Adobe Illustrator CS4
Intermediate training class

Class Schedule

Class: Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Intermediate

Duration: 2 days

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• Duration: 2 days
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• 6 People, 2 days: $$1725.00 special: $1295.00
• * Prices for a booking with multiple trainees.

Class Outline for Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Intermediate

Adobe Illustrator is the most popular professional vector-based drawing tool available. If you’re an illustrator or graphic artist working in digital creation, training in Adobe Illustrator can help you develop your skills in this key tool that is used to create a huge range of output like logos, flyers, packaging, web graphics, outsize print. If you know Illustrator, the sky really is the limit for you creative possibilities.

Illustrator Workspace

-Built in Workspaces
-Creating and saving a Workspace
-The Tool Bar
-Using the Control Panel
-Organizing Panels
-View Options
-Basic Navigation and Viewing
-Preview/Outline Options
-Tabbed open documents
-The Application Frame

Documents and Pasteboards

-Review of all New Document… options
-Editing and Adding Pasteboards

Guides

-Smart Guides
-Grids
-Snap-to Features

Creating Objects in-depth

-Basic Objects in-depth
-Exploring Object Options
-Lines, Segments, Spirals and Grids

Compound Paths

-Making Compound Paths
-Releasing Compound Paths
-Isn’t this just the Pathfinder?
-The Pathfinder

Transformations

-The Reference Point
-Free Transform Tool
-Transform Each
-The Transform panel options

Selection Tools

-The Selection Menu
-Editing Objects with the Direct Selection Tool
-Working with Grouped objects and Symbols

Working with Paths

-Joining Points
-Averaging Points

Mastery of the Pen Tool

-Drawing complex shapes
-Modifying existing shapes
-Edit Anchor Point options
-The Direct Selection Tool
-The Convert Anchor Point tool
-Pencil tool
-Eraser tool

Working with Color

-Color Panel and Swatches Panel differences
-Creating new colors
-Editing colors
-Global colors
-Spot Colors
-Creating Swatch Groups
-Opening Existing Libraries
-Live Paint for easy coloring
-Live Paint gap detection
-Sharing Swatches
-Adobe Swatch Exchange

Strokes and Outlines

-Outlining Paths
-Offsetting Strokes on Paths
-Using Borders (with Brushes)
-Custom Borders

Appearance Panel in Depth

-The Appearance Panel
-Object Attributes
-Adding Multiple Attributes
-Layering Attributes
-Editing Live Effects

Graphic Styles

-Graphic Styles panel
-Creating a Graphic Style

Transparency Panel

-Print considerations
-Blend Options
-Isolate Options

Working with Raster Images

-Placing and Masking images
-Compound Masks
-Type Masks
-The Links panel
-Edit Original

Live Trace

-Rasterizing artwork
-Live Trace setting for different effects
-Live Paint on Live Traces

Patterns

-What are Patterns
-Creating Patterns
-Modifying Patterns
-Where’s the Pattern’s panel?
-Editing Patterns
-Using Pattern Libraries

Adding Type to Artwork

-Creating Point Text
-Creating Area Text
-Advanced Text Formatting
-Style Sheets
-Area Type Options
-Linking Text Threads
-The Glyphs panel
-Checking spelling
-Convert Text to Outlines
-Type on a Path
-Type on an Open Path
-Type on a Closed Path
-Using Type on a Path creatively

The Layers Panel

-The Selection “meatball”
-Naming and editing layers

Symbols

-What are Symbols?
-Using Symbol Libraries
-Creating and Editing Symbols
-Symbol Sprayer Tool in-depth

Drawing and Painting with Brushes

-Using Illustrator Brushes
-Using Brush Libraries
-Different Brush types
-Editing Brushes
-Creating a Calligraphic Brush
-Creating a Scatter Brush
-Creating an Art Brush
-Creating a Pattern Brush

Creating Blends

-Creating a Blend
-Smooth or Stepped Blends
-Expanding a Blend

Gradient Mesh and Envelopes

-The Gradient Mesh Tool
-Editing Gradient Meshes
-Touch up with Selection Tools
-Envelope Distortion with Warp
-Envelope Distortion with Mesh
-Envelope Distortion with Top Object
-Envelope Distort Options

Overview of Effects

-3D Extrude & Bevel Effect
-3D Revolve Effects
-Stylize, Scribble, Warp Effects
-Editing not reapplying new effects
-Expanding Appearance

Output and Print

-Overview of Separations Preview Panel
-Using Separations Preview
-Printing in Illustrator
-Tiling Artwork across multiple pages
-Saving options in Illustrator
-Exporting in Illustrator
-PDF options

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