Illustrator has groundbreaking creative tools for efficiently publishing artwork on the web and in print. Illustrator has superb transparency, layer effects and filter capabilities as well as being able to use vector tools for web graphic creation.

The course will cover the use of all the tool palettes and techniques for creating logos, illustrations and packaging.
As well as covering drawing tools and type tools delegates will look at layers, gradients, effects and styles and web graphics, blending shapes and flash formats. Exporting to other programs
like Photoshop and PDF and day to day hints and tips for printing.

Sample Course Outline - This can be customised to suit you!

Basic shapes and basic tools
Shortcuts for drawing using alt key and shift key
Using fill and stroke

Drawing in Illustrator using the pen tool
Draw Paths with the Pen tool
Add delete or adjust points along a path
Understand how Bézier Curves work
Freeform Drawing tools
Create Logo using simple Shapes

Modifying Objects
Be precise using Smart Guides
Grids & Guidelines
Aligning objects
Group & Duplicate
Transform objects

Using Layers

Layers palette: Hide & Lock Objects
Intro to Isolation Mode for effective editing
Targeting objects

Colours in Illustrator
Difference between Swatches and Colour palette
Applying colour to Stroke and/or Fill
Gradients & Patterns

Text in Illustrator
Text on a path or a shape
Base line shift and flipping text
Import Body Type & fix Spelling Errors
Find and Replace Text or Insert Typographic Characters
Create Text Outlines
Character palette
Advanced Typographical Features
Creating Complex Illustrations
Working with Clipping paths
Pathfinder palette
How to create a map
How to create logos
Use Expand Appearance
Appearance attributes
Using brushes
Graphs – use your artworks instead of a simple bars

Live trace and Live Fill
Auto trace images
Filters and Masks
Editing options for PDFs
Explore Links & Actions palettes

Outputting your Artwork
Saving your artwork in vector format for printing
Save for Web & Devices

Printing your Artwork
Flattening Transparency
Creating separations with Spot color vs. Process colour
Export options - PDF, Powerpoint and other formats