Adobe Illustrator CC Advanced Techniques - Online Classroom

Illustrator CS6 Advanced Techniques is focused on people who have used Illustrator for some time, or have already attended our beginners Illustrator training course.

The course is made up of 2 days of advanced classroom based Illustrator instruction which can be completed either at our London or York centres or your own location. This is then supported and extended by 12 months access to our learning management system containing video tutorials, exercises, sample files and instructor led support forums.

The Instructors

Our Illustrator instructors all have years of experience working with Illustrator in a professional capacity and have all attained Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor status. Equally important, they have many years of real world experience working with the products, and are active participants in the beta programs for new version, something which is reflected in the courses.

The Audience 

This Illustrator course is suitable for anybody who already has experience of working with Illustrator. You should have already attended our basic Illustrator training course or have equivalent experience.

If you are unsure which Illustrator course is most suitable then why not try our free Illustrator Skills Test to help you test your current skills.

The Prerequisites

This course is an advanced Illustrator class. You should have already attended the basic Illustrator course or have equivalent experience before attempting this course.

Course Topics

The following modules are covered in this course:

Symbols

- Creating symbols
- Editing symbols
- Saving symbols
- Using the symbol tools

Live paint

- LivePaint groups
- Detecting Gaps
- Painting strokes and fills
- Live paint bucket and Live paint selection tools

Blob brush tool

- Painting with the blob brush
- Merging and keep selected options
- Tolerances and options

Perspective grid tool

- Introduction
- Presets and settings
- Drawing in perspective
- Attaching & releasing objects
- Bringing in objects
- Selecting objects
- Transforming objects
- Adding text and symbols

Colour

- Recolouring your artwork
- Creating swatches from your artwork
- Applying swatches to your artwork
- Colour groups

Gradients

- Creating gradients
- Applying gradients to shapes
- Applying gradients to strokes
- Along the length, across the width, within the stroke

Gradient Mesh

- Creating mesh objects
- Editing mesh objects
- Mesh points and mesh patches
- Using transparency

Tracing images

- Image trace
- Presets
- Mode
- Using a palette
- Advanced options

Brushes

- Art brushes
- Scatter brushes
- Bristle brushes
- Pattern brushes

Custom brushes

- Creating your own brushes
- Using your custom brushes

Patterns

- Defining your pattern
- Creating your pattern
- Applying your pattern

The appearance panel

- Organising your effects
- Moving your effects
- Multiple strokes
- Multiple fills