Adobe Illustrator CS3 Training Courses
Introduction and Advanced Level:
Four hours per week during 8 weeks
Adobe Illustrator CS3 has become an industry-standard and is used for producing print, multimedia and on-line graphics. It can be used to create such elements as illustrations, drawings, maps, logos, advertisements, multimedia and web navigation graphics. Drawings created in illustrator are commonly exported to desktop publishing programs such as QuarkXPress or PageMaker to form part of a larger publication. - Users with experience of using software like CorelDraw or Macromedia Freehand will find many familiar tools and techniques. Those who are new to this type of environment may initially find using the program a "fiddly" and sometimes frustrating operation and should allow themselves plenty of time to practice and play with the software, both before and after training.
COURSE OUTLINES:
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Adobe Illustrator CS3 Introduction
Our Introduction to Illustrator CS3 gives comprehensive coverage of the tools and techniques needed to create basic illustrations and graphics for use in publications or on web sites.
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Overview of features
Illustrator's approach to drawing
Setting stroke and fill attributes
Printing documents
Basic geometrical shapes
Drawing straight paths
Drawing curved paths
The freehand tool
The autotrace tool
Selecting and arranging objects
Editing objects |
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Text handling |
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Entering and editing text
Text labels and text boxes
Entering text along a path
Entering text within a path
Creating and editing text outlines |
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Drawing techniques |
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Creating your own patterns
Measuring and constraining
Guide objects and crop marks
Hiding and locking objects
The transformation tools
The use of compound paths
The use of masking objects |
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The blend tool
Working with layers
Overview of Illustrator filters
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Setting object attributes |
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Defining colours
Saving colours as swatches
Spot and process colours
Setting stroke attributes
Adding arrows
Setting fill attributes
Creating gradients
Applying gradients |
Manipulating objects |
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Making selections
Saving selections
Moving objects
Duplicating objects
Aligning objects
Changing the stacking order
Grouping and ungrouping
Locking and hiding |
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Graphs |
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Creating a graph
The graph types
Importing data |
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Adobe Illustrator CS3 Advanced
Our Advanced Illustrator course shows experienced Illustrator users how to include special effects and other advanced features in graphics and illustrations for publication and for the web.
Drawing techniques |
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Mastering the pen tool
Creating paths with the paintbrush tool
Using calligraphic mode
Using variable width mode
Radial symmetry and its uses
Creating blends and tiles
Effective use of layers
Creating custom views |
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Special effects |
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Masking techniques
Transparency effects
Blending modes
Using the blend tool
Creating a blend within text
Mastering compound paths
3-D simulation through shading
Isometric representation of objects
Understanding filter operations
Using pathfinder operations
Creating text effects
Applying envelopes
Customising graph design |
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Creating reusable resources |
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Using symbols
Defining symbols
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Redefining symbols
Appearance attributes
Styles and effects
Creating actions
Editing actions
Batch processing s
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Page layout |
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Illustrator and page layout
Importing text
Linking text boxes
Mixing text and graphics
Text wrap |
Web |
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Creating web designs
Creating slices
Defining hyperlinks
Creating image maps
Pixel preview mode
Creating Flash movies |
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Output |
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Printing and output options
Preparing graphics for separation
Optimising graphics for the web
Exporting navigation buttons
Exporting slices |
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REGISTRATION FORM
REGISTRATION STEPS:
- Fill out our Registration form.
- One of our staff members will contact you at the telephone number you included on
your registration form to confirm your registration.
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2 methods of payment
The payment is made:
- by a credit card (VISA, MASTERCARD and AMERICAN EXPRESS)
- from your PayPal account through the system PayPal
 
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