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Adobe Illustrator CS4 Level 1

Adobe Illustrator CS4 training course provides and introductory hands on class room training experience to help you learn you the tools and methods required to manipulate images ; text and graphics. Working with scanned images or designing from scratch, on this course you will learn a fresh innovative approach to creativity and a thorough & professional introduction to Adobe Illustrator CS4 Level 1. Following on from this Level 2 training couse is our Adobe Illustrator CS4 Level 2 advanced course.

Pre-Requisites: The course is suitable for any user requiring a good knowledge of Illustrator. All delegates must have basic Mac or Windows experience.

What You Will Learn: This course will give you a good understanding of how to use illustrator.

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Topics Description
The Illustrator Interface Exploring panels and workspaces ; Using the Control Panel ; Navigation ; Smart Guides ; Preview Options ; Grids and Guides ; Libraries
Drawing and Selection Essentials Draw Paths with the Pen Tool ; Shape Tools ; The Selection Tools ; Mastering the Pen & Pencil Tools
Path Editing Editing Anchor Points ; Compound Shapes ; Pathfinder Options ; Eraser tool ; Manipulating and Editing Paths ; Outlining Strokes ; Path Options
Working with Groups and Layers Defining & Editing groups ; Working with layers ; Layers and object hierarchy
Working with Colour Defining swatches ; Creating swatch groups and libraries ; Working with gradients & patterns ; Using the Color Guide ; Live Colour ; Modifying color in artwork
Object Transformation and Positioning Moving, copying, rotating & scaling objects ; Reflecting and skewing objects ; Using the Free Transform tool ; Using the Transform panel ; Repeating transformations Using the Transform Each function ; Aligning & distributing objects
Brushes Creating a calligraphic ; scatter ; art & pattern brushes
Creating Simple Shapes Create a New Document ; Customise the Workspace ; Draw Basic Shapes ; Draw Basic Freeform Shapes with the Pencil Tool
Basic Text Editing Text Formatting ; Creating Text Threads ; Text on a Path ; Checking spelling ; Using the Change Case function ; Convert Text to Outlines
Creating Blends Creating a basic blend ; Using a blend to create an airbrush effect
Working with Images Placing images ; Using the Links panel ; The Edit Original workflow ; Live Trace ; Rasterizing artwork
Specialised Tasks Creating graphs ; Using Gradient Mesh ; Using Envelope Warps ; The Liquify Distortion tools
Organising Assets with Adobe Bridge Customise the Adobe Bridge Workspace ; Append Metadata to Assets

 

 

 

 

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