Intro to Adobe Illustrator

This introductory class will cover:

- Getting to know the Adobe workspace- guides, grids, layers, artboards

- Creating objects- shapes, pen/pencil tools, livetrace, pathfinder 

- Transforming objects- arrange, scale, clipping masks, envelopes 

- Changing appearances- colors, swatches, brushes, transparency, mesh, livepaint

- File settings and formats- Importing, exporting, web vs. print

Please bring a laptop with some version of Adobe Illustrator on it (ideally CS3 or newer). If you don't already own the program, you can download a free 30-day trial here: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=design_premium