Adobe Illustrator CS4 Basic

Adobe Illustrator CS4 basic course

Target student

This course is designed for anyone who wants to learn the basics of using Adobe Illustrator
CS4 to create graphics for use in print, or in other media. Students will get the most out
of this course if their goal is to become proficient in using Adobe Illustrator CS4 to create
simple and complex shapes, add color and text to illustrations, and modify and group
items in illustrations.

After completing this course, students will know how to:

• Start Illustrator and explore the Illustrator environment, navigate an Illustrator
  document, and use the Adobe Help.
• Create and save a new document, draw basic shapes, manipulate basic shapes to
  make complex shapes, and export an illustration.
• Adjust fill and stroke colors for shapes, adjust basic stroke options, and use the
  Eyedropper tool to sample colors.
• Embed raster images in an Illustrator document for the purpose of tracing them,
  draw shapes and paths by using the Pencil tool and the Pen tool, and select and
  edit paths.
• Use text tools to insert text into illustrations, manipulate text, and convert type to
  outlined shapes.
• Create new layers and organize them in the Layers panel, and manipulate layers
  by renaming layers, duplicating layers, and deleting layers.
• Import swatch libraries, open preset swatch libraries, export a swatch library,
  create and adjust gradients, and adjust transparency for items.
• Flow type through linked type containers and wrap text around items, set and
  format tabs, insert typographic characters, use character and paragraph styles,
  check spelling, find and replace text in a document, and manage fonts.

Adobe Illustrator CS4 is a graphics package used for creating illustrations, technical drawings, logos, Web graphics, and so on. The difference between Illustrator and some other types of graphics applications (such as Photoshop) is that it creates primarily vector-based artwork.