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Bespoke Adobe Illustrator CC - 2 Day Advanced training



Join the professionals in getting the best out Illustrator CC with our 2 day bespoke advanced course which will show you how to unlock the power of Illustrator's advanced tools, and help you to become a more proficient and confident digital artist.
- Private Training
- Bespoke Course Content
- Online & Onsite courses
- Date(s) arranged to suit
This course can be based around our base outline or part/fully customised according to your level & requirements. Our bespoke Adobe Illustrator CC training is offered either Online, Onsite at your offices or at one of the XChange centres in London, Manchester and Glasgow.
Bespoke Illustrator CC - 2 Day Advanced Overview
Adobe Illustrator CC is the latest version of Adobe's industry standard vector-based illustrating tool and with the likely demise of Freehand it looks set to retain its crown for some time. 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.
Adobe Illustrator CC adds some great new features that beginners can start using straight away such as Control palette, Adobe Bridge, Live Trace and expanded export options.
By the end of this 2 day advanced course you will have refreshed your knowledge of the features in CC and developed your understanding of the more advanced features and tools of Adobe Illustrator CC
(This course is also available as a 1 day course. This advanced course covers most of the advanced features of the 2 day course but allows less time for experimenting and creating completed designs.)
Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites
You will need basic experience in using Illustrator. Ideally, you will have taken our Adobe Illustrator CC Intermediate 2 Day course.
Bespoke Training Prices
The regular course pricing is indicated below for a range of delegate numbers. Additional costs may apply for onsite training and specialist requirements. Prices exclude vat.
- 1 delegate: £949
- 2 delegates: £1049
- 3 delegates: £1149
- 4 delegates: £1249
- 5 delegates: £1299
- 6 delegates: £1349
- 7 delegates: £1399
- 8 delegates: £1449

An excellent course and a very informative couple of days, I feel much more confident in using Illustrator following this great course, thank you.
Keith Baker, Current Medicine Group, Illustrator - 2 Day Advanced
Bespoke Illustrator CC - 2 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Bespoke Training Prices
The regular course pricing is indicated below for a range of delegate numbers. Additional costs may apply for onsite training and specialist requirements. Prices exclude vat.
- 1 delegate: £949
- 2 delegates: £1049
- 3 delegates: £1149
- 4 delegates: £1249
- 5 delegates: £1299
- 6 delegates: £1349
- 7 delegates: £1399
- 8 delegates: £1449

An excellent course and a very informative couple of days, I feel much more confident in using Illustrator following this great course, thank you.
Keith Baker, Current Medicine Group, Illustrator - 2 Day Advanced
What's Included
The following are provided for your best experience on this bespoke course:
- Tailored course content arranged around your requirements
- Flexible dates to suit your desired timeframe
- Course location either at our training centres or onsite at your premises.
- Adobe Certified Instructor to ensure quality tuition.
- All computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac systems (not onsite)
- Quality reference manual for post course reference to take away with you
- 6 months post course support to assist you where needed
- Adobe Authorised training Certificate for your successful completion of the course
- Lunch To give you the most flexible options for lunch we provide lunch vouchers which can be redeemed locally at a number of popular eateries including Pret A Manger, EAT, Starbucks, Tesco, Sainsburys, Boots and Greggs (not onsite)
- Refreshments to keep you on top form are available for you throughout the course with a full range of teas, coffees and biscuits (not onsite)
Normal daily course times run between 10am and 5pm however we can offer flexibility for this bespoke course should your time requirements vary.
Included with our Illustrator courses is the Brilliant Illustrator book provided for free to use as a post course reference resource. This is a full 300+ page manual to supplement the content covered during the course.
Included with your course booking for all delegates on this course is 6 months free support so if you run into problems or need assistance relating to anything covered during your course we would be happy to assist you during this time.
After your Adobe class with XChange Training you will receive our official Adobe Authorised Training Certificate as a record of your successful completion of the Adobe Certified Illustrator course.
Bespoke Training Prices
The regular course pricing is indicated below for a range of delegate numbers. Additional costs may apply for onsite training and specialist requirements. Prices exclude vat.
- 1 delegate: £949
- 2 delegates: £1049
- 3 delegates: £1149
- 4 delegates: £1249
- 5 delegates: £1299
- 6 delegates: £1349
- 7 delegates: £1399
- 8 delegates: £1449

An excellent course and a very informative couple of days, I feel much more confident in using Illustrator following this great course, thank you.
Keith Baker, Current Medicine Group, Illustrator - 2 Day Advanced
Training Location Options
This course is offered for your convenience either at one of our bespoke training centres in London, Manchester and Glasgow or onsite at your offices anywhere in the UK. Just let us know what would work best for you or your team.
The location details of our bespoke training centres are shown below:
LONDON
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 just a few minutes away and the training centre can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes. There is also easy direct access by bus from Waterloo (243) and West End (55) with nearby stops.
MANCHESTER
Piccadilly House
49 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 2AP
Piccadilly House is located in central Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).
GLASGOW
Centrum Business Centre
38 Queen Street
Glasgow
G1 3DX
The Queen Street training centre is located in central Glasgow within easy walking distance of the 3 local train options of Central Station, Queen Street and Argyle Street offering excellent transport connections.
Courses are run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks.
Bespoke Training Prices
The regular course pricing is indicated below for a range of delegate numbers. Additional costs may apply for onsite training and specialist requirements. Prices exclude vat.
- 1 delegate: £949
- 2 delegates: £1049
- 3 delegates: £1149
- 4 delegates: £1249
- 5 delegates: £1299
- 6 delegates: £1349
- 7 delegates: £1399
- 8 delegates: £1449

An excellent course and a very informative couple of days, I feel much more confident in using Illustrator following this great course, thank you.
Keith Baker, Current Medicine Group, Illustrator - 2 Day Advanced
Bespoke Course Enquiry
If you are considering this Adobe Illustrator CC Course but would like further information simply send us your query quickly & easily with the form below. Whether you would like to check date availability, pricing, course suitability or just need further information about a course send us your query and we will get you a swift reply, usually within 2 business hours!
If you would prefer to check course details by phone please call us on 0345 363 1130.
Bespoke Training Prices
The regular course pricing is indicated below for a range of delegate numbers. Additional costs may apply for onsite training and specialist requirements. Prices exclude vat.
- 1 delegate: £949
- 2 delegates: £1049
- 3 delegates: £1149
- 4 delegates: £1249
- 5 delegates: £1299
- 6 delegates: £1349
- 7 delegates: £1399
- 8 delegates: £1449

An excellent course and a very informative couple of days, I feel much more confident in using Illustrator following this great course, thank you.
Keith Baker, Current Medicine Group, Illustrator - 2 Day Advanced
Scheduled Adobe Illustrator Training Courses
Adobe Illustrator CC Courses
Adobe Illustrator CC Essentials 1 Day - Online
Adobe Illustrator CC Introduction 2 Days - Online
Adobe Illustrator CC Advanced 2 Days - Online
Adobe Illustrator CC Advanced with ACA Exam 3 Days - Online
Adobe Illustrator CC Masterclass 4 Days - Online
Adobe Illustrator CC Masterclass with ACA Exam 5 Days - Online
Adobe Creative Cloud Design Introduction Masterclass 5 Days - Online
Adobe Illustrator CC Essentials Introduction 1 Day - London
Adobe Illustrator CC Introduction 2 Days - London
Adobe Illustrator CC Advanced 2 Days - London
Adobe Illustrator CC Advanced with ACA Exam 3 Days - London
Adobe Illustrator CC Masterclass 4 Days - London
Adobe Illustrator CC Masterclass with ACA Exam 5 Days - London
Adobe Creative Cloud Design Introduction Masterclass 5 Days - London
Adobe Illustrator CC Essentials Introduction 1 Day - Manchester
Adobe Illustrator CC Introduction 2 Days - Manchester
Adobe Illustrator CC Advanced 2 Days - Manchester
Adobe Illustrator CC Advanced with ACA Exam 3 Days - Manchester
Adobe Illustrator CC Advanced with ACA Exam 3 Days - Glasgow
Adobe Illustrator CC Masterclass 4 Days - Manchester
Adobe Illustrator CC Masterclass with ACA Exam 5 Days - Manchester
Adobe Creative Cloud Design Introduction Masterclass 5 Days - Manchester
Adobe Illustrator CC Essentials Introduction 1 Day - Glasgow
Adobe Illustrator CC Masterclass with ACA Exam 5 Days - Glasgow
Bespoke Training Prices
The regular course pricing is indicated below for a range of delegate numbers. Additional costs may apply for onsite training and specialist requirements. Prices exclude vat.
- 1 delegate: £949
- 2 delegates: £1049
- 3 delegates: £1149
- 4 delegates: £1249
- 5 delegates: £1299
- 6 delegates: £1349
- 7 delegates: £1399
- 8 delegates: £1449

An excellent course and a very informative couple of days, I feel much more confident in using Illustrator following this great course, thank you.
Keith Baker, Current Medicine Group, Illustrator - 2 Day Advanced
Testimonials
An excellent course and a very informative couple of days, I feel much more confident in using Illustrator following this great course, thank you.
Keith Baker, Current Medicine Group, Illustrator - 2 Day Advanced
Very relaxed atmosphere & friendly atmosphere. Trainer very informative, knowledgable and willing to help with any questions or difficulties. Offices in a good central location. An enjoyable and informative course.
Kerry Duguid, Plant Integrity Mgmt., Illustrator - Two Day Introduction
I am very pleased with the course and its contents. I feel it will generally enhance my abilities to undertake tasks which previously I would not be confident with. Highly recommended and would have no hesitation in suggesting the course to anyone with a professional interest in graphics.
David Sparkes, Brady, Illustrator - 2 Day Introduction
Had an absolutely fantastic tutor and session - covered everything I asked and didn't know to ask!! So happy with the aftercare support as well and would love the opportunity for another relevant course in future.
Emily Theodore, Catersales, Illustrator - 1 Day Advanced
Excellent, as always! Great teaching methods, fun and interesting, easy to follow. Always a great experience!
Richard Littler, Brother, Illustrator - One Day Intermediate
The trainer was fantastic, we covered a lot of material but at a pace we could all keep up. He really tailored the course to our company's specific needs and was really helpful when we asked loads of questions!
Charlotte Mew, TPP, Bespoke InDesign and Illustrator Introduction
Knowledgable, small class made it easy to ask questions and get feedback within the time limit. Friendly people, plenty of tea, coffee etc, comfortable surroundings.
Claire Huntley, Ryman, Adobe Illustrator - 1 Day Introduction
Very accommodating environment, friendly staff, excellent instructor and added extra benefits from the course i.e food vouchers, resource books and contact information.
Abbie Hulson, 2 Day Illustrator Advanced
Highly enjoyable session - having had no previous experience with Illustrator it proved very easy to pick things up under guidance. Thank you XChange!
William McPhail, Sothebys, Illustrator - 2 Day Introduction
The training was very useful and there were two of us in the class so we had a lot of 1-on-1 training which was great. Relaxed but a focused atmosphere.
Clare McCarthy, Charles Tyrwhitt, Illustrator - 2 Day Advanced
Bespoke Training Prices
The regular course pricing is indicated below for a range of delegate numbers. Additional costs may apply for onsite training and specialist requirements. Prices exclude vat.
- 1 delegate: £949
- 2 delegates: £1049
- 3 delegates: £1149
- 4 delegates: £1249
- 5 delegates: £1299
- 6 delegates: £1349
- 7 delegates: £1399
- 8 delegates: £1449

An excellent course and a very informative couple of days, I feel much more confident in using Illustrator following this great course, thank you.
Keith Baker, Current Medicine Group, Illustrator - 2 Day Advanced