Illustrator CS5: Advanced

Delivery method
Classroom based, maximum 5 delegates

Course description
[b]DAY ONE[/b]

[b]Advanced drawing and path
editing[/b]
• Drawing complex bezier shapes
• Setting anchor point and handle
display preferences
• Using the Control panel to
edit paths
• Manipulating paths, points and
direction handles
• Outlining strokes

[b]Advanced use of colour[/b]
• Editing colours using menu commands
• Extracting colours from artwork
• Using the Colour Guide panel
• Using Live Colour
• Editing colours with Live Colour
• Modifying colour in artwork

[b]Appearances and effects[/b]
• Document Raster Effects settings
• Applying resolution-independent raster effects
• Using the Appearance panel
• Targeting object attributes
• Adding multiple attributes to a single object
• Manipulating the appearance stacking order
• Creating complex transformations
• Applying Live Effects
• Editing Live Effects
• Expanding appearances

[b]Using Clipping Masks[/b]
• Working with clipping masks
• Modifying clipping masks

[b]Advanced painting techniques[/b]
• Using the Bristle brush
• Simulating real brush strokes
• Setting Bristle brush characteristics
• Creating variable width strokes
• Creating variable width profiles
• Using Drawing Behind and Drawing Inside
• Working with Gradient Meshes

[b]Compound shapes and paths[/b]
• Using Shape Builder to combine, edit and fill shapes
• Understanding compound shapes and paths.
• Creating shapes with Pathfinder options

Suitable for
An Adobe authorised advanced course for those with some experience of using Illustrator who need to master the more advanced features of Illustrator CS5.

Requirements
You should have attended the Introduction to Adobe Illustrator course at Media Training or have an equivalent working knowledge.