Illustrator CS5 Introduction

Day one

1. Creating Logos
Using Simple Shapes Choose New Document Settings, Create a Custom Workspace, Draw Basic Shapes with the Shape Tools and Draw Paths with the Pencil Tool.

2. Enhancing Logos
Format Objects, Manipulate Objects and Insert Type.

3. Creating Logos
Using Custom Paths Draw Paths with the Pen Tool, Modify Existing Shapes to Create New Shapes and Duplicate Objects, create symbols, colours.

4. Apply Graphic Styles
Creating a Logo with Type Special Effects, Apply Gradients to Type, Create Type on a Path andApply an Envelope to Type.

5. Creating an Advertisement
Import a Graphic, Align Objects, Apply Spot Colours, Wrap Text and Export a File. Multiple artboards.

6. Manipulating Body Type
Import Body Type, Format Type with Styles, Fix Spelling Errors, Find and Replace Text and Insert Typographic Characters

7. Managing Assets with Adobe Bridge
Explore the Adobe Bridge Environment and Apply Metadata and Keywords to Assets in Adobe Bridge