Adobe Illustrator CS5 Training

How To Take This Class:

Live Instructor-Led Online Class > View Schedule or Register
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Instructor-Led Online Course Tuition:

$590.00

Course Duration:

2 Days

What Students Receive:

Each student will receive:

A copy of Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom in a Book for use during and after class. This courseware manual, written by the Adobe Creative Team, is an essential reference for learning Adobe Illustrator as well as preparing for Illustrator Certification Exams.
A PC headset for communicating with your instructor and fellow students during your Illustrator Training Class
A course completion certificate upon successful completion of your Illustrator Training course
Six months of post-class email support from a Illustrator Instructor

Course Description:

This Adobe Illustrator course is ideal for beginning to intermediate level students who want to master the key features of Adobe’s powerful vector drawing software, Adobe Illustrator CS5. In this course, students will learn about the new features in this release including multiple artboards, the Blob Brush tool, and transparent and elliptical gradient options.

Certification:

This course helps prepare students for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) ® Exam. View ACE exam objectives and ACE exam practice questions.

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Select and align elements.
Create and edit shapes.
Transform objects.
Use drawing tools.
Work with type and layers.
Work with shapes and colors.
Work with brushes.

Course Audience:

This course is designed for both new and experienced Adobe Illustrator users who are interested in becoming more proficient in their use of Adobe Illustrator.

Course Prerequisites:

Students should have experience using a computer to complete basic tasks.

Course Syllabus:

1. Getting to Know the Work Area

Lesson overview
Getting started
Understanding the workspace
Working with the Tools panel
The Control panel
Working with panels
Resetting and saving your workspa
Using panel menus
Changing the view of artwork
Using the view commands
Using the Zoom tool
Scrolling through a document
Viewing artwork
Navigating multiple artboards
Understanding rulers
Arranging multiple documents
Document groups
Finding resources for using Illus
Searching for a topic in the Sear
Checking for updates
Exploring on your own

2. Selecting and Aligning

Lesson overview
Getting started
Selecting objects
Using the Selection tool
Using the Direct Selection toolCreating selections with a marque
Creating selections with the Magi
Selecting similar objects
Aligning objects
Align objects to each other
Aligning to a key object
Aligning points
Distributing objects
Aligning to the artboard
Working with groups
Group items
Working in isolation mode
Adding to a group
Object arrangement
Arrange objects
Selecting objects behind
Hiding objects
Applying selection techniques

3. Creating and Editing Shapes

Lesson overview
Getting started
Creating a document with multiple
Working with basic shapes
Accessing the basic shape toolsUnderstanding drawing modes
Creating rectangles
Creating rounded rectangles
Creating ellipses
Creating polygons
Draw Inside mode
Changing stroke width and alignme
Working with line segments
Joining paths
Creating Stars
Using the Eraser tool
Using the Width tool
Outlining strokes
Combining and editing shapes
Working with the Shape Builder to
Working with Pathfinder effectsWorking with shape modes
Using Live Trace to create shapes
Exploring on your own

4. Transforming Objects

Lesson overview
Getting started
Working with artboards
Adding artboards to the document<
Editing artboards
Renaming Artboards
Reordering Artboards
Transforming content
Working with rulers and guidesScaling objects
Reflecting objects
Rotating objects
Distorting objects
Shearing objects
Positioning objects precisely
Multiple transformations
Using the Free Distort effect

5. Drawing with the Pen and Pencil To

Lesson overview
Getting started
Creating straight lines
Creating curved paths
Building a curve
Converting curved points to corne
Creating the violin illustration<
Drawing curves
Selecting a curve
Drawing a curved shape
Drawing different kinds of curves
Drawing the violin shape
Creating the strings
Splitting a path
Adding arrowheads
Creating a dashed line
Editing curves
Deleting and adding anchor points
Convert between smooth points and
Drawing with the Pencil tool
Editing with the Pencil tool
Finishing the violin illustration
Assembling the parts
Painting the artwork
Exploring on your own

6. Color and Painting

Lesson overview
Getting started
Understanding color
Color modes
Understanding the color controls<
Creating color
Building and saving a custom colo
Editing a swatch
Using Illustrator swatch librarie
Creating a spot color
Using the Color Picker
Creating and saving a tint of a c
Copying attributes
Creating color groups
Working with the Color Guide pane
Editing a color group
Editing colors in artwork
Working with the Kuler panel
Assigning colors to your artwork<
Adjusting colors
Painting with patterns and gradie
Applying existing patterns
Creating your own pattern
Applying a pattern
Editing a pattern
Working with Live Paint
Creating a Live Paint group
Editing Live Paint regions
Working with Gap Options
Exploring on your own

7. Working with Type

Lesson overview
Getting started
Working with type
Creating point type
Creating area type
Importing a plain text file
Creating columns of text
Understanding text flow
Working with overflow text and te
Threading text
Resizing type objects
Formatting type
Changing the font size
Changing the font color
Changing additional text attribut
Changing paragraph attributes
Creating and using a paragraph st
Creating and using a character st
Sampling text
Reshaping text with an envelope w
Wrapping text around an objectCreating text on open paths
Creating text on closed paths
Exploring on your own

8. Working with Layers

Lesson overview
Getting started
Creating layers
Moving objects and layers
Locking layers
Viewing layers
Pasting layers
Creating clipping masks
Merging layers
Applying appearance attributes to
Isolating layers
Exploring on your own

9. Working with Perspective Drawing

Lesson overview
Getting started
Understanding perspective
Understanding the Perspective Gri
Working with the Perspective Grid
Using a preset grid
Editing the Perspective Grid
Drawing objects in perspectiveSelecting and transforming object
Attaching objects to perspective<
Editing planes and objects togeth
Adding and editing text in perspe
Working with symbols in perspecti
Adding Symbols to the Perspective
Transforming Symbols in perspecti
Release content from perspective<
Exploring on your own

10. Blending Colors and Shapes

Lesson overview
Getting started
Working with gradients
Creating and applying a linear gr
Adjusting the direction and angle
Creating a radial gradient
Changing colors and adjusting the
Applying gradients to multiple ob
Adding transparency to gradients<
Working with blended objects
Creating a blend with specified s
Modifying the blend
Creating smooth color blends
Exploring on your own

11. Working with Brushes

Lesson overview
Getting started
Working with brushes
Using Calligraphic brushes
Editing a brush
Using a fill color with brushesRemove a brush stroke
Using Art brushes
Drawing with the Paintbrush tool<
Editing paths with the Paintbrush
Create an Art brush
Edit an Art brush
Using Bristle brushes
Changing bristle brush optionsPainting with a Bristle brush
Creating a Pattern brush
Applying a Pattern brush
Changing the color attributes of
Changing a brush color using Tint
Changing the brush color using Hu
Working with the Blob Brush tool<
Drawing with the Blob Brush tool<
Merging paths with the Blob Brush
Editing with the Eraser tool
Exploring on your own

12. Applying Effects

Lesson overview
Getting started
Using live effects
Applying an effect
Editing an effect
Styling text with effects
Editing shapes with a Pathfinder
Offsetting paths
Applying a Photoshop effect
Working with a 3D effect
Creating a revolved object
Changing the lighting of a 3D obj
Mapping a symbol to the 3D artwor
Exploring on your own

13. Applying Appearance Attributes an

Lesson overview
Getting started
Using appearance attributes
Editing and adding appearance att
Reordering appearance attributes<
Adding an additional stroke and f
Using graphic styles
Creating and saving a graphic sty
Applying a graphic style to an ob
Applying a graphic style to a lay
Applying existing graphic styles<
Adding to an existing graphic sty
Applying an appearance to a layer
Copying, applying, and removing g
Exploring on your own

14. Working with Symbols

Lesson overview
Getting started
Working with symbols
Using existing Illustrator symbol
Creating symbols
Editing a symbol
Breaking a link to a symbol
Replacing symbols
Renaming symbols
Working with the symbolism tools<
Spraying symbol instances
Editing symbols with the Symbolis
Copy and edit symbol sets
Storing and retrieving artwork in
Mapping a symbol to 3D artworkSymbols and Flash integration

15. Combining Illustrator CS5 Graphic

Lesson overview
Getting started
Working with Adobe Bridge
Combining artwork
Vector versus bitmap graphics
Duplicating and editing a placed
Embed a Photoshop image with Laye
Applying color edits to a placed
Masking an image
Applying a clipping mask to an im
Editing a mask
Masking an object with multiple s
Release a mask
Creating an opacity mask
Sampling colors in placed images<
Replacing a placed, linked image<
Exporting a layered file to Photo
Illustrator and Adobe InDesignIllustrator and Adobe Flash
Illustrator and Adobe Flash Catal
Illustrator and Adobe Flex
Exploring on your own