Laser Basics & Beyond – Adobe Illustrator

In this course we’ll be learning Adobe Illustrator, with a particular emphasis on its use as a design software for laser cutters. Although I’ll primarily be referencing Trotec lasers, we’ll cover a wide variety of useful tools, tips, tricks and techniques that you can use, regardless of the brand or wattage of your personal laser machine.

This course is for anybody who has a laser machine, regardless of skill level. From beginner to advanced users, wanting to learn more about Adobe Illustrator! These classes have been specifically designed to increase your productivity, make you more confident when working in AI, and able to comfortably create (and recreate) personal and/or professional projects with a laser.

The only things you’ll need for this course are a laser machine (of course) and Adobe Illustrator. I recommend buying the Adobe Creative Cloud suite if possible. The CC suite is a monthly subscription that gives you access to AI, as well as the greater library of adobe programs and other useful add-ons.

You might also want to have laser-safe materials, although this isn’t mandatory to benefit from the course content. Any material that interests you is fine - wood, acrylics, lamacoids, paper, you name it. Your creativity will be the driving force throughout this course.