Introducing Illustrator

• Using the Welcome Screen
  
• Introducing Vector Based Paths
  
• Working with Layers in Illustrator
  
• Introducing Anchor Points
  

Shapes

• A Look at the Shape Tools. Creating a Circle, Star and Rectangle
  
• Aligning Shapes
• Combining Shapes

Fill, Stroke and Colour

• Fill and Stroke
  
• An Overview of the Colour Palette
  
• CMYK vs. RGB
  
• Creating and Saving new Colour Swatches
  
• Creating a fill Patter

Creating and Formatting Type

• Importing Text into Illustrator
  
• Selecting Text for Reformatting
  
• Moving Text to a New Text Container
  
• Reformatting Text with the Paragraphs Pallet
  
• Altering Text Font and Size

Transforming Paths

• Introducing Path Transformations
  
• Duplicating Objects
  
• Moving Objects in Increments
  
• Moving Paths
  
• Working with Swatches
  
• Grouping Paths
  
• Using the Scale Tool
  
• Using the Rotate Tool
  
• Rotating Multiple Objects
• Advanced Rotate Options

Using the Pen Tool

• Drawing with the Pen Tool
  
• Modifying a Path
  
• Using and Editing Spline Curves
  
• Using Bezier Curves
  
• Using Direction Handles & Anchor Points

Pathfinder

• Working with the Pathfinder Palette
  
• Comparing Pathfinder Behaviours
  
• Joining Paths
  
• Cropping, Uniting and Arranging
  
• Selecting and Deselecting Paths
  
• Fill Options and other pathfinder operations