Adobe Illustrator 2022 Essentials--Get up and running

Open Adobe Illustrator, set up a web document, reset the Essentials Classic workspace, and learn core tools—the selection tool and direct selection tool—plus shortcuts for zoom, artboards, and isolation mode.

Explore the difference between vector and raster graphics, highlighting how scalable vector graphics in adobe illustrator stay crisp when scaled, unlike png or jpeg rasters that pixelate.

Explore the Illustrator workspace by switching to Essentials Classic, using the control strip and options bar, and customizing panels, tools, fills, strokes, and artboards.

Explore how to manage Illustrator panels from the window menu, customize the essentials classic layout, drag and dock panels, and use swatches to fill objects and create swatches from artwork.

Learn to zoom, pan, and manage the Navigator panel in Illustrator 2022; use spacebar for the hand tool, fit in window, and save views for quick access.

Activate the selection tool (press v) to choose objects in Illustrator. Use shift to select multiple items or drag to select, then adjust color or scale.

Learn to use the direct selection tool to move individual anchor points and handles, and switch to the selection tool to move entire shapes; use a and b shortcuts.

Master selecting by attributes in Adobe Illustrator 2022 by using select similar by fill, stroke, and font, try the magic wand tool, and save reusable selections for revisions.

Explore transformation tools in Illustrator to move, rotate, scale, reflect, and copy objects, using precise input and transform each for complex patterns.

Master the free transform tool (press e) to scale with or without proportional constraints, rotate around a pivot, and apply perspective distortion for a quick 3D effect.

Explore illustrator's puppet warp tool by placing pins to reposition parts of a vector image, enabling natural adjustments without redrawing and enhancing flexible character reshaping.

Test Illustrator tools on your image by transforming shapes and applying gradients, using transform each box with settings like horizontal/vertical movement, scale, and angle; share your results with the class.

Explore the pen and curvature tools in Illustrator, draw shapes with anchor points and handles, adjust fill and stroke, and compare pencil workflows for precise curves.

Master the curvature tool in Adobe Illustrator to create straight and curved lines, using the Shift shortcut to access it, and refine points with the Direct Selection tool.

Master the pencil tool to draw and edit freehand paths in Illustrator, set stroke and color, and adjust fidelity and smoothness to control anchor points and line accuracy.

Use the pencil and shape tools for freeform drawing, refine lines with the smooth tool by deleting anchor points, and edit intersections with the path eraser and joint tools.

Create paths in Adobe Illustrator by tracing image with the pen, curvature pen, and pencil tools on new layer, then export a red 5 pt stroke, fill-free jpeg and share.

Learn to use the stroke panel to adjust line weight, caps options, joints, dash patterns, and arrowheads, and to control alignment, dashed lines, and scaling in Illustrator.

Learn to use and create brushes in Illustrator 2022, applying chalk charcoal and decorative scatter brushes, building art brushes, and adjusting color, stroke, and brush fidelity.

Master the width tool to sculpt palm-leaf shaped strokes, save a palm leaf profile, apply it to lines, set widths to 100 points, and adjust one side with option.

Explore how to draw and customize shapes in Illustrator, using rectangle, square, rounded rectangle, circle, polygon, star, and flare tools, with precise dimensions, centers, and colors.

Learn to draw with the line and arc tools in Illustrator, constrain angles with shift, flip with F, tune lengths in the control panel, and use grids and layers.

Master aligning and distributing objects in Adobe Illustrator by using align to selection, align to key object, and align to artboard, then control horizontal and vertical distribution and precise spacing.

Align points precisely in Illustrator using the direct selection tool and align panel to the selection, distributing anchor points horizontally and centering vertically.

Master stacking order in Illustrator using shortcuts to send items back or bring them forward, apply draw behind for shadows, and explore draw inside mode and clipping clip.

Master layers in Adobe Illustrator by using the layers panel, locking and hiding layers, moving objects between layers, isolating elements, and renaming and color-coding layers.

Learn to edit individual elements within grouped charts in Illustrator using isolation mode, avoid ungrouping, switch from grayscale to color, and exit isolation to return to the main workspace.

Use the group selection tool to edit entire line segments at once. Double-click to select points, then set green color and eight-point stroke with the direct selection tool.

Explore symbols in illustrator by creating and grouping objects, using the library for colors, and turning grouped artwork into reusable symbols that update across all instances.