Adobe Illustrator CS4 Advanced

Description

This Illustrator CS4 Advanced training course is for those who need to create complex illustrations, print documents without any errors or color mismatches or prepare illustrations for the web.  In this course you will create complex, robust illustrations that go beyond those you could create using Illustrator's basic tools.  You will create illustrations, manage color across a range of devices, and control how illustrations print, appear on the web and preview them in mobile devices.   

Audience

This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals.  It's also for those people switching to a design job or taking on design responsibilities and need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements or other graphic documents.  Those attending should have:

Course Length

1 Day

Course Objectives

By the time students are finished with this course, they will be able to:

  • Create a complex illustration
  • Enhance complex illustrations
  • Create a vector version of a raster graphic
  • color an artwork using the Live Paint and Live Color features
  • Create special effects
  • Apply color management so that the colors on the screen and the output match as accurately as possible
  • Prepare documents for composite and commercial printing
  • Export graphics for the web and mobile

Course Outline

Unit 1: Creating Complex Illustrations

  • Create a custom shape using simple shapes
  • Create compound paths
  • Offset paths
  • Erase shapes

Unit 2: Enhancing Complex Illustrations

  • Apply effects
  • Create symbols
  • Create custom brushes
  • Organize objects with layers
  • Modify global colors
  • Create a mesh

Unit 3: Creating a Vector Version of a Raster Graphic

  • Open layered Photoshop documents
  • Trace raster images manually
  • Trace artwork automatically
  • Adjust the results of tracing
  • Apply a custom preset
  • Convert a traced object to paths

Unit 4: Coloring Artwork

  • Apply color using live paint
  • Correct gaps in objects
  • Convert objects to live paint groups
  • Apply color using live color

Unit 5: Creating Special Effects

  • Simply paths
  • Create masks
  • Create 3D effects
  • Create blends
  • Share graphic styles

Unit 6: Applying Color Management

  • Decide when to use color management
  • Set up color management

Unit 7: Outputting Documents

  • Create a crop area
  • Preview an overprint
  • Print a composite proof
  • Create color separations
  • Create an Adobe PDF file

Unit 8: Exporting Graphics for the Web and Mobile

  • Convert colors to web-safe colors
  • Create slices
  • Add interactivity to an SVG file
  • Export web graphics
  • Preview an Illustration for mobile output

Appendix A: Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Objectives Mapping