Adobe Illustrator CS4 Advanced

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 use
the 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!

Symbiosis: authorised Adobe and Apple training courses

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

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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:

• Authorised Courses are limited to a maximum of 8 delegates
• All training is delivered by authorised instructors 
• All training is delivered using the most recent version of the software available (unless stated)
• Training is available on the Mac or PC platform
• Prices include a copy of the authorised training manual (and supporting CD/DVD if included)

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