Illustrator CS4: Introduction

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    Course

  • Methodology

    Inhouse

  • Duration

    2 Days

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DAY ONE

Welcome to Illustrator
  • About vectors and bitmaps
Getting started in Illustrator
  • Opening illustrations
  • Using templates
  • Creating new illustrations
  • Tabbed document views
  • Using document profiles
  • Exploring panels and workspaces
  • Navigating your illustrations
Artwork components
  • Outline vs Preview mode
  • Using multiple artboards in CS4
  • Rulers, guides and grids
  • Intuitive Smart Guides
  • Paths, point and handles
  • Grouping objects
  • Group isolation mode
  • Introduction to layers
Creating shapes
  • Creating primitive shapes
  • Creating polygons, stars and spirals
  • Drawing lines, grids and arcs
  • Snapping and aligning shapes
Working with colour
  • Colour models
  • Applying colour to objects
  • Spot vs process colour
  • Process and global process colours
  • Managing swatches
  • Creating colour groups
  • Introduction to gradients
  • Loading swatch libraries
  • Sharing colour swatches across applications
Drawing in Illustrator
  • Working with paths, points & direction handles
  • Drawing freehand paths
  • Tips for drawing curves
  • Editing, manipulating and modifying paths
  • Using the cutting tools
  • Using the Average and Join commands
  • Using the Eraser tool

DAY TWO

Using LiveTrace
  • Automatically tracing artwork
  • Adjusting LiveTrace results
  • Converting LiveTrace objects
Painting in Illustrator
  • Manipulating stroke options
  • Painting with the Paintbrush
  • Introducing blends and the Gradient mesh
  • Creating multiple fills and strokes on a single object
  • Introducing symbols
Introducing LivePaint
  • Creating LivePaint groups
  • Painting LivePaint objects
  • Detecting gaps
  • Path editing with LivePaint
Organising your artwork
  • Editing the artboard size
  • Using guides and smart guides
  • Creating custom guides
  • Positioning elements
  • Using the Align palette
  • Using layers and creating template layers
Transforming objects
  • Using the Transform tools and panel
  • The Reshape tool
  • Introducing the Liquify tools
  • Basic Envelope distortions
Placing imported graphics
  • Photoshop import options
Creating complex shapes
  • Creating compound shapes
  • Creating compound paths
  • Expanding compound shapes
Working with type
  • The type tools
  • Using the Character panel
  • Using the Paragraph panel
  • Creating outlines from text
  • Type on a path
Saving and exporting
  • Saving and exporting Illustrator files
  • Creating Adobe PDF files

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