Diploma in Adobe illustrator

GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK AREA

• Control panel

• Working with panels

• Tool panel

• Saving your work

• Using multiple artboards

• Customizing your workspace

SELECTING AND ALIGNING

• Selection Tool v. Direct Selection Tool

• Magic Wand

• Grouping objects

• Aligning objects

BASIC SHAPES

• Basic Shape Tools

• Stroke and Fill

• Line segments

• Joining paths

• Modifying basic shapes

PATHFINDER

• Shape Modes v. Pathfinders

• Shape builder (NEW TO CS5!)

TRANSFORMING OBJECTS

• Scaling objects

• Reflecting objects

• Distorting objects

• Shearing objects

• Making multiple transformations

DRAWING WITH THE PEN TOOL/PENCIL TOOL

• Creating straight lines

• Creating curved paths

• Curves and corner anchor points

• Selecting and manipulating curves

• Pencil tool

• Changing pencil tool options

• Smooth tool

• Variable-width strokes (NEW TO CS5!)

• Drawing tablet

USING COLOR

• CMYK v. RGB

• Color panel

• Color guide

• Appearance panel

• Creating and saving custom colors

• Swatch libraries

• Spot colors

• Live paint

• Kuler color panel

TYPE

• Importing text files

• Using columns

• Threading Text

• Character Panel

• Character Styles

• Paragraph Panel

• Type on a path

• Outlining type

LAYERS

• Creating layers

• Moving layers

• Locking layers

• Viewing layers

• Merging layers

• Isolation mode

GRADIENTS AND BLENDS

• Linear vs. Radial Gradients

• Using the Gradient Panel

• Changing colors of gradient

• Changing direction of gradient

• Transparency and gradients

• Gradient Tool

• Blending objects

• Specified Steps vs. Smooth Color

• Modifying blends

WORKING WITH SYMBOLS

• Symbol libraries

• Creating symbols

• Editing symbols

• Applying a symbols instance

• Breaking link to symbol

• Symbol sprayer tool

BRUSHES

• Brush libraries

• Creating own brushes

• Pattern brushes

• Bristle Brush (NEW TO CS5!)

3D OBJECTS

• 3D effects

• Modifying 3D object

• Mapping artwork to 3D object

• Perspective grid (NEW TO CS5!)