Adobe Illustrator Advanced (Adobe Authorised)

Mekon Creatives

Short course

In London, Sutton, Surrey, Nottingham

£ 295 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Location

    London, sutton, surrey, ...

  • Duration

    1 Day

This course focuses on the advanced features of Illustrator and power shortcuts to enhance your workflow. A methodical approach to using the vector drawing tools in Illustrator will be taught to help you unlock your creative potential. Suitable for: This Adobe Illustrator course is intendend for intermediate level Adobe Illustrator users who need to take thier Adobe Illustrator skills to the next level. Appropriate for print designers, web designers, illustrators and graphic designers or artists.

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Location

Start date

London, Sutton, Surrey, Nottingham (Surrey)
Mekon House, 31-35 St Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey, Sm1 1jn, SM1 1JN

Start date

On request

About this course

To attend our Adobe Illustrator Advanced course you may have attended our Adobe Illustrator Introduction course or have an equivalent working knowledge of the software.

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Course programme

Included in this course:

  • Course book

  • Lunch

  • 3 Months post training support

  • Certificate of attendence

    Course Outline

    Customising Illustrator

  • Setting document preferences

  • Customising the artboard size

  • Customising document setup

  • Setting program preferences

  • Defining and recalling custom workspaces

    Layers

  • Creating grids

  • Setting grid preferences

  • Exploring and using layers

  • Creating and deleting layers

  • Hiding layers

  • Specifying layer options

  • Organising layers

  • Grouping layers

  • Moving and copying objects between layers

  • Creating template layers

  • Using the release to layers option

  • Selecting layer comps from Photoshop files

    Graphs

  • Creating graphs to include column, line, pie area and scatter graphs

  • Entering and importing data

  • Setting dynamic data linking

  • Breaking links to external data

  • Setting graph options

  • Converting graph designs

  • Creating marker & column design

    Auto trace options

  • Tracing vector images

  • Understanding the trace options

  • Controlling the trace area - ie defining a partial image

  • Setting trace preferences

  • Using Live Trace to autotrace scanned work

    Converting vector to bitmap

  • Rasterising vector objects to PICT and TIFF formats

  • Exploring bitmap filters

    Working with brushes

  • Using Art, Calligraphic, Pattern and Scatter brush effects

  • Creating and using your own art brushes

  • Brush options of selected object

  • Using the gradient mesh tool

  • Editing a gradient mesh

  • Adding colour to a gradient mesh

  • Changing the angle of a colour within a gradient mesh

  • Adding points to a gradient mesh

    Using the appearance palette

  • Distinction between the filter and effect menu

  • Understanding the appearance palette

  • Clear appearance option

  • Maintain appearance for subsequent objects

    Actions

  • Understanding and using the Actions palette

  • Creating an action Applying actions

  • Inserting menu options into an action

    Links

  • Linked and embedded images

  • Links palette options

  • Checking document Info to include font information, colour settings and imported graphic info

    3D Features

  • Creating 3D shapes

  • Creating a custom symbol to wrap around 3D artwork

  • Setting light effects

    Saving and exporting Illustrator files

  • Exporting Illustrator files to various formats

  • Using the path join and cleanup options

  • Specifying transparency

  • Exporting as Flash

  • Saving as PDF files

  • Printing files

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