Adobe Illustrator CS5 Introduction
Duration
2 Days (9:00 am – 4:00 pm)Meals Provided
Lunch and refresmentsPrint-Friendly
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Public, In-house, Closed GroupSkills Assessment
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Expected Outcomes
- Create and understand paths
- Create complex shapes using drawing objects
- Apply fill or stroke to objects
- Understand the difference between CMYK and RGB
- Arrange shapes by grouping, aligning and changing stacking order
- Use layers to assist in creating an illustration
- Use the transform options to assist in creating illustrations
Prerequisites
Participants will need to be familiar with Windows XP or Macintosh OS and have an understanding of page layout programs.
Who Should Attend this Course
This course has been developed for people wanting to acquire skills for drawing and rendering images through electronic media to produce professional illustrations.
Topics Covered [Click to Show All]
Main Screen Elements
Illustrator Basics
Changing Views
Using Default Colours
Object Basics
Rectangle and Ellipse Tool
Polygon, Start and Spiral Tools
Flare Tool
Pencil Tool
Guides and Rulers
Selecting Objects
Magic Wand and Lasso Tool
Hiding Edges
Hiding/Showing Centre Point
Hiding and Showing Selected Items
Dragging and Dropping to Illustrator
Selecting a Hidden Object
Offsetting Copy to a Path
Paths
Anchor and Corner Points
Direction Points and Lines
Curve and Line Segment
Drawing a Curve Segment
Editing Paths
Converting & Moving an Anchor Point
Reshaping a Curve
Reshaping using Pencil Tool
Converting Curve to Corner
Splitting a Path with Scissors Tool
Joining Two Endpoints to Anchor Points
The Reshape Tool
Cutting Objects using Knife Tool
Using the Pen Tool to Draw Paths
Drawing with the Pen Tool
Drawing a Corner Point & Smooth Point
Add Points to Path
Delete Anchor Points
Drawing a Complex Path
Other Pen Icons
Transforming an Object
The Transform Tools
Rotating & Reflecting an Object
The Free Transform Tool
The Make Blend Command
Fill or Stroke
Palettes used for Fill or Stroke
Basic Colouring Steps
Save to the Swatch Palette
A Spot or Process Colour
CMYK versus RGB
Change the Width of Stroke
Creating a Dashed Stroke
Create Arrowheads
Delete / Duplicate a Swatch
Paint Bucket & Eyedropper Tools
Adjust or Convert Colours
Create and Modify a Fill Pattern
Create a Geometric Pattern
Horizontal Type Tool
Area Type
Type on Path Tool
Vertical Type & Area Tools
Creating Type Outlines
Envelope Distort Option
Working with the Paintbrush Tool
Using the Paintbrush Tool
Applying a Brush Stroke
Create or Modify a Brush
Arranging Items
Grouping Objects
Bring to Front/Send to Back
Create New Layer & Select Multiple Layers
Duplicate and Delete Layers
Aligning Items
Combining Paths
Creating Compound Paths
Shape Modes and Pathfinders
Using the Reshape Tool
Auto Trace and Live Trace Tool
Working with Gradients
Fill an Object with a Gradient
Create and Save Gradients
Edit an Existing Gradient
Multi Colour Gradients
Masks and Transparency
To Mask Objects
Release a Mask
Transparency and Opacity
Filters and Effects
What's Raster?
Apply Arrowheads & a Drop Shadow
The Appearance Palett







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