Adobe Illustrator CS5 training syllabus
Adobe Illustrator CS5 level I training
2 days. Learn about this powerful, professional illustration and design tool for graphic artists, technical illustrators, and desktop publishers. Learn to understand and use the Bezier pen! Topics include:
- Understanding paths, views, selection tools, fills and strokes
- Setting up preferences and color settings
- Creating basic geometric shapes with the Shape tools
- Using a grid and smart guides to aid symmetrical drawing
- Using the Bezier Pen, Direct Selection tool, and Convert tool efficiently
- Applying and editing color gradients to filled regions
- Creating and using swatches, tints, gradients, and patterns on filled regions
- Transform tools including scaling, rotating, distorting, shearing, and reflecting
- Using the pathfinder panel to make complex shapes
- Working with the Blend tool / command and its options
- Creating a compound path
Prerequisites or equivalent experience
Suggested Follow Ups
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Adobe Illustrator CS5 level II training
2 days. In the second course in the Illustrator series, we'll explore some of the program's advanced features, including:
- Changing blending modes and opacity
- Using and editing an opacity mask
- Using layers to keep your art project organized
- Creating clipping masks
- Tracing a scanned image with LiveTrace
- Applying warp effects and the envelope feature
- Understanding the Appearance panel
- Creating effects and styles
- Using multiple strokes and fills
- Creating and manipulating type
- Creating symbols and using the symbol tools
- Understanding and creating the four kinds of custom brushes
- Using the mesh tool for complex gradients
- Applying 3-D effects
Prerequisites
Suggested Follow Ups
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Adobe Illustrator CS5 level III training
2 days. In this course, you'll learn how to build your illustration skills by mastering classic art techniques and harnessing the power of Illustrator. Topics include:
- Using Illustrators tools to create special effects
- Creating realistic shadows
- Creating repeating patterns for fills and borders
- Drawing 3-D artwork—isometric, dimetric, and trimetric views
- Drawing using custom guides for perspective
- Creating line effects for maps
- LiveTrace to LivePaint to LiveColor explorations
- Creating type effects—masks, applying a paintbrush effect, and circle text
- Applying 3-D effects to shapes
- Using the graph tool to create bar and pie charts
Prerequisites
Suggested Follow Ups
- Adobe Flash II and III
- Adobe Photoshop III
- Adobe Photoshop Digital Painting
- Digital Photography Techniques
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