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Adobe® Illustrator® CC for Beginners

 

Adobe® Illustrator® CC for Beginners

 

Class Description


This course is part of: Adobe® Illustrator® Creative Cloud®: Essentials for Creating Projects 

Gain the fundamentals necessary to tackle the world’s best vector based illustration software Adobe® Illustrator®. Brian Wood will take you step-by-step and explain everything a beginner needs to know to get up and running with Illustrator, including:

  • Interface & tools
  • Using the pen tool
  • Applying color
  • Formating Text 

In Adobe® Illustrator® CC for Beginners Brian will use a series of projects to teach you everything you need to create your first graphic or illustration. 


Software Used: Adobe Illustrator CC 2015.3.1

Lessons

  1. What is Adobe® Illustrator®?
  2. Explore the Adobe® Illustrator® Interface
  3. Create and Save New Documents
  4. Zoom and Navigate in Adobe® Illustrator®
  5. Working with Artboards in Adobe® Illustrator®
  6. Introduction to Layers in Adobe® Illustrator®
  7. Rulers and Guides in Adobe® Illustrator®
  8. Shapes and Drawing in Adobe® Illustrator®
  9. Aligning and Combining Shapes in Adobe® Illustrator®
  10. Pen Tool in Adobe® Illustrator®
  11. Manipulating Stroke and Fill in Adobe® Illustrator®
  12. Creating and Editing with Color in Adobe® Illustrator®
  13. Painting with Gradients in Adobe® Illustrator®
  14. Getting Started with Patterns in Adobe® Illustrator®
  15. Adding Text To Your Document in Adobe® Illustrator®
  16. Formatting Text in Adobe® Illustrator®
  17. Strokes and Variable Strokes in Adobe® Illustrator®
  18. Rotating Objects in Adobe® Illustrator®
  19. Effects and the Appearance Panel in Adobe® Illustrator®
  20. Adding Photo Images in Adobe® Illustrator®
  21. Working with Linked Content in Adobe® Illustrator®
  22. Packaging your Project for Handoff in Adobe® Illustrator®
  23. Best Formats to Save Your Files

Reviews

a Creativelive Student
 

Pretty good so far but he's using a very different version of Illustrator and my currently updated version does not have the tool bars top and bottom for dealing with artboards.

MikeD
 

This is a great beginner course. Of course, it is older and still uses Illustrator CC (2015.3), but it's real easy to figure out the differences. However, anyone who has Creative Cloud can still install the older version (located in the "Other Versions" tab and take the class using that version and then delete it when done. The knowledge transfers easily. Brian is an incredibly knowledgeable instructor, teaches in detail and doesn't patronize his audience.

Jive Canon
 

Very informative course. Creative Live is a great substitute for spending 4 plus years in school.