Adobe® Illustrator® CS6: Part 1

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to use Adobe Illustrator CS6 to create illustrations that include graphics and text. You will: Identify the components and capabilities of Illustrator CS6. Create basic shapes. Create custom paths. Create graphics that contain custom text. Customize objects. Customize basic shapes. Prepare documents for deployment.
 

This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals, or people switching to a design job or taking on design responsibilities and who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents.
 

To ensure your success in this course, you should be familiar with the basic functions of your computer’s operating system such as creating folders, launching programs, and working with windows. You should also have basic Windows application skills, such as copying and pasting objects, formatting text, saving files, and so on. Familiarity with basic design terminology, such as palettes, color modes, shapes, text, and paths is highly recommended. You can obtain this level of skills and knowledge by taking the Logical Operations course Introduction to Personal Computers Using Windows® 7.
 

Lesson 1: Introduction to Illustrator CS6 Topic A: Evaluate Graphics Scalability Topic B: Navigate, View, and Measure Graphics Topic C: Customize the User Interface Lesson 2: Creating Documents Containing Basic Shapes Topic A: Create Documents Topic B: Save Documents Topic C: Draw Basic Shapes Lesson 3: Creating Graphics Containing Customized Paths Topic A: Draw Paths Topic B: Modify Paths Lesson 4: Creating Graphics Containing Customized Text Topic A: Insert Text Topic B: Flow Text Along a Path Topic C: Insert Bounded Text Topic D: Thread Text Topic E: Apply Text Styles Topic F: Insert Typographical Characters Lesson 5: Customizing Objects Topic A: Import and Link Graphics Topic B: Alter the Appearance of Objects Lesson 6: Customizing Basic Shapes Topic A: Apply Strokes Topic B: Fill Shapes Topic C: Apply Gradients Topic D: Apply Graphic Styles Topic E: Distort Text with Text Envelopes Lesson 7: Preparing Documents for Deployment Topic A: Update Text Topic B: Wrap Text Topic C: Hyphenate Text Topic D: Optimize Content for Print Topic E: Optimize Content for the Web Topic F: Optimize Content for PDF Documents Appendix A: Adobe Illustrator CS6 Certification Exam Objectives