Who should attend this Adobe Illustrator course?
Our course enables delegates with no
previous experience of Illustrator or any graphics program to produce effective drawings and
illustrations, and those with a design background to effectively utilise and manipulate this drawing
tool. You will learn professional approaches to creating artwork projects efficiently and how to
integrate Illustrator's vast array of special effects into your graphics. You will prepare
Illustrator files for print and the web.
How long is this Adobe Illustrator course?
2 Days
What are the benefits of attending this course?
At the end of the course
you will have gained an overview of the software, which will enable you to effectively produce
illustrations. You will also gain practical use of the features listed below.
Included in
this course:
- Course book
- Lunch
- 3 Months post
training support
- Certificate of attendance
Course Outline
Introduction to the interface
- Overview of the
toolbox
- Exploration of the palettes
- Using the info bar
- Magnification and views
- Setting document preferences
- Using the
control palette
- Multiple artboards (CS4 only)
Drawing tools
- An introduction to bézier curves
- Understanding how to draw
béziers curves and lines using the pen tool
- Adding and deleting points
- Using keyboard shortcuts to draw more efficiently
- Cutting and joining paths using
the scissors and knife tool
- Using the pencil tool
- Using the smooth
pencil tool
- Using the eraser
- Editing paths using the reshape tool
- Blob brush tool
Shapes
- Using the rectangle, ellipse,
star, polygon and spiral tools
- Using smart guides
- Manipulating
objects
- Moving and copying objects
- Controlling the stacking order
- Using the pathfinder palette
- Grouping and ungrouping
- Using the
transform tools: scale, reflect, shear and rotate
- Using the transform palette
- Locking a point on the proxy box
Colour
- Using the colour
palette
- Creating process colours
- Specifying spot colours
- Choosing Pantone colours
- Using the swatches palette
- Adding and
deleting swatches
- Using the gradient tool
- Adding transparency to a
gradient (CS4 only)
- Exploring the gradient palette
- Creating, editing and
customising pattern fills
- Exploring the stroke options
- Copying colour
attributes to different objects
- Using the eyedropper tool
- Using the
paintbucket tool
- Creating blends
- Creating a smooth colour blend
- Specifying steps for a blend path
- Specifying document colour modes
Type
- Creating and editing type
- Formatting type to include
typeface, type size, type style, leading and kerning
- Creating, editing and formatting
text on a path
- Creating and manipulating outline type
- Using the type
area tool
Images
- Importing images
- Linking and
embedding images
Selection
- Correct usage of the selection and
direct selection tools
- Locking and unlocking objects
- Using the align
palette
Saving and printing
- Saving Illustrator files
- Printing files
Related courses
- Adobe Illustrator
Advanced
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
