ILCS2FT - Adobe Illustrator CS2: Fast Track
In the first day of this course, students will use Adobe Illustrator CS2 to draw and manipulate simple shapes to create logos, combine text and graphics to create advertisements, create logos using custom paths, create a logo with type effects and add body type to a document.
The second day of this Illustrator CS2 course teaches students to create more complex illustrations, print documents without errors or color mismatches, prepare illustrations for the Web, convert raster graphics to vector graphics, create a banner graphic, export a graphic for the Web, apply color management and prepare documents for composite and commercial printing.
Getting started
The Illustrator environment
Navigation
The Adobe Help Center
Creating a simple illustration
Create a new document
Basic shapes
Manipulate shapes
Export an illustration
Applying basic color
Apply color
Stroke options
The Eyedropper tool
Drawing paths
Raster images
Basic drawing
Selecting and editing paths
Working with text
Adding text
Altering text
Layers
Layers
Manipulating layers
Working with fills and colors
Swatch libraries
Gradients
Transparency
Manipulating paths
Path commands
Masks
Adjusting typography
Flow type
Format body text
Text editing
Enhancing fills and strokes
Multiple fills and strokes
Add color to grayscale images
Gradient mesh
Patterns
Brushes
Symbols
Transforming shapes
Transformation tools
Envelopes
Liquify shapes
3D effects
Filters, effects, and graphic styles
Filters
Effects
Graphic styles
Converting raster images to vector art
Trace raster images
Color artwork by using Live Paint
Printing illustrations
Color management
Print specifications
Color separations
Creating Web files
Slices
Export Web graphics
Appendix A: ACE exam objectives map
Topic A: Comprehensive exam objectives