Graphics

Price: $159.00
CEUs: .7

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General Description:
Adobe Illustrator is ideal for beginners who want to master the key features of Adobe's powerful vector drawing software. Using clear, step-by-step lessons, this course contains a project that builds upon the students growing knowledge of the software. Adobe Illustrator is jam-packed with new features and enhancements, including Live Color, a new environment that enables users to explore, apply, and save custom color configurations; improved integration with Adobe Flash, which ensures that your vector illustrations import effortlessly to Flash with their anchor point positions, layers, and paths intact; a new Eraser tool, which lets users quickly modify objects or create entirely new shapes; a new Crop Area tool, which lets users set up a workspace so that it's automatically primed for the type of media that will display their design, whether it's print, Web, video, or film; new document profiles, newly improved drawing tools and controls, and much more. Whether you're brand-new to Adobe Illustrator or are looking for a project-based tutorial to familiarize yourself with Illustrator's new features, this course provides you with the key techniques and tips you need to get the most out of this software.

Learning Objectives:

• What’s New in Adobe Illustrator
• A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator
• Getting to Know the Work Area
• Selecting and Aligning
• Creating shapes
• Transforming Objects
• Drawing with the Pen tool
• Color and Painting
• Working with type
• Working with Layers
• Blending Shapes and Colors
• Working with Brushes
• Applying Effects
• Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles
• Working with Symbols
• Combining Illustrator Graphics with the Creative Suite
• Printing Artwork and Producing Color Separations

Who Should Attend:
This course is ideal for beginners who want to master the key features of Adobe's powerful vector drawing software.