Price 900 Baht an Hour
Extra students + 400 Baht an Hour
Recommended 18 hours
This comprehensive Adobe Illustrator training course will take students new to Illustrator CS4 through the basics of getting to know the work area and creating basic illustrations up through applying styles, working with symbols and managing colors for print.
Comprehensive Adobe Illustrator CS4 Training Course Prerequisites
Experience in the following areas is required:
Experience with basic software programs such as Microsoft Word
Comprehensive Adobe Illustrator CS4 Training Course Outline
Getting to Know the Work Area in Illustrator CS4
Viewing artwork
Using the Illustrator tools
Changing the view of artwork
Selecting and Aligning in Illustrator CS4
Using the Selection tool
Using the Direct Selection tool
Creating Shapes in Illustrator CS4
Creating basic shapes
Using basic shape tools
Drawing the pencil shape
Using the Pencil tool
Drawing the pencil can
Using Live Trace to create shapes
Tips for drawing polygons, spirals, and stars
Transforming Objects in Illustrator CS4
Scaling objects
Reflecting objects
Rotating objects
Distorting objects
Shearing objects
Positioning objects precisely
Changing the perspective
Using the Free Transform tool
Making multiple transformations
Drawing with the Pen tool in Illustrator CS4
Creating straight lines
Creating curved paths
Building a curve
Curves and corner anchor points
Creating the pear illustration
Drawing curves
Finishing the pear illustration
Color and Painting in Illustrator CS4
Color Mode
Using the Appearance panel for fills and strokes
Building and saving your own custom color
Using Illustrator swatch libraries
Creating color groups
Editing color with Live Color
Painting with gradients and patterns
Create a PDF from your artwork
Working with Layers
Creating Layers
Locking Layers
Viewing Layers
Pasting Layers
Creating Clipping Masks
Merging Layers
Applying Appearance Attributes to Layers
Placement an Order of Objects
Using Appearance Attributes
Copying Applying, Removing Styles and Appearance
Saving and Printing Files
Exporting and Importing
Working with Type
Adding Type to a Document
Sampling Type and Changing Size
Reshaping Text
Using the different Text Tools
Creating Type Outlines
Wrapping Type Around Graphics
Blending Shapes and Colours
Creating a Gradient Fill
Adjusting Gradient Blade Direction
Adding Colours to a Gradient
Creating smooth-colour blends
Working with Blends
Working with Symbols
Creating a symbol
Editing Symbols
Updating a Symbol
Mapping a Symbol to 3D artwork
Working with Brushes and Scribbles
Using Brushes
Using Scatter Brushes
Changing the Color Attributes
Applying the Scribble Effect
Creating Airbrush Effects
Smart Guide Preferences
Working with the Mesh Tool
Using 3D Effects
Creating a Banner with Warp Effect
Using Brushes for Decoration
Creating and Rotating 3D Objects
Printing Artwork
Color Management
Printing Black and White Proofs
Soft Proofing
Using Document Info Command
Creating Colour Seperations
Working with Two Colour Illustrations
Creating a Trap
Overprinting Objects
Combining Illustrator Graphics with Photoshop Images
Vector Versus Bitmap Images
Placing an Adobe Photoshop File
Duplicating a Placed Image
Masking an Image
Sampling Colours in placed Images
Replacing a Placed Image
Exporting a Layered File to Photoshop
Creating a Web Publication
Web Format and Compression options
Slicing artwork
Exporting Artwork
Saving web pages as an HTML Format
Creating a Flah animation from symbols