Course Info

Duration

2 Days

Class Size

Max 7 – 8

Course Times

9am to 4pm

Computers

Macs & PCs

After Course

Book included

Phone

9516 1715

Location

Level 7, 89 York St

Download

Course PDF

Price

$845 $795 if booked during January or February

Illustrator Introduction Course

Upcoming Classes | Course Outline

Course Description

Students follow 15+ examples and complete exercises to explore Illustrator’s most important features such as drawing, creating logos and graphics, creating special effects, manipulating type, creating charts and producing complex fashion & architectural designs. Graphics can then be used for importing into InDesign and Photoshop or saved for web/ multimedia use.

Free 1 Gig USB

City Desktop Training provides students with a free 1 Gig USB Flash Drive with their first course, to be able to take their class files away with them.

What you will learn

During the 2 day Illustrator Essentials course, the following topics are covered. See outline below for more indepth detail:

— Illustrator's Tools & Workspace
— Shape Tools & Selections
— Colour & Gradients
— Working with Paths
— Pathfinder
— Live Color
— Live Trace
— Masking
— Creating Patterns & Symbols
— Transparency, Filters & Effects
— Blending
— Creating & Formatting Type
— Exporting Artwork from Illustrator

Upcoming Illustrator Courses

	January	February	March	April
Illustrator Essentials	15 & 16	9 & 10	10 & 11	8 & 9
Illustrator Advanced		27*		20 & 21

 

Adobe Illustrator CS3 / CS4 Course Outline

2 Day Illustrator Essentials

Tools & Workspace

Familiarisation with Illustrator’s most used tools. Create custom workspaces to work more efficiently.

Shape Tools & Selections

Basic principles when creating shapes such as rectangles, circles, polygons, stars, etc and manipulate into more complex objects.
Selection processes – why and when to use which technique.
Working with fills and strokes.
Transforming objects: duplicating, scaling, rotating, shearing and complex options. Working with layers. Aligning objects.

Colour & Gradients

Creating swatches: CMYK, RGB, Spot, Global/ Non Global by using the Color / Swatches and Swatch Library features. Creating gradient fills. Use eyedropper to sample colour. Blending and Gradient Meshes for complex morphing and airbrush effects.

Working with Paths

Use the pen tool to create complex drawings using straight and curved lines, and cusps. Editing paths, selecting and editing anchor points, aligning anchor points. Manipulating points and segments using the direct selection tool. Also freehand drawing with pen and pencil tools. Best methods for selecting, editing and duplicating etc.

Pathfinder

Combine, isolate and sub-divide objects. Using Pathfinder commands, such as Add, Exclude, Divide, Trip, Merge, Crop, Outline etc. Exploring Compound Paths to create transparent areas.

Live Color

Quickly create new colour combinations which can be tested and then saved for re-use. Apply colour in one go to multiple areas of your document.

Live Trace

Allows you to convert existing scanned files or raster images to a vector orientated path.

Drawing with Brushes

Using Illustrator’s Brushes: Calligraphic, Scatter, Art and Pattern.

Masking

Create masked areas to display only portions of objects or pictures.

Creating Patterns & Symbols

Using and modifying Illustrators default patterns and looking at setting up and creating your own.

Transparency, Filters and Effects

Adjusting the opacity of an object. Distorting objects or type by applying special effects or filters.

Blending

Blends multiple objects by colour and shape.

Creating and Formatting Type

Creating type for special effects, creating area type, kerning, tracking, leading, styles, glyphs, working with paragraphs. Threading text boxes and working with columns.

Flowing type along a path, placing type inside a path. Creating outlines – converting type to paths.

Exporting Artwork from Illustrator

Finished artwork can be exported for use in other applications or saved for placement in other applications such as Photoshop, Flash or InDesign or copied and pasted directly into InDesign.