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Provided by: XChange Training UK Adobe Illustrator CS - Two Day IntroductionIllustrator |
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Training
Provided by XChange Training UK
Adobe Illustrator CS is the industry standard vector-based illustrating tool. It is used by graphic designers throughout the world to create a vast variety of different media including illustrations, package designs, leaflets & flyers, web graphics & animations, notice boards, billboards, and many other graphic objects. Such a variety of applications means that Illustrator CS is necessarily a complex tool to master. Once you have understood the basics however, you will soon be able to produce an almost endless scope of graphic designs.
By the end of this two day course for beginners, you will have learnt about the key Adobe Illustrator CS features and tools you need to begin creating attractive graphic designs and art work. You will also have completed several designs using the techniques you have learnt and will have experimented in depth with the more important Illustrator CS tools.
(This course is also available as a one day course. This introductory course covers most of the basics of the two day course but allows less time for experimenting and creating completed designs.)
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Adobe Illustrator CS - Two Day Introduction
General Features
-About vectors and bitmaps
-When to use Illustrator CS
-Overview of tools, palettes and window elements
-Contextual options bar and menu options.
-Navigation in Illustrator CS
Objects and Shapes
-Creating basic shapes: rectangles, ellipses, polygons and stars
-Aligning objects
-Duplicating objects
-Selection and Direct Selection tools
-Grouping sets of objects
Selections, Fills and Groups
-Selecting and modifying objects
-Applying fills and strokes
-Grouping and ungrouping objects
-Selecting objects inside groups
Colour and Gradients
-Colour modes in Illustrator CS
-The Colours vs. the Swatches palette
-Pantone/Spot colours
-Creating custom colours
-Using swatches from other documents
-Creating simple gradients
Drawing in Illustrator CS
-Using the pen tool
-Bezier curves
-Anchor points and handles
-Convert Anchor Points tool
-Adding and subtracting anchor points on a path
Other Drawing Tools
-The Brush tool
-The Pencil
-The line tool
-The Arc tool
-The Spiral tool
-The Rectangular Grid tool
-The Polar Grid tool
Path editing tools
-The Smooth tool
-The Erase tool
-The Scissors tool
-The Knife tool
Text in Illustrator
-Placing and typing text in Illustrator CS
-Using the Adobe type engine for text formatting
-Style Sheets
-Linking Text Boxes
-Text on a path
-Converting text to outlines
Layering
-Creating layers
-making selections within layers
-Restacking elements and group elements
-Hiding, showing and locking layers and layer elements
-Tracing tool
Graphing with Illustrator
-Creating Illustrator CS graphs
-Working with graph data and Microsoft Excel
-Modifiying graphs
Transformation tools
-Rotate
-Reflect
-Skew
-Scale
-Free transform
Liquify tools
-The Warp tool
-The Twirl tool
-The Pucker tool
-The Bloat tool
-The Scallop tool
-The Crystallize tool
-The Wrinkle tool
Shape Modes and Pathfinders
-Combining, dividing, subtracting etc. with shapes
-Expanding objects
Graphic Styles/Patterns
-Creating Graphic Styles
-Applying and Controlling Graphic Styles
Symbols
-Creating Symbols
-Placing and controlling symbols
-Using the Symbols tools
General Features
-Essential keyboard shortcuts
-File formats
-Placing images in lllustrator CS as templates
-Guides and Smart Guides
-Outline and Preview views
Preparing artwork for print
-Colours, inks, and transparency flattening
-About vectors and bitmaps
-When to use Illustrator CS
-Overview of tools, palettes and window elements
-Contextual options bar and menu options.
-Navigation in Illustrator CS
Objects and Shapes
-Creating basic shapes: rectangles, ellipses, polygons and stars
-Aligning objects
-Duplicating objects
-Selection and Direct Selection tools
-Grouping sets of objects
Selections, Fills and Groups
-Selecting and modifying objects
-Applying fills and strokes
-Grouping and ungrouping objects
-Selecting objects inside groups
Colour and Gradients
-Colour modes in Illustrator CS
-The Colours vs. the Swatches palette
-Pantone/Spot colours
-Creating custom colours
-Using swatches from other documents
-Creating simple gradients
Drawing in Illustrator CS
-Using the pen tool
-Bezier curves
-Anchor points and handles
-Convert Anchor Points tool
-Adding and subtracting anchor points on a path
Other Drawing Tools
-The Brush tool
-The Pencil
-The line tool
-The Arc tool
-The Spiral tool
-The Rectangular Grid tool
-The Polar Grid tool
Path editing tools
-The Smooth tool
-The Erase tool
-The Scissors tool
-The Knife tool
Text in Illustrator
-Placing and typing text in Illustrator CS
-Using the Adobe type engine for text formatting
-Style Sheets
-Linking Text Boxes
-Text on a path
-Converting text to outlines
Layering
-Creating layers
-making selections within layers
-Restacking elements and group elements
-Hiding, showing and locking layers and layer elements
-Tracing tool
Graphing with Illustrator
-Creating Illustrator CS graphs
-Working with graph data and Microsoft Excel
-Modifiying graphs
Transformation tools
-Rotate
-Reflect
-Skew
-Scale
-Free transform
Liquify tools
-The Warp tool
-The Twirl tool
-The Pucker tool
-The Bloat tool
-The Scallop tool
-The Crystallize tool
-The Wrinkle tool
Shape Modes and Pathfinders
-Combining, dividing, subtracting etc. with shapes
-Expanding objects
Graphic Styles/Patterns
-Creating Graphic Styles
-Applying and Controlling Graphic Styles
Symbols
-Creating Symbols
-Placing and controlling symbols
-Using the Symbols tools
General Features
-Essential keyboard shortcuts
-File formats
-Placing images in lllustrator CS as templates
-Guides and Smart Guides
-Outline and Preview views
Preparing artwork for print
-Colours, inks, and transparency flattening
About The Training Provider: XChange Training UK
XChange Training UK - XChange Training offer bespoke and scheduled training in a large range of creative and web technolgies including Adobe training courses for Adobe InDesign CS4 & CS3, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 & CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS4 & CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS4 & CS3, Adobe Flash CS4 & CS3 & Flash ActionScript; Adobe Acrobat 9 & 8 and Adobe Premiere CS3 and QuarkXPress 8 & 7; Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Macromedia...
