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Adobe Illustrator CS4 Training
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- Live Instructor-Led Online Class > View Schedule or Register
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Instructor-Led Online Course Tuition:
$590.00Course Duration:
2 Days
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 CS4. 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.
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:
Chapter 1. Getting to Know the Work Area
- Getting started
- Understanding the workspace
- Changing the view of artwork
- Finding Resources for using Illustrator
- Checking for updates
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Creating a document with multiple artboards
- Working with basic shapes
- Combining objects
- Using Live Trace to create shapes
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Working with artboards
- Transforming content
- Positioning objects precisely
- Changing the perspective
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Creating straight lines
- Creating curved paths
- Creating the apple illustration
- Drawing curves
- Finishing the apple illustration
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Understanding color
- Creating color
- Painting with gradients and patterns
- Working with Live Paint
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Working with type
- Understanding text flow
- Formatting type
- Saving and using styles
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Creating layers
- Locking layers
- Viewing layers
- Pasting layers
- Creating clipping masks
- Merging layers
- Applying appearance attributes to layers
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Working with gradients
- Working with blended objects
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Working with the Blob Brush tool
- Working with brushes
- Using Scatter brushes
- Changing the color attributes of brushes
- Using a fill color with brushes
- Using Calligraphic brushes
- Using Pattern brushes
- Creating brushes
- Applying the Scribble effect
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Creating a banner logo with the Warp effect
- Creating the 3D cylinder
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Using appearance attributes
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Working with symbols
- Storing and retrieving artwork in the Symbols panel
- Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork
- Symbols and Flash integration
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Combining artwork
- Vector versus bitmap graphics
- Editing the artboard
- Placing an Adobe Photoshop file
- Masking an image
- Sampling colors in placed images
- Replacing a placed image
- Exporting a layered file to Adobe Photoshop
- Placing Illustrator files in Adobe InDesign
- Integrating Illustrator and Adobe Flash
- Creating Illustrator files for Adobe Flex
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Getting started
- Understanding the printing process
- Understanding printing devices
- About color
- What is color management?
- Soft-proofing colors
- Color separations
- Working with two-color illustrations
- Understanding trapping
- Overprinting objects
- Saving and exporting artwork
- Review questions
- Review answers
