Illustrator CS5 Training: Level 1

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Adobe Illustrator CS5 Hands-on Training: Level 1

An indispensable tool in the designer's toolbox, Illustrator is the industry standard for vector-based image creation. Learn essential Illustrator techniques for creating logos, drawings, and layouts. This 3-day intensive hands-on Illustrator training will get you comfortable with fundamental concepts and skills, and then go beyond, increasing your productivity with time-saving shortcuts and insider secrets. Learn to draw inside Illustrator, use symbols, create graphic styles, work with gradients, link and embed external image files and so much more. Topics include:

Creating shapes
Drawing with the pen tool
Designing with type
Gradients & transparency

Live trace & live paint
Using styles & effects
Brushes & painting
Replicating your designs

adobe course curriculum

Getting acquainted with Illustrator

Document presets, color modes and rasterization settings
Viewing your document
Workspace settings and customization
Navigating multiple artboards
Rulers, smart guides and grids
Understanding the layers panel
Using the appearance panel

Selecting and aligning

The selection, direct selection and group selection tools
Selecting objects, points and paths
The control panel & alignment options
Selecting based on attribute: stroke, fill and more
Aligning to the artboard, other shapes or a key object
Distributing objects evenly
Positioning objects precisely

Creating shapes

Drawing with the shape tools
Power user tips for drawing polygons, spirals, and stars
Creating precisely dimensioned objects
Creating complex shapes with the pathfinder
Using live trace to create shapes
Making shapes with live paint
Converting strokes and type to outlines
Painting to create shapes with the blob brush tool
Reshaping with the eraser tool

Transforming objects

Scaling, reflecting, rotating & shearing
Changing the perspective
Making precise transformations
Step and repeat for perfect multiple transformations
Using effects to transform objects

Demystifying the pen tool

Understanding points and paths
Creating straight lines and curved paths
Splitting a path
Converting between curves and corner points
Editing curves
Adding and deleting anchor points
Power-user pen tool pointers

Color and painting

Color modes: cmyk vs. rgb
Building and saving your own custom color
Using Illustrator swatch libraries
Creating and editing color groups
Using the appearance panel for fills and strokes
Editing with live color
Applying live paint
Adding to a live paint group
Creating and applying patterns
Using the Kuler panel
Painting with gradients

Working with type

Importing a text file
Threading text
Changing text attributes
Creating and using paragraph & character styles
Wrapping text around a graphic
Creating text on paths and shapes

Working with layers

Creating layers
Rearranging objects and layers
Locking, viewing, pasting and merging layers
Applying appearance attributes to layers
Using clipping masks

Blending shapes and colors

Modifying a gradient fill
Adding and removing colors from a gradient
Creating & adjusting smooth color blends
Creating a blend with a specified number of steps
Editing an existing blend

Effects, appearance attributes and graphic styles

Effects vs. filters
Using live effects
Accessing effects through the appearance panel
Drop shadows, bevels and more
3D effects
Adding additional strokes and fills
Reordering appearance attributes
Creating, copying and editing graphic styles

Symbols as the ultimate productivity tool

Creating and editing symbols
Creating a customized symbol library
Symbols and Flash integration
Updating a symbol
Replacing a symbol & breaking a symbol link
Painting with the symbolism tools

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator CS5 Hands-on Training

Mira Images

Adobe Illustrator Training Level 1

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator CS5 Hands-on Training: Level 1

3 day class, cost: $1199

Students receive a course text, Adobe Illustrator CS5: Classroom in a Book, which includes a CD of class files. These resources provide students with a valuable tool for post-training practice, using familiar files and lessons.

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.