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Course Title:   Adobe Illustrator level 2 course

Graphic professionals who need an extensive understanding of vector illustrations and the many features of Illustrator. Experienced users will also benefit from the many tips and tricks and special exercises. We gear our Advanced Adobe courses to the Adobe Certified Expert Exam Bulletin, and we highly recommend this course if you are seeking the ACE status

Audience
Graphic designers or people switching into a design job or taking on design responsibilities. They will have some previous experience with Illustrator.

On Completion

You will be able to:

Further adjust Bezier curves by creating Compound paths
Create Custom Brushes and various Graphic Styles
Work with Transparency and other raster effects like drop shadows
Accurately adjust type in an artwork
Prepare documents for composite and commercial printing
Enhance the workflow and integration of Illustrator with the rest of Creative Suite 

Description

Designed for those already familiar with Adobe Illustrator who need to get the most from this benchmark graphics application, this is a two day Adobe authorised power user' course.

This course covers Illustrator CS3's advanced features including creative text effects, advanced drawing and path editing, using Live Colour, layering and masking techniques, transparency and painterly effects and advanced use of symbols.

This practical, hands-on course explores the most efficient ways of producing professional artwork
for both print and the web and has been designed to enable you to realise your creative and productive potential.

Adobe Illustrator Level 2 Course Outline

Advanced drawing and path editing
• Creating template layers
• Drawing complex bezier shapes
• Setting anchor point and handle display preferences
• Using the Control panel to edit paths
• Adding and deleting anchor points
• Manipulating paths, points and direction handles
• Converting anchor points
• Simplifying paths
• Cleaning up errant paths
• Outlining strokes
• Controlling eraser tool options
• Tips for drawing better curves
• Advanced LiveTrace options

Advanced use of colour
• Editing colours using menu commands
• Extracting colours from artwork
• Replacing and merging swatches
• Using the Colour Guide panel
• Using Live Colour
• Editing colours with Live Colour
• Modifying colour in artwork
• Finding colours with Kuler

Filters and effects
• Filters vs effects
• Document Raster Effect settings
• Illustrator and Photoshop filters
• Using the Scribble effect
• Using the Transform effect to create complex transformations

Understanding appearances
• Using the Appearance panel
• Targeting object attributes
• Adding multiple attributes
• Manipulating the stacking order
• Applying Live Effects
• Editing Live Effects
• Expanding appearances

Saving time with styles
• Applying styles
• Creating and modifying styles

Creating patterns
• Creating symmetrical patterns
• Creating complex patterns
• Saving pattern swatches

Creating transparent art
• Displaying transparency
• Applying transparency to simple objects, groups and layers
• Applying transparency to individual object attributes
• Working with opacity masks
• Flattening transparency artwork
• Guidelines for successful output

Using clipping masks
• Working with clipping masks
• Modifying clipping masks

Advanced use of symbols
• Creating symbols
• Managing symbols
• Creating symbol libraries
• Symbols and Flash

Compound shapes and paths
• Understanding Compound shapes and paths
• Controlling transparency
• Editing compound paths

Working in 3D
• Creating custom 3D shapes
• Creating 3D type
• Using lighting effects
• Wrapping artwork onto 3D art

Working with imported images
• Placing vs embedding images
• Displaying layer comps
• Using the Links panel
• Applying spots to greyscales

Trimming artwork
• Creating crop and trim marks
• Using the Crop Area tool

Creating high resolution PDFs
• Creating PDFs
• Global PDF export options

Preparing for print
• Cleaning up your files
• Advanced printing concerns

Best practice in Illustrator

Questions and answers

Course Title 2 Adobe Illustrator level 2 course Classification IT -> Design -> Design Adobe Illustrator Course Requirements Adobe Illustrator CS3 Introduction or equivalent experience. Price Notes Sorry at this time we have no public Level One courses scheduled, please call or email us to see if we can arrange a private course for you.

Course Information Location Western Cape - Cape Town Course Type Full-time Start Dates Length of Course 2 days Final Registration Date

Contact Details Name Multimedia Centre Training Phone +27 21 790 3684 Email trainingmultimediacentre.co.za