Delivery Method

• Classroom
• Price: $450.00

Course Overview

In this course, students will create complex, robust illustrations using Illustrator's basic tools. They will learn how to manage color across a range of devices, and control how illustrations print, appear on the web and preview them in mobile devices.

Delivery

Classroom

Duration

1 Day

Locations

• Public Schedule - Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth and Sydney
• Group Bookings - All States and Territories across Australia

Target Audience

This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals, or people switching to a design job or taking on design responsibilities, who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents.

Prerequisite

• llustrator CS3 - Level 1

Learning Outcomes

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

• create a complex illustration. 
• enhance complex illustrations. 
• create a vector version of a raster graphic. 
• color an artwork using Live Paint and Live Color. 
• create special effects. 
• apply color management so that the colors on the screen and the output match as accurately as possible. 
• prepare documents for composite and commercial printing. 
• export graphics for the web and mobile.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Creating Complex Illustrations

• Create a Custom Shape Using Simple Shapes
• Create Compound Paths
• Offset Paths
• Erase Shapes

Lesson 2: Enhancing Complex Illustrations

• Apply Effects
• Create Symbols
• Create Custom Brushes
• Organize Objects With Layers
• Modify Global Colors
• Create a Mesh

Lesson 3: Creating a Vector Version of a Raster Graphic

• Open Layered Photoshop Documents
• Trace Raster Images Manually
• Trace Artwork Automatically
• Adjust the Results of a Tracing
• Apply a Custom Preset
• Convert a Traced Object to Paths

Lesson 4: Coloring Artwork

• Apply Color Using Live Paint
• Correct Gaps in Objects
• Convert Objects to Live Paint Groups
• Apply Color Using Live Color

Lesson 5: Creating Special Effects

• Simplify Paths
• Create Masks
• Create 3D Effects
• Create Blends
• Share Graphic Styles

Lesson 6: Applying Color Management

• Decide When to Use Color Management
• Set Up Color Management

Lesson 7: Outputting Documents

• Create a Crop Area
• Preview an Overprint
• Print a Composite Proof
• Create Color Separations
• Create an Adobe PDF File

Lesson 8: Exporting Graphics for the Web and Mobile

• Convert Colors to Web-Safe Colors
• Create Slices
• Add Interactivity to an SVG File
• Export Web Graphics
• Preview an Illustration for Mobile Output

Lunch

Lunch is provided for students for the duration of the course