Adobe Illustrator Advanced — A 2 day course
Synopsis
Understanding how to use Adobe Illustrator's advanced features will revolutionise the way you work.
This training course will build upon the knowledge from Illustrator Introduction by taking creation of simple illustrations to definitely more complex ones.
You'll go beyond the basics with features like filters and effects, explore more in depth typographical adjustments and the printing process of your layouts.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Further adjust Bezier curves by creating Compound paths
- Create Custom Brushes and various Graphic Styles
- Work with Transparency and other raster effects like drop shadows
- Prepare documents for composite and commercial printing
- Accurately adjust type in an artwork
- Enhance the workflow and integration of Illustrator with the rest of Creative Suite
Contents
Advanced environment management
- Working with multiple artboards
- The 'links' and 'actions' windows
Advanced drawing techniques
- Working with compound paths
- The 'expand appearance' command
- The 'attributes' window
- The 'outline strokes' command
- Creating and using graphic styles
- Using 'envelope distort'
- Using clipping masks
- The 'live paint' colouring tools
- The width tool
- The shape builder
- Setting up perspective grids
- Transparency and opacity masks
- 3D shading with the gradient mesh tool
Creating custom brushes
- Calligraphy brushes
- Scatter brushes
- Pattern brushes
- Art brushes
- Bristle brushes
Using Live Colour
- Generating a colour group
- Recolouring artwork with colour guides
Applying special effects
- 3D effects: revolve, extrude and bevel, rotate
- Advanced blending techniques
- Photoshop effects in Illustrator
Advanced type features
- Creating character and paragraph styles
- Horizontal and vertical scaling
- Adding text to a vector path
- Adding gradients to type
Saving and exporting
- Printing your artwork
- Creating a PDF
- Editing options for PDFs
- Simulating multiple pages
- Creating separations with spot colour
- Exporting layers to Photoshop
- Using 'release to layers' for web animations
- Exporting for Adobe Flash (SWF)
Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices
A schedule of dates for this subject is not currently available. Please call 0333 210 0140 or use our contact form to enquire about places and availability.
Suitable For
Graphic designers or people switching into a design job or taking on design responsibilities. They will have some previous experience with Adobe Illustrator.
Prerequisites
Have already taken the Illustrator Introduction training course or solid knowledge of topics covered in that workshop.