Adobe Illustrator Training - intermediate
Two day beginners and intermediate Adobe Illustrator training course.
One to one or small group custom Adobe Illustrator training course In Birmingham and Midlands and around the UK. Learn the basics of illustration and design with this 2 day Adobe Illustrator course, then move on to intermediate Adobe Illustrator training and creating your own designs and artwork.
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Adobe Illustrator training summary
Adobe Illustrator course duration: 2
days
Level: beginners / intermediate
Software: Illustrator CS, Illustrator CS2, Illustrator CS3, Illustrator CS4
Numbers: One to one or small groups of
up to 4 trainees
Trainees in a group should have the same skill level and the same requirements.
Locations:
1) At client's site in Birmingham, Midlands and around the UK.
2) For one or two trainees, here in South Birmingham.
Adobe
Illustrator course requirements:
You should have good computer skills.
Some previous knowledge of design
software would be helpful, but not essential.
Day 1 - Adobe Illustrator beginners introduction
An introduction to Adobe Illustrator and the tools and techniques used to create simple artwork and designs.
Day 2 - Adobe Illustrator intermediate / custom course
Day two of this Adobe Illustrator course will include a more detailed look at certain tools and techniques, as well as creating more complex artwork and designs. The course can be customised and will normally be based around working with some of your own designs.
Adobe Illustrator training - 2 day course outline
Adobe Illustrator beginners introduction - day 1
An introduction to Adobe Illustrator and the tools and techniques used to create simple artwork and designs.
1) Creating a new Illustrator document
Starting a new document
Viewing the document and working in artwork or preview modes
Grids, guides, and other features to help you accurately position objects
Adding and using guidelines - locking and unlocking, positioning accurately
2) Illustrator workspace
Floating palettes
Opening, shrinking and expanding to see extra options
Hiding palettes
Zooming in and out
Zoom tool, keyboard shortcuts, menu
Moving around the document
3) Selection tools & basic shapes
Selection Tools - Selection - Direct Selection - Group Selection
Shape tools
Creating shapes (rectangle, ellipse, star or polygon)
Specify shape dimensions
Set a fill colour for an object
Set stroke colour and stroke weight
Drawing with the pencil and paintbrush tools
4) Modifying shapes and selected objects
Shape Modifying (transform, rotate, scale, shear)
Duplicating selected objects
Grouping selected objects
Locking objects
Align objects
Using the Transform Palette to resize objects and re-position objects
5) Custom shapes
Using the pen tools to create custom shapes and modify shapes
Use pathfinder to modify shapes
Compound shapes (e.g. a hollow ring)
6) Colours
Picking RGB, CMYK & Pantone colours
Using the eyedropper
Gradients and blends
Saving and modifying colours
7) Pictures and graphics
Placing photographs and other artwork into Illustrator
Choosing whether to link or embed image files
Checking linked images with the Links palette
Tracing the outlines of scanned artwork or photograph
8) Text & typography
Text Tools
Create type on the page
Set
type colour
Flowing type between two text frames
Basic typography (Leading,
Kerning, Tracking, etc.)
9) Layers
Using Layers to organise images, graphics and text
Creating, deleting, and changing stacking order
Visibility and locking layers
Moving selected objects between layers
10) Saving Files
Saving a document and organising files
Exporting artwork for use in other applications
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Adobe Illustrator intermediate / custom course - day 2
Day two of this Adobe Illustrator course will include a more detailed look at certain tools and techniques, as well as creating more complex artwork and designs. The course can be customised and will normally be based around working with some of your own designs.
Typical course outline:
Paths and Shapes
Use the knife & scissors tools to slice a path or an object in two
More work with the pen tools to create complex custom shapes
Modifying paths - including:
Joining open ended paths
Pathfinder filters
Compound paths
Use the Info Palette, Control Palette & Transform Palette
to accurately move & resize objects
Using align and distribute
Use Effects and Filters to modify objects and shapes
Using the Appearance Palette and Expand settings
Copying attributes from object to another
Using Graphic Styles - to repeat object style on another object
Clipping Masks - using an Illustrator path to mask an image or other artwork
Creating textures and patterns
Type and Typography
Typography settings - using the Character palette and Paragraph palette
to format type
Tabs - hanging indents & tabbed lists
Threading text between boxes and frames
Changing text threading
Create type which follows the shape of a path
Type on path options
Wrapping text around objects
Convert type into outlines which can be filled or manipulated like any
shape
Use Envelope Distort to distort text shape
Colours and Shading
Gradients and blends
Using the gradient mesh tool to create complex shading
Modifying image colours
Various
Using transparency and masking options
Creating and editing basic graphs
Using the brushes - editing the brush settings
Creating brushes
Creating designs with photographs, artwork, and text
Working with artwork, illustrations and designs of your own choice
Saving and exporting artwork as different file types for print or web
use
Saving PDFs
It may be possible to include some other areas of Illustrator in the
2 day course if required. Please ask if you want to cover something specific
which is not listed.
If you have specific artwork which you want to produce, let us have a
sample.
A one day Adobe Illustrator beginners course is also available
If you already know some of the the basics ask about a one day intermediate / custom Adobe Illustrator course, which can be based on the beginners / intermediate course outline above.
Adobe Illustrator training is available onsite in Birmingham and Midlands areas, including Solihull, Redditch, Bromsgrove and Worcester. Adobe Illustrator training is also available for one or two people at our premises in South Birmingham.
Similar Adobe Illustrator training may be arranged with trainers around the UK.
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