Professional Diploma in Graphic Design in Lahore, Pakistan

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

1: GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK AREA

• Introducing Adobe Illustrator
  
• Getting to know the toolbar
  
• Finding more tools
  
• Moving and docking panels
  
• Switching workspaces
  
• Using panel and context menus
  
• Changing the view of the artwork
  
• Panning in a document
  
• Viewing artwork
  
• Panning with the Navigator panel Images
  
• Opening an Illustrator file Exploring the workspace
• Working with the Properties panel Working with panels
• Saving a workspace
• Using view commands
  
• Using the Zoom tool
  

2: TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING ARTWORK

• Starting the lesson
• Using the Selection tool Selecting and editing with the Direct Selection tool
• Selecting objects
• Selecting a marquee
• Hiding and locking objects
• Selecting similar objects
• Aligning objects to each other
• Aligning to a key object
• Aligning anchor points
• Aligning to the artboard
• Editing a group in Isolation mode
• Arranging objects Selecting objects behind
• Unlocking objects you’ve locked
• Selecting in Outline mode
• Aligning objects
• Distributing objects
• Working with groups Grouping items
• Creating a nested group
• Exploring object arrangement

3. USING SHAPES TO CREATE ARTWORK FOR A POSTCARD

• Starting the lesson
• Creating a new document
• Editing rectangles
• Creating and editing ellipses
• Creating and editing circles
• Creating a polygon Editing the polygon
• Editing the star Drawing lines
• Working with drawing modes
• Placing artwork
• Working with Draw Behind mode
• Finishing up
• Working with basic shapes
• Creating rectangles
• Rounding corners Rounding individual corners
• Changing stroke width and alignment
• Creating a star
• Using Image Trace to convert raster images into editable vector art
• Cleaning up traced artwork
• Using Draw Inside mode
• Editing content drawn inside

4: EDITING AND COMBINING SHAPES AND PATHS

• Starting the lesson
• Using the Eraser tool
• Editing paths and shapes
• Cutting with the Scissors tool
• Cutting in a straight line with the
• Knife tool Outlining strokes
• Creating a compound path
• Combining shapes
• Assemble the second dinosaur
• Combining objects using Pathfinder effects
• Understanding shape modes
• Joining paths Cutting with the Knife tool
• Erasing in a straight line
• Assemble the first dinosaur
• Start by creating shapes
• Working with the Shape Builder tool
• Using the Width tool
• Assemble the last dinosaur

5: TRANSFORMING ARTWORK

• Starting the lesson working with artboards Adding artboards to a document
• Editing artboards
• Setting options for artboards Reordering artboards
• Editing the ruler’s origin
• Transforming content Working with the bounding box Positioning artwork using the properties panel
• Copying artboards between documents Aligning and arranging artboards
• Working with rulers and guides Creating guides
• Scaling objects Reflecting objects Rotating objects
• Transforming with the Free Transform tool
• Shearing objects Positioning the bicyclist

6: USING THE BASIC DRAWING TOOLS

• Starting the lesson
• Drawing a river path Editing a path with the Curvature tool
• Creating with the Curvature tool Drawing paths with the Curvature tool
• Creating corners with the Curvature tool
• Drawing paths with the Pencil tool Drawing straight lines with the Pencil tool
• Creating dashed lines
• Drawing with the Pencil tool
• Joining with the Join tool Adding arrowheads to paths.

7. Drawing with pen tool

• Starting the lesson understanding curved paths An introduction to drawing with the Pen tool
• Getting started with the Pen tool Starting with curved paths
• Drawing a curve with the Pen tool
• Drawing a series of curves with the Pen tool
• Drawing the swan Editing paths and points
• Selecting and editing paths
• Drawing straight lines with the pen tool.
• Converting smooth points to corner points
• Combining curves and straight lines
• Creating artwork with the Pen tool
• Deleting and adding anchor points
• Converting between smooth points and corner points Working with the Anchor Point tool

9: ADDING TYPE TO A PROJECT

• Starting the lesson Add type
• Converting between area type and point type Importing a plain-text file
• Changing font family and font style Activating Adobe Fonts
• Changing font size
• Adding text at a point Adding area type
• Threading text Formatting type
• Applying fonts to text in Illustrator
• Fixing missing fonts and Images
• Changing text color Changing additional character formatting
• Changing paragraph formatting Using glyph snapping Resizing and reshaping type objects
• Sampling text formatting
• Creating and applying text styles
• Editing a paragraph style Creating and applying a character style
• Reshaping text with a preset envelope warp Editing the envelop wrap
• Working with glyphs Images
• Vertically aligning area type
• Creating columns of text Reshaping type objects
• Creating and applying a paragraph style Practicing paragraph styles
• Editing a character style
• Wrapping text
• Working with type on a path Creating text outlines

10. Organizing Artboards with layers

• Starting the lesson
• Creating layers and sublayers
• Creating new layers
• Finding content in the Layers panel Moving content between layers
• Locking and hiding layers
• Duplicating layer content
• Understanding layers
• Creating a sublayer
• Editing layers and objects
• Viewing layer content differently
• Reordering layers and content
• Pasting layers Applying appearance attributes to a layer
• Creating a clipping mask

11: GRADIENTS, BLENDS, AND PATTERNS

• Starting the lesson
• Editing a gradient Saving a gradient as a swatch
• Editing a gradient on a stroke Applying a radial gradient to artwork Editing the colors in the radial gradient
• Working with gradients Applying a linear gradient to a fill
• Adjusting a linear gradient fill Applying a linear gradient to a stroke

12: USING BRUSHES TO CREATE AN AD

•  Starting the lesson
• Using Calligraphic Brushes Applying a Calligraphic brush to artwork
• Removing a brush stroke Using Art brushes
• Using Pattern brushes Creating a Pattern brush
• Working with brushes
• Editing a brush Drawing with the Paintbrush tool Editing paths with the Paintbrush tool
• Editing an Art brush
• Painting with a Bristle brush Grouping Bristle brush paths
• Editing with the Eraser tool

13: EXPLORING CREATIVE USES OF EFFECTS AND GRAPHIC STYLES

• Starting the lesson starting the lesson
• Adding another fill to content Adding multiple strokes & fills to text
• Editing an effect
• Styling text with a Warp effect Temporarily disabling effects to make edits
• Applying an existing graphic style Creating and applying a graphic style
• Scaling strokes and effects
• Using the Appearance panel Editing appearance attributes
• Reordering appearance attributes
• Using live effects
• Applying an effect
• Applying other effects Applying a Photoshop effect
• Working with 3D effects Images Using graphic styles
• Updating a graphic style Applying a graphic style to a layer

14: CREATING ARTWORK FOR A T-SHIRT

• Starting the lesson
• Editing a symbol Working with dynamic symbols
• Replacing symbols Working with Creative Cloud libraries
• Using library assets Updating a library asset
• Working with symbols Using default Illustrator symbol libraries
• Creating a symbol Breaking a link to a symbol

15: PLACING AND WORKING WITH IMAGES

• Starting the lesson
• Placing image files Placing an image
• Cropping an image Placing a Photoshop document
• Combining artwork
• Transforming a placed image
• Placing multiple images
• Masking images
• Applying a simple mask to an image Editing a clipping path (mask)
• Finishing the masked text Creating an opacity mask
• Replacing an image
• Masking with a shape Masking an object with text
• Editing an opacity mask
• Working with image links
• Finding link information Embedding and unembedding images

16: SHARING PROJECTS

• Starting the lesson
• Creating a PDF Creating pixel-perfect drawings
• Exporting artboards & assetsExporting artboards
• Exporting assets
• Packaging a file
• Previewing artwork in Pixel Preview
• Aligning new artwork to the pixel grid
• Aligning existing artwork to the pixel grid