Illustrator CS3 CS4 CS5 - Adv

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Adobe Illustrator Training Belfast NI - Advanced Course

Our Advanced Adobe Illustrator CS3 CS4 CS5 course covers more advanced features of Adobe Illustrator that will help students work more efficiently and effectively.

Prerequisites

A working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator from our Introduction to Adobe Illustrator course.

 

Benefits

Experienced Adobe Illustrator users will benefit from the many time savings tips and tricks covered in this course.

 

Course Content

Creating, editing & formatting

• Text on a path
• Creating & manipulating outline type

Type effects explored

• Using the type area tool
• Linking & unlinking text boxes
• Using the vertical type tools

Importing images

• The transformation palette
• Linking & embedding images
• Locking a point on the proxy box

The gradient tool:

• Change location & angle of the gradient fill
• Exploring the gradient palette

Pattern fills

• Creating, editing & customising pattern fills

The selection & direct selection tools
Specifying document colour mode
Locking & unlocking objects

The alignment palette

• Saving Illustrator files
• Printing files
• Type effects explored
• Setting document preferences
• Customising startup files
• Customising the artboard size
• Customising document setup

Setting program preferences

• Specifying custom colours
• Creating custom swatch libraries
• Importing custom swatch libraries

Exploring & using layers

• Creating & deleting layers
• Hiding layers
• Specifying layer options
• Organising layers
• Moving & copying objects between layers
• Creating template layers
• Using the release to layers option
• Creating graphs to include:
  • column, line, pie area & scatter graphs

Entering & importing data

• Setting dynamic data linking
• Breaking links to external data
• Setting graph options
• Converting graph designs
• Creating marker & column design

Creating grids

• Setting grid preferences

Tracing vector images

• The trace options
• Controlling the trace area - ie defining a partial image
• Setting trace preferences
• Rasterising vector objects to PICT & TIFF formats

Exploring bitmap filters

• Using Art, Calligraphic, Pattern & Scatter brush effects
• Brush options of ed object

Using the gradient mesh tool

• Editing a gradient mesh
• Adding colour to a gradient mesh
• Changing the angle of a colour within a gradient mesh

Adding points to a gradient mesh

• Distinction between the filter & effect menu

The appearance palette:

• Clear appearance option
• Maintain appearance for subsequent objects

The Actions palette:

• Creating an action
• Applying actions
• ing menu options into an action

Linked & embedded images

• Links palette options
• Checking document Info to include:
  • font information, colour settings
     & imported graphic info

Saving Illustrator files

• Exporting Illustrator files to various formats
• Using the path join & cleanup options
• Specifying transparency
• Exporting as Flash
• Saving as PDF files
• Printing files

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Adobe Illustrator - Intermediate - Advanced

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