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Adobe Illustrator CS - Two Day Introduction training— Bespoke

Adobe Illustrator CS 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 CS 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.

By the end of this two day course for beginners, you will have learnt about the key Adobe Illustrator CS features and tools you need to begin creating attractive graphic designs and art work. You will also have completed several designs using the techniques you have learnt and will have experimented in depth with the more important Illustrator CS tools.

(This course is also available as a one day course. This introductory course covers most of the basics of the two day course but allows less time for experimenting and creating completed designs.)

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Adobe Illustrator CS - Two Day Introduction 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.

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

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 CS
-The Colours vs. the Swatches palette
-Pantone/Spot colours
-Creating custom colours
-Using swatches from other documents
-Creating simple gradients

Drawing in Illustrator CS
-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 CS
-Using the Adobe type engine for text formatting
-Style Sheets
-Linking Text Boxes
-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 CS 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 CS as templates
-Guides and Smart Guides
-Outline and Preview views

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

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Advantages of learning Adobe Illustrator CS 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 £750 for a 2 day course
2 people £900 for a 2 day course
3 people £1050 for a 2 day course
4 people £1200 for a 2 day course
5 people £1350 for a 2 day course
6 people £1500 for a 2 day course
All prices subject to VAT

 

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Clerkenwell, London
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Tel: 0845 363 1130
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