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Adobe Illustrator CS4 Advanced On-Site Training

This on-site training class is also available as Public Schedule Seminar.

Learn the Illustrator skills that will set you apart

Course Description/Agenda

Learn to create what you imagine. In this intensive two-day class, you’ll learn Illustrator techniques that enlarge the scope of your creative work. You’ll learn to polish your work, gain more understanding and control of layers, transparencies, and gradients. This class will teach you how to produce your projects with professional efficiency. Learn to leverage the new Illustrator CS4 features such as multiple artboards, the Blob Brush tool for intuitive vector painting, and transparency in gradients color stops. On-object controls invite you to explore more efficient and creative ways of working.
Goals Learn the Illustrator skills that will set you apart.
Audience Learn with other Illustrator professionals who are extending their skills.
PreRequisites Illustrator Fundamentals at Connect Learning plus experience using the software (or equivalent experience. This class is not for someone who uses Illustrator occasionally.
Objectives Layers Create, name, lock, view layers Modify, paste, and merge layers Gradients and Blends Create a gradient fill Use on-object tools to adjust the direction of the gradient blend Add colors and in-gradient transparency Create and modify color blends Make a blend of two or more key objects with blend steps Brushes Draw with Art brushes and the new Blob tool Edit paths with the Paintbrush tool Use Scatter brushes, change options and apply to paths Change the color attributes of brushes using Hue Shift colorization Change brush color using Tints colorization Use a fill color with brushes Use Calligraphic and Pattern brushes Create swatches for a Pattern brush Paint with the Pattern brush Apply the Scribble Effect Use and edit Live Effects Styles and Symbols Create and stylize a banner logo and logotype Apply a Symbol as mapped artwork Create and revolve an object Change and adjust the lighting Map a Photoshop image; place an Adobe Photoshop file Add, apply, and reorder appearance attributes Create, save and apply, and remove a Graphic Style and a Symbol < Store and retrieve artwork in the Symbols panel Map a symbol to 3D artwork Integrate a Symbol into a Flash movie. Create a crop area Create a layer comp and apply Color Edits Masks Import, edit, and apply a Clipping Mask to an image Create compound paths and opacity masks Sample colors in placed images; swap out the image Export a layered file to Photoshop Prepare your artwork for a commercial printer Halftone screens Distinguish Screen frequency from 0utput device resolution Set up color management in Adobe applications Synchronize color using Adobe Bridge Print black-and-white proofs Soft-proof colors Create color separations Select a printer description file Specify the bleed area and screen frequency Edit and separate spot colors Create a trap and overprint objects Save and print files with transparency effects Specify the resolution of filters and Live Effects Specify Document Raster Effects Settings Assign the Flattening preset; Export and import flattening settings Save in the EPS format
Next StepsAcrobat 9 Professional Adobe InDesign CS4 Fundamentals Adobe InDesign CS4 Advanced

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