BASIC APPLICATION TRAINING
Adobe Illustrator 10
This two day instructor led training course covers the main areas of the Illustrator application for anyone who has to produce artwork for print production. This course can be tailored to the requirements of the client whether it is for illustration, design, artworking, production or PDF document solutions.
The outline below is presented as a guide to the elements that would generally be covered however we will always include any special or additional requirements that are identified prior to the course.
Basic Concepts
- Using the toolbox
- Using the palettes
- Context menus
- Navigation
- Rulers and guides
- Creating basic shapes
- Drawing straight lines
- About paths and anchors
- Adjusting paths
- Transforming selected oblects
- Using filter effects
- Working with compound paths
- Working with masks
- Colour models
- Creating and applying colours
- Using swatch libraries
- Filling and stroking objects
- Creating and working with gradients
- Using the gradient mesh tool
- Blending shapes
- Creating and applying patterns
- Pen and Ink filters
Using Layers
- Creating layers
- managing layers
- Sub-layers
- Applying transparency
- Layer modes
- Layer options
- Changing Illustrator Artwork to Bitmap
- Importing bitmap images
- Character formatting
- Paragraph formatting
- Transforming type
- Editing text
- Working with columns
- Entering and editing data
- Selecting graph types
- Editing graphs
- Customising graph design
- Exporting graphs to other applications
- Saving and exporting
- Saving, opening and editing PDF's
- File types
- Printing files
