Illustrator Training - Illustrator CS4 Getting Started
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Illustrator Training - Illustrator CS4 Getting Started

Illustrator CS4 - Getting Started is a blended Illustrator training learning course that combines 1 days of instructor led classroom based Illustrator training with hours of additional online learning content covering a range of topics suitable for beginners.

The classroom based modules can either be completed at our fully equipped London training centre or at your own facility, whilst the online modules combine high quality flash video presentations backed up with instructor led course discussion forums, exercises files, real world samples, and loads more.

Summary of Topics Covered
- General Interface
- How the panels work
- docking
- panel groups
- document tabbing
- Creating/Saving workspaces
- The Application bar
- N-up display
- Canvas rotation
- Basic shortcuts
- Using the Appearance Panel
- Hide/Show attributes
- Editing multiple object characteristics
- Same appearance attribute
- Copy and paste attributes
- Setting up your document
- New Document Settings
- Multiple artboards
- Creating a Custom Workspace
- Defaults
- Creating shapes Part One
- Using the pen tool
- Drawing from scratch
- Editing a selected shape
- Corners
- Drawing basic Shapes with the Shape Tools
- Drawing paths with the Pencil Tool
- Creating shapes from letters
- Editing Objects
- Manipulating Objects - Transformations
- Colour
- Colour and Kuler
- Swatches
- Gradients
- Transparency
- Stroke/Fill
- Creating Shapes Part Two
- Pathfinder commands
- Duplicating Objects
- Repeating transformations
- Applying Graphic Styles
- Blob Brush tool
- Layers
- Layers and sub-layers
- When to use them
- Layer options
- What to do with layers when exporting
- Using Type
- Apply Gradients to Type
- Type in a shape
- Type on a Path
- Apply an Envelope to Type
- Using graphics
- Placing a Graphic
- LiveTrace - Basics
- Expanding a LiveTraced graphic
- Editing the resuting expansion
- Symbols - basics
- What is a Symbol
- How to use the Symbol sprayer tool
- Basic symbol manipulations
- Symbol libraries
- Illustrator Effects - Basics
- Distort and Transform
- Stylize
- Warp
- Tool options and Smart Guides
- Tool options
- Smart guides and Smart Guide preferences
- Gradient Controls
- Managing Assets with Adobe Bridge for Illustrator
- Exploring the Adobe Bridge Environment
- Applying Metadata and Keywords
- Illustrator Skins for Flex
- Designing a skin
- Exporting and using within Flex
- Using Illustrator for Flash Example
- Creating a simple Illustration
- Setting up the layers properly
- Setting up the symbols
- Exporting to Flash
- Using the file within flash
- Finished result
- Illustrator to PDF
- Creating and using layers
- PDF output options
- PDF presets

 
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Duration1 day
 
£350
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