Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Advanced Techniques — A 1-day course

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Synopsis

This Adobe Illustrator course is a blended learning course that combines 1 day of instructor led classroom based advanced Illustrator training with a range of online training modules covering various advanced Illustrator techniques and topics.

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Course Contents

Using Illustrator within CS4

• How to use Illustrator with Photoshop CS4
• How to use Illustrator with InDesign CS4
• How to use Illustrator with Flash CS4

Using the Appearance panel

• Hide/Show attributes
• Editing multiple object characteristics
• Same appearance attribute
• Copy and paste attributes

Creating Complex Illustrations

• Create Shapes Using the Pathfinder Commands
• Create Compound Paths
• Offset Paths
• Creating Symbols
• Organize Objects with Layers
• Envelope distort
• Creating 3D Shapes
• Clipping paths
• Using isolation mode

Effects and Styles

• Applying Effects
• Graphic styles
• More on the Appearance panel

Colour

• Global Colors
• Spot Colours
• Colour and Kuler

Brushes

• Customising brushes
• Creating Custom Pattern Brushes
• Creating Custom Art brushes

Tracing graphics - Live Trace Advanced

• Live Trace
• Adjust the Results of a Tracing
• Apply a Custom Preset
• Convert a Tracing Object to Paths

Coloring Artwork Using Live Paint

• Apply Paint Using Live Paint
• Correct Gaps in Objects
• Convert Objects to Live Paint Groups

Symbols - Advanced

• How to create your own symbol
• Symol tools and their preferences
• Editing symbols

More about paths

• Simplify Paths
• Create Clipping Masks
• Create 3D Effects
• Share Graphic Styles

Color

• Decide When to Use Color Management
• Set Up Color Management
• Separations preview
• Colour proofing

Outputting Documents

• Printing a Composite Proof
• Creatng Color Separations
• Transparency issues
• Preflighting

Blending shapes

• Blending shapes
• Blending colour
• Blending paths
• Examples

Exporting Graphics for the Web

• Convert Colors to Web-Safe Colors
• Create Slices
• Add Interactivity
• Export Web Graphics

Gradient Mesh tool

• Using the Gradient Mesh tool
• Creating sophisticated shading with the gradient mesh tool
• Examples of the Gradient Mesh tool at work
• Fruit and the gradient mesh
• Leaves and the Gradient mesh
• Other examples

Using Illustrator for Flash

• Creating a simple Illustration
• Setting up the layers properly
• Setting up the symbols
• Exporting to Flash
• Using the file within flash
• Finished result

Creating an Interactive PDF

• Buttons
• Links
• Exporting to PDF