Interface overview

• Document canvas format, size, shape, layout, etc. settings

Creating & Editing Shapes

• Working with rectangle, elipse/arc, & star/polygon tools with color, fill, & shape options

Managing Objects

• Stacking & adding layers, grouping

Selecting & Transforming

• individual and group transformation, rotate, flip, etc.

Copying & Cloning

• Copy & clone objects, unlinking

Aligning & Snapping

• Align, distribute, & snapping objects

Introduction to Paths

• Calligraphy, pencil, & pen tools

• Path & node editing tool

Boolean Path Operations

• Path addition & negation options

Using Guidelines & Grids

• Adding, editing, hiding, axonometric gridlines

Filling & Stroking Objects

• Color pallette settings, fill & stroke color and styles

Applying Gradients

• Gradient options, linear & radial, repeating gradients

Applying & Creating Patterns

• Preset patterns, creating new patterns from objects

Converting Strokes to Paths

• Conversion, editing stroke & path individually

Adding Text

• Editing & adjusting font, kerning, collections

Customizing Text

• Text to objects, glyphs, object to path

Putting text on a Path

• Text on path, object to path, remove path

Flowed text

• Custom frames, flow in frame, subtraction frame

Importing & Tracing Images

• Image import, Bezier and BSpline paths

Clipping & Masking

• Set clip, set mask

Applying Filters

• Bevels, blurs, color, image effects, morphology, overlays, shadows, etc.

Building Shapes

• Shape builder, add/delete modes, templates

Using Path Effects

• Corner, offset, power stroke, bend, pattern along path, perspective, interpolate sub-paths, mirror symmetry, slice, tiling, etc.

Cloning Text Objects

• Text to path, path effects, clone effects

Using Extensions

• Color, generate from path, text, etc.

Advanced Clipping & Masking

• Inverse clip and mask, transparency, invert, hide

Vectorizing Bitmap Images

• Trace bitmap paths, single and multicolor scan

Using Mesh Gradients

• Mesh gradients, mesh tool, color and shape, adding nodes, conical gradients

Coloring Bounded Areas

• Paint bucket tool, grow/shrink, threshold, alpha

Sculpting & Tweaking

• Tweak tool, move, shrink, rotate, roughen, color, blur

Spraying Copies

• Spray tool, spray settings, apply & overlap settings

Cutting & Erasing

• Eraser tool, delete, cut out, and clip modes

Managing pages

• Pages tool, size, snap, move objects

Saving & Exporting

• File save menu, export dialogue

Logo Design

• Tracing design shapes, curve adjustment, boolean operations

• Setting layers & transparency

• Adding fonts & colors

• Creating multiple Logo variations 

Logo/Graphics Designing

Rough References

Final Logos