In this unit, students will be introduced to the basics of Adobe Illustrator.
Learning Goals
- Student creates a new document with appropriate settings.
- Student navigates, organizes and customizes the application workspace.
- Student uses layers to manage design elements.
- Student imports assets into a project.
- Student manages color swatches and gradients.
- Student uses core tools and features to create visual elements. (create and modify vector images, pathfinder tool)
- Student adds and manipulates text using appropriate typographic settings. (add text, convert text to graphics)
- Student transforms graphics and media. (artboards and individual layers/objects)
- Student exports files with specific filenames.
- Student exports or saves digital images to various file formats.