Instructor Led Pen Tool Training - Training Resources

Adobe Illustrator CS3 Training From the fundamentals of digital drawing to sophisticated shading techniques, we offer classes for any level of Adobe Illustrator user. For the beginner, consider: http://www.luminousworks.com/description.php?course=dpo and:http://www.luminousworks.com/description.php?course=draw If you are already familiar with the basics of graphic design, start with our Illustrator Essentials  more...

Adobe Illustrator CS3 Essentials Illustrator CS3: Essentials Description Who uses Illustrator? Architects, artists, designers, engineers, and Photoshop divas who need some vector graphics power tools. Illustrator's ability to create graphics in a freeform way or with incredible precision appeals to all these users. Learn to utilize this amazing tool to design logos, create detailed maps, illustrate products and more.  more...

Digital Drawing Workshop ...Pen Tool, is now found in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Flash. Master it once, and use it universally. It is with the Pen tool that you create paths on which to run text and to precisely create lines to enclose any shape no matter how exotic. Many users of other drawing programs (e.g., Freehand) will already be familiar with the behavior of this tool. However, those who are new to  more...

Advanced Adobe Photoshop Training ... Tool Pre-sets a Workspace Pre-sets 2 Working with Pen Tools a Drawing Pen Lines Curves / Straight / Freeform a Editing Pen Lines Add and Delete Anchor Points a Saving Lines as a Path a Applying a Stroke 3 Further Selection Techniques a Magic Wand a Quick Mask 4 More About Colour a Sampling Colours a Swatches Palette Adding / Deleting /  more...

Illustrator Training ...rting objects Making text dynamic Drawing with the Pen tool Creating straight lines Creating curved paths Curves and corner anchor points Editing curves Color and Painting Using Live Trace Applying Live Paint Color fundamentals Adding a spot color Painting with patterns and gradients Creating your own pattern Using brushes Working with type  more...

InDesign Training ...lines Operation? Converting Text to Vector Outlines Pen Tool Paths Explained Creating Shapes with the Pen Tool The Direct Selection Tool The Pen Tool Editing Tools Editing Paths Placing Graphics into Shapes What Are Object Styles? Pages, Master Pages, and Layers Facing-Page vs. Nonfacing-Page Documents The Pages Palette Adding Document Pages Working  more...

Flash Training ...rouping Objects Creating Gradients Drawing with the Pen Tool Modifying Paths Animation Basics The Timeline Document Properties Understanding Keyframes and Frames Frame-by-Frame Animation with Keyframes What Is the Frame Rate? Recommended Frame Rates Inserting and Deleting Frames Copying and Reversing Frames Using Onion Skinning Testing Movies  more...

Photoshop Training ... bitmap images and vector graphics About paths and the Pen tool Using paths with artwork Creating scalable objects for the background Working with defined custom shapes Importing a Smart Object Advanced Layer Techniques Creating paths to clip a layer Creating layer sets Creating an adjustment layer Creating a knockout gradient layer Importing a layer from  more...

Illustrator Training in San Francisco Adobe Illustrator Level I In this training course you'll learn how to use Adobe Illustrator to create high quality art. Exercises will cover duplication, rotating and scaling text, tracing, freehand drawing, image refinement, and use of gradients and color. Particular attention will be given to the Pen Tool. AcademyX is an Adobe Authorized Training Center.  more...