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This two day course is being run one times on Monday 11th of June 2012 in London,
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| Monday 11 June 2012 | Media Training | London |  | £435.00+VAT |
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Summary:
This is a comprehensive two day Adobe authorised introduction to Adobe Illustrator. The course has been designed to teach new users how to produce professional graphics, designs and illustrations using Illustrator CS4.
Outline:
DAY ONE
Welcome to Illustrator
- About vectors and bitmaps
Getting started in Illustrator
- Opening illustrations
- Using templates
- Creating new illustrations
- Tabbed document views
- Using document profiles
- Exploring panels and workspaces
- Navigating your illustrations
Artwork components
- Outline vs Preview mode
- Using multiple artboards in CS4
- Rulers, guides and grids
- Intuitive Smart Guides
- Paths, point and handles
- Grouping objects
- Group isolation mode
- Introduction to layers
Creating shapes
- Creating primitive shapes
- Creating polygons, stars and spirals
- Drawing lines, grids and arcs
- Snapping and aligning shapes
Working with colour
- Colour models
- Applying colour to objects
- Spot vs process colour
- Process and global process colours
- Managing swatches
- Creating colour groups
- Introduction to gradients
- Loading swatch libraries
- Sharing colour swatches across applications
Drawing in Illustrator
- Working with paths, points and direction handles
- Drawing freehand paths
- Tips for drawing curves
- Editing, manipulating and modifying paths
- Using the cutting tools
- Using the Average and Join commands
- Using the Eraser tool
Questions and answers
DAY TWO
Using LiveTrace
- Automatically tracing artwork
- Adjusting LiveTrace results
- Converting LiveTrace objects
Painting in Illustrator
- Manipulating stroke options
- Painting with the Paintbrush
- Introducing blends
- Introducing the Gradient mesh
- Creating multiple fills and strokes on a single object
- Introducing symbols
Introducing LivePaint
- Creating LivePaint groups
- Painting LivePaint objects
- Detecting gaps
- Path editing with LivePaint
Organising your artwork
- Editing the artboard size
- Using guides and smart guides
- Creating custom guides
- Positioning elements
- Using the Align palette
- Using layers
- Creating template layers
Transforming objects
- Using the Transform tools
- The Reshape tool
- Using the Transform panel
- Introducing the Liquify tools
- Basic Envelope distortions
Placing imported graphics
- Photoshop import options
Creating complex shapes
- Creating compound shapes
- Creating compound paths
- Expanding compound shapes
Working with type
- The type tools
- Using the Character panel
- Using the Paragraph panel
- Creating outlines from text
- Type on a path
Saving and exporting
- Saving Illustrator files
- Creating Adobe PDF files
- Exporting files from Illustrator
Questions and answers
Description:
This is a comprehensive two day Adobe authorised introduction to Adobe Illustrator. The course has been designed to teach new users how to produce professional graphics, designs and illustrations using Illustrator CS4.
Media Training
Media training is a London based training provider focusing on the six main areas of graphic design, publishing, the internet, multimedia, business application and journalism. Media Training is a Preferred Training Provider of BBC, EMAP, IPC Media and Haymarket Business Publications.
Media Training believes in the Experience Transfer approach to learning. This means delegates will be trained by those who have worked professionally in their chosen industry. Delegates will receive advice and training which will be applicable long after the training has finished.