Adobe Illustrator CS5 Training Courses

Unlike training companies offering scheduled courses, we offer the alternative of your Adobe Illustrator Training Course delivered in central London on a date of your choice, either onsite or at our offices near Moorgate, Liverpool Street or Bank. We offer courses for Introduction or Beginners to Advanced.
In addition we also run custom courses tailored to your exact requirement. You select required topics to build your own bespoke Adobe Illustrator training course.

Whether you need a consultative 1 to 1 Adobe Illustrator training session using your examples or group training, our trainers can deliver a highly professional service.

Illustrator Course Levels / Training Details / Locations / Schedule

Select a Illustrator level below to view all the information you need about the course, including the cost of the course, the available training formats and much more.

Introduction
Advanced

Illustrator CS5 Introduction Training Course

Requires no experience of using Illustrator. Experience of using graphics packages an advantage.

Course Duration

This is a 1 day Illustrator. Course starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30

Course Locations / Schedule

This course can be run Onsite, at our Course training centre or any preferred location in the UK. The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.

Day 1

Getting Started
Lesson 1 - Getting to Know the Work Area
Lesson 2 - Selecting and Aligning
Lesson 3 - Creating and Editing Shapes
Lesson 4 - Transforming Objects
Lesson 5 - Drawing with the Pen and Pencil Tools
Lesson 6- Colours and Painting
Lesson 7 - Working with Type
Lesson 8 - Working with Layers

Day 2

Lesson 9 - Working with Perspective Drawing
Lesson 10 - Blending Colours and Shapes
Lesson 11 - Working with Brushes
Lesson 12 - Applying Effects
Lesson 13 - Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles
Lesson 14 - Working with Symbols
Lesson 15 - Combining Illustrator CS5 Graphics with Other

Course Introduction / Beginners Training Course Contents

Basics

Overview of features
Illustrator's approach to drawing
Setting stroke and fill attributes
Printing documents
Basic geometrical shapes
Drawing straight paths
Drawing curved paths
The freehand tool
The auto trace tool
Selecting and arranging objects
Editing objects

Text handling

Entering and editing text
Text labels and text boxes
Entering text along a path
Entering text within a path
Creating and editing text outlines

Drawing techniques

Creating your own patterns
measuring and constraining
Guide objects and crop marks
hiding and locking objects
The transformation tools
The use of compound paths
The use of masking objects
Mastering the pen tool
creating paths with the paintbrush tool
Using calligraphic mode
Using variable width mode
Radial symmetry and its uses
Creating blends and tiles
Effective use of layers
Creating custom views
The blend tool
working with layers
Overview of Illustrator filters

Setting object attributes

Defining colours
Saving colours as swatches
Spot and process colours
Setting stroke attributes
Adding arrows
Setting fill attributes
Creating gradients
Applying gradients

Manipulating objects

Making selections
Saving selections
Moving objects
Duplicating objects
Aligning objects
Changing the stacking order
Grouping and ungrouping
Locking and hiding

Graphs

Creating a graph
The graph types
Importing data
Customising graph design

Special effects

Masking techniques
Transparency effects
Blending modes
Using the blend tool
Creating a blend within text
Mastering compound paths
3-D simulation through shading
Isometric representation of objects
Understanding filter operations
Using pathfinder operations
creating text effects

Page layout

Illustrator and page layout
Importing text
Linking text boxes
Mixing text and graphics
Text wrap

Creating reusable resources

Using symbols
Defining symbols
Redefining symbols

Output

Printing and output options
Preparing graphics for separation

Illustrator Advanced Training Course

Suitable for more experienced users of Illustrator wishing to master advanced techniques.

Course Duration

This is a 1 day course starting at 09:30 and runs until 16:30

Course Locations / Schedule

This course can be run Onsite, at our training centre or any preferred location in the UK. The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.

Course Introduction / Beginners Training Course Contents

Drawing technique

Mastering the pen tool
Creating paths with the paintbrush tool
Using calligraphic mode
Variable width mode
Using Radial symmetry
Creating blends and tiles
Using of layers
Creating custom views

Special Effects

Masking techniques
Transparency effects
3-D simulation through shading
Isometric representation of objects
Filter operations Using Blending modes
Blend tool
Creating a blend within text
Compound paths
Pathfinder operations
Creating text effects
Applying envelopes
Customising graph design

Creating Re-usable Resource

Using symbols
Defining symbols
Appearance attributes
Styles and effects
Using Batch processing
Creating and Editing actions
Editing actions

Page Layout and Print

Using page layout Tools
Printing and output options
Preparing graphics for separation
Exporting navigation buttons
Exporting slices
Web
Creating web designs
Creating slices Defining hyperlinks
Image maps
Using pixel preview mode
Creating and Running Flash movies
Optimising graphics for the web

Illustrator Training Course Versions and Levels

Below are all our different versions of Illustrator Training Courses

Please contact us for any previous version of Illustrator, or view our Illustrator CS4 course

Illustrator Resources

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