Adobe Illustrator CS6 is designed for users who want to learn how to create vector based graphics for webdesign and desktop publishing material.

NOTE: This manual has been developed with the Windows version of Illustrator CS6.

At the completion of this course you should be able to:

• have a clear understanding of the Illustrator workspace
• learn the basic and essential techniques to work with objects
• set up and save new documents in Illustrator
• draw basic shapes using the shapes tools.
• understand colour and apply colour to object fills and strokes
• reshape objects using the Transform and Shape Builder tools
• understand how to apply and edit gradients and patterns
• arrange objects and use layers to manage artwork
• insert and import text and apply character and paragraph formatting and effects to text, and placing and editing an image
• use templates and work with libraries
• draw objects using the Pen tool
• apply a range of Illustrator effects
• understand how to save and export in a variety of file formats to suit different purposes, and to print an Illustrator document