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| Topic 1: Working with Objects, Paths, and Text | - Add text
- 1. Use Type, Area Type, Type on a Path, and vertical type tools
- 2. Distinguish point type, area type, and type on a path
- 3. Configure fonts, sizes, styles, kerning, tracking, leading, scaling, color, stroke, and baseline shift
- 4. Apply paragraph alignment, indentation, spacing, bullets, numbering, hyphenation, and paragraph styles
- Modify objects and paths
- 1. Expand object appearances, transformations, strokes, and effects
- 2. Refine paths using Simplify, Smooth, Join, Clean Up, Outline Stroke, and Offset Path
- 3. Modify objects using Eraser, Scissors, Knife, and Shape Builder tools
- 4. Modify shape appearance using Live Corners
- Create objects and paths
- 1. Use the Pen tool to create and edit anchor points, line segments, and curves
- 2. Use AI-powered Generate Vectors functionality and appropriate prompts
- 3. Create shapes using Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, and Star tools
- 4. Use Image Trace to convert raster images into vector graphics
- 5. Use drawing tools, including Curvature, Pencil, Paintbrush, Blob Brush, and Line Segment
- 6. Use the Anchor Point tool
- Modify text
- 1. Manage multiple text areas, text overflow, threading, and text wrapping
- 2. Configure Area Type options, including rows, columns, autosizing, alignment, and inset spacing
- 3. Convert text to outlines and understand when conversion is appropriate
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| Topic 2: Modifying Object Appearance and Position | - Modify the appearance of design elements
- 1. Adjust fills, strokes, swatches, and appearance attributes
- 2. Use the Appearance panel, Recolor Artwork, Color Picker, Eyedropper, and Generative Shape Fill
- 3. Create, manage, save, and unlink graphic styles
- 4. Apply and edit effects, including drop shadows, feathers, glows, and 3D effects
- Position objects
- 1. Align and distribute objects and spacing relative to the artboard, selection, or key object
- 2. Align objects along a path using the Objects on Path functionality
- Make, manage, and manipulate selections
- 1. Rotate, reflect, scale, transform, warp, distort, skew, and repeat objects
- 2. Select objects by attributes, including color, stroke, and opacity
- 3. Use Isolation Mode and distinguish targeting from selecting
- 4. Select, modify, group, and refine objects using Selection, Direct Selection, Lasso, and Group Selection tools
- Modify visibility using opacity and masks
- 1. Adjust object opacity and use blending modes
- 2. Create and manipulate opacity masks and clipping masks
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| Topic 3: Workflow and Interface Customization | - Manage colors, swatches, and gradients
- 1. Create and modify gradients, color stops, opacity, and gradient meshes
- 2. Understand process, spot, global, pattern, and gradient swatches
- 3. Create, edit, organize, and load swatches and swatch libraries
- Navigate and customize the workspace
- 1. Configure application preferences, units, guides, grids, interface appearance, and Smart Guides
- 2. Organize, customize, save, and reset workspaces
- 3. Identify and manipulate interface elements, panels, menus, toolbars, and contextual controls
- Manage brushes, symbols, styles, and patterns
- 1. Create, edit, and apply brushes, symbols, graphic styles, and patterns
- 2. Import and use brushes, symbols, graphic styles, and patterns from libraries
- Use design aids
- 1. Navigate documents using pan, zoom, and Rotate View
- 2. Use rulers, guides, grids, snapping, and alignment options
- 3. Use the Mockup Tool
- 4. Use Outline, Overprint Preview, Pixel Preview, Trim View, Screen Mode, and Presentation Mode
- 5. Use Drawing modes and the Dimension Tool
- Use layers to manage design elements
- 1. Create, delete, hide, show, lock, unlock, duplicate, and rename layers
- 2. Manage sublayers, stacking order, layer merging, and object selection through the Layers panel
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| Topic 4: Document Management | - Use artboards
- 1. Manage artwork and copy or paste artboards between documents
- 2. Create, resize, move, duplicate, crop, and arrange artboards
- Create documents and modify settings for the intended output
- 1. Create and use document presets
- 2. Configure document dimensions, orientation, artboards, bleed, raster effects, color mode, and measurement units
- Save and export documents and assets
- 1. Export graphics using appropriate formats, color modes, resolutions, pixel dimensions, and artboard settings
- 2. Package projects and manage associated fonts and image assets
- 3. Save documents in compatible formats, including AI, PDF, EPS, and SVG, and create templates
- Manage assets in a project
- 1. Place, embed, copy, paste, and import assets
- 2. Manage linked assets using the Links panel, including replacing assets and editing originals
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| Topic 5: Working in the Design Industry | - Identify terminology and interpret communication relating to the purpose, audience, and audience needs for developing designs
- 1. Define project management concepts, including scope, timelines, collaboration, and file management
- 2. Communicate design plans with peers and clients
- 3. Identify design requirements based on intended output and usage
- 4. Determine whether content and design are appropriate for the purpose, target audience, audience needs, and user experience
- Evaluate the application of design principles
- 1. Apply design elements and principles, including line, shape, color, texture, balance, alignment, contrast, hierarchy, and negative space
- 2. Apply typographic adjustments to improve hierarchy and readability
- Determine copyright, permissions, and licensing requirements
- 1. Identify legal and ethical considerations for third-party content, fonts, stock assets, and AI-generated content
- 2. Check and modify copyright information in Illustrator files
- Define terminology related to digital graphics
- 1. Understand resolution, image size, raster and vector graphics, paths, objects, rendering, bleed, trim, and output measurements
- 2. Explain digital and print color representation, including RGB, CMYK, HSB, grayscale, hexadecimal values, spot colors, and rich black
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