Moving the Control Panel
   20. Panel Groups and the Dock
   21. Custom Workspaces
   22. Saving Workspaces
   23. Using the Manage Workspaces Dialog Box
   24. Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
   25. Default Shortcuts
   26. Custom Shortcuts
   27. Saving Shortcut Sets
   28. Deleting Shortcut Sets
3. Illustrator CS6 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. Converting the Artwork to a Live Paint Group
   7. Applying Live Pain to the Group
   8. Adding a Symbol to Your Artwork
   9. Expanding the Symbol
   10. Saving Swatches
   11. What is a Global Color?
   12. Selecting the Same Color
   13. Saving a Set of Colors as a Group
   14. Creating a Color Group from Selected Colors
   15. Using the Color Panel
   16. Adding Pantone  (Spot) Colors
   17. Adding Pantone 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. Placing an Image Using Image Trace
   10. Other Drawing Tools
   11. Using the Line Segment and Arc Tools
   12. Using the Pencil, Smooth, and Path Eraser Tools
   13. Using the Eraser Tool
   14. Editing Existing Paths
   15. Adding and Removing Points
   16. Refining a Curve
   17. Cutting and Joining Paths
   18. Combining Shapes Using the Shape Builder Tool
   19. Combining the Shapes
   20. Subtracting with the Shape Builder Tool
   21. Creating the Fish Eyes
6. Exploring Additional Color Options
   1. Taking a Look at the Finished Illustration
   2. Adding Tonal Values with Gradients
   3. Customizing an Existing Gradient
   4. Saving the Gradient
   5. Applying the Second Instance of the Gradient
   6. Using the Gradient Panel
   7. Updating a Gradient
   8. Creating and Using Patterns
   9. Creating a Bounding Box
   10. Applying the Pattern
   11. Editing a Pattern Fill
   12. Locating Existing Patterns
   13. Finishing Up the Illustration
   14. Creating a Color Group
7. 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
8. Organizing Your Illustrations with Layers
   1. Getting to Know the Layers Panel
   2. Using Layers to Organize Your Illustrations
   3. Using the Layers Panel to Make Selections
   4. Creating New Layers and Moving Items between Layers
   5. Paste Remembers Layers
   6. Template Layers