Adobe Illustrator is a sophisticated graphics application that helps you create complex and attractive designs with type effects. You can create advertisements and other illustrations with ease using this software. However, creating complex designs can be overwhelming if you are not familiar with the tools and the features in Adobe Illustrator. In this course, you will use Adobe Illustrator CS4 by drawing and manipulating simple shapes to design a layout for your product.

We offer a 2 day class that will teach you the essential to advance features of Illustrator.

This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals, or people switching to a design job or taking on design responsibilities. This course helps people who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents.

Benefits of our course:

• 2 Full day of training.

• Small classes allows more interaction and attention to each student.

• Taught by Adobe Certified Instructor.

• Our customize 100% hands on, lab base approach to training. Every student gets a computer to follow along.

• Great Midtown Manhattan Location.

• After class individual help.

• Training manual include in course price ($40 value)

• A free retake if needed.

Course Cost: $299
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Course will cover:

Adobe Illustrator Day 1       

Lesson 1: Getting Acquainted with Adobe Illustrator

Topic 1A: Explore the Interface

Topic 1B: Explore the Navigation Tools

Topic 1C: Customize the Interface

Topic 1D: Use Illustrator Help

Topic 1E: Differentiate Between Raster and Vector Graphics

Topic 1F: Explore the Adobe Bridge Workspace

 

Lesson 2: Creating Shapes in a Document

Topic 2A: Create a Document

Topic 2B: Draw Basic Shapes

Topic 2C: Save a Document

 

Lesson 3: Creating Custom Paths

Topic 3A: Draw Paths

Topic 3B: Modify Paths

 

Lesson 4: Creating Complex Illustrations

Topic 4A: Create a Custom Shape Using Simple Shapes

Topic 4B: Create Compound Paths

Topic 4C: Offset Paths

Topic 4D: Erase Shapes

 

Lesson 5: Working with Text

Topic 5A: Insert Text

Topic 5B: Flow Text on a Path

Topic 5C: Import Body Text

Topic 5D: Format Text with Styles

Topic 5E: Thread Text

Topic 5F: Apply Hyphenation

Topic 5G: Insert Typographic Characters

 

Lesson 6: Saving Images for Web and Print

Topic 6A: Export Images for Print

Topic 6B: Export Images for the Web

Topic 6C: Save Images as PDFs

Adobe Illustrator Day 2       

Lesson 1: Enhancing Documents

Topic 1A: Format Objects

Topic 1B: Apply Gradients

Topic 1C: Apply an Envelope to Text

Topic 1D: Manipulate Objects

Topic 1E: Import a Graphic

Topic 1F: Apply Graphic Styles

 

Lesson 2: Enhancing Complex Illustrations   

Topic 2A: Create Symbols

Topic 2B: Organize Objects with Layers

Topic 2C: Create a Pattern Swatch

Topic 2D: Create a Mesh

Topic 2E: Create Custom Brushes

Topic 2F: Apply Color Using Live Paint

Topic 2G: Recolor Artwork

 

Lesson 3: Creating a Vector Version of a Raster Graphic

Topic 3A: Trace Artwork Automatically

Topic 3B: Adjust the Results of Tracing

Topic 3C: Create a Custom Preset

Topic 3D: Convert a Traced Object to Paths

 

Lesson 4: Exporting Graphics for the Web and Mobile Devices

Topic 4A: Convert Colors to Web-Safe Colors

Topic 4B: Work with Actions

Topic 4C: Export a File as an SWF File

Topic 4D: Create Slices

Topic 4E: Add Interactivity to an SVG File

Topic 4F: Preview an Illustration for Mobile Devices