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Training Course Summary:

Imagine being able to create logos, professional type effects, complex airbrush effects and colour control using Illustartor CS2 after just 2 days training!!

That's what you'll be able to do after taking this Illustrator training course from Academy Class.

Discover high quality drawing and illustration with Adobe Illustrator CS2. You will start with an overview of Illustrator and work on lessons that will step you into a greater skill level. Discover the unique features of Illustrator, including how to create logos, professional type effects, complex airbrush effects and colour control.

Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based graphics program that allows beginners and experts alike to create professional quality print and web designs. In this Illustrator course, you will learn skills that allow you to take advantage of Illustrator's powerful tools to create illustrations and type effects. Learn to design advertisements and printable documents. Work with colors, gradients, layers, fonts, and photos to create eye-catching illustrations and text effects. We'll discuss both the print and web uses of this sophisticated graphics program. Through Illustrator, you will have new creative freedom that to realize your ideas quickly and powerfully, instantly converting bitmaps to vector artwork and paint more intuitively, saving time with intelligent palettes and optimized workspaces and integrate with other software allowing you to produce extraordinary graphics for print, video, the web, and mobile devices.

Pre-Requisites:

Before taking this course, you should have a basic understanding of your computer's operating system. For example, you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CD and other media.

Who Should Attend:

Graphic designers, or people transitioning into a design job or taking on design responsibilities, who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents. They may have little or no experience with Illustrator. They may already use InDesign and Photoshop.

Training Course Overview/Content:

Creating Logos Using Simple Shapes
Choose New Document Settings
Create a Custom Workspace
Draw Basic Shapes with the Shape Tools
Draw Paths with the Pencil Tool
Enhancing Logos
Format Objects
Manipulate Objects
Insert Type
Creating Logos Using Custom Paths
Draw Paths with the Pen Tool
Modify Existing Shapes to Create New Shapes
Duplicate Objects
Apply Graphic Styles
Creating a Logo with Type Special Effects
Apply Gradients to Type
Create Type on a Path
Apply an Envelope to Type
Creating an Advertisement
Import a Graphic
Align Objects
Apply Spot Colors
Wrap Text
Export a File
Manipulating Body Type
Import Body Type
Format Type with Styles
Fix Spelling Errors
Find and Replace Text
Insert Typographic Characters
Managing Assets with Adobe Bridge
Explore the Adobe Bridge Environment
Apply Metadata and Keywords to Assets in Adobe Bridge