Adobe Illustrator Training: Illustrator CS5 Introduction

Description

This 1 day course has been designed to enable anyone new to Illustrator to produce professional graphics, designs and illustrations.

Pre-Requisites

No prior experience of Adobe Illustrator is required for this course, though delegates are expected to be familiar with a Microsoft Windows environment.

Course Content

Getting Started

The Illustrator environment
Navigation
Adobe Help

Creating a Simple Illustration

Creating a document
Creating basic shapes
Manipulating shapes
Exporting an illustration

Applying Basic Colour

Applying colour
Stroke options
The Eyedropper tool

Drawing Paths

Raster images
Basic drawing
Selecting and editing paths

Working with Text

Adding text
Altering text

Using Layers

Creating layers
Manipulating layers

Working with Fills and Colours

Swatch libraries
Gradients
Transparency

Adjusting Typography

Flowing type
Formatting text
Editing text

Format

This course is instructor led in a classroom environment. We recommend a maximum of 8 delegates per course to ensure that all delegates gain the maximum benefit from the course.

Duration

This is a one day course. Standard hours are 9:30 to 16:30, with a one hour lunch break, and short breaks mid morning and mid afternoon. It may be possible to change this arrangement by request.