Adobe Illustrator CS3

Duration: 2 days
Time: 10am - 5pm. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled between 12-1pm
Course Materials: Vendor Authorized Courseware provided
Locations: Reston, VA / On-Site
Related Courses:
Cost: $1095
Registration: Click Here to Register

Course Synopsis

Discover high quality drawing and illustration with Adobe Illustrator . You will start with an overview of Illustrator and work on lessons that will step you into a greater skill level. Discover the unique features of Illustrator, including how to create logos, professional type effects, complex airbrush effects and color control. We also recommend this course for those planning to obtain the Adobe Certified Expert status.

Who Should Attend

Graphic professionals who need an essential understanding of vector illustrations. Experienced users will also benefit from the many tips and tricks and special exercises.

Prerequisites

Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

What You Will Learn

Lines and shapes
Selection Tools
The Pen Tool
Using the Live Trace Tool
Type Basics
Transform Tools
Fill and Stroke
Gradients
Using Layers
Using Blends
Transparency
Exporting to EPS and PDF

LESSON PLANS

Getting to know the work area
Viewing artwork
Using the Illustrator tools
Working with panels
Using panel menus
Changing the view of artwork
Using the view commands
Using the navigator panel
Using the Illustrator Help

Selecting and aligning
Using the selection tool
Using the Direct Selection tool
Selections with the Magic Wand
Grouping Items
Aligning objects
Applying selection techniques

Creating basic shapes
Using basic shape tools
Using Live Trace to create shapes
Drawing polygons, spirals, and stars

Transforming objects
Scaling objects
Refl ecting objects
Distorting objects
Shearing objects
Positioning objects precisely
Changing the perspective
Making multiple transformations

Drawing with the Pen tool
Creating straight lines
Creating curved paths
Building a curve
Curves and corner anchor points
Selecting and manipulating curves

Color and painting
Color Mode
Understanding the color controls
Color fundamentals
Copying attributes
Using the Appearance panel
Building and saving your own custom color
Using Illustrator swatch libraries
Creating a spot color
Creating color groups
Editing color with Live Color
Creating a color group with Live Color
Assign colors to your artwork
Using patterns
Creating your own pattern
Applying Live Paint
Create a PDF from your artwork

Working with type
Importing a text fi le
Creating columns of text
Understanding text fl ow
Working with overfl ow text
Threading text
Working with font size and color
Paragraph attributes
Saving and using styles
Creating Character styles
Sampling text
Creating text on paths and shapes
Creating text outlines

Working with layers
Creating layers
Moving objects and layers
Locking layers
Viewing layers
Pasting layers
Creating clipping masks
Merging layers
Applying appearance attributes to layers

Blending shapes and colors
Creating a gradient fill
Adjusting the direction of a gradient
Adding colors to a gradient
Creating smooth-color blends
Modifying the blend
Combining blends with gradients

Working with symbols
Using Illustrator Symbol Libraries
Creating Symbols
Editing Symbols
Applying a symbol instance
Using the symbolism tools
Updating a symbol
Breaking a link to a symbol
Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork

Overview of printing and color separations
Learning about printing devices
Halftone screens
Output device resolution
The RGB color model
The CMYK color model
Spot colors
Synchronizing color using Adobe Bridge
Specifying the bleed area
Saving in the EPS format
Exporting and importing flattening settings
Saving as Adobe PDF

 

 

 

 

 

Adobe Illustrator CS3 Advance for Professionals

Duration: 2 days
Time: 10am - 5pm. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled between 12-1pm
Course Materials: Vendor Authorized Courseware provided
Locations: Reston, VA / On-Site
Related Courses:
Cost: $1095
Registration: Click Here to Register

Course Synopsis

This course, Advanced Adobe Illustrator, will help you customize your work environment and increase your illustration productivity with great tips and tricks. Projects include advanced selection techniques, perspective grids, using the gradient mesh tool, advanced brush techniques, graphs and patterns. We also recommend this course for those planning to obtain the Adobe Certified Expert status.

Who Should Attend

Graphic professionals who need an extensive understanding of vector illustrations and the many features of Illustrator. Experienced users will also benefit from the many tips and tricks and special exercises.

Prerequisites

Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

What You Will Learn

Customizing the Illustrator environment
Advanced type conrols
Refining paths
Creating perspective grids
Advanced selection techniques
Masking and compound paths
The Gradient Mesh Tool
Advanced brushes
Transforming Images
Graphs and patterns

LESSON PLANS

General Knowledge
Major features of Adobe Illustrator
Difference between vector graphics and raster (bitmap) images
Native file formats in Adobe Illustrator
Criteria used when you would output an Illustrator document to various fi le formats, such as SWF, PSD, JPEG, GIF, PDF, SVG
Basic color modes used in Adobe Illustrator, such as HSB, RGB, CMYK
Managing files by using WebDAV

Laying out a document
Different components of the work area, such as imageable area, nonimageable area, edge of page, artboard, scratch area
Appropriate document settings for the artboard
Appropriate document settings for transparency
Appropriate document settings for printing and export
Options available for importing artwork by using the Open command and the Place command

Working with shapes & objects
Which tool should be used to create a shape or object
When you would use a specifi c editing tool, such as pens, pencils, paint brushes
Components of a path, such as anchor points, direction points, direction lines, corner point, smooth point
Creating spot colors and adding them to the Swatch palette
Applying colors, strokes, fills, and gradients to objects by using the Fill and Stroke boxes
Transforming shapes by using the Transform tools and/or the Transform palette
Transforming shapes by using the Distortion tools, such as Warp, Twirl, Bloat, Scallop, Crystallize, Wrinkle, Liquify
Creating and modify masks, including clipping mask
Create, use, and customize brushes
Modify overlapping objects by using the Transparency palette
Change the appearance of objects by using the Styles palette and Eff ects menu
Change the appearance of objects by using the Appearance palette
Create graphs by using the graph tools
Create, use, and edit symbols by using the Symbols palette and tools
Create and modify compound shapes by using Pathfi nder palette
Transform shapes by using Warp eff ects
Select objects by using the selection tools, such as Magic Wand, Select menu, Direct Select, Group Select
Assign variables to objects

Add type to a document, such as including wrapping type around a graphic, and creating type on a path
Modify type by using the Character and Paragraph palettes
Transform type by using setting options for scale, rotate, refl ect, and shear
Change the look of type by using the Create Outlines command
Change the look of type by using the Envelope command

Advance layer techniques
How layers can be used to help create and manage objects in a document
Change the attributes of objects in a layer by using the Layers palette
Creating clipping masks
Importing and exporting Adobe Photoshop layers
Export objects for a Flash (SWF) fi le by using the Release to Layers command

Managing Color
Color management workfl ow process that is used in Adobe Illustrator, including ICC profi les, conversion, embedding, and policies
Color management in Illustrator by using the Color Settings dialog box

Outputting to Print
Crop marks and trim marks in a document
Resolution and rasterization settings in the Document Setup dialog box
Guidelines associated with printing gradient mesh objects and color blends
Prepare and output a document to be used for color separation
Guidelines associated with printing transparencies, such as overprint preview, flattening preview palette

Publishing for the Web
Options and considerations associated with preparing graphics that will be used on the Web
Export Illustrator images that are optimized for publication on the Web
Output symbols to SWF and SVG formats
Create slices for objects and layers by using the Slice tools