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Illustrator Advanced

Course description

Who Should Attend

 

Designers of all types who want to create digital graphics, illustrations, and typography for all kinds of media: print, web, interactive, video, and mobile.

 

Prerequisites

 

We recommend that students should be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. Users should also have taken Illustrator Intro, or have equivalent knowledge.

 

What You Will Learn

         Working with Layers

         Working with Perspective Drawing

         Blending Colors and Shapes

         Working with Brushes

         Applying Effects

         Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles

         Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles

         Working with Symbols

         Combining Illustrator CC Graphics with Other Adobe Applications

 

What Others Have Said About This Illustrator Advanced Training Class

 

Over the past two weeks, I took both Advanced InDesign and Advanced Illustrator with this instructor. I was already familiar with each program, but learned many new tips and tricks that I know will be valuable in my day to day work as a Graphic Designer. These courses were extremely helpful and I hope to take more in the future! - Rebecca O. NSA

 

Related Training and Certification Classes

 

Illustrator CC Intro

Photoshop CC Advanced

Photoshop CC Intro

InDesign CC Advanced

InDesign CC Intro

 

 

Course Outline

 

1. Working with Layers

         Getting started

         Understanding layers

         Creating layers

         Selecting and moving objects and layers

         Duplicating layer content

         Moving layers

         Locking layers

         Viewing layers

         Pasting layers

         Creating a clipping mask

         Merging layers

         Locating layers

         Applying appearance attributes to layers

         Isolating layers

 

2. Working with Perspective Drawing

         Getting started

         Understanding the perspective grid

         Working with the perspective grid

         Using a preset grid

         Adjusting the perspective grid

         Drawing objects in perspective

         Selecting and transforming objects in perspective

         Duplicating content in perspective

         Moving objects in a perpendicular direction

         Moving planes and objects together

         Bringing content into perspective

         Drawing with no active grid

         Adding and editing text in perspective

         Moving a plane to match an object

         Adding symbols to the perspective grid

         Editing symbols in perspective

         Grouping content in perspective

         Releasing content from perspective

 

3. Blending Colors and Shapes

         Getting started

         Working with gradients

         Creating and applying a linear gradient to a fill

         Adjusting the direction and angle of a gradient fill

         Applying a gradient to a stroke

         Editing a gradient on a stroke

         Creating and applying a radial gradient

         Editing the radial gradient colors

         Adjusting the radial gradient

         Applying gradients to multiple objects

         Exploring other methods for editing gradient colors

         Adding transparency to gradients

         Working with blended objects

         Creating a blend with specified steps

         Modifying a blend

         Creating and editing smooth color blends

 

4. Working with Brushes

         Getting started

         Working with brushes

         Using Calligraphic brushes

         Applying a Calligraphic brush to artwork

         Drawing with the Paintbrush tool

         Editing paths with the Paintbrush tool

         Editing a brush

         Removing a brush stroke

         Using Art brushes

         Applying an existing Art brush

         Creating an Art brush using a raster image

         Editing an Art brush

         Using Bristle brushes

         Changing Bristle brush options

         Painting with a Bristle brush

         Using Pattern brushes

         Creating a Pattern brush

         Applying a Pattern brush

         Editing the Pattern Brush

         Working with the Blob Brush tool

         Drawing with the Blob Brush tool

         Merging paths with the Blob Brush tool

         Editing with the Eraser tool

 

5. Applying Effects

         Getting started

         Using live effects

         Applying an effect

         Editing and deleting effects

         Styling text with effects

         Editing shapes with a Pathfinder effect

         Applying an effect to convert a shape

         Applying a Stylize effect

         Applying the Offset Path effect

         Applying Distort & Transform

         Applying Photoshop effects

         Working with 3D effects

         Applying an Extrude & Bevel effect

         Applying a Revolve effect

         Applying the same effect to multiple objects

 

6. Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles

         Getting started

         Using the Appearance panel

         Editing appearance attributes

         Adding another stroke

         Adding another fill

         Reordering appearance attributes

         Applying an appearance attribute to a layer

         Using graphic styles

         Applying an existing graphic style

         Creating and applying a graphic style

         Updating a graphic style

         Applying a graphic style to a layer

         Editing the layer s graphic style formatting

         Applying multiple graphic styles

         Scaling strokes and effects

         Applying a graphic style to text

         Saving content for the web

         Aligning content to the pixel grid

         Slicing content

         Selecting and editing slices

         Using the Save For Web command

         Creating CSS code

         Setting up your design for generating CSS

         Working with character styles and CSS code

         Working with graphic styles and CSS code

         Copying CSS

         Exporting CSS

 

7. Working with Symbols

         Getting started

         Working with symbols

         Using existing Illustrator symbol libraries

         Creating symbols

         Editing a symbol

         Replacing symbols

         Breaking a link to a symbol

         Editing symbol options

         Working with the Symbolism tools

         Spraying symbol instances

         Editing symbols with the Symbolism tools

         Copying and editing symbol sets

         Storing and retrieving artwork in the Symbols panel

         Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork

         Working with symbols and Adobe Flash integration

 

8. Combining Illustrator CC Graphics with Other Adobe Applications

         Getting started

         Working with Adobe Bridge CC

         Combining artwork

         Understanding vector versus bitmap graphics

         Placing image files

         Placing an image

         Transforming a placed image

         Placing a Photoshop image with Show Import Options

         Placing multiple images

         Applying color edits to images

         Masking an image

         Applying a simple clipping mask to an image

         Editing a mask

         Masking an object with a shape

         Masking an object with multiple shapes

         Creating an opacity mask

         Editing an opacity mask

         Sampling colors in placed images

         Working with image links

         Finding link information

         Embedding and unembedding images

         Replacing a linked image

         Packaging a file

         Exploring Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop,

         Adobe InDesign, Adobe Muse , Adobe Fireworks , and Adobe Flash

 

Disclaimer:

All course objectives and outlines are a guide for students. To ensure student satisfaction, these course topics and order may be modified or added to ensure the latest information is covered to support real world use of the technology.


Disclaimer: All course objectives and outlines are a guide for students. The course topics and order of presentation may be modified based upon the needs of each individual class.