Adobe Illustrator Introduction
Adobe Illustrator – all versions to CS3
Meeting Adobe Illustrator
Toolbox
Overview of Palettes
Control Bar
Views
Preferences
Adobe Illustrator Selection Tools
selection tool
direct selection tool
adding / removing to selections
tips / tricks for sleeker selecting
Adobe Illustrator Drawing Tools
bézier pen
adding / removing points
joining / cutting paths – knife tool
pencil tool
smooth tool
reshape tool
eraser tool
Adobe Illustrator Shapes
elliptic, poly, spiral, rectangle tools
drawing geometrics shapes
reshaping / resizing
transforming tool/ scale, reflect, shear and rotate
pathfinder palette
Adobe Illustrator Layout Tools
grids
guides
rulers
stacking order
grouping / ungrouping
align and distribute
Adobe Illustrator Colour
colour palettes
process / spot / global colours / pantones
swatch palette / adding / editing / deleting swatches
fills and strokes
gradient adding colour / editing colours / inkwells
eyedropper tool
paintbucket tool
Adobe Illustrator Type Tool
creating / editing type
typeface attributes / tracking / leading / kerning etc
type on a path
type path options
outline type
type area tool
frame options
Adobe Illustrator Images
importing images
matching image colour
linking / embedding images
Adobe Illustrator Print
printing files
print options
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