Overview
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This short course gives you a quick introduction to Adobe Illustrator, teaching you the bare basics of how to use the powerful software.
Syllabus
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Get Started in Adobe Illustrator
- Welcome to the Illustrator Quick Start course
- Create a new document
- Edit your artboard
- Save a file before starting
- Learn how to draw with the Pen tool
- Transform and distort your shape
- Access the reflect options and create copies
- Group multiple shapes into one
- Draw beautiful curves with the Curvature Pen tool
- Create a stroke with variable width using the Width tool
- Transform your stroke into a shape
- Create ellipses and circles
- Draw shapes with the Rectangle tool
- Draw freehand with the Pencil tool
- Browse color palettes with the Color Themes
- Style your strokes
- Apply colorful gradients to your shapes with the Free Form Gradient
- Add text to your artwork with the Type tool
- Browse fonts using Character Options
- Organize your work using Layers
- Create duplicates of your artwork
- Recolor artwork
- Export your artboards
- Export your file in the EPS format
- Next steps
