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This course is designed for students with little or no knowledge of illustration programs, course will cover the basics of computer illustration and its use in print and web-based media.
Module1
- Print vs web
- Creating drawings and page set up
- Setting the rulers, grids and guidelines
- Viewing your work - full screen previews, zooming
- Gleaning information on your document (document info)
- Illustrator's Design Tools, Grid, Artboard, Offsetting objects
- Bounding Box
- Setting preferences/customizing Exporting your file
- Toolbars
- Pen Tool Paths
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Module2
- Working with Anchor Points
- Setting Line Measurements and Validating for Errors
- Manipulating lines
- Filling and outlining
- Symbols
- The Pencil Tool Set
- The Brush Tool
- Undo the deed
- Special Focus Lecture
- Real Life Drawing Challenge
- Transforming Objects
- Copy and Duplicating
- Transforming Objects
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Module3
- Pathfinder Palette
- Combining shapes
- Positioning objects
- Layers, Color, Type and Appearance
- Layers
- Working with color
- Working with text
- Spell checking
- Text special effects
- Text to Outlines
- Appearance Palette
- Styles
- Working with clipart 3D Tips and Tricks
- Filters and Effects
- Light sources and drop shadows
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Module4
- Perspective
- Working with images
- Special Effects
- Distortion and Object Creation Tools
- Converting Existing Objects into Live Paint Groups
- Expanding or Releasing a Live Paint Group
- Live Paint Tool
- Blends
- Gradient Meshes
- Masks
- Actions
- Scripting
- Working with Image Maps
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