Illustrator CS2: Basic

Course Outline

Duration: 1 Day

Description: This ILT Series course teaches fundamental concepts and skills for working with Illustrator CS2 to create artwork for both print and the Web. Students will learn how to create simple and complex shapes, add color and text to illustrations, modify and group items, and so on.

Course Content:

Unit 1: Getting started

Topic A: The Illustrator environment

Topic B: Navigation

Topic C: The Adobe Help Center

Unit 2: Creating a simple illustration

Topic A: Create a new document

Topic B: Basic shapes

Topic C: Manipulate shapes

Topic D: Export an illustration

Unit 3: Applying basic color

Topic A: Apply color

Topic B: Stroke options

Topic C: The Eyedropper tool

Topic C: Transparency

Unit 4: Drawing paths

Topic A: Raster images

Topic B: Basic drawing

Topic C: Selecting and editing paths

Unit 5: Working with text

Topic A: Adding text

Topic B: Altering text

Unit 6: Layers

Topic A: Layers

Topic B: Manipulating layers

Unit 7: Working with fills and color

Topic A: Swatch libraries

Topic B: Gradients