Pre-requisites: All attendees must be proficient in either the Macintosh or Windows environments. You are not required to have previous experience of Illustrator but any exposure to drawing or layout programs will be beneficial.

Duration: 1-Day
Start & Finish Times: 10am to 5pm

Objectives: Upon completion of this course delegates will be able to list and identify the components and features that make up the Illustrator interface. Attendees will be introduced to the drawing tools that Illustrator has to offer, and learn how to modify both shape and colour options. The course covers the use of layers, Graphs and covers the essentials of preparing Illustrator files for output.

Overview of Content

Basics Vector and bitmap image differences, Overview of interface, Creating / saving documents, Viewing / marking up artboard, Rulers / guides / grids, Viewing print areas, Control palette

Colour RGB / CMYK, Colour palette, Adding / editing colour, Process, spot and global colours, Sampling colour in current artwork, Filling and stroking, Gradients

Transformations Scaling, rotating, reflection, Free distort, Envelope distort, Step and repeat

Objects and drawing Selecting objects, Reshaping objects, Drawing lines and geometric shapes, Applying colour fills and stokes, Object transformation, Object duplication

Type Adding type, Type to outlines, Shaped type areas, Character formatting, Paragraph formatting, Text on a path

Graphs and charts Creating and editing basic graphs, Column and bar chart, Graph options

Print / output / production Previewing trapping, File output, Export to Adobe .PDF, Export artwork to other formats, File format and integration with other applications, Draft and full colour print

Public Course Cost. £380.00
Reward Price. £190.00

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