Illustrator CS3 Level 1
This course provides the tools and methods required to manipulate images, text and graphics. Working with scanned images or designing from scratch this course will provide a fresh innovative approach to creativity and a thorough & professional introduction to Illustrator.
Who should attend?
The course is suitable for any user requiring a good knowledge of Illustrator. All delegates must have basic Mac or Windows experience. The course is not designed to teach delegates the aspects of design graphics and techniques. Delegates wishing to learn more on the design and creativity should investigate the various courses available.
Every effort will be made to complete the agenda within the given time scale, but it should be noted that the course is designed to run at your pace and topics will not be rushed in order to complete the agenda.
1 day £350.00
Please call for datesThe Illustrator Interface - Enhanced in CS3
Exploring panels and workspaces
Using the Control Panel
Navigation
Smart Guides
Preview Options
Grids and Guides
Libraries - New in CS3
Drawing and Selection Essentials
Draw Paths with the Pen Tool
Shape Tools
The Seletion Tools - Enhanced in CS3
Mastering the Pen & Pencil Tools
Path Editing - Enhanced in CS3
Editing Anchor Points - Enhanced in CS3
Compound Shapes
Pathfinder Options
Eraser tool - New in CS3
Manipulating and Editing Paths
Outlining Strokes
Path Options
Working with Groups and Layers
Defining & Editing groups
Working with layers
Layers and object hierarchy
Working with Color - Enhanced in CS3
Defining swatches - Enhanced in CS3
Creating swatch groups and libraries
Working with gradients & patterns
Using the Color Guide - Enhanced in CS3
Live Colour - New in CS3
Finding colors with kuler - New in CS3
Modifying color in artwork
Object Transformation and Positioning
Moving,copying, rotating & scaling objects
Reflecting and skewing objects
Using the Free Transform tool
Using the Transform panel
Repeating transformations
Using the Transform Each function
Aligning & distributing objects
Brushes
Creating a calligraphic, scatter, art & pattern brushes
Applying Filters and Live Effects
Applying the 3D Extrude & Bevel effect
Applying the 3D Revolve effects
Mapping artwork to 3D objects
Transforming Effects
Using the Stylize, scribble & warp effect
Basic Text Editing
Text Formatting
Creating Text Threads
Text on a Path
Checking spelling
Using the Change Case function
Convert Text to Outlines
Creating Blends
Creating a basic blend
Using a blend to create an airbrush effect
Working with Images
Placing images
Using the Links panel
The Edit Original workflow
Live Trace
Rasterizing artwork
Specialised Tasks
Creating graphs
Using Gradient Mesh
Using Envelope Warps
The Liquify Distortion tools