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Adobe Illustrator CS3 One Day Advanced

This advanced Illustrator course will suit graphic professionals who need an extensive understanding of vector illustrations and the many features of Illustrator. Experienced users will also benefit from the many tips and tricks and special exercises included in the course. The course is also recommend as a preparation for users planning to obtain the Adobe Certified Expert status.

Upon successful completion of this course, delegates will be able to:
- 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 bespoke version of this scheduled
course is also available to suit
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Adobe Illustrator CS3 training at XChangeTraining
 

Price:
£295
 

Duration:
1 Day
 

Course Locations:
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  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.
 
 
Book any 2 scheduled courses together and receive 10% off both!
 


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Adobe Illustrator CS3 One Day Advanced 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 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

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

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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 on a regular basis to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents.

Ahead of taking this course the delegate must have a fair knowledge of the PC or Mac operating system and a good understanding of the basics of Illustrator.


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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 off 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  
Tel: 0845 363 1130
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