Computer WorkGroup Training

Adobe Illustrator CS

Duration : 1 Day

Pricing : Basic - 1 person $750, 2 people $850 for both (see pricing page for full details)

Pre-requisites : Introduction to Windows or the Mac or equivalent experience.

For Whom: The course is intended for people who wish to create illustrations with full control of the image, including line shapes, thickness and fill. Custom colours and colour separations are also covered.

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of the training participants will be able to -

• Create an Illustrator document
• Create shapes in a drawing
• Select the colours in the drawing
• Reshape existing objects
• Reshape curves
• Create custom gradient fills
• Fit text to a curve
• Create Special Effects
• Work with drawing layers
• Apply 3D Effects

COURSE OUTLINE

UPGRADING TO ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS - ½ DAY INTRO WORKSHOP

INTEGRATION

• Working with Version Cue
• Sharing files with Photoshop CS
• Photoshop CS and spot colours
• Save for Microsoft Office
• Working with PDF’s

ENHANCED PDF SUPPORT

• Layers
• Printers marks
• Settings files

LIBRARIES

• Style
• Swatch
• Brush
• Symbol

SCRIBBLE EFFECT

TEXT FEATURES

• Paragraph and Character styles
• The glyph palette
• Open Type features and support
• Extended typographic controls
• Custom tab leaders
• New type on a path options
• New linking options
• WYSIWYG font menu

3D ARTWORK

• Extruding & bevelling objects
• Revolving Objects
• Rotating objects in 3D
• Surface Shading and lighting
• Mapping artwork to a surface

PRINTING

• New Printing Options
• Page setup
• Separations