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Book an Adobe Illustrator Lite Course

beginner illustrator training course logo Adobe Illustrator Lite Course: $595

Course Description

Want to get up and running with Illustrator, but don't need to learn the whole program? This course is ideal for those who will be creating basic logos and illustrations and for those who will be editing existing Adobe Illustrator artwork. If you decide later to build on your Illustrator knowledge, you can then attend City Desktop's 2 day Essentials Adobe Illustrator course.

What you will learn

During this 1 day Illustrator course, the following topics are covered:

  • — Configuring Illustrator
  • — Straight Lines
  • — Curves and Corners
  • — Working with Objects and Templates
  • — Converting Sketches to Vectors
  • — Using Masks
  • — Masking with Type
  • — Working with 3D Objects

Who Should Attend and Prerequisites

This Illustrator Lite course is suitable for anyone who will only be using Illustrator a few times a month or whose main task is editing existing documents (i.e. not having to create or set up Illustrator files from scratch). No prior knowledge of Illustrator is assumed but intending students should have a strong working knowledge of either Mac or Windows.

See the outline below for more in-depth detail:

Training Course Benefits

Course Outline

Creating Documents

  • New Document Profiles
  • Using multiple artboards
  • Libraries and content

Interface

  • Using the Control panel
  • Navigating within a document
  • Using rulers, guides and grids
  • Utilising the bounding box
  • The Hide Edges command
  • Preview and Outline modes
  • Using workspaces

Drawing

  • Drawing closed-path primitives
  • Drawing open-path primitives
  • Simple drawing with the Pen tool

Path Editing

  • Editing anchor points
  • Creating compound shapes
  • Utilizing Pathfinder functions

Text Editing

  • Creating point text
  • Creating area text
  • Character and paragraph formatting

Understanding Appearances

  • Using the Appearance panel

Working with Groups and Layers

  • Defining groups
  • Editing groups
  • Working with layers

Making Selections

  • Using the basic selection tools

Working with Color

  • Applying colors
  • Creating solid color swatches
  • Creating global process swatches
  • Working with linear gradient fills

Object Transformation and Positioning

  • Moving and copying objects
  • Scaling objects
  • Rotating objects
  • Aligning objects

Symbols

  • Using and editing symbols
  • Defining your own symbols

Applying Live Effects

  • Minding your resolution settings
  • Applying basic extrusions
  • Applying basic revolves

Working with Images

  • Placing images
  • Using the Links panel
  • The Edit Original workflow

Saving and Printing

  • Saving your document
  • Printing your document
  • Preparing your files for the Web

Adobe Illustrator
COURSE OUTLINES

introductory illustrator training logo Illustrator Essentials Course
2 day course: $895 $795

advanced illustrator training logo Illustrator Advanced Course*
2 day course: $995

* Prerequisite quiz required.

MELBOURNE January February March April May June
Illustrator Lite 23 27 — 12 23 —
Illustrator Essentials 23 & 24 27 & 28 — 12 & 13 23 & 24 —
Illustrator Advanced Currently not available as a public course in Melbourne. Private training can be organised onsite.

 

BRISBANE January February March April May June
Illustrator Lite — — 8 — — 4
Illustrator Essentials — —
 8 & 9
 — — 4 & 5
Illustrator Advanced Currently not available as a public course in Brisbane. Private training can be organised onsite.