Description:
This course is designed for anyone
who wants to become a proficient graphics professional
and create illustrations for both print and the Web.
This course can apply to any or all of the following
people: graphic designers creating original or composite
artwork; production artists designing layouts for
documents; and illustrators creating and previewing line
artwork. Students will get the most out of this course
if their goal is to become proficient in using Adobe
Illustrator to transform objects, adjust typography,
convert raster images to vector art, print composite
proofs and color separations, and output artwork for the
Web.
In this course, students will learn more
advanced techniques for working with paths, masks,
fills, and strokes. Students will also learn how to use
transformation tools, envelopes, filters, effects, and
graphic styles. In addition, students will learn how to
convert raster images to vector art and how to manage
color settings, color separations, and print
specifications. Finally, students will learn how to work
with slices and how to optimize and export images for
the Web.
Prerequisites: Windows XP or
later, Adobe Illustrator, Basic Training Courses or
equivalent experience
Adobe Illustrator CS5 Advanced
course topics:
Unit 1: Manipulating paths
Topic A:
Path commands
Topic B: Masks
Unit 2: Enhancing
fills and strokes
Topic A: Multiple fills and strokes
Topic B: Colors
Topic C: Patterns
Topic D: Brushes
Topic E: Symbols
Unit 3: Transforming shapes
Topic A: Using transformation tools
Topic B: Using
envelopes
Topic C: Liquifying shapes
Topic D:
Applying 3D effects
Unit 4: Effects and graphic
styles
Topic A: Effects
Topic B: Graphic styles
Topic C: Perspective drawing
Unit 5: Converting
raster images to vector art
Topic A: Tracing raster
images
Topic B: Using Live Paint
Unit 6:
Printing illustrations
Topic A: Color management
Topic B: Print specifications
Topic C: Color
separations
Unit 7: Web files and graphs
Topic
A: Slices
Topic B: Web graphics
Topic C: Graphs
After completing this course,
students will know how to:
Cut holes in shapes;
outline strokes; offset paths; use Pathfinder commands;
use the Eraser tool; align and distribute path points;
and create clipping and opacity masks.
Create
multiple fills and strokes by using the Appearance
panel; apply color to grayscale images; create a
gradient mesh; use Live Color; create and transform
patterns; create and use brushes; and manipulate
symbols.
Transform shapes by using the transformation
tools; create and edit envelopes; use the Liquify tools;
and create 3D effects.
Apply filters to vector and
raster images; apply and edit effects; and apply and
edit graphic styles.
Use Live Trace to convert color
raster images and line art to vector artwork; and use
Live Paint to add color to vector artwork.
Set up
color management; change settings for raster effects;
minimize printing problems that can arise from gradients
and transparency; print a composite proof of an
illustration and create a print preset; set up color
separations; and generate a PostScript file for a
commercial printer.
View artwork in Pixel Preview;
create and manipulate slices and create hyperlinks;
optimize images for the Web; export an illustration as a
Web page and preview a Web page in a browser; output
content for Flash; and create a graph.
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