Photoshop and Illustrator 2 in 1 Master Course for Beginners

Navigate the Adobe Illustrator CC interface, set up new documents and artboards, and master essential tools from quick selection to isolation mode for efficient design.

Explore drawing tools and techniques in Adobe Illustrator, including shape tools, brush tools, pen and pencil tools, width tool, and blend tool; download project files and ask questions.

Create your Illustrator drawings by placing a template, drawing with shape tools such as ellipse and rectangle, using Pathfinder divide, swapping fills and strokes, and duplicating layers for design.

Create an Illustrator design using the shape builder and Pathfinder tools, importing a reference image, building and coloring shapes, and arranging them into a final composition.

Master drawing a dog illustration in Illustrator with the pen tool, shaping paths via anchor points and handles, and refining forms with the Shape Builder tool.

Create a beer illustration in Illustrator using curvature and pen tools, shape builder, and color techniques, then add highlights, shadows, and reflections while mastering layers.

Learn to craft a bird illustration in Illustrator by tracing anchor points with the curvature and pen tools, refining shapes with the shape builder, color adjustments, and highlights for depth.

Master the pencil tool to draw, adjust stroke and fidelity, apply brush presets, and refine lines with stroke options, arrowheads, and profiles for expressive digital illustrations.

Explore the brush tool in Photoshop and Illustrator, using brush presets, blob brush for fills, and Shape Builder to color and refine hand-drawn vector illustrations.

Learn to use the width tool to vary stroke thickness along a path, creating leaf-inspired designs, and explore grid and pen tools to craft a cursive floral font.

Explore the blend shape tool in Illustrator to seamlessly blend between shapes and colors, adjust steps and stroke, and create intricate, dynamic designs.

Export Illustrator designs for print in PDF and JPEG formats. Set color modes (CMYK or RGB), adjust document size and 300 ppi, and choose high-quality presets.

Export artboards from Adobe Illustrator for web and screens using RGB color mode and formats like JPEG, PNG, and SVG.

Explore color and color tools in Adobe Illustrator, including color modes, color swatches, the color panel, the color picker tool, the eyedropper tool, the Live Paint Bucket tool, and gradients.

Explore color modes in Adobe Illustrator: rgb for screens and cmyk for print. See how rgb yields vibrant colors and how to switch modes via document color mode.

Unlock four essential Adobe Illustrator color tools—swatches, color panel, color picker, and color guide—and learn to create swatches, use presets, build patterns, and harmonize fills and strokes.

Master color workflows in Adobe Illustrator by using the eyedropper tool to sample colors, create swatches, and leverage the color guide tool and live paint bucket to color artwork.

Master the three gradient types in Adobe Illustrator—linear, radial, and freeform—using the gradient panel and gradient tool, with points, swatches, eyedropper, and color editing.

Explore type in Adobe Illustrator, learn the fundamentals and advanced methods for working with type, and modify text in Illustrator; download the module project files.

Master the Illustrator type tool by exploring point text and area text, converting between them, and adjusting fonts, sizes, spacing, and alignment to create concise typographic designs.

Master advanced typing in Illustrator, including area type, type on a path, and vertical text, then fit text to shapes and build a logo with strokes and alignment.

Learn to duplicate text, convert to outlines to turn letters into editable shapes, then edit anchor points, apply gradients and colors with the shape builder tool, and even design logos.

Create two logo designs using type tools, on-path text, and outlines to customize a brand wordmark. Modify fonts to develop a distinctive PC logo for Progress Creatives.

Explore masking techniques in Adobe Illustrator, including simple masks, compound masks, and clipping masks, to enhance design control.

Learn how to use masking and clipping masks in Illustrator to reveal parts of images with vector shapes, adjust inside the mask, and create compound paths for clean designs.

Explore 3D and materials in Adobe Illustrator, creating 3D effects with the 3D panel and turning 2D designs into 3D, and download the module project files if you have questions.

Apply 3D effects in Illustrator using plane, extrude, revolve, and inflate. Tweak depth, bevel, and materials from the 3D and materials panel and the appearance panel, and adjust lighting and render settings.

Turn 2d shapes into 3d designs in Illustrator by applying extrude, bevel, and inflate effects, adjusting lighting, rendering with raytracing, and composing a poster.

Learn to turn a character into 3d in Illustrator using inflate or extrude, render with raytracing, apply clipping masks, and design a poster with bold Adobe Illustrator typography.

Complete an assignment to design a poster with a 3d character in illustrator, turning the character into 3d, using the color guide tool, and reusing extra elements; share your project.

Explore Illustrator and Photoshop effects in Adobe Illustrator, including the distort and transform effect, stylized effects, wrap effects, shape distort tools, the effects gallery, and downloadable project files.

Explore distort and transform effects in Illustrator, edit anchor points, apply free distort, plot, and use transform with the appearance panel to rotate, scale, and duplicate shapes.

Master Photoshop and Illustrator stylize effects, including drop shadow, feather, inner glow, outer glow, rounded corners, and scribble, and learn to adjust opacity, offset, blur, and color for depth.

Master wrap effects in photoshop and illustrator by applying arc, bulge, wave, and more; adjust bend, orientation, and text alignment to craft dynamic typography.

Explore Adobe Illustrator's shape distort tools, including warp, twirl, pucker, and blur, adjusting brush dimensions, intensity, and detail to distort and design shapes, fonts, and textures.

Explore the Adobe Illustrator effect gallery to apply artistic, sketch, texture, and other effects to images, adjust sliders, blend layers, and design posters with cutout and stained glass styles.

Open the project named assignment, import two images, and create three poster designs using the effect gallery, distort, and wrap effects, with a black background.

Explore object options and shape patterns in Adobe Illustrator, mastering transform options, gradient meshes, repeating shapes, patterns, and vectorizing images. Download the module project files and reach out with questions.

Master the transform options in the object menu to move, rotate, and duplicate shapes, create repeating patterns and long shadow effects, and combine shapes with transform each and clipping masks.

Create a flowery pattern in Photoshop by using the transform option on a star shape, applying gradients, and duplicating to produce three unique patterns.

Master the gradient mesh tool in Adobe Illustrator to divide shapes with anchor points, assign colors, and create vivid backgrounds and shaded objects.

Learn to use the mesh tool to shade a banana illustration with highlights, shadows, and midtones by sampling colors.

Learn to create repeating patterns in Adobe Illustrator using radial and grid repeats, edit tiling options, and save patterns to swatches for reuse.

Create a new pattern using the methods learned in the last video, building on the pattern shown previously. Complete the assignment and share your result.

Explore shape blending in Illustrator by using the blend options to create smooth transitions between shapes and colors, adjust steps, and guide blended objects along a path.

Create a poster using the blend tool in Photoshop and Illustrator, add one effect to increase complexity, and share your result with the class.

Vectorize images in Adobe Illustrator using image trace presets to produce color or grayscale vector illustrations, adjust colors and thresholds, then expand and refine with outlines and blend modes.

Create a poster in Illustrator by vectorizing the two-dog image, then enhance with blending effects and text to showcase creativity.