Illustrator CS2

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  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

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    Different dates available

Expand your creative vision by learning how to express your ideas in print and on the web for Adobe® Illustrator CS2. The comprehensive videos provide you with valuable tips on essential design techniques and ways to improve workflow with other Adobe products.

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About this course

Deke McClelland, a Photoshop Hall of Famer, leads you through lessons that are peppered with helpful insights, tips, and tricks that develop good habits in beginners and enable experienced professionals to become more effective and efficient with Illustrator. Also, learn how Matthew Richmond at The Chopping Block, Inc. creates cool projects with Illustrator for clients.

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Subjects

  • 3D
  • Art
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  • 3d training
  • Adobe
  • Illustrator
  • Painting
  • Transforming
  • Orgainizing Files
  • Workspace & Navigation
  • Symetrical Shapes
  • Tracing Template
  • Cutting & Extending

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Course programme

Disc I: Discovering Illustrator

Chapter I: Introducing Illustrator (37 min)
  • Using the Welcome Screen
  • Introducing Vector Based Paths
  • Working with Layers in Illustrator
  • Introducing Anchor Points
  • Creating a New Document
  • Repositioning and Adjusting View
  • Saving the Document
  • Utilizing Illustrator Startup Documents
Chapter II: The Bridge (29 min)
  • Intro to Bridge and The Bridge Center in CS
  • Finding Folders and The Thunbnail View
  • Opening, Moving and Previewing Bridge Files
  • Preview, Filtering and Rating Options
  • Orgainizing Files using Preferences
  • Deleting, Duplicating, Moving files in Bridge
  • Renaming Sorting and Batch Renaming files
  • Presenting a slide show from the Bridge
Chapter III: Workspace & Navigation (36 min)
  • Setting Up Preferences
  • Using Color Settings
  • Configuring Pallettes & Workspaces
  • Using Navigation
Chapter IV: Symetrical Shapes (40 min)
  • Setting Palette Options and Using Transparacy
  • A Look at the Shape Tools. Creating a Circle
  • Aligning Circle Shapes
  • Creating Star Shapes
  • Creating Rectangle Shapes
  • Using the Flip Tool to Mirror Shapes
  • Combining Shapes
  • Tilde Key Function
Chapter V: Fill, Stroke and Color (55 min)
  • Introduction to Fill and Stroke
  • An Overview of the Color Pallette
  • The Color Spectrum Bar and Dialing in colors
  • Black vs. Rich Black in the Color Palette
  • CMYK vs. RGB
  • Creating and Saving new Color Swatches
  • Filling and Arranging Objects in a document
  • Modifying and Arranging the Stroke of an Object
  • Display Artifacts and Stroke Pallete options
  • Creating a fill Pattern
Chapter VI: Transforming Paths (60 min)
  • Introducing Path Transformations
  • Duplicating Objects
  • Moving Objects in Increments
  • Using the Reshape Tool
  • Moving Paths
  • Using the Offset Path Dialogue Box
  • Working with Swatches
  • Grouping Paths
  • Using the Scale Tool
  • Using the Rotate Tool
  • Rotating Multiple Objects
  • Advanced Rotate Options
Chapter VII: Using the Powerful Pen Tool (48 min)
  • Using Bridge
  • Creating a Tracing Template
  • Drawing with the Pen Tool
  • Modifying a Path
  • Using and Editing Spline Curves
  • Using Beziér Curves
  • Creating a Cusp Point
  • Modifying and Converting Beziér Curves
  • Cutting, Extending, and Closing Paths
  • Filling Paths
Chapter VIII: Selecting Points and Paths (59 min)
  • Strokes and Fills
  • Appearance Palate – Transform And Tweak
  • Working With Layers – Uzz Character
  • Making Use of the Join Command
  • Locked Layers
  • Making Center Points
  • Intro To Pathfinder – Intersect Shape Areas
  • Precision Filling Selection
  • Various Selection Commands & Methods
  • Various Scaling Methods
  • Lacemaking Using Shape Tool – Rotate & Fill
  • Merging Strokes & Fills With Compound Path
  • Lacemaking Using Direction Handles & Anchor Points
  • Pucker & Bloat
Chapter IX: Pathfinder Operations (40 min)
  • Touring the Project
  • An Introduction to the Pathfinder Operations
  • Working with the Pathfinder Palete
  • Comparing Pathfinder Behaviors
  • Joining Paths and the Miter Limit
  • Croping, Uniting and Arranging
  • Selectiing and Deselecting Paths
  • Fill Options and other pathfinder operations
Chapter X: Liquify & Envelope (33 min)
  • Preparing an Image for Liquify & Envelope
  • Using the Warp Tool to Liquify
  • Using the Envelope Functions
  • Editing Enveloped Content
  • Liquify with Live Trace
Chapter XI: Creating and Formatting Type (50 min)
  • Importing Text into Illustrator
  • Selecting Text for Reformatting
  • Moving Text to a New Text Container
  • Reformatting Text with the Paragraphs Pallet
  • Altering Text Font and Size
  • Moving Text and Altering Line Spacing
  • Copying Text Formats
Disc II: Treasures from the Object Orient

Chapter I: Gradients & Gradient Mesh (46 min)
  • Applying a Gradient
  • Using Swatches
  • Using the Gradient Palette
  • Using the Gradient Slider Bar
  • Adding Colors
  • Using the Gradient Tool
  • Making Color Adjustments
  • Using the Eye Dropper Tool
  • Reviewing the Appearance Palette and Gradients on Strokes
  • Expanding Appearance
  • Creating a Gradient Mesh
  • Expanding a Gradient Mesh
  • Modifying Gradient Mesh Colors
  • Modifying Gradient Mesh Points and Control Handles
  • Applying Other Gradient Mesh Color Change
  • Adjusting Gradient Mesh Preferences
  • Blending Objects into the Gradient Mesh
Chapter II: Blends and Masks (34 min)
  • Creating Simple Color Gradients
  • Creating Custom Gradients via Blending
  • Cropping Custom Gradient Blends
  • Customizing Blends for Specific Shapes
  • Creating Blends Between Two Shapes
  • Changing the Shape of Customized Blends
  • Masking Edges with Clipping Masks
  • Masking the Shape of Customized Blends
  • Changing Opacities of Clipping Mask Layers
Chapter III: Brushing with Vectors (45 min)
  • Illustrator CS 2’s Brush Tool
  • The Brush Options Dialogue Box
  • Extending Selected Paths
  • Illustrator Art Brushes
  • Editing Your Art Brush Strokes
  • Making a Custom Art Brush
  • Finishing Up Your Art Brush and Typing on a Path
  • Fixing Your Text
  • Converting Text To An Art Brush
Chapter IV: Using Transparency (38 min)
  • Assigning Different Opacity For Stroke And Fill
  • Working With Knockout Group
  • Creating an Opacity Mask
  • Multiply Mode
  • Adding Objects To Opacity Masks
  • Opacity Mask With a Gradient
  • Blend Mode – Multiply Mode
  • Transpacency Palatte
  • Blend Mode – Color Mode
  • Making Translucent Gradient in Blend Mode
  • Create Mask With Boundary Layer
  • Printing Tips With Flattener Preview
Chapter V: Pre-Assembly (50 min)
  • Introducing Live Effects
  • Dealing with Fills and Strokes
  • Using the Scribble Dialogue Box
  • Managing the Appearance Palette
  • Introducing the Transform Command
  • Reapplying the Transform Command
  • Modifying Stroke Attributes
  • Changing the Transform Origin
  • Saving and Loading Graphic Styles
Chapter VI: Dynamic Type Treatments (41 min)
  • Dynamic Effects for Objects
  • Transform Effects and Stacking Order
  • Text Effects, Warnings and Selection Settings
  • Applying the Warp Effect and Editing Text
  • Applying a Stroke and Transforming the Text
  • Thickening the text using Path options
  • Creating Drop shadows & Text Effects
  • Filling Text with Color and Gradients
Chapter VII: Live Trace (33 min)
  • Reviewing Files for Live Trace
  • Using the Live Trace Tool
  • Applying Threshold and Minimum Area
  • Reviewing Adjustments and View Tracing Option
  • Reviewing Trace Settings Tracing Option
  • Expanding Traced Items to Paths
  • Using Tracing Options for Color
  • Altering Swatches in Color Tracing
Chapter VIII: Live Paint (43 min)
  • Live Painting Fills
  • Live Painting Strokes
  • Live Paint-Bucket Basics
  • Live Painting Update On Fly
  • Paint Bucket Tricks
  • Live Painting Paths
  • Leaving Isolation Mode
  • Selecting Paths In Live Paint
  • Selection Tool In Live Paint
  • Layering Strokes In Live Paint
  • Live Painting A Trace
  • Gap Detection
  • Close Gaps With Paths
Chapter IX: Using Symbols (25 min)
  • Introducing Symbols
  • Accessing Symbol Libraries
  • Manipulating and Duplicating Symbols
  • Altering All Instances of a Symbol
  • Replacing All Instances of a Symbol
  • Creating Symbols
  • Applying Symbols with the Symbol Spray Tool
  • Modifying Symbols with Symbol Tools
Chapter X: 3D Effects (44 min)
  • Introduction to 3D space and 3D Effects
  • Applying and Adjusting the Extrude and Bevel effect
  • Lighting, Shading and Gradation
  • Mapping the Artwork onto the extruded object
  • Modifying the object and the Mapped artwork
  • Applying and Adjusting the Revolve Effect
  • Using Photoshop to help with 3D Effects
Chapter XI: Printing & Exporting (31 min)
  • Setting Document Trim Size
  • Creating Page Bleed
  • Setting Imageable Portion of Output Page
  • Preparing General Setup Output Settings
  • Preparing Print Bleed Settings
  • Preparing Printer Settings
  • Altering Document Rasterize Settings
  • Saving Print Settings
  • Exporting Documents as Different File Types
Chapter XII: Flash Animation (39 min)
  • Intro To SWF Animation
  • Animating Live Effects
  • Exporting Flash Animations
  • Adding Frames To Animations
  • Creating A Symbol File
  • Animating A Symbol
  • Animating Between 3D Extrusions

Additional information

Highlights

 Publish your artwork to virtually any medium you desire with Adobe’s cross-media publishing capabilities
Achieve optimal efficiency by locating commonly used tools in a context-sensitive Control palette
Bonus Offer! Create cool and innovated projects using expert advice from Matthew Richmond (The Chopping Block).

LENGTH

Total Run Time: 18 hrs

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Illustrator CS2

£ 28.13 VAT inc.

*Indicative price

Original amount in USD:

$ 35

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