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Learn ‘hands-on’ how to create eye-catching vector graphics like illustrations, logos, and infographics with your host Gary Bradley, an Adobe Certified Expert & Adobe Certified Instructor with over 25 years of industry experience. This Adobe Illustrator course includes class files from the link below. www.shapedbydesign.co.uk/downloads/Course-Ai-Intro.zip What you’ll learn • Essential drawing and production techniques using diverse tools and features. • The advantages of vector-based graphics for developing your skills. • Best practice techniques to save time and increase your productivity. • The characteristics and concepts of vector graphics. • Opening and defining specifications for new document settings. • How to save and export artwork. • How to customise the user interface to better suit your workflow. • How to create simple shapes and objects with shape and line tools. • How to create complex artwork using The Pen Tool to create custom shapes. • How to work with colour, styles and effects to characterise your artwork. • How to format characters and paragraphs. • How to work with layers and artboards to maximise your workflow efficiency. Adobe Illustrator has firmly established itself as a market leader in digital illustration and ‘infographics’, shaping the way branding and advertising has evolved over recent years. From cereal box design to multi-national brand identity, Adobe Illustrator is at the heart of global visual communications. This course will develop the skills you will need to create, manage, and edit vector artwork. Gain a sound introduction to the concepts of vector graphics and their implementation within the design process and learn best practice approaches to boost your productivity. This live-stream session is ideal for anyone needing to work with vector graphics that can be used to create logos, posters and flyers for print output, create images for posting to social media and the web. Workspace: Using the Control Panel, Navigation Preview options, Saving views, Setting up your document, Custom workspaces, Creating a new document, Basic document controls, Document settings, Back saving, Colour modes, Grids and Guides, Smart Guides. Selecting and Creating artwork: Widget annotators, Selection essentials The Selection Tools The Lasso tool Magic Wand Editing Anchor Points The Bounding Box Basic Shapes  Preset shape tools The Shapebuilder tool, Merge and cut-out shapes Duplicate shapes Transformation objects Scale, rotate, shear, reflect Free Transform Tool Reflecting shape Reference point Spacing to Selected Objects Spacing to Artboard, Spacing to a Key Object Transform effects Organising your artwork: Work with layers, Visibility and Locking Selecting via the layers panel Deleting and adding layers Grouping and naming layers Changing the stacking order Transfer between layers Adjusting layer previews Working with colour RGB v CMYK Defining swatches Working with gradients Text and Type Formatting: Basic text editing Creating Point Text Creating Area Text Text Formatting Working with images: Using the Links panel The basics of Image Trace Editing paths Understanding paths Understanding anchor points Drawing straight segments Adding curvature Open and closed paths Joining and averaging paths Adjusting control handles Slicing and erasing paths Create clipping paths Using Pathfinder Working with brushes: The Calligraphic brush The Scatter brush The Art brush The Pattern brush The Bristle brushes Brush libraries Changing brush colours. Graphic styles: The Appearance panel Creating Graphic Styles Applying Styles Updating Styles Tracing artwork Import template layers Image Working with symbols: What are symbols? Using the symbols libraries The Symbol Sprayer tool Creating new symbols Breaking the symbol link Redefining symbols Replacing Symbols Printing and exporting: Saving to legacy formats Saving Templates #adobe #illustrator #course