Certification Programme description: Vector graphics: vector graphics processing software (introduction, main tasks); Adobe Illustrator GUI: effective usage of Adobe Illustrator application, available tools, palettes, keyboard shortcuts, preferences, navigation; Creation of objects in Adobe Illustrator: gallery of shapes, description of available tools; Shapes creation: combining shapes, drawing freehand shapes (pencil tool, smooth tool, blob brush tool); Transforming and editing of objects: free transform (moving, rotating, reflecting, scaling, shearing), aligning objects (manual, automatic), grouping, masking; Bézier curves for creating and editing shapes: creating arc instead of segment, converting anchor points, direct selection tool, averaging the position of anchor points; Working with colours: fill, collection of samples, gradient, opacity, contour; Text in Adobe Illustrator: type tool, fonts, artistic type, paragraph styles (multiple columns), shape of text object, converting text to outlines; Object properties: transparency, opacity, blending modes, appearance, effect menu (stylize, blur, feather); Layers: working with layers, layers panel, managing layers; Bitmap graphics in Adobe Illustrator: importing bitmaps, bitmap operations (filtering, vectorization - live trace feature, obtaining vector image); Graphic design printing: offset printing, color preparation for printing, colour space, resolution of raster effects
Certification Programme version/revision: EITC/CG/AI1v1r2)Earned ECTS credits: 2
