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Adobe Illustrator CS3 Two Day Introduction - Cardiff

In this scheduled Illustrator 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.

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

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A bespoke version of this scheduled
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Adobe Illustrator CS3 training at XChangeTraining
 

Price:
£450
 

Duration:
2 Days
 

Course Location:
Cardiff
 

Course Dates:
 
Enquire here about available dates
 

 

  A copy of this quality manual is available to all attendees of this course:
 
 

Adobe Illustrator CS3: Visual Quick Start Guide
  Price listed is per delegate and excludes VAT.
 

XChange Training limit class size (4-8 delegates max) to ensure an excellent quality of training is provided so courses can fill up quickly. Please book up early to guarantee your place.
 

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Adobe Illustrator CS3 Two Day Introduction - Cardiff 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.

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

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-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

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Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites

This course is intended for graphic designers, or people transitioning into a design job or taking on design responsibilities, who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents. Delegates may have little or no experience with Illustrator.

Ahead of taking this course the trainee must have basic PC or Mac skills, including a fundamental understanding of a computer's operating system, how to launch an application and create and save files, as well as how to copy files from CDs and other media.


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Location information for this scheduled course

This course will be offered at the XChange Training scheduled training offices in Cardiff at:

Malthouse Avenue
Cardiff Gate Business Park
Cardiff
CF23 8RU

Cardiff Gate Business Park is located close to the M4 between Cardiff and Newport making it easily accessible from Wales, the Midlands and the South West.

Courses are run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks.

  

Training Centre address
Cardiff

Tel: 0845 363 1130
Email: info@xchangetraining.co.uk
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Advantages of learning Adobe Illustrator CS3 with XChange Training

-XChange Training is an Adobe Certified Training Centre
-Our Illustrator CS3 trainers are experienced print and design professionals with excellent knowledge of all aspects of print workflows from creating artwork to guaranteeing successful output.
-XChange training focuses on real tasks that reflect how the software is used in professional situations.
-Free Course manual provided for each trainee as excellent post-course reference material.
-Free email support service for 6 months after course included in the price.
-We get consistently good feedback from our clients.

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Contacting XChange Training

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Email: info@xchangetraining.co.uk

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