Mastering Your Adobe Illustrator Workflow
5h 14mIntermediate2022-08-01
Authors

Von Glitschka
Designer, Illustrator
Course details
If you work in graphic design, you’ve probably used Adobe Illustrator, one of the world’s most popular design tools. But are you working as smart as you can in Illustrator? Join Von Glitschka in this course as he demonstrates how to efficiently use Adobe Illustrator to maximize your creative output. He covers preference settings, organizing and structuring project folders, file naming standards, and how to archive and protect your work. Von also shows you how to customize tools, workspaces, artboards, document windows, and profiles. He demonstrates good creative habits, helpful functionality, and methods you can use to make your workflow more precise, efficient, and sustainable. If you’re familiar with Illustrator but want to unlock this powerful program even more to help you improve and expand your creative possibilities, join Von in this course.
Skills covered
IllustrationIllustratorAdobeAnimation and IllustrationOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Mastering your Illustrator workflow
1. Project Folders
- 02 - Establishing a project folder and number
- 03 - Establishing file naming standards
- 04 - Structuring an easy-to-access archive
2. Setting Up Illustrator
- 05 - Customizing your preferences
- 06 - Customizing your core tools
- 07 - Customizing your workspace
- 08 - Customizing your artboards
- 09 - Customizing your document windows
- 10 - Creating a new document profile
3. Improved Workflow Methods
- 11 - Vector building 101
- 12 - Customizing your keyboard shortcuts and actions
- 13 - Creating custom graphic styles
- 14 - Using custom scripts
- 15 - Helpful time-saving plugins
- 16 - Tips and tricks
4. Good Creative Habits
- 17 - Organizing and naming layers
- 18 - Always use global colors
- 19 - Using raster files in Illustrator
- 20 - Creatively focus with isolation mode
- 21 - Messy creativity
- 22 - Utilizing asset export
- 23 - Reviewing a real-world project
- 24 - Delivering clean files
- 25 - Preserving your digital work
Conclusion
- 26 - Goodbye
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