Adobe Illustrator CS3 - Two Day Intermediate training

The Illustrator Interface (Enhanced in CS3)
-Exploring panels and workspaces
-Using the Control Panel
-Navigation
-Smart Guides
-Preview Options
-Grids and Guides
-The Bounding Box
-Panels
-Libraries (New in CS3)

Drawing and Selection Essentials
-Draw Paths with the Pen Tool
-Shape Tools
-The Seletion Tools (Enhanced in CS3)
-Methods of Selection
-Shapes
-Duplicate Objects
-Mastering the Pen Tool
-The Pencil tool

Path Editing (Enhanced in CS3)
-Editing Anchor Points (Enhanced in CS3)
-Compound Shapes
-Pathfinder Options
-Eraser tool (New in CS3)

-Manipulating and Editing Paths
-Outlining Strokes
-Path Options

Appearances
-The Appearance Panel
-Object Attributes
-Multiple attributes
-Applying Live Effects
-Graphic Styles
-Appearance Panel settings

Working with Groups and Layers
-Defining groups
-Editing groups
-Working with layers
-Layers and object hierarchy

Advanced Drawing and Path Editing
-Creating Live Paint groups
-Detecting gaps in Live Paint groups
-Path editing with Live Paint
-Using Offset Path
-Dividing an object into a grid
-Cleaning up errant paths

Working with Colour (Enhanced in CS3)
-Defining swatches (Enhanced in CS3)
-Creating swatch groups and libraries
-Working with gradients
-Working with patterns
-Using the Color Guide (Enhanced in CS3)
-Live Colour (New in CS3)
-Finding colours with kuler (New in CS3)
-Modifying colour in artwork

Object Transformation and Positioning
-Moving and copying objects
-Rotating and scaling objects
-Reflecting and skewing objects
-Using the Free Transform tool
-Using the Transform panel
-Repeating transformations
-Using the Transform Each function
-Aligning objects
-Distributing objects

Brushes
-Creating a calligraphic brush
-Creating a scatter brush
-Creating an art brush
-Creating a pattern brush

Working with Masks
-Using layer clipping masks
-Creating opacity masks

Using Symbols
-Defining and editing symbols
-Editing symbols

Applying Filters and Live Effects
-Minding your resolution settings
-Applying the 3D Extrude & Bevel effect
-Applying the 3D Revolve effects
-Mapping artwork to 3D objects
-Transforming Effects
-Using the Stylize effects
-Using the Scribble effect
-Using the Warp effect

Advanced Text Editing
-Creating and using paragraph styles
-Creating and using character styles
-Taking advantage of OpenType fonts
-Using the Glyphs panel
-Wrapping text around objects
-Checking spelling
-Using the Change Case function
-Setting tabs and leaders
-Dealing with legacy text

Designing for the Web
-Using Pixel Preview
-Specifying web slicing
-Optimizing web graphics
-Integration with Adobe Flash (Enhanced in CS3)
-Creating simple animations

Creating Blends
-Creating a basic blend
-Using a blend to create an airbrush effect
-Using a blend to create an animation
-Using a blend to evenly distribute objects

Working with Images
-Placing images
-Using the Links panel
-The Edit Original workflow
-Live Trace
-Rasterizing artwork

Specialised Tasks
-Creating graphs
-Using Gradient Mesh
-Using Envelope Warps
-The Liquify Distortion tools

Saving and Printing
-Saving your Illustrator document
-Printing your Illustrator document
-Using the Crop Area tool (New in CS3)
-Setting up page tiling

Working with Other Programs
-Exporting files for use in QuarkXPress
-Exporting files for use in InDesign
-Exporting files for use in Word/Excel/PowerPoint
-Exporting files for use in Photoshop
-Exporting files for use in Flash
-Exporting files for use in After Effects