Adobe Illustrator CC Advanced with ACP Exam 3 Days - Glasgow
Key Course Details:
Level:
Advanced
Duration:
3
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£695 + vat
Join the professionals in getting the best out of the world's leading graphic-design program. Our course 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. Pass the ACP exam and get qualified!
With our help, you will take your existing Illustrator know-how and enhance it as you learn how to master paths, points, and curves. You will learn advanced techniques for adding transparencies and special effects. This course is a great way to step up to expert level, helping you produce pin-sharp, scalable graphics for the web and for print. You will test your new skills as you take the ACP exam.
Join the professionals in getting the best out of the world's leading graphic-design program. Our course 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. Pass the ACP exam and get qualified!
With our help, you will take your existing Illustrator know-how and enhance it as you learn how to master paths, points, and curves. You will learn advanced techniques for adding transparencies and special effects. This course is a great way to step up to expert level, helping you produce pin-sharp, scalable graphics for the web and for print. You will test your new skills as you take the ACP exam.
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Illustrator Advanced with ACP 3 Days
Course Details
This 3-day Advanced course will help to develop your skills as you explore the advanced features of Adobe Illustrator CC. We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes graphical design to a new level. You will already understand the basics of the program, and we will show you how to take that knowledge to the next level. We will cover advanced topics such as enhanced control of Bezier curves, creating custom brushes, and automating workflows.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Enhance control of Bezier curves by creating compound paths
- Apply gradients and patterns
- Edit paths and anchor points
- Set attributes in the Appearance panel
- Measure objects and place them with precision
- Trace and colour your hand-drawn artwork with Live Trace, Live Paint, and Live Colour
- Define custom brushes and graphic styles
- Add transparencies, drop shadows, and other effects
- Prepare documents for composite and commercial printing
- Automate your workflow with other Creative Cloud programs
The final day of the course is dedicated to the Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) Illustrator exam, including trying a mock exam, reviewing answers, and then taking the real exam. The ACP exam represents an official qualification, and you will be provided with an instant pass or fail result. We are confident that you will join everyone we have already helped to pass the exam and collect an official certificate of Adobe Certified Professional status.
As well as giving you the opportunity to take the ACP exam, this course is the perfect preparation if you plan to take the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exam.
Our goals are for you to understand the advanced features of Illustrator, to become a confident power user, and to leave with an ACP qualification under your belt.
Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is intended for those who wish to enhance their existing knowledge of Illustrator and who work as graphic designers and textile/fashion designers. The course will also suit anyone else who has visual-design responsibilities.
You will need basic experience in using Illustrator. Ideally, you will have taken our Adobe Illustrator CC Introduction 2 Day course. -
Full Course 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
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
- 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
- Take Practice exam
- Work through exam preparation sheet
- Any other questions?
- Illustrator ACP Exam
- Instant Pass or Fail Result
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Location Details
This course is provided at our Scotland training centre located in central Glasgow at:
Centrum Business Centre
38 Queen Street
Glasgow
G1 3DXThe Glasgow training centre is located on Queen Street in the heart of Glasgow close to Central Station, Queen Street Station and Argyle Street Station.
Daily course times run between 10am and 4:30pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.
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Illustrator Advanced with ACP 3 Days - Upcoming Glasgow Course Dates
29 Jan - 31 Jan £695 + vat 12 Mar - 14 Mar £695 + vat 24 Apr - 26 Apr £695 + vat 11 Jun - 13 Jun £695 + vat 23 Jul - 25 Jul £695 + vat -
Client Reviews
"Excellent, as always! Great teaching methods, fun and interesting, easy to follow. Always a great experience!"
Richard Littler, Brother, Illustrator - One Day Intermediate
"This is my third class, they have all been excellent. Earning my Adobe Illustrator qualification with you has made a big difference in my job hunting. Thank you."
Velo Mitrovich, Illustrator - 1 Day Introduction
"A great session, covering some fantastic tools and knowledge about the product. The trainer was excellent, and was great at tailoring the course to my specific needs, and explained and demonstrated things in a well executed manner - thank you so much!"
Lauren Orange, The Freeston Academy, Adobe Illustrator - 1 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
"Hugely helpful and really appreciated the amount of tailoring and personalisation of the content of the course to what I would be doing in my role. Will definitely recommend. "
Emily Radforth, Octopus Healthcare, Adobe Illustrator - One Day Introduction
"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
"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
"Very well presented course, delivered at the right pace for for both beginners and those with a bit more knowledge. I feel much more confident to use this product now. "
Michael Knight, Offshore Marine Safety, Adobe Illustrator - Two Day Introduction
"I found this course to be extremely helpful. I now feel like I have a lot more confidence using the software and have a much better knowledge."
Abi Griffin, 2 Day Illustrator Advanced
"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