Adobe® Illustrator® CC for Beginners

 


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

What is Adobe® Illustrator®?
Explore the Adobe® Illustrator® Interface
Create and Save New Documents
Zoom and Navigate in Adobe® Illustrator®
Working with Artboards in Adobe® Illustrator®
Introduction to Layers in Adobe® Illustrator®
Rulers and Guides in Adobe® Illustrator®
Shapes and Drawing in Adobe® Illustrator®
Aligning and Combining Shapes in Adobe® Illustrator®
Pen Tool in Adobe® Illustrator®
Manipulating Stroke and Fill in Adobe® Illustrator®
Creating and Editing with Color in Adobe® Illustrator®
Painting with Gradients in Adobe® Illustrator®
Getting Started with Patterns in Adobe® Illustrator®
Adding Text To Your Document in Adobe® Illustrator®
Formatting Text in Adobe® Illustrator®
Strokes and Variable Strokes in Adobe® Illustrator®
Rotating Objects in Adobe® Illustrator®
Effects and the Appearance Panel in Adobe® Illustrator®
Adding Photo Images in Adobe® Illustrator®
Working with Linked Content in Adobe® Illustrator®
Packaging your Project for Handoff in Adobe® Illustrator®
Best Formats to Save Your Files
 
 
 
 

Reviews

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