Illustrator CS4 Training: Level 1

Class description

Adobe Creative Suite 4 is packed full of new features with critical updates to each of its included applications that make CS4 an indispensable upgrade. Join us for a very full day's tour of new goodies in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Professional, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks and the Bridge to learn how this new release can catapult your workflow to new levels of efficiency and make cross-media design more seamless than ever. Topics include:

PS: Content-aware scaling
AI: Multiple Artboards
ID: Live Preflight
Live Connect Sessions

DW: File versioning
FL: Inverse Kinematics
FW: Rapid Prototyping
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adobe course curriculum

What's new in the Creative Suite

Adobe ConnectNow for live collaboration
Versatile, integrated cross-component workflows
More consistent interfaces
Easy access to Adobe-endorsed technical content

What's new in Photoshop

Adjustments panel for live, nondestructive corrections
Re-editable, feathered, density controlled masks
Refinements to Dodge, Burn, and Sponge
Auto-Align, Auto-Blend,and new 360° panoramas
Content-Aware Scaling
Extended depth of field
Fluid canvas rotation
Ultra-smooth pan, zoom, preview, and painting tools
Camera Raw 5 with localized, nondestructive adjustments
3D editing and compositing
Enhanced motion graphics
Unified tabbed interface with self-adjusting panels
Smarter Smart Objects

What's new in Illustrator

Multipage documents using multiple artboards
Transparency in gradients
On-object gradient interaction
Intuitive painting with the Blob Brush tool
Smarter Smart Guides
Advances in Isolation Mode
The powerfully improved Appearance panel
Great upgrades to Graphic Styles
Simplified editing of Clipping Masks
More reliable printing with Separations preview

What's new in InDesign

Avoiding output problems with continuous preflighting
Customizable preflight profiles
Link management with the customizable Links panel
Conditional text for creating multiple versions of a document
Cross-references that update when you change content
Interactive document design with SWF file export
Page transitions that include curl, wipe, dissolve & fade
Export to Adobe Flash CS4 Professional (XFL)
Align, space, transform with Smart Guides & Smart Spacing
Rotate spread view (90° increments) for easier layout
Smart text reflow
GREP support for character styles

What's new in Acrobat

PDF Portfolio to unify a wide range of content
Professional PDF Portfolio templates
Insert FLV or H.264 video in PDF files
Acrobat.com to store and share large documents
Commenting video using commenting and markup tools
Review Tracker to manage the review cycle
Acrobat.com services to enable collaboration on PDF files

What's new in Dreamweaver

Live View to view code under real-world browser conditions
Related Files to display all files associated w/the current page
CSS rules can be created and applied in the Properties panel
HTML data sets for dynamic data
Photoshop PSD's into Dreamweaver as image Smart Objects
Adobe AIR authoring support

What's new in Flash

Object-based animation
Automatically generated motion paths
Motion Presets panel to save and apply animations
Motion Editor panel to fine-tune animations
New tools to animate 2D objects through 3D space
Deco tool for pattern generation
Bones and inverse kinematics for life-like motion
Adobe Media Encoder with H.264 support

What's new in Fireworks

Export of web-standards compliant, CSS-based layouts
Form-element symbols that output to well-built HTML code
Export to PDF interactive comps with hotspot-linked pages
Photoshop PSD import with fully editable text
Ability to float text inside a path
Improved styles feature with global updating
Support for multiple style sets
In-place symbol editing & nested symbol support
Smart guides for precise positioning and transformations
Preview and packaging of Adobe AIR interactive prototypes

What's new in Bridge

Faster performance
Display previews embedded in raw images
Easier access to task-based workspaces
List view with rich data and sorting controls
Preview and creation of HTML and Flash web galleries
Preview and creation of PDF contact sheets
One-click full-screen previews
Collections for organizing related assets
Fast, detailed search results
New review modes, such as Carousel View
New support for previewing 3D images
Non-destructive Camera Raw adjustments

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator CS4 Hands-on Training

Mira Images

Adobe Illustrator Training Level 1

1 day class, cost: $375

Students receive a course handout; a valuable post-training resource.

All Mira Images Adobe authorized training is provided by certified instructors at our location or yours. Because we know your time is valuable,

We will never cancel your class.

The Mira Images Classroom is located just outside of Philadelphia, PA and is convenient to Harrisburg, PA; New York, NY; New Jersey; Baltimore, MD; Wilmington, DE; and Washington DC.