UNIT- 1: (Getting Started)

A- The Illustrator Windows
• Opening a Work File
• Screen Elements and Menues
• Defining Page Boundaries
• The Artboard and Scratch areas
• Navigating The Screen
• Using The Tool Box
• Using Palettes
B- Setting Preferences
C- Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
D- Customizing Documents Setup
E- Setting Rulers, Guides and Grids
F- Naming and Saving files
G- Print Preview and Print Procedures
H- Accessing Help

UNIT- 2: (Creating Basis Objects)

A- Making Selections
• The Bounding Box
• Working with groups and group selection tools
• Drag selecting
• Lasso and direct select lasso tools
B- Shapes and Lines
• Rectangles, Squares, Ellipses and Circles
• Complex object using the polygon and star tools
• Using the flare tools
• Creat lines and Grids
• Adding / Defining symbols
C- Creating Paths
• Using the pen tool
• using the pencil tool
• Compound paths
D- Editing Bezier Curves
• Changing objects and lines
• Editing path segments
• The liquify tools
• Path Editing menu commands
E- Painting
• Filling and stroking with color
• Color models (RGB, CYMK)
• Paletted (Swatches, Transparency)
• Custom Colors
• The Eyedropper tools
• The Paint bucket tool
• The Stroke Palette
• Offset and outline paths
• Using the paintbrush tool
F- Other Basic Graphic Procedures
• Applying Appreances and Style
• Using Transformation Tools
• Compound Shapes and The Pathfinder palette
• The Align Palette
• Blending (Types, Editing, Releasing)

A- Working with Layers
• Using and Creating Layers palette
• Moving, locking, Pasting and Merging Layers
• Targetting a Layer
B- Adding Text
• Using The Type Tools
• Setting Type Attributes
• Linking Text Block
• Placing Text on a Path
• Adjusting Text Flow
• Changing Type Orientation
C- Showing and hiding with Marks
• Clipping Masks
• Opacity Masks
• Layer Clipping Masks
D- Working With Raster Images
• Raster Effects and Filters
• Linking and Embedding
• Choosing resolution
E- Printing Illustration
• Methods of Printing
• Preparing a Document For Printing
• Producing Color Seperations
F- Inserting Charts and Images
G- Effects for Vector Artwork
H- File Formats and Platform Issues
I- Saving Illustration for the Web

A- THE WORK AREA
• Accessing the program
• Opening files
• Photoshop screen elements
• Viewing images
• Scrolling and navigator palette
• Using the information bar
• Using toolboxes, menus and palettes
• Print preview and print procedures
• Saving files
• Accessing help
• Restoring default preferences

B- IMAGE FUNDAMENTALS
• Vector and Rector images
• Digital images VS printed images
• Defining and working with resolution (Image, Monitor, Output)
• Defining images into Photoshop (Scanning, Importing, Calibrating)

C- USING THE SELECTION TOOLS • Marquee
• Lassoes
• Move
• Magic Wand
• Selection Menu etc.
D- TRANSFORMATIONS • Resizing
• Rotating and flipping
• Skewing and distorting
• Change perspective
• Liquefying
E- COLOR BASICS
• Color models (RGB, CMYK, HSB)
• Color modes (Bitmap, Grayscale RGB)
• Adjusting color using variations
• Adjusting color with dialog boxes (Levels, Curves, Hue / Saturation, Brightness / Contrast)
F- CUTTING AND COPYING
G- CROPPING

UNIT-2: (BASIC IMAGING PROCEDURE)

A- LAYER BASICS
• Organizing art work on layers
• Viewing a layered document
• Using layers palette
• Moving layers between files
• Moving selections on layers
• Erasing artwork on a layer
• Deleting a layer
• Scaling and rotating objects
• Linking and merging layers

B- PAINTING AND EDITING
• Using paintbrushes
• Selecting foreground and background colors
• Using blending modes
• Using smudges, focus and toning tools
• Creating gradients
• Simulating different media

C- ADVANCE LAYER TECHNIQUES
• Working with layer masks
• Adding guides to align artwork
• Creating a clipping group
• Adding adjustment layers and a drop shadow
• Flattening a layered image

D- USING FILTERS
• Sharpening, blurring, fading
• Artistic, brush stroke, sketch
• Distorting, pixilation, stylizing

E- CREATING AND USING PATHS
F- ADDING TYPE TO PICTURES
G- SPECIAL EFFECTS

A- IMAGE CORRECTION
• Color Management
• Determining / adjusting tonal range of an image
• Determining image type
• Working with the adjustment tools
• Using levels
• Using curves
• Removing a color cast
• Realigning an image using guides
• Replacing colors
• Adjusting hue and saturation
• Removing unwanted objects
• Applying the un-sharp mask filter

B- COMPOSITING

C- PRINTING
• Types of printers and papers
• Preparing the images
D- WEB PAGES
• File Size
• File Format

a) Adobe Indesign CS4 Workspace Overview
b) Workflow with Indesign
c) Document Mastering

• Using two-dimensional design elements
a) Frames
b) Importing and Editing Text

• Visual Effects Management
a) Advanced Effects
b) Animating Tools
c) Working with Typography

• Design process in visual communication.
a) Color management
b) Give meaning to a graphic design
c) Basic Graphic Management

• Print and Web Production
a) Tables and Transparencies
b) Long Documents and Exporting

a) Setting up an After Effects Composition
b) Workspace Management
c) Creating Titles and Animating Text
d) Motion Paths and Keyframe Techniques
• Video Compositing
a) Video Work Flow
b) Video Correcting and Rotoscoping

• Visual Effects Management
a) Advanced Effects
b) Animating Tools

• Creating 3-D Space
a) Basic 3-D Layers
b) Chroma Keying
c) Expressions
d) Particle Simulators