Illustrator Training: Essential Skills II Schedule
We can also perform this training at your location or at one of the cities listed below:
Take your design skills to the next level in this two-day Illustrator CS4/CS5 training. Create 3D objects with artwork mapped to them. Learn to create symbol movie clips and import them into Flash to animate layer objects. Incorporate your Photoshop skills with Smart Objects. Perfect your use of the Appearance panel and create advanced clipping masks for amazing effects. Utilize the amazing gradients that can be created with the mesh tool.
You will also learn how to create a variety of output files for the web, print and video. This class also includes an in-depth look at the new toolset available in Illustrator CS4 and now in CS5.
Your instructor will cover the pitfalls and the best practices will be followed so that you are easily creating complicated vector graphics that can be used cross media in this Illustrator hands on training course.
Integrate symbols into Adobe Flash
Use advanced custom brushes
Along with this Two-Day Training, you will receive:
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Course Manual
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Student Files and Class Assets
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How-To Videos on CD*
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An Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate
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After-Class, Follow-Up Support
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Conversion Tools Bookmark
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Additional Goodies!
*Some classes may not include videos
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Basic Computer Skills on Windows or Mac
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Have taken the Illustrator Essential Skills 1, or equivalent knowledge
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Familiar and comfortable with the Pen Tool
NEW FEATURES OF CS5
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Advanced Stoke Options
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Bristle Brush
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Shape Builder Tool
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Perspective Drawing
ADVANCED TOOLS
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Blob Brush
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Blend Tool
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Perspective Tool
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Width Tool
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Shape Builder Tool
CREATING CUSTOM BRUSHES
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Designing a Brush Tip
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Creating Custom Brush from Artwork
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Paint Brush Tool Options
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Working with Pattern, Art and Scattered
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Brushes
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Using Custom Brushes as Strokes
TYPOGRAPHY AND FORM
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Creating and applying paragraph styles
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Creating and applying character styles
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Loading styles from another document
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Working with Glyphs
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Converting fonts to paths
GRADIENT MESH TOOL
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Understanding the Mesh Tool
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Adding Mesh Lines to an Object
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Mesh Patch vs Mesh Point
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Modifying Anchor Points
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Applying Color to a Mesh Object
CREATING 3D OBJECTS
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Using graphic styles
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Using Tools
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Creating Outlines for 3D shapes
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Mapping Artwork to 3D shapes
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CREATING GRAPHICS FOR FLASH
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9-Slice Objects
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Creating Movie Clip Symbols
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Importing Illustrator into Flash
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Working with Illustrator layers in Flash
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Animating Illustrator Objects in Flash
PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR
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Importing Illustrator Projects into Photoshop
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Understanding Smart Objects
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Applying Photoshop Effects to Illustrator
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Artwork
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Importing Photoshop Projects into Illustrator
ADVANCED TECHNIQUES WITH CLIPPING MASK
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Applying Clipping Mask
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Making Compound Shapes with Pattern Fills
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Compound Shapes as Clipping Masks
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Clipping Mask with Effects
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Combining Clipping Masks
PERFECTING THE APPEARANCE PANEL
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Using the Appearance Panel
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Editing Appearance Panel Attributes
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Adding Multiple Stoke and Fill Options
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Creating Cartoon Style Text
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Layering Effects
OUTPUTTING FILES
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Advanced PDF Save Options
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Securing PDF Options
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Saving for Word and Selected Slices
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Save for Web and Devices Options for Optimization features
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