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This one day Illustrator course can
be booked according to our course
schedule, or alternatively you can book a
trainer to visit you.
Contact us for more details!
Adobe Illustrator CS
Beginners Level
Illustrator is the industry standard
graphic drawing program, used to produce and amend
graphic icons, maps, symbols, diagrams, cartoons,
illustrations, graphs, charts and logos. Even at
beginners’ level you can create polished and
professional digital illustrations, easily and
speedily.
Useful to you if:
you need to produce or amend any basic graphic items
from the list above.
Before the course, you:
should be able to navigate your desktop/system and
be familiar with basic universal functions such as
“Save”, “Quit” etc.;
need no prior experience of Illustrator.
At the end of the day’s course you will:
• have produced a simple colour map, a graphic icon,
and a posterised illustration;
• be comfortable with bezier curves;
• and know some basic keyboard shortcuts to improve
workflow.
Course contents (may vary slightly):
Basics
Bitmap vs vector
Viewing/opening documents
Title bar info
New document specifications
RGB v CMYK
Browsing
Navigation
Preferences
Most commonly used palettes
Rulers
Guides and grids
Smart guides
Shape Tools
Tool bar
Drawing simple shapes
Basic bezier work
Path selection
Basic path amendments
Palette options
Editing tools
Selections
Type Tools
Selecting and creating type
Font usage, formatting
Type wrapping around objects
Converting to outlines
Transforming shapes
Amending shapes
Multiple transformations: groups
Object Relations
Basic fill
Basic strokes
Positioning
Alignment
Transparency
Object groups
Layers
Placing
Arranging
Moving objects between layers
Layer attributes
Saving and Exporting
Revert
Saving for various software imports
Exporting paths
Drag and dropping
Legacy
Bitmap vs vector export
Workflow
Saving the workspace
Hiding edges and guides
View as outline
Keyboard shortcuts
Project achievements:
Basic map
Graphic icon
Posterised illustration
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