Imagine being able to create logos, professional type effects and convert bitmaps to vector artworks using Illustartor CS3 after just 2 days training!!

That's what you'll be able to do after taking this Illustrator training course from Academy Class.

Discover high quality drawing and illustration with Adobe Illustrator CS3. You will start with an overview of Illustrator and work on lessons that will step you into a greater skill level. Discover the unique features of Illustrator, including how to create logos, professional type effects and convert bitmaps to vector artworks.

Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based graphics program that allows beginners and experts alike to create professional quality print and web designs. In this Illustrator course, you will learn skills that allow you to take advantage of Illustrator's powerful tools to create illustrations and type effects. Learn to design advertisements and printable documents. Work with colors, gradients, layers, fonts, and photos to create eye-catching illustrations and text effects. We'll discuss both the print and web uses of this sophisticated graphics program. Through Illustrator, you will have new creative freedom that to realize your ideas quickly and powerfully, instantly converting bitmaps to vector artwork and paint more intuitively, saving time with intelligent palettes and optimized workspaces and integrate with other software allowing you to produce extraordinary graphics for print, video, the web, and mobile devices.

Creating basic Documents

• Explore the pre built Document Profiles
• Shortcuts to navigate the Artboard effectively
• Work in a Custom Workspace

Drawing in Illustrator

• Use the Pen tool for straight lines
• Add, delete or adjust points along a path
• Understand how Bezier Curves work, learn to draw and edit these Curves
• Freeform drawing and editing with this powerful tool
• Create Logos using simple Shapes
• Using Live Trace to transform your hand drawn sketches into vector artwork that can be further adjusted

Modifying Objects

• Lasso select and the other goodies in the Select Menu
• Transform objects with scale, shear, rotate & reflect tool
• Be precise using Smart Guides, Grids & Guidelines
• Align, Group & Duplicate to achieve better results
• Layers palette: Hide & Lock Objects
• Intro to Isolation Mode for effective editing

Working with Colours in Illustrator

• Difference between Swatches and Colour palette
• Applying colour to Stroke and/or Fill
• Adjusting Stroke with the Stroke palette
• Live Colour for perfect Complementary / Analogous colours
• Live Paint as an easy way to colour artwork
• Introducing Gradients & Patterns

Text copy in Illustrator

• Point, Area and Type on a path
• Import Body Type & fix Spelling Errors
• Find and Replace Text or Insert Typographic Characters
• Create Text Outlines to design your own fancy headlines

Outputting your Artwork

• Defining cropping area
• Saving your artwork in vector formats
• Save for Web & Devices

Before taking this course, you should have a basic understanding of your computer's operating system. For example, you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CD and other media.

Graphic designers, or people transitioning into a design job or taking on design responsibilities, who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents. They may have little or no experience with Illustrator. They may already use InDesign and Photoshop.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Draw and understand Bezier curves, the root of drawing in Illustrator
• Create a logo using simple shapes
• Accurately place and measure objects in the Illustration window
• Trace and Colour your hand drawn artwork with Live Trace, Live Paint and Live Colour
• Save illustrations for both print and web purposes

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