Adobe Illustrator Introduction Intermediate
Illustrator
Training
Provided by Aspect Training
In Aspecta s Illustrator Introduction / Intermediate course, you will learn skills that allow you to take advantage of Illustrator's powerful tools to create illustrations and type effects. Learn to design advertisements and printable documents. Work with colours, gradients, layers, fonts, and photos to create eye-catching illustrations and text effects.
Upon successful completion of this course, delegates will be able to:
-Draw and understand Bezier curves, the root of drawing in Illustrator
-Create a logo using simple shapes
-Accurately place and measure objects in the Illustration window
-Trace and Colour your hand drawn artwork with Live Trace, Live Paint and Live Colour
-Save illustrations for both print and web purposes
Related Software Programs or Products: Adobe Illustrator
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Adobe Illustrator Introduction Intermediate
Creating basic Documents
-Explore the pre built Document Profiles
-Shortcuts to navigate the Artboard effectively
-Work in a Custom Workspace
Drawing in Illustrator
-Use the Pen tool for straight lines
-Add, delete or adjust points along a path
-Understand how Bezier Curves work, learn to
draw and edit these Curves
-Freeform drawing and editing with this
powerful tool
-Create Logos using simple Shapes
-Using Live Trace to transform your hand drawn
sketches into vector artwork that can be further
adjusted
Modifying Objects
-Lasso select and the other goodies in the Select
Menu
-Transform objects with scale, shear, rotate &
reflect tool
-Be precise using Smart Guides, Grids &
Guidelines
-Align, Group & Duplicate to achieve better
results
-Layers palette: Hide & Lock Objects
-Intro to Isolation Mode for effective editing
Working with Colours in Illustrator
-Difference between Swatches and Colour
palette
-Applying colour to Stroke and/ or Fill
-Adjusting Stroke with the Stroke palette
-Live Colour for perfect Complementary /
Analogous colours
-Live Paint as an easy way to colour artwork
-Introducing Gradients & Patterns
Text copy in Illustrator
-Point, Area and Type on a path
-Import Body Type & fix Spelling Errors
-Find and Replace Text or Insert Typographic
Characters
-Create Text Outlines to design your own fancy
headlines
Outputting your Artwork
-Defining cropping area
-Saving your artwork in vector formats
-Save for Web & Devices
-Explore the pre built Document Profiles
-Shortcuts to navigate the Artboard effectively
-Work in a Custom Workspace
Drawing in Illustrator
-Use the Pen tool for straight lines
-Add, delete or adjust points along a path
-Understand how Bezier Curves work, learn to
draw and edit these Curves
-Freeform drawing and editing with this
powerful tool
-Create Logos using simple Shapes
-Using Live Trace to transform your hand drawn
sketches into vector artwork that can be further
adjusted
Modifying Objects
-Lasso select and the other goodies in the Select
Menu
-Transform objects with scale, shear, rotate &
reflect tool
-Be precise using Smart Guides, Grids &
Guidelines
-Align, Group & Duplicate to achieve better
results
-Layers palette: Hide & Lock Objects
-Intro to Isolation Mode for effective editing
Working with Colours in Illustrator
-Difference between Swatches and Colour
palette
-Applying colour to Stroke and/ or Fill
-Adjusting Stroke with the Stroke palette
-Live Colour for perfect Complementary /
Analogous colours
-Live Paint as an easy way to colour artwork
-Introducing Gradients & Patterns
Text copy in Illustrator
-Point, Area and Type on a path
-Import Body Type & fix Spelling Errors
-Find and Replace Text or Insert Typographic
Characters
-Create Text Outlines to design your own fancy
headlines
Outputting your Artwork
-Defining cropping area
-Saving your artwork in vector formats
-Save for Web & Devices
About The Training Provider: Aspect Training
Aspect Training - Based in New Malden Surrey, Aspect Training offers a wide range of Scheduled IT Training and Management and Personal Skills training delivered by experienced trainers at very competitive rates, or we can present any course on your site all for a straight forward daily rate.
The company was formed by professional trainers all having a number of years experience of presenting and using the...
