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The Ultimate Guide to Adobe Illustrator Tools

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Duration
6.3 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Reed courses certificate of completion - Free
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

Overview

This The Ultimate Guide to Adobe Illustrator Tools course includes a whole host of practical tips and advice, helping you to develop The Ultimate Guide to Adobe Illustrator Tools skills to become the graphics designer or relevant profession you can be.

Packed with videos, PDFs and exercises, it'll equip you with what it takes to be a successful career as a logo designer in today’s business landscape, covering a broad range of topics, from how to use the selection tools to how to use the colour tools and drawing modes.

Certificates

Reed courses certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

Will be downloadable when all lectures have been completed

Curriculum

21
sections
101
lectures
6h 16m
total

    • 1: 1How To Use The Selection Tool - final 04:52
    • 2: 2How To se the Direct Selection Tool - Final 03:44
    • 3: 3How To Use the Group Selection Tool-Final 04:03
    • 4: 4How To Use the Magic Wand Tool-Final 04:53
    • 5: 5How To Use the Lasso Tool - Final 02:37

    • 6: 1The Pen Tool - Proper 09:14
    • 7: 2The Add-Remove-Anchor Point Tool - Proper 05:09
    • 8: 3The Convert Anchor Point Tool 04:04
    • 9: 4The Curvature Tool - Proper 06:11
    • 10: 5How To Use The Convert Anchor Points Tool 04:29
    • 11: 6The Arc Tool 04:29

    • 12: 1The Illustrator Type Tool 05:24
    • 13: 2The Area Type Tool 03:40
    • 14: 3The Type On A Path Tool 05:14
    • 15: 4The Vertical Area Type Tool 03:34
    • 16: 5The Vertical Type On A Path Tool 01:53
    • 17: 6Type On A Path Trick 03:23
    • 18: 7The Touch Type Tool 03:00

    • 19: 1The Line Segment Tool 06:23
    • 20: 2The Arc Tool 06:09
    • 21: 3The Spiral Tool 03:23
    • 22: 4The Rectangular Grid Tool 07:47
    • 23: 5The Polar Grid Tool 05:42

    • 24: 1The Rectangle Tool 03:26
    • 25: 2The Rounded Rectangle Tool 03:43
    • 26: 3The Ellipse Tool 02:08
    • 27: 4The Polygon Tool 03:24
    • 28: 5The Star Tool 04:59
    • 29: 6The Flare Tool 03:21

    • 30: 1How To Apply a Brush Stroke 02:37
    • 31: 2How To Paint with the Paintbrush 03:00
    • 32: 3Types of Brushes 01:37
    • 33: 4Global Paintbrush Tool Options 03:24
    • 34: 5How To Create A Calligraphic Brush 02:32
    • 35: 6How To Create A Scatter Brush 02:40
    • 36: 7How To Create an Art Brush 02:55
    • 37: 8How To Create A Pattern Brush 03:17
    • 38: 9How To Create A Bristle Brush 03:05
    • 39: 10How To Use The Blob Brush 02:22

    • 40: 1How To Use the Pencil Tool - the basics 02:29
    • 41: 2Creating More Paths with the Pencil Tool 02:09
    • 42: 3The Pencil Tool Settings 02:45
    • 43: 4The Pencil Tools Sidekicks- The Smooth Path Eraser and Join Tools 02:40

    • 44: 1How To Use The Eraser Tool 05:43
    • 45: 2Eraser Tool Options 02:17
    • 46: 3How To Use The Scissors and the Knife Tools 03:25

    • 47: 1How To Use the Rotate Tool 04:01
    • 48: 2How To Rotate the Objects 03:29
    • 49: 3How To Use the Reflect Tool 02:41
    • 50: 4How to Find the Center Spot of your Artwork 03:59
    • 51: 5How To Use the Scale Tool 04:53
    • 52: 6How To Use the Shear Tool 05:14
    • 53: 7How To Use the Reshape Tool 02:08
    • 54: 8How To Use the Free Transform Tool 02:31
    • 55: 9How To Use the Transformation Tools in Illustrator 01:02

    • 56: 1How To Use The Width Tool 02:19
    • 57: 2How To Save Width Profiles 03:17
    • 58: 3How To Use the Liquify Tools 02:35
    • 59: 4How To Use the Liquify Tools Continued 03:48

    • 60: 1How The Shape Builder Tool Works 02:21
    • 61: 2How To Merge And Erase Paths 02:39
    • 62: 3Shape Builder Tool Options 03:57
    • 63: 4How To Use the Paint Bucket ool 03:18
    • 64: 5How To Modify Live Paint Groups 03:55
    • 65: 6The Live Paint Tool Options 02:12

    • 66: 1How To Use The Perspective Grid 03:55
    • 67: 2How To Draw Objects In Perspective 03:32
    • 68: 3How To Add Objects To A Perspective Grid 03:14
    • 69: 4How To Create Perspective Text 02:21
    • 70: 5How To Create Yur Own Custo Grid 02:36

    • 71: 1.How To Use the Gradient Tools 03:10
    • 72: 2.Gradients, swatches and multiple objects 02:07
    • 73: 3.Apply a gradient across multiple objects 01:40
    • 74: 4.How to use the Gradient panel 02:46
    • 75: 5.How To Work with Gradient Meshes 03:46
    • 76: 6.Achieving photorealistic effects with gradient meshes 09:20

    • 77: 1How To Use the Blend Tool 03:57
    • 78: 2How To Edit the Blends 02:58
    • 79: 3How To Create the Long Shadow Effect with the Blend Tool 04:48

    • 80: 1How To Use the Eyeropper Tool 03:33
    • 81: 2How To Use the Zoom, Hand and MEasure Tool 02:34
    • 82: 3How To Use the Artboard Tool 02:54
    • 83: 4Artboard Tool Options 02:16
    • 84: 5How To Use Print Tiling in Illustrator 02:36

    • 85: 1How To Use Symbols In Illustrator 04:23
    • 86: 2How To use The Symbolism Tools 03:19
    • 87: 3How To Use The Symbolsim Tool - Continued 03:11

    • 88: 1How to use Graphs in Illustrator 06:33
    • 89: 2Types of graphs in Illustrator 04:58
    • 90: 3How to stylize graphs in Illustrator 03:50
    • 91: 4How To Stylize Your Graph 06:54

    • 92: 1How To Create Slices and Use The Slice Tool in Illustrator(1) 06:37
    • 93: 1How To Create Slices and Use The Slice Tool in Illustrator 06:37
    • 94: 2How To Use Slices for Web Development(1) 03:54
    • 95: 2How To Use Slices for Web Development 03:54
    • 96: 3Slice Options(1) 03:34
    • 97: 3Slice Options 03:34

    • 98: 1How To Use the Color Tools and Drawing Modes in Illustrator 02:39
    • 99: 2How To Use the Drawing and Screen Modes 05:03

    • 100: Summary 00:49

    • 101: Introduction to the course 02:04

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Description

With expert guidance and a combination of videos, PDFs, and worksheets, this course will enable you to develop your illustrator skills, become a logo designer and unlock your full potential.

This The Ultimate Guide to Adobe Illustrator Tools course covers:

  1. How to use the colour tools and drawing modes: What you need to know
  2. How to use the pen tool and gang in illustrator: Tailoring your approach to maximise impact
  3. Mastering illustrator designing

You’ll also be able to access a number of exclusive bonus resources to help you along your The Ultimate Guide to Adobe Illustrator Tools journey, including:

  • How to use the typography tools in illustrator
  • How to use the drawing tools in illustrator
  • How to use the paintbrush tools

Top reasons to Study Online at Frontier Education

  • Tailor made: Course adapted to market needs and interests
  • Flexible programs: study and work at your own pace on easy-to-use web platforms
  • Online education: progressive teaching methods with video or easy to understand medium
  • Multicultural: connect with classmates from all corners of the globe

Curriculum for The Ultimate Guide to Adobe Illustrator Tools course:

  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • How To Use The Selection Tools
  • How To Use The Selection Tools
  • How To Use The Direct Selection Tool
  • How To Use the Group Selection Tool
  • How To Use The Magic Wand Tool
  • How To Use the Lasso Tool
  • Selection Tools Quiz
  • Selection Tools Quiz #2
  • How To Use the Pen Tool and Gang in Illustrator
  • How To use The Pen Tool
  • How To Use the Add/Remove Anchor Point Tool
  • How To Use the Convert Anchor Point Tool
  • How To use the Curvature Tool
  • The pen tool quiz
  • The pen tool quiz #2
  • How To Use the Typography Tools in Illustrator
  • How To Use the Type Tool in Illustrator
  • How To Use the Area Type Tool
  • How To Use the Type on a Path Tool
  • How To Use the Vertical Area Type Tool
  • How To use the Vertical Type on a Path Tool
  • Type on a path Trick
  • How To Use the Touch Type Tool
  • The typography tools quiz
  • The typography tools quiz #2
  • How To use The Drawing Tools in Illustrator Pt 1
  • The Line Segment Tool
  • The Arc Tool
  • The Spiral Tool
  • The Rectangular Grid Tool
  • The Polar Grid Tool
  • The drawing tools quiz
  • How To Use the The Drawing Tools in Illustrator Pt2
  • The Rectangle Tool
  • The Rounded Rectangle Tool
  • The Ellipse Tool
  • The Polygon Tool
  • The Star Tool
  • The Flare Tool
  • The drawing tools quiz #2
  • The Paintbrush Tools
  • How To Apply a Brush Stroke
  • How To Paint with the Paintbrush
  • Types of Brushes
  • Global Paintbrush Tool Options
  • How To Create A Calligraphic Brush
  • How To Create A Scatter Brush
  • How To Create an Art Brush
  • How To Create A Pattern Brush
  • How To Create A Bristle Brush
  • How To Use The Blob Brush
  • The Paintbrush Tool quiz
  • The Paintbrush Tool quiz #2
  • The Pencil Tools
  • How To Use the Pencil Tool - the basics
  • Creating More Paths with the pencil Tool
  • The Pencil Tool Settings
  • The Pencil Tools Sidekicks- The Smooth Path Eraser and Join Tools
  • The Pencil Tool quiz
  • THe Eraser Tools
  • The Eraser Tools
  • The Eraser Tool Options
  • How To Use The Scissors and the Knife Tools
  • The EraserTool quiz
  • The Rotate and Reflect Tools
  • How To Use the Rotate Tool
  • How To Rotate the Objects
  • How To Use the Reflect Tool
  • How to Find the Centre Spot of your Artwork
  • How To Use the Scale Tool
  • How To Use the Shear Tool
  • How To Use the Reshape Tool
  • How To Use the Free Transform Tool
  • The Transformation tools quiz
  • The Transformation tools quiz #2
  • The Liquify Tools
  • How To Use The Width Tool
  • How To Save Width Profiles
  • How To Use the Liquify Tools
  • How To Use the Liquify Tools Continued
  • The Liquify tools quiz
  • The Shape Builder and Live Paint Tools
  • How The Shape Builder Tool Works
  • How To Merge And Erase Paths
  • Shape Builder Tool Options
  • How To Use the Paint Bucket Tool
  • How To Modify Live Paint Groups
  • The Live Paint Tool Options
  • The Shape Builder Tool quiz
  • The Perspective Grid Tool
  • How To Use The Perspective Grid
  • How To Draw Objects In Perspective
  • How To Add Objects To A Perspective Grid
  • How To Create Perspective Text
  • How To Create Your Own Custom Grid
  • The Perspective Grid Tool quiz
  • The Gradient and the Gradient Mesh Tool
  • How To USe the Gradient Tools
  • Gradients,swatches and Multiple objects
  • Apply a gradient across multiple objects
  • How to use the Gradient panel
  • How To Work with Gradient Meshes
  • Achieving photorealistic effects with gradient meshes
  • The Gradient Tool quiz
  • How To Use the Blend tool
  • How To Use the Blend Tool
  • How to edit the blends
  • How To Create the Long Shadow Effect Using the Blend Tool
  • The Blend Tool quiz
  • How To use Technical Tools
  • The Eyedropper Tool
  • How To Use the Zoom, Hand and Measure Tool
  • How To Use the Artboard Tool
  • Artboard Tool Options
  • Print Tiling Tool
  • The Technical Tools quiz
  • How To Use the Symbols and the Symbolism Tools
  • How To Use Symbols In Illustrator
  • How To use The Symbolism Tools
  • How To Use The Symbolism Tool - Continued
  • The Symbolism Tools quiz
  • How To Use the Graph Tools
  • How to use Graphs in Illustrator
  • Types of graphs in Illustrator
  • How to stylize graphs in Illustrator
  • How To Stylize Your Graph
  • How To use Slicing and the Slice Tools
  • How To Create Slices and Use The Slice Tool in Illustrator
  • How To Use Slices for Web Development
  • Slice options
  • How to use the Colour Tools and Drawing Modes
  • How To Use the Colour Tools and Drawing Modes in Illustrator
  • How To Use the Drawing and Screen Modes
  • The colour tools and screen modes quiz
  • The colour tools and screen modes quiz #2
  • Summary
  • Thanks for watching!
  • BONUS Lecture
  • Students ask
  • How to adjust a path with text on it

Who is this course for?

This The Ultimate Guide to Adobe Illustrator Tools is ideal for people looking to progress their career into a graphics designer, for those who want to become logo designer, as well as looking to further develop their skills and knowledge.

Requirements

No prior knowledge or experience is required to enrol in this course

Career path

The Ultimate Guide to Adobe Illustrator Tools career path exciting as it opens the doors to many professions such as

  • Graphics designer
  • Logo designer

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