Overview
Our 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.
This training may be available onsite; please contact us if you are interested.
Skills Gained
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
Examinations
This course will prepare you for the following exams and certification tracks shown. Please note that the exam may not be included in the price shown: please contact us to check.
Adobe® Certification Tracks »
ACE - Adobe® Certifed Expert »
ACE - Specialist Certification »
ACE- Design Specialist »
One elective exam (ACE- Design Specialist) »
Exam 9A0-088: Adobe® Illustrator CS4
ACE- Rich Internet Applications Specialist »
One elective exam (ACE- Rich Internet Applications Specialist) »
Exam 9A0-088: Adobe® Illustrator CS4
ACE- Web Specialist »
One elective exam (ACE- Web Specialist) »
Exam 9A0-088: Adobe® Illustrator CS4
Adobe® Exams »
Exam 9A0-088: Adobe® Illustrator CS4
One elective exam (ACE: Rich Internet Applications Specialist)
One elective exam (ACE: Web Specialist)
One elective exam (ACE: Design Specialist)
One elective exam (ACE: Web Specialist)
One elective exam (ACE: Design Specialist)
One elective exam (ACE: Rich Internet Applications Specialist)
One elective exam (ACE- Design Specialist) »
Exam 9A0-088: Adobe® Illustrator CS4
One elective exam (ACE- Rich Internet Applications Specialist) »
Exam 9A0-088: Adobe® Illustrator CS4
One elective exam (ACE- Web Specialist) »
Exam 9A0-088: Adobe® Illustrator CS4
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Outline
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
The training course outline shown above is a standardised version representing all
the dates shown and may vary from the course you attend. You will be sent the actual
course outline when you enquire about a specific date.