Name: Illustrator for Planners - Introduction
Author: Mike Ernst

Course Info

13 video lessons (99 Mins)
Published
2012
4.27

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1.

Introduction to Illustrator

4 mins
2.

Illustrator Workspace Overview

8 mins
3.

Compatible File Types / Saving as AI / Exporting

8 mins
4.

Working With Artboards

8 mins
5.

Selecting Elements

5 mins
6.

Drawing Basic Shapes

7 mins
7.

More Shapes and Drawing Tools

8 mins
8.

Aligning and Distributing Objects

6 mins
9.

Keyboard Shortcuts

9 mins
10.

Layers

5 mins
11.

Working With Text - Functions

11 mins
12.

Working With Text - Character and Paragraph Panels

8 mins
13.

Working With Color

7 mins

Course Description

Adobe Illustrator is widely recognized among design professionals as the premier vector drawing software, with many valuable design and mapping applications for urban planning. This course gives you a step-by-step introduction to the basic tools of Illustrator CS5.

Learn these skills

Communications & Media
Drawing & Painting
Site Planning
Technology
Adobe Illustrator

AICP CM

This course is approved for 1.5 AICP CM credits.

CNU-A

This course is approved for 1.5 CNU-A credit.

SACPLAN CPD

This course is approved for 1.5 SACPLAN CPD point.

Meet Your Instructor

Mike Ernst

Mike Ernst is an urban planner and designer whose work has focused on participatory planning, community outreach and innovative urban design through creative and engaging visual communication.

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