Effective immediately in response to COVID-19, most Technology Training classes will be delivered online until further notice.
In advance of each session, Tech Training will provide you with a Zoom link to your class, along with any required class materials.
This workshop will demonstrate the basic shape, pattern, and chart tools in Adobe Illustrator to create custom graphics. Graphics can then be used to display data, represent information, and make written content come alive.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how do you maximize image investment? Graphics can then be used to display data, represent information, and make written content come alive.
Prerequisites: This workshop is appropriate for Illustrator beginners and seasoned users alike.
By the end of this class, you would have had the opportunity to:
- Orient yourself to the basic shape, pattern, and chart tools in Adobe Illustrator
- Create your own high-impact visual assets to showcase information
- Understand best practices for creating custom vector graphics
- Implement chart-making capability in Adobe Illustrator to design a custom chart
- Use custom shape and pattern tools to create simple to complex surface patterns
Topics Covered
- Role of imagery in information display
- Image design best practices
- Graph tool overview + demo in Illustrator
- Guided practice time
- Pattern tool overview + demo in Illustrator
- Guided practice time
Requirement: Computer with Adobe Illustrator installed. Adobe Illustrator trial download information will be provided before the start of the course.
University IT Technology Training classes are only available to Stanford University staff, faculty, or students. A valid SUNet ID is needed in order to enroll in a class.
