Intermediate/Advanced Illustrator CS4
Short course
In Bristol and London
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Short course
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1 Day
Recommended as a follow up to two day Fundamentals of Illustrator course or can be taken in its own right by those with equivalent experience.
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About this course
Existing competence in Illustrator or at least to the level of Transmedia Fundamentals course
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Course programme
Recommended as a follow up to two day Fundamentals of Illustrator course or can be taken in its own right by those with equivalent experience.
Pre-requisites:
Existing competence in Illustrator or at least to the level of Transmedia Fundamentals course
Course Includes:
A comprehensive set of reference notes covering course topics, follow-up telephone support and, for training on Transmedia premises, lunch and refreshments.
Course Outline
Bridge
· Working more efficiently using Bridge to find/sort and manage files
Drawing
· Getting full control of the pen tool
· Amending, splitting, joining and manipulating paths
· Using templates, pencil and smooth
Brush effects
· Choosing calligraphic, art, scatter and pattern brushes
· Using the brush libraries
· Editing existing and creating new brushes
Working with patterns
· Creating simple patterns
· Defining artwork as a pattern
Modifications and special effects
· Transformations including blending shapes and the Gradient Mesh tool to create realistic artwork
· Pathfinder panel and compound paths including the new live compound tool
· Using the appearance panel for live editing
· Clipping Masks - viewing only the clipped area of your objects during editing.
· Using Isolation Mode, and Edit Clipping Path for more control
Tools
· Flare tool
· Distort tool including the warp and liquify tools
· Envelope distort and envelope mesh
· Using effects and graphic styles
· Working with masks and transparency
· Grids including the polar and arc grids
· New selection tools
· 3D tools indepth
Trace and Paint
· Using Live Trace to vectorise a Bitmap
· Manipulate objects using Live Paint
Web work
· Slicing to create entire web pages
· Exporting to SWF with Flash symbol support
Symbols
· Converting logos to symbols for reuse
· Using the symbol spray to instance symbols around page
· Update symbols, manipulate symbols
The Actions panel
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Using existing actions
· Using Custom actions for automation and Batching
Image Output
· Saving, exporting and printing artboards independently or together
· Separations Preview - identifying unexpected spot colours, overprinting issues, and CMYK blacks in text and placed files
Intermediate/Advanced Illustrator CS4