Design quickly and confidently with new Adobe® Illustrator® CS4 software, and deliver easily across tools and media thanks to tight integration with the Adobe Creative Suite® family of products. New features such as multiple artboards, a Blob Brush tool for intuitive vector painting, and transparency in gradients with on-object controls invite you to explore more efficient and creative ways of working.
This 1-day training course is designed to give delegates an understanding of Adobe Illustrator which is the industry-leading vector graphics software that enables you to produce extraordinary graphics for print, video, the web, and mobile devices. It is a very sophisticated graphics program capable of creating complex illustrations and type effects. This Advanced course will expand your basic Illustrator skills enabling you to create complex illustrations plus how to control colour management and how illustrations print and appear on the Web.
This course aims to achieve the following objectives:
This CS4 Advanced Adobe Illustrator training course is designed for for intermediate users who have completed the Essentials course or who have a good working knowledge of the software.
» CS4 Essentials Adobe Illustrator training course
This course is intended for graphic designers, or people transitioning into design related jobs who need to create illustrations, logos, maps, graphs, diagrams, advertisements, or other graphic documents. Delegates will have some previous experience with Illustrator and be able to confidently usethe pen tool to create vector shapes, and may already use InDesign, Photoshop and Flash.
This 1-day Adobe Illustrator CS4 Advanced training course covers the following areas:
Creating Complex Illustrations- Advanced Pen, Pencil and Brush techniques- Create Shapes Using the Pathfinder- Commands- Create Compound Paths- Offset Paths- Apply Effects- Apply Graphic Styles- Create Symbols- Organize Objects with Layers- Modify Global Colours- Envelope distort- Create Masks- Create Blends
Gradient Mesh tool- Using the Gradient Mesh tool- Creating sophisticated shading with the gradient mesh tool
Live Trace and Live Paint- Live Trace an existing piece of artwork- Adjust the Results of a Tracing- Apply a Custom Preset- Convert a Tracing Object to Paths- Live Paint an object
Advanced Type Options- Importing type- Creating and using Styles- Linking text boxes- Creating text wrap- Using OpenType- The Glyphs Palette
Creating Graphs- The Graph Tool- Creating Graphs- Formatting Graphs
Creating 3D Objects- Extrude, Revolve and Rotate- Lighting and Shading options- Map artwork to a 3D object
Saving and Exporting Options- Creative Suite Integration- Create an Adobe PDF File
Exporting Graphics for the Web- Convert Colours to Web-Safe Colours- Create Slices- Export and Optimize Web Graphics- Export images and symbols to Flash
Applying Colour Management- Decide When to Use Colour Management- Set Up Colour Management
Two Training options are available:
1. Open Courses - where you come to us: Our authorised Illustrator courses are run from our training centres in Leamington Spa, Leeds and London.
2. On-site Training - where we come to you: A Symbiosis trainer will deliver our CS4 Adobe Illustrator course at a venue of your choice using either your computers or our own.
The cost for this 1-day Adobe Illustrator Advanced CS4 training course is: £245 + VAT per delegate and includes lunch and refreshments.
SPECIAL OFFER: Book 3 or more of our ESSENTIALS or ADVANCED courses and get £50 OFF each course!
Since 1996 Symbiosis have been delivering authorised Adobe and Apple training courses in the Midlands, Leeds and London areas.
At Symbiosis the training is based on a wealth of ‘real-world’ experience and our aim is to provide appropriate, professional training in the use of the leading creative software packages - whether for print, interactive media, the web, video or mobile applications. Whether you are an individual or a company, Symbiosis's authorised status guarantees the quality of their training facilities and ensures you have access to qualified trainers, new computers, legal software, approved training materials and the provision of snacks and drinks.
Our aim - to provide great training at a competitive price from central locations, in the following areas: • Adobe Authorised Training Centre • Apple Authorized Training Center • Edexcel Approved • Filemaker Business Alliance Member • Quark Alliance Partner • Skillset Approved
Whatever kind of training you are looking to achieve we can help you find your way, our accredited status can provide in-house team training to help you improve your working practice. We take pride in our authorised status and prior to accepting a booking, we take the time to check that a course is appropriate to your skill level and requirements.
Our commitment to quality means that we guarantee the following:
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