Illustrator CS4: Introduction
Course
In Southwark
Price on request
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
Southwark
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Duration
2 Days
Facilities
Location
Start date
Southwark
(London)
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202 Blackfriars Road, SE1 8NJ
Start date
On request
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Course programme
DAY ONE
Welcome to Illustrator
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About vectors and bitmaps
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Opening illustrations
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Using templates
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Creating new illustrations
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Tabbed document views
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Using document profiles
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Exploring panels and workspaces
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Navigating your illustrations
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Outline vs Preview mode
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Using multiple artboards in CS4
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Rulers, guides and grids
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Intuitive Smart Guides
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Paths, point and handles
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Grouping objects
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Group isolation mode
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Introduction to layers
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Creating primitive shapes
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Creating polygons, stars and spirals
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Drawing lines, grids and arcs
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Snapping and aligning shapes
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Colour models
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Applying colour to objects
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Spot vs process colour
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Process and global process colours
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Managing swatches
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Creating colour groups
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Introduction to gradients
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Loading swatch libraries
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Sharing colour swatches across
applications
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Working with paths, points &
direction handles
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Drawing freehand paths
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Tips for drawing curves
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Editing, manipulating and modifying
paths
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Using the cutting tools
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Using the Average and Join commands
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Using the Eraser tool
DAY TWO
Using LiveTrace
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Automatically tracing artwork
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Adjusting LiveTrace results
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Converting LiveTrace objects
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Manipulating stroke options
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Painting with the Paintbrush
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Introducing blends and the Gradient
mesh
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Creating multiple fills and strokes
on a single object
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Introducing symbols
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Creating LivePaint groups
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Painting LivePaint objects
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Detecting gaps
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Path editing with LivePaint
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Editing the artboard size
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Using guides and smart guides
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Creating custom guides
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Positioning elements
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Using the Align palette
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Using layers and creating template
layers
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Using the Transform tools and panel
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The Reshape tool
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Introducing the Liquify tools
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Basic Envelope distortions
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Photoshop import options
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Creating compound shapes
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Creating compound paths
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Expanding compound shapes
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The type tools
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Using the Character panel
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Using the Paragraph panel
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Creating outlines from text
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Type on a path
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Saving and exporting Illustrator
files
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Creating Adobe PDF files
Illustrator CS4: Introduction
Price on request