Course Overview
The course is designed to give delegates the understanding and knowledge to use the tools and methods in Adobe Illustrator CS5. Adobe Illustrator is a graphics editor for the drawing and publishing of vector based images.
The computer based training will demonstrate to delegates how to use the Adobe Illustrator layout, gain practical experience of using Adobe Illustrator tools, and provide delegates with the necessary skills to work with and create high quality vector graphics.
Who Should Attend
This course is suitable for students who are new to Adobe Illustrator and would like to learn the skills to use the interface and features and how to apply those skills practically to create illustrations, logos and other graphics. Students should be familiar with using Windows and be able to apply skills, such as copying and pasting objects, formatting text and saving files.
Course Content
| 1. Introduction to Adobe Illustrator Objectives of the course Why use Adobe Illustrator? |
6. Working with text Using point and area textUsing type settings and formatting Using text paths |
| 2. Adobe Illustrator Basics The Illustrator Environment Introduction to Vector Graphics Creating files for print and for screen |
7. Using colour How to apply colour Using the colour guides Working with gradients and patterns |
| 3. Selection and other tools Using rules, guides and grids Using the magic wand toolMethods of selection |
8. Working with imagesUsing the links panel Working with images in Illustrator Using live trace |
| 4. Drawing and Editing Working with paths Understanding Anchor Points Using the Pen tools |
9. Creating a complete Illustrator project Use the skills learnt during the course to create a complete Illustrator logo projectSave the logo project in the appropriate way |
| 5. Applying Appearances and Effects Using the appearance panel Object attributes Applying effects |
10. Saving Illustrator images Print settings for Illustrator documents Saving documents and creating PDF’s Exporting documents for use in Photoshop |
