In the duration of this course, you will be shown how to use Adobe Illustrator CC to produce stunning visuals for development. It will teach you various subjects, such as wrieframes, how to design pages and what to include, colours & fonts and much more.
£199.99
£199.99
In the duration of this course, you will be shown how to use Adobe Illustrator CC to produce stunning visuals for development. It will teach you various subjects, such as wrieframes, how to design pages and what to include, colours & fonts and much more.
Adobe CC (or Creative Cloud) is the latest version of the Adobe Suite. Adobe CC has much more features than prior versions such as CS5 and CS6. Its suite is comprised of design and development applications.
Course Duration: 4 Hours
Chapter 01: Overview
Introduction
Am I a UI or UX designer now?
UI Design: Photoshop vs. Illustrator vs. Sketch vs. InDesign vs. Adobe XD
What is Illustrator’s role when designing a website?
Chapter 02: Getting started
Download the exercise files, completed files & cheat sheet
Getting your workspace & Illustrator preferences ready for UI work
Chapter 03: Planning
Sitemap vs. Wireframe
Creating a sitemap in Illustrator CC 2017
Chapter 04: Setting up your first pages
What screen sizes to use for desktop, tablet & mobile web design
Grid systems & responsive design for mobile & tablet
How to make a responsive 12-column grid in Illustrator
Chapter 05: It all begins with Wireframing
Creating a hand drawn wireframe
Creating a wireframe in Illustrator
Creating the tablet & mobile wireframes in Illustrator
Chapter 06: Designing your first page
Inspiration for your web design
Starting your web design using Illustrator templates
Bringing in your vector logo to the layout
Chapter 07: Color
Using Color.Adobe.com (Adobe Color CC)
Matching brand colors using Adobe Illustrator
Chapter 08: Fonts
Using the right web fonts: Google Fonts & Typekit
Production video: finalizing nav, hero box & fonts
Chapter 09: Images
Free vs. Royalty Free images
Placing, Cropping & Masking images in Illustrator
Washing out images in Illustrator with colored background
How to use layers in Illustrator CC 2017
Chapter 10: Creating symbols & icons
Using the Adobe Market for free icons
Using Iconfinder.com for free website UI social icons
Align & distribute icons in Illustrator for web design
How to adjust vector shapes in Illustrator CC 2017
Creating custom icons & logos using the Shape Builder tool in Illustrator CC 2017
Drawing icons & logos in Illustrator using the Pen tool
Chapter 11: Creating mobile & tablet website versions
Creating a tablet version of our UI web design in Illustrator CC 2017
Creating a mobile responsive UI website design in Illustrator CC 2017
Chapter 12: Exporting
Export your full page web UI mockups from Illustrator CC 2017
Should I be using SVG export in Illustrator CC 2017 for web design?
Exporting images & pictures from Illustrator CC 2017 for web
Exporting logos & icons from Illustrator CC 2017 for UI
Retina – HiDPI & responsive image export from Illustrator CC 2017
Exporting your UI for App design using Illustrator CC 2017
Exporting CSS for developers using Adobe Illustrator CC 2017
Chapter 13: Working as a UI designer
Learning the language of UI user interaction design
How to get your first work as a UI designer
Chapter 14: Next steps
Next steps to becoming an amazing UI designer
Your first project: Adobe Illustrator CC 2017
Chapter 15: Cheat Sheet
Cheat sheet: Adobe Illustrator CC 2017
Minimum specifications for the computer are:
Windows:
Microsoft Windows XP, or later
Modern and up to date Browser (Internet Explorer 8 or later, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
MAC/iOS:
OSX/iOS 6 or later
Modern and up to date Browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
All systems:
Internet bandwidth of 1Mb or faster
Flash player or a browser with HTML5 video capabilities (We recommend Google Chrome)
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OFFICE HOURS:
Monday – Friday: 09.30 – 16.30
Closed Bank Holidays
