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Adobe Illustrator CS2 - Intermediate training— Bespoke

Adobe Illustrator CS2 is the industry standard vector-based illustrating tool. It is used by graphic designers throughout the world to create a vast variety of different media including illustrations, package designs, leaflets & flyers, web graphics & animations, notice boards, billboards, and many other graphic objects. Such a variety of applications means that Illustrator CS2 is necessarily a complex tool to master. Once you have understood the basics however, you will soon be able to produce an almost endless scope of graphic designs.

This one day intermediate course is designed specifically for users who have some experience using Illustrator CS2 but who feel they need to deepen their knowledge of the application. Some elements of a basic course outline are suggested below, but courses are tailored before the course to focus on certain aspects of Illustrator CS2 that you deem more important than others.

(NB. For a fully bespoke Illustrator CS2 course that deals with your specific workflow needs, XChange Training offer advanced courses in Adobe Illustrator for specific needs (bespoke). Please see the course description for more details or contact our training department to discuss this option further.)

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Adobe Illustrator CS2 - Intermediate training Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

New Features in Illustrator CS2
-Live Trace
-Live Paint
-Control palette
-Custom workspaces
-Adobe Photoshop layer comp support
-Adobe Bridge
-Expanded stroke options
-Mobile content creation
-Colorized grayscale
-PDF/X support

General Features
-About vectors and bitmaps
-When to use Illustrator CS2
-Overview of tools, palettes and window elements
-Contextual options bar and menu options.
-Navigation in Illustrator CS2

Objects and Shapes
-Creating basic shapes: rectangles, ellipses, polygons and stars
-Aligning objects
-Duplicating objects
-Selection and Direct Selection tools
-Grouping sets of objects

Selections, Fills and Groups
-Selecting and modifying objects
-Applying fills and strokes
-Grouping and ungrouping objects
-Selecting objects inside groups

Colour and Gradients
-Colour modes in Illustrator CS2
-The Colours vs. the Swatches palette
-Pantone/Spot colours
-Creating custom colours
-Using swatches from other documents
-Creating simple gradients

Drawing in Illustrator CS2
-Using the pen tool
-Bezier curves
-Anchor points and handles
-Convert Anchor Points tool
-Adding and subtracting anchor points on a path

Other Drawing Tools
-The Brush tool
-The Pencil
-The line tool
-The Arc tool
-The Spiral tool
-The Rectangular Grid tool
-The Polar Grid tool

Path editing tools
-The Smooth tool
-The Erase tool
-The Scissors tool
-The Knife tool

Text in Illustrator
-Placing and typing text in Illustrator CS2
-Using the Adobe type engine for text formatting
-Style Sheets
-Text on a path
-Converting text to outlines

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Layering
-Creating layers
-making selections within layers
-Restacking elements and group elements
-Hiding, showing and locking layers and layer elements
-Tracing tool

Graphing with Illustrator
-Creating Illustrator CS2 graphs
-Working with graph data and Microsoft Excel
-Modifiying graphs

Transformation tools
-Rotate
-Reflect
-Skew
-Scale
-Free transform

Liquify tools
-The Warp tool
-The Twirl tool
-The Pucker tool
-The Bloat tool
-The Scallop tool
-The Crystallize tool
-The Wrinkle tool

Shape Modes and Pathfinders
-Combining, dividing, subtracting etc. with shapes
-Expanding objects

Graphic Styles/Patterns
-Creating Graphic Styles
-Applying and Controlling Graphic Styles

Symbols
-Creating Symbols
-Placing and controlling symbols
-Using the Symbols tools

General Features
-Essential keyboard shortcuts
-File formats
-Placing images in lllustrator as templates
-Layers and sub-layers in Illlustrator CS2
-Graphic Styles
-Symbols
-Guides and Smart Guides
-Outline and Preview views

Preparing artwork for print
-Colours, inks, and transparency flattening

Saving and Printing files
-Save as... options
-Export... (key options plus new options in CS2)
-Print...

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Related Adobe Illustrator CS2 training courses — Bespoke

Below you'll find an up-to-date list of related bespoke training courses in London or throughout the UK offered by XChange Training. Just click on a link to view course details:

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Related Adobe Illustrator CS2 training courses — Scheduled

Below you'll find an up-to-date list of related scheduled Adobe Illustrator CS2 training courses in London or throughout the UK offered by XChange Training. Just click on a link to view dates and course details for your desired location:

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Advantages of learning Adobe Illustrator CS2 with XChangeTraining

-Our Illustrator CS2 trainers are experienced design professionals with excellent knowledge off all aspects of graphic design from creating artwork to guaranteeing successful output.
-XChange Training is an Adobe Authorised Training Centre
-It's bespoke and solutions based: before you come to XChange Training we agree the course content with you based on your needs.
-We take the time to work specifically on any files you bring along to the course, ensuring that you see benefits to your workflow immediately.
-XChange training focuses on real tasks that reflect how the software is used in professional situations.
-On-site and off-site training is available for the whole UK.
-Free email support service for 6 months after course.
-We get consistently good feedback from our clients.
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Training Pricing

On-site course pricing
Prices include a set of course notes per trainee, 6 months telephone and/or e-mail support service after the course, all refreshments and lunch if held at the training centre.

For training onsite courses outside of London a standard return train fare and/or taxi fare may be applicable.

Training centre pricing
Pricing for training at the Clerkenwell facility:
1 person £449 for a 1 day course
2 people £549 for a 1 day course
3 people £599 for a 1 day course
4 people £649 for a 1 day course
5 people £699 for a 1 day course
6 people £749 for a 1 day course
All prices subject to VAT

 

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