From beginner to Illustrator master in just 4 days! This scheduled Illustrator Masterclass will take you through a complete introduction to the powerful set of tools available in Illustrator CS4 and within the course of 4 days you will develop skills right up to an advanced level to create illustrations and type effects. During the course you will learn to design advertisements and printable documents and will work with colours, gradients, layers, fonts, and photos to create eye-catching illustrations and text effects. More advanced areas will be incorporated in the four day course including benefitting from the many tips and tricks and advanced exercises included in the course.
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
- Further adjust Bezier curves by creating Compound paths
-Create Custom Brushes and various Graphic Styles
-Work with Transparency and other raster effects like drop shadows
-Accurately adjust type in an artwork
-Prepare documents for composite and commercial printing
-Enhance the workflow and integration of Illustrator with the rest of Creative Suite
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A copy of this quality manual is available to all attendees of this course: |
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Adobe Illustrator CS4: Visual Quick Start Guide
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Price listed is per delegate and excludes VAT. |
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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 CS4 Masterclass - London 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.
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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
Creating Complex Illustrations
-Make use of Outline Strokes technique
-Explore Shape Modes and Pathfinder palette - create Compound Paths for trendy grunge effects
-Use Expand Appearance to modify individual elements
-Create your own Custom Brushes: Calligraphy Scatter or Art, to place objects along a path
-Keep your paths Simple & Cleaned Up
-Graphs - use your own artwork instead of a simple bar |
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Modifying Artworks
-Envelope Distort & other forms of Warping objects
-Clipping Mask for advanced design
-Transparency for more polished look
-Create drop shadows, glows and more using the
Stylise Live Effects
-Share the appearance attributes with Graphic Styles
-Explore Gradient Mesh & its ability to add realistic 3D shading and highlights to 2D graphics
-Learn the difference between Filters & Live Effects
-Blend shapes or groups for advanced compositions
Advanced Typographical Features
-Character Palette - adjust the kerning, baseline shift, horizontal & vertical scaling
-Paragraph Palette - Justification and Hyphenation options
-Use the 3D feature to extrude text and other Illustrator objects
Printing your Artwork
-Simulate multiple pages in Illustrator using the artboard and document setup
-Flattening Transparency for raster effects like drop shadows, glows and blurs
-Creating separations with Spot colour vs. Process colour
Enhancing your workflow
-Explore Links & Actions palettes
-Export to Flash (SWF)
-Use Symbols to create elements used repeatedly in animations and complex artworks
-Use the Release to Layers command to distribute all of the objects on a layer onto separate, individual layers for quick web animations
-Creating Smart objects, Dragging-and-dropping and exporting layers into Photoshop
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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.
Location information for this scheduled course
This course will be offered at the main XChange Training London training centre at:
5 St John’s Lane
Clerkenwell
London
EC1M 4BH
St John’s Lane is located in the heart of Clerkenwell close to the junction of Farringdon and Clerkenwell Road. Farringdon tube & train station is a few minutes away and the office can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes.
Courses are run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks.
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Training Centre address
Central London
Tel: 0845 363 1130
Email: info@xchangetraining.co.uk |
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Advantages of learning Adobe Illustrator CS4 with XChange
Training
-XChange Training is an Adobe Certified Training Centre
-Our Illustrator CS4 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.
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