Total Duration: 3 Month

Course Fee: 16,000 Taka

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

Getting Started

Understanding vector graphics

• Setting preferences
• Touring the interface
• Exploring the panels
• Working with the Control panel
• and saving workspaces

Working with Documents

• Creating files for print
• Creating files for the web
• Managing multiple documents
• Using rulers, guides, and grids
• Changing units of measurement
• preview modes Creating and using custom views
• Locking and hiding artwork
• Creating and using artboards

Selecting and Transforming Objects

• Sur selection preferences
• Using the Direct Selection and Group Selection tools
• Using the Magic Wand tool
• Using the Lasso tool
• Selecting objects by attribute
• Grouping objects
• Using isolation mode
• Resizing your artwork
• Rotating objects
• Distorting and transforming objects
• Repeating transformations
• Reflecting and skewing objects
• Aligning and distributing objects

Working with Color

• RGB vs. CMYK
• Adjusting Illustrator color settings
• Process vs. global swatches
• Creating spot colors
• Using the swatch groups
• Working with color libraries
• Importing swatches
• Using the Color Guide panel

Working with Fills and Strokes

• Understanding fills and strokes
• Working with fills
• Working with strokes
• Creating dashes and arrows
• Creating variable-width strokes
• Using width profiles
• Outlining strokes
• Creating and editing gradients
• Applying gradients to strokes
• Applying and editing pattern fills
• Creating your own pattern fill

Working with Paths

• Understanding paths
• Understanding anchor points
• Working with open and closed paths
• Joining and averaging paths
• Using the Scissors tool and the Knife tool

Creating Shapes

• Understanding drawing modes
• Creating compound paths
• Creating compound shapes
• Working with the Shape Builder tool
• Working with the Blob Brush and Eraser tools
• Working with the Paintbrush and Pencil tools
• Smoothing and erasing paths

Don’t Be Afraid of the Pen Tool

• Exploring the Pen tool
• Drawing straight lines
• Drawing simple curves
• Understanding the many faces of the Pen tool
• Converting corners and curves
• Your keyboard is your friend
• Tracing artwork with the Pen tool

Using Type in Illustrator

• Adjusting your type settings
• Creating point and area text
• Basic text editing
• Creating threaded text
• Using the type panels
• Creating text on a path
• Converting text into paths
• Saving time with keyboard shortcuts

Adjusting Appearance

• Exploring the Appearance panel
• Explaining attribute stacking order
• Applying multiple fills
• Applying multiple strokes
• Adjusting appearance with live effects
• Saving appearances as graphic styles

Working with Layers

• Exploring the Layers panel
• Creating and editing layers
• Targeting objects in the Layers panel
• Working with sub layers
• Hiding, locking, and deleting layers
• Using the Layers panel menu

Working with Images

• Placing images into Illustrator
• Working with the Links panel
• Embedding images into Illustrator
• Cropping images with a mask
• Exploring the Image Trace panel
• Tracing photographs
• Tracing line art
• Converting pixels to paths

Creating and Using Symbols

• What are symbols?
• Using prebuilt symbols
• Using the Symbol Sprayer tool
• Creating new symbols
• Breaking the symbol link
• Redefining symbols

Drawing in Perspective

• Defining a perspective grid
• Drawing artwork in perspective
• Applying artwork to the grid

Printing, Saving, and Exporting

• Printing your artwork
• Saving your artwork
• Saving in legacy formats
• Saving templates
• Creating PDF files
• Saving for the web
• Creating high-res bitmap images
• Using Illustrator files in Photoshop and InDesign