Adobe Illustrator Course for beginners
Learn the basics of illustration and design with this one day beginners Adobe Illustrator course in Birmingham and Midlands UK.
This Adobe Illustrator beginners course will teach you the basics of graphic design and illustration with Adobe Illustrator to allow you to create simple artwork and designs.
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Beginners Adobe Illustrator Course - Summary
Adobe Illustrator course duration: 1 day
Level: beginners introduction
Software:
Illustrator CS3, Illustrator CS2, Illustrator
CS, Illustrator 10, Illustrator 9, Adobe Illustrator 8
Numbers: One to one or small groups of
up to 4
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.
Adobe Illustrator beginners course outline - 1 day
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 Photoshop or a DTP program
A two day Adobe Illustrator course is available to cover Illustrator
in more detail and allow time to look at your own designs and artwork.
Adobe Illustrator beginners and intermediate training course
This Adobe Illustrator course is available onsite in Birmingham and Midlands
areas, including Solihull, Redditch, Bromsgrove and Worcester.
Adobe Illustrator courses are available for one or two people at our
premises in Cofton Hackett.
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