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Adobe Illustrator CC Masterclass with ACP Exam 5 Days - London
Key Course Details:
Level:
Masterclass
Duration:
5
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£950 + vat
Go from being a novice to mastering the advanced tasks in the leading graphic-design program. Join us as we show you how to take charge and become an Illustrator power user. Learn the professional tips that will give your vector graphics the edge. Pass the ACP exam and get qualified!
We will guide you on everything from getting started by making simple shapes and controlling the Illustrator environment all the way up to applying advanced techniques for creating Bézier curves and compound paths. With our help, you will become confident in using the program's advanced features to produce killer vector graphics. You will end the course by testing your skills in the ACP exam.
Go from being a novice to mastering the advanced tasks in the leading graphic-design program. Join us as we show you how to take charge and become an Illustrator power user. Learn the professional tips that will give your vector graphics the edge. Pass the ACP exam and get qualified!
We will guide you on everything from getting started by making simple shapes and controlling the Illustrator environment all the way up to applying advanced techniques for creating Bézier curves and compound paths. With our help, you will become confident in using the program's advanced features to produce killer vector graphics. You will end the course by testing your skills in the ACP exam.
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Illustrator ACP Masterclass 5 Days
Course Details
This 5-day Masterclass course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe Illustrator CC. We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes graphical design to a new level. You will learn how to create and manipulate shapes and curves, combining them with text to produce simple logos ready for the web and for print. Together, we will work with colours, gradients, layers, fonts, and photos to create eye-catching illustrations and text effects. We will then move on to more advanced topics, such as enhanced control of Bézier curves, creating custom brushes, and automating workflows.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the Illustrator environment
- Create a logo using simple shapes
- Draw and understand Bézier curves, the root of drawing in Illustrator
- Enhance control of Bézier 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
- Export illustrations for web and for print
- 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 be able to create and manipulate vector graphics, to understand the advanced features of Illustrator, to become a confident power user, and to leave with an ACP qualification under your belt.
This course can be taken in a single 5-day block or split into a 2-day block (Introduction) and then a separate 3-day block (Advanced plus ACP exam) taken at a later date.
Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is intended for graphic designers and textile/fashion designers, and anyone else who has visual-design responsibilities.
You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.
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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 basic Documents- Explore the pre built Document Profiles
- Shortcuts to navigate the Artboard effectively
- Work in a Custom Workspace
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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Location Details
This course is provided at the XChange Training London training centre based at:
5 St John’s Lane
Clerkenwell
London
EC1M 4BHSt 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.
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 Masterclass with ACP 5 Days - Upcoming London Course Dates
18 Jul - 22 Jul £950 + vat 12 Sep - 16 Sep £950 + vat 07 Nov - 11 Nov £950 + vat Illustrator Masterclass with ACP 5 Days - Split Date Options
Illustrator Introduction
18 Jul - 19 Jul
12 Sep - 13 Sep
7 Nov - 8 Nov
Illustrator Advanced
20 Jul - 22 Jul
14 Sep - 16 Sep
9 Nov - 11 Nov
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Client Reviews
"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
"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
"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
"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 Illustrator course was well-organised, well-paced, informative, and I learned many new features and ways to use the software for potential real-world applications."
Megan Wolf, Makro, 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
"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
"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
£950 + vat
Next Dates:
18 Jul - 22 Jul
12 Sep - 16 Sep
07 Nov - 11 Nov
Split Course Date Options:
Illustrator Introduction
18 Jul - 19 Jul
12 Sep - 13 Sep
7 Nov - 8 Nov
Illustrator Advanced
20 Jul - 22 Jul
14 Sep - 16 Sep
9 Nov - 11 Nov
Over 15 years of providing certified Adobe Illustrator training courses UK wide
5/5 Stars
I've put my team on Xchange courses in the past and received really good feedback - so it was a no-brainer to choose Xchange for my own training in a completely new area of Adobe. I had no prior knowledge of this package beforehand and found the 2 days and the instructor (Alan) really just excellent. I admire Alan's knowledge, passion and patience. I feel like I've come away with the foundation skills needed to start my foray into Illustrator!
16/06/2022
4/5 Stars
It was very informative and helpful.
15/06/2022
4/5 Stars
The course was delivered really well and when I had problems accessing the documents the team were very quick to provide advice. Doug was great and delivered so much information over such a short period of time. My only comment would be that he did seem slightly irritated when people asked questions if it was something that he had already covered (I would understand this in a face-to-face setting but it is easy to miss things when providing training in an online setting).
24/05/2022
4/5 Stars
Overall, I have gained a lot of skills in two days and am happy with my experience. In particular, I have been able to improve my workflow on the software, by learning about different shortcuts. My main critique is the lack of structure. A PDF or Word document of the timetable for the two days would be helpful, because we'd know exactly the tools and panels being covered for the level we are studying. This is especially important for an introductory course, because some delegates may not have even seen an Adobe product before and could be overwhelmed.
24/05/2022
5/5 Stars
The course has been excellent. I feel I have learned a lot over the past two days with Phil. He made sure that the speed of the training was okay for each individuals needs and made you comfortable to ask any questions.
19/05/2022
5/5 Stars
The course was extremely well structured and Phil was happy great throughout.
19/05/2022
5/5 Stars
Course was exactly as advertised and gave me a very good understanding of the software. Amazing tuition by the instructor Phil
19/05/2022
5/5 Stars
Very informative and helpful, I've learnt a lot. Phil was very knowledgeable and engaging.
16/05/2022
5/5 Stars
Phil puts people at ease and is extremely knowledgeable about the subject,
14/04/2022
5/5 Stars
Fantastic course, Phil was a great trainer.
14/04/2022
5/5 Stars
There was a huge amount to cover during the course but Sofia's classes were very structured and organised. She had examples of everything we covered for us to practice on and was happy to go over anything that anyone didn't understand/missed. She was really friendly and approachable. Not everything that came up in the exam was covered during the course but I understand that that is going to happen given the length of the course. Chris and Adam were also really helpful and accommodating when I needed to do my exam remotely at the last minute and I very much appreciated their help. The lunch vouchers were great too.
24/03/2022
4/5 Stars
Simon was very knowledgeable and friendly. However, the course was not very structured and we seemed to be covering more advanced things before we had done the basics. It would have been good to have files to work on and relevant examples prepared. I did appreciate that he would tailor the course to the specific needs of the attendees but a little bit of structure would have been very beneficial. He was very enthusiastic about design, which was great and infectious. The facilities are really nice and Adam had sent all the relevant information in advance.
22/03/2022
4/5 Stars
The trainer was a bit scatty on the introduction course - kept getting side tracked into showing us other things. His knowledge was superb but it as difficult to follow
22/03/2022
5/5 Stars
Great introduction to the programme, feel a lot more comfortable using it and feel confident to go on and use it for work. Doug was nice and super knowledgable!
22/03/2022
5/5 Stars
I really enjoyed my time here at Xchange training learning the illustrator software. Phil was a great teacher, who paced each part with enough time for questions and to have a go at experementing with each of the tools. I look forward to taking my new skills back to the office and carry on practicing. I would definitely recommend this to others.
15/03/2022
5/5 Stars
I was quite nervous to start this course as I was a complete beginner and in a room with more experienced attendees, however this was managed very well and I am grateful of my new knowledge and skills
15/03/2022
4/5 Stars
Cons. My PC had a delay to start in the morning, but surely will be fixed for the future classes. Pros. Everything else! I really enjoy the trainings here.
15/03/2022
5/5 Stars
Very good overall insight into Adobe Illustrator. Phil is very knowledgeable and also extremely patient which makes the whole experience a very relaxed environment to learn in.
15/03/2022
5/5 Stars
I had an fantastic time learning about all the tools in illustrator, my knowledge of the software was extremely basic and I would always opt for using another piece of software. I know feel more confident and will be sure to use illustrator more in the future, both in work and at home.
15/03/2022
5/5 Stars
I'm a complete beginner to Illustrator, but with today's course, I now feel confident to work on projects without worrying about making mistakes. I feel I've got a good grasp of the basics. Alan was a great instructor - he was patient and explained/demonstrated concepts multiple times when required. I enjoyed the training and would definitely recommend it to others.
14/03/2022
5/5 Stars
Good mix of pace and patience
14/03/2022
5/5 Stars
had a great time and learned loads about Illustrator. Phil was great, made the training very clear and understandable.
17/02/2022
5/5 Stars
Great content, learnt lots which will be useful in the future
25/01/2022
5/5 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed the course. I knew Illustrator would be beneficial to my role but as I didn't have a good understanding of the soft wear, I didn't quite know how much I was going to learn. Doug was extremely helpful and instinctively knew what would be helpful for us to learn in a relatively short period of time. Thank you!
25/01/2022
5/5 Stars
I found the course incredibly useful and really enjoyed my time in the course. Being at home and doing the course virtually while some where in the physical class still worked extremely well, I've learnt so much and can't wait to use my new skills going forward. Thank you!
24/01/2022
5/5 Stars
Great course! Allen was really knowledgable and easy to follow along with. I'm sure it's difficult to run a course when most people are virtual so I thought he handled it really smoothly. I would have liked slightly longer breaks (as there was a lot to take in) but ended up going with the overall consensus which was to keep them short and finish early. Only a personal preference though!
13/01/2022
5/5 Stars
Excellent, very knowledgeable tutor, friendly, instructions delivered very clearly, excellent resources, learnt so much!
11/01/2022
5/5 Stars
Fantastic in-depth knowledge of the software and broken down in a considered way to build on learning. Comfortable room and facilities with well timed breaks and the location is easy to access. It is great that lunch is considered as well.
11/01/2022
4/5 Stars
Good course, well delivered, good instructor, aside from a few IT issues I'm happy I attended this course.
23/11/2021
5/5 Stars
Enjoyed getting to grips with the basics but also having time to get on with more advanced tasks. I enjoyed getting stuck straight in and shown through a number of features/shortcuts and felt it was all time well spent. It's certainly opened my eyes up to lots of new features and I'm eager to learn more
22/11/2021
5/5 Stars
Excellent - friendly, and even adapted course content to suit participants requirements.
11/11/2021
4/5 Stars
Really well delivered by the trainer. Included valuable tools and techniques relevant to our business needs. In particular the focus on charts and graph creations.
02/11/2021
5/5 Stars
The last hour of the training felt a bit rushed and as a result it was hard to put the instructions into practice whilst trying to listen to the next steps.
02/11/2021
5/5 Stars
very thorough and detailed training, small class sizes make it more interactive too. Can focus on specific projects or areas of interest. Learnt so much!
01/10/2021
5/5 Stars
Fantastic - comprehensive yet digestible, detailed yet inspiring.
21/09/2021
5/5 Stars
Very comprehensive training
16/09/2021
5/5 Stars
Excellent for what I need to allow me to make my own designs for my personalised clothing business.. need to go away and practice what I've learnt now
14/09/2021
5/5 Stars
I loved Illustrator the most, very creative, lost of fun and easily explained by Doug. A fun experience!
06/08/2021
5/5 Stars
Went through a wide range of techniques and revisited them throughout the day when learning new skills to really understand how to use them in different contexts.
23/07/2021
5/5 Stars
Simon was great, imagine it could be frustrating if you were in a big group or partnered with someone who didn't know the very basics
20/07/2021
5/5 Stars
I had a little knowledge but just could not get to grips with Illustrator. The course has been brilliant and has given me a base from which to expand.
13/07/2021
5/5 Stars
Alan was great, very knowledgeable and also enthusiastic.
13/07/2021
5/5 Stars
Great day to round off my experience with XChange. Alan has been fantastic! Excited to do further training when needed in the future!
12/07/2021
4/5 Stars
The instructor alan was excellent and tailored the course around what we thought would be expected of the new job I am starting.
24/06/2021
4/5 Stars
great course
20/05/2021
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Quality reference manual 
Authorised Course Certificate 
Lunch and refreshments
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the London Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Yes this course provides you with an official recognised qualification which is the Adobe Certified Professional gained by passing the exam at the end of the course.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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