The Advanced Illustrator Course
Course
In Manchester and London
Description
-
Type
Intensive workshop
-
Level
Intermediate
-
Location
-
Class hours
8h
-
Duration
2 Days
Intended to improve your abilities in Illustrator to take full advantage of its features. Attending this course you will preferably have taken our Illustrator (Intermediate) course or be reasonably confident with the program. This course uses the latest CC (Creative Cloud) version of Illustrator, and so is also suitable as an overview of what is new in the latest version and to familiarise yourself with changes to the GUI if you have been using an earlier version.
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
Start date
About this course
- Using Bridge to find, sort and manage files
- Drawing, Brush effects
- Working with patterns
- Modifications and special effects
- Envelopes
- Tools
- Masks
- Working With Colour
- Graphic Styles
- Effects & Filters
- Drawing in perspective
- Working With Layers
- Text In Illustrator
- Symbols
- Web Work
- Print Work
- Image Output
- Automating Tasks
- Creative Cloud Options.
This 2 day Advanced Adobe Illustrator Course is suitable for people with good Illustrator experience who want to gain extensive knowledge of the software.
Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:
- Knowledge of OS X and basic computer navigation
- A comprehensive understanding of Illustrator. Preferably you will have attended The Introduction to Illustrator course, The Intermediate Illustrator Course or have the equivalent experience.
Whilst there is no Adobe certification for this course, our trainers are industry-experienced Adobe Certified Instructors and Soho Editors is an Authorised Adobe Training Partner. Additionally, the course is based upon Adobe’s CIAB guidelines, so you will receive a certificate from Soho Editors upon completion of the course.
Firstly, we are long established as part of the post-production industry, and therefore have an excellent understanding of the market, and the skills that post-production staff need to have. We are not purely a training company, with other divisions of the group having a huge presence in the industry.
Secondly, unlike a lot of our competitors that provide training to the post-production industry, many of the courses we run are fully approved and certified, and will give you a recognised qualification if you pass the exam (more on this later).
We do not do general training – our courses are all industry specific, and we are experts in this field.
Thirdly, we're situated in the heart of London's post-production district – where better place to train on post-production technology?
Fourthly, the team here is friendly, helpful, efficient, understanding, flexible and approachable, and the trainers, as well as being all of the above, are fully qualified and certified, and all have significant industry experience and kudos as editors / talent in their own right.
The professional courses we run are usually Manufacturer Certified - the ones that aren't are still Industry Approved. This means that you will get certification or experience with the relevant manufacturer or software and proving your level of expertise if you pass the exam.
You can be assured of training to the highest possible standard, with your trainer being a qualified expert with significant current experience both professionally and as a trainer.
Reviews
Subjects
- Digital Imaging
- Illustrator
Teachers and trainers (1)
Alan Bradbury
Trainer
Course programme
Lesson 1 Using Bridge to find, sort and manage files
- Understanding the interface
- Previewing files in different modes
- Rating and labeling
- Assigning Keywords
- Batch Rename
- Synchronising Adobe’s Colour Workspace
- Getting full control of the pen tool
- Amending, splitting, joining and manipulating paths
- Using Shape Builder to combine, edit and fill shapes
- Using templates, pencil and smooth
- Creating Calligraphic, Art, Pattern, and Scatter Brushes
- Modifying the brush options
- Editing existing and creating new brushes
- Creating simple patterns
- Defining artwork as a pattern
- Transformations including blending shapes and the Gradient Mesh tool to create realistic artwork
- Pathfinder panel and compound paths including the 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
- Applying Warp and Mash Envelopes
- Expanding and releasing
- Edit Envelope contents
- Creating custom Envelope shapes
- Flare tool
- Distort tool including the warp and liquify tools
- Using effects and graphic styles
- Working with masks and transparency
- Grids including the polar and arc grids
- Other selection tools
- Creating and applying Masks
- Modifying and updating mask content
- Understanding Illustrators Swatches
- Creating Gradient and Pattern Swatches
- Working with colour Guide
- Creating Live Paint Objects
- Loading Pantone Libraries
- Saving and exporting Swatches
- Working with Gradient Mashes
- Customising the working spaces for accurate colour reproduction on screen and in print
Lesson 10 Graphic Styles
- Understanding Illustrator’s Graphic Styles
- Creating and applying Graphic Styles
- Loading and saving Graphic Style Presets
- Understanding Illustrator’s Filter and Effects menu
- Distort & Transform
- Stylise
- Effect Gallery
- Choosing a Perspective Grid preset
- The Perspective Grid tool
- The Perspective Selection tool
- Setting Perspective Grid options
- Setting plane options
- Adjusting the perspective grid
- Drawing new objects in perspective
- Attaching art to a perspective plane
- Mapping a perspective grid to a photo or drawing
- Using the Plane Switching widget
- Defining and editing grid presets
- Using keyboard shortcuts to speed up drawing
- Creating and understanding Layers
- Selecting and arranging Layers
- Duplicating Layer content
- Applying Layer Options
- Releasing and flattening Layers
- Animating and outputting Flash files using layers
- Improved Touch Type Features
- Creating and threading multiple text containers
- Modifying threaded text
- Modifying Area Type Options
- Type flow into a shape
- Text on a Path Options
- Using Text Wrap and options
- Using Character and Paragraph Styles
- Special characters with the Glyph Palette
- Setting up Hyphenations and Justifications
- Customising Tabs
- Ensuring correct output
- Depreciated Flash Text features
- Converting logos to symbols for reuse
- Using the symbol spray to instance symbols around page
- Manipulating and updating symbols
- Slicing to create entire web pages
- Exporting to SWF with Flash symbol support
- Setting up for professional printing
- Understanding transparency flattening
- Creating Crop Marks
- Page Tiling
- Exporting Multiple Page PDF
- Using the Area Crop Tool to export pre-defined areas
- Setting up the Document Raster Effect Setting
- Saving, exporting and printing artboards independently or together
- Separations Preview - identifying unexpected spot colours, overprinting issues, and CMYK blacks in text and placed files
- Creating and recording Actions
- Using Custom actions for automation and Batching
- Running a Batch
- Loading and saving Action Sets
- Ideas - Using and syncing Illustrator on a mobile device.
The Advanced Illustrator Course