Animate Domain 3 - Organizing Documents

This objective covers document structure such as layers and managing document structure for efficient workflow. This section contains presentations, projects, and quizzes to help you pass the Adobe Illustrator CC Certification Exam.

3.1 Use the Timeline panel to organize content in space and time.

a. Manage and organize layers.
  • Key Concepts: creating, deleting, locking/unlocking, duplicating, selecting, naming/renaming layers; visibility, outline mode, layer height, rearranging layer folders, Advanced Layers Mode, etc.

b. Recognize the different types of layers in the Layers panel.

  •  Key Concepts: Normal, Mask, Masked, Folder, Guide, and the Camera layer.

 c. Manage content over time.

  •  Key Concepts: frames, frame span, keyframes

3.2 Modify layer visibility using transparency and masks.

a. Adjust a layer's visibility and transparency.

  • Key Concepts: hide/show individual layers or groups and adjust transparency

b. Create, apply, and manipulate masks.

  • Key Concepts: Mask layer, nesting masked layers, animate mask layer, etc.