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Adobe Illustrator Training, For Illustrators

2-day Course

Basics

Bitmap vs Vector
Artboards
Viewing / opening documents
Title bar info
New document specifications
RGB v CMYK
Browsing
Navigation
Basic Preferences
Most commonly used panels
Basic Workspace
Rulers
Guides and Grids
Smart Guides

Shape Tools

Tool bar
Drawing simple shapes
Basic bezier work
Path selection
Basic path amendments
Panel options
Editing tools
Selections
Bristle brush
New brushes
Stroke features
Variable width tool
Shape builder Tool
Stroke features in depth and advanced
Bristle brush
Painting
Line segment tool
Advanced line work
Applying
Libraries
Options
Selection techniques.
Duplicating elements.
Grouping elements.

Paths

Maximising Pathfinder
Divide objects below
Clean up
Splitting
Editing
Compounds

Colour work

Global colour, tints
Colour guide
Patterns and tiles
Inverting and complementing colours
Swatch libraries
Gradients and meshes
Warping meshes
Transparent meshes
Trapping options
Advanced stroke options, effects
Live colour
Live paint groups
Colour wheel
Overprint
Trapping
Object and transparency masking

Type Tools

Selecting and creating type
Font usage, Formatting
Type wrapping around objects
Converting to outlines

Special Effects

3D Extrude
3D Rotate
Bevels, importing bevels
Graphic styles and libraries
Masking – complex
Live text masking

Images

Live trace
Using a clipping path on an image
Sampling from an image
Colour adjustment
Draw inside function

Transforming shapes

Amending shapes
Multiple transformations: groups
Distortion techniques

Object relations

Basic fill
Basic strokes
Positioning
Alignment
Transparency
Object groups
complex patterns and gradients
Gap detetction
Live paint grouping
Gradient meshes

Layers

Placing
Arranging
Moving objects between layers
Layer attributes

Transparency

Object transparency
Blending modes
Opacity masking
Blend isolation
Transparency Flattener
Using appearances and effects

Saving and Exporting

Revert
Cropping
Saving for various software imports
Drag and dropping
Exporting gradients
Legacy
Bitmap vs Vector export
Workflow
Saving the Workspace
Hiding edges and guides
View as outline
With transparency
Export options
Exporting paths
Best formats for inDesign Import
File formats (and transparency support)
PDFs
Printing: considerations
Colour separations
Page Tiling
Custom start-up file
Templates

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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR COURSES:

• Adobe Illustrator Basic Training
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• Adobe Illustrator Advanced Training
  
• Adobe Illustrator Training: For Illustrators
  
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• Adobe Illustrator Training: Mixed With Other Software
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