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Vector drawing foundations and interface
Understand vectors, pixels and resolution and navigate artboards.
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- Understand vectors, pixels and resolution
- Navigate artboards
- Use panels, Properties and shortcuts
- Create and organize a document
- Manage units, guides and alignment
- Choose AI, PDF, SVG and EPS formats
Shapes, Pathfinder and construction
Create and edit primitive shapes and use pathfinder and shape builder.
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- Create and edit primitive shapes
- Use Pathfinder and Shape Builder
- Align, distribute and transform
- Combine and divide objects
- Manage strokes, corners and caps
- Build clean pictograms
Pen tool, Bézier curves and paths
Place anchor points and segments and create controlled curves and handles.
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- Place anchor points and segments
- Create controlled curves and handles
- Convert and simplify points
- Correct paths with Direct Selection
- Join, cut and close paths
- Redraw a shape precisely
Colour, gradients and patterns
Create global swatches and colour groups and use rgb, cmyk and spot colours.
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- Create global swatches and colour groups
- Use RGB, CMYK and spot colours
- Build linear, radial and freeform gradients
- Create repeating patterns
- Recolour artwork
- Control overprint and final appearance
Typography and editorial composition
Create point and area type and manage paragraphs, columns and tabs.
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- Create point and area type
- Manage paragraphs, columns and tabs
- Choose and combine fonts
- Use character and paragraph styles
- Convert type to outlines at the right time
- Create balanced typographic composition
Logos, icons and brand systems
Analyze a brief and construction grid and create horizontal and vertical variations.
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- Analyze a brief and construction grid
- Create horizontal and vertical variations
- Define clear space and minimum sizes
- Prepare colour and monochrome versions
- Organize an asset library
- Deliver consistent documented files
Illustration, brushes and appearances
Create calligraphic, art and pattern brushes and use the appearance panel.
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- Create calligraphic, art and pattern brushes
- Use the Appearance panel
- Stack fills, strokes and effects
- Create vector shading and volume
- Use symbols and repeats
- Keep illustrations editable
Infographics, maps and data visualization
Turn data into a visual message and create charts and proportional icons.
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- Turn data into a visual message
- Create charts and proportional icons
- Build legends and hierarchy
- Simplify maps and plans
- Use grids and modular systems
- Check accuracy, contrast and accessibility
Print, packaging and prepress
Configure bleeds and crop marks and work with dielines.
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- Configure bleeds and crop marks
- Work with dielines
- Manage spot colours and varnishes
- Control transparency and overprint
- Package fonts and links
- Export a supplier-ready PDF
Libraries, export and automation
Use Creative Cloud Libraries and prepare assets for web and applications.
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- Use Creative Cloud Libraries
- Prepare assets for web and applications
- Create multiple exports and conventions
- Connect Illustrator with Photoshop and InDesign
- Use actions and production scripts
- Control quality and archive source files