Adobe Illustrator CS4 / CS5 Professional

Adobe Illustrator CS4 / CS5 is the industry standard vector-based illustrating tool. It is used by graphic designers throughout the world to create a vast variety of different media including illustrations, package designs, leaflets & flyers, web graphics & animations, notice boards, billboards, and many other graphic objects. Such a variety of applications means that Illustrator CS4 / CS5 is necessarily a complex tool to master. Once you have understood the basics however, you will soon be able to produce an almost endless scope of graphic designs.

By the end of this two day course for beginners, you will have learnt about the key Adobe Illustrator CS4 / CS5 features and tools you need to begin creating attractive graphic designs and art work. You will also have completed several designs using the techniques you have learnt and will have experimented in depth with the more important Illustrator CS4 / CS5 tools.

(This course is also available as a 01 month course. This introductory course covers most of the basics of the two day course but allows less time for experimenting and creating completed designs.)

PREREQUISITES

Good Mac or PC skills
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

General Features

• About vectors and bitmaps
• When to use Illustrator CS4/CS5
• Overview of tools, palettes and window elements
• Contextual options bar and menu options
• Navigation in Illustrator CS4/CS5

Objects and Shapes

• Creating basic shapes: rectangles, ellipses, polygons and stars
• Aligning objects
• Duplicating objects
• Selection and Direct Selection tools
• Grouping sets of objects.

Selections, Fills and Groups

• Selecting and modifying objects
• Applying fills and strokes
• Grouping and ungrouping objects
• Selecting objects inside groups.

Colour and Gradients

• Colour modes in Illustrator CS4/CS5
• The Colours vs. the Swatches palette
• Pantone/Spot colours
• Creating custom colours
• Using swatches from other documents
• Creating simple gradients.

Drawing in Illustrator CS4/CS5

• Using the pen tool
• Bezier curves
• Anchor points and handles
• Convert Anchor Points tool
• Adding and subtracting anchor points on a path.

Other Drawing Tools

• The Brush tool
• The Pencil
• The line tool
• The Arc tool
• The Spiral tool
• The Rectangular Grid tool
• The Polar Grid tool.

Path editing tools

• The Smooth tool
• The Erase tool
• The Scissors tool
• The Knife tool.

Text in Illustrator

• Placing and typing text in Illustrator CS4/CS5
• Using the Adobe type engine for text formatting
• Style Sheets
• Linking Text Boxes
• Text on a path
• Converting text to outlines.

Layering

• Creating layers
• making selections within layers
• Restacking elements and group elements
• Hiding, showing and locking layers and layer elements
• Tracing tool.

Graphing with Illustrator

• Creating Illustrator CS4 / CS5 graphs
• Working with graph data and Microsoft Excel
• Modifiying graphs.

Transformation tools

• Rotate
• Reflect
• Skew
• Scale
• Free transform.

Liquify tools

• The Warp tool
• The Twirl tool
• The Pucker tool
• The Bloat tool
• The Scallop tool
• The Crystallize tool
• The Wrinkle tool.

Shape Modes and Pathfinders

• Combining, dividing, subtracting etc. with shapes
• Expanding objects.

Graphic Styles/Patterns

• Creating Graphic Styles
• Applying and Controlling Graphic Styles.

Symbols

• Creating Symbols
• Placing and controlling symbols
• Using the Symbols tools.

General Features

• Essential keyboard shortcuts
• File formats
• Placing images in lllustrator CS4 / CS5 as templates
• Guides and Smart Guides
• Outline and Preview views.

Preparing artwork for print

• Colours, inks, and transparency flattening.

Channels and Channel Mixer

• Understanding channel information
• Warming up a cold image with subtle Channel Mixer changes
• Adding creative effects with the Channel Mixer.

Paths and Vector objects

• Old Style Clipping Paths for page layout applications
• Creating Paths as clipping areas for page layout applications
• Using Paths to hold selections
• Other uses of Alpha channels.

Colour Matching and Highlights

• Matching colour across documents with different lighting
• Using Photoshop’s Levels... and Shadow/Highlight... tools to improve and alter image lighting.

Layer Comps

• Creating Layer Comps to preview different designs
• Exporting Layer Comps for previewing outside Photoshop.

Advantages of learning Adobe Photoshop CS4/CS5 with NCL Training

• Our Adobe Photoshop CS4 / CS5 trainers are experienced design professionals with excellent knowledge off all aspects of graphic design from creating artwork to guaranteeing successful output.
• It's solutions based: before you come to NCL Training we agree the course content with you based on your needs.
• We take the time to work specifically on any files you bring along to the course, ensuring
  that you see benefits to your workflow immediately.
• NCL training focusses on real tasks that reflect how the software is used in professional situations.
• On-site and off-site training is available for the whole Sri Lanka.
• Free email support service for 3 months after course.
• We get consistently good feedback from our clients.

Domestic Tuition Information

Mode of Study Full - time
Starting Dates N/A
Awarding Body Nottingham College of London
Award Certificate in Adobe After Effects CS4/CS5

Duration 02 Months
Registration Fee Rs. 1000/=
(Group Fee) - (Individual Fee)
Rs. 3,900/= - Rs. 4,980/=

International Tuition Information

Duration 02 Months
Registration fee US$ 19/=
(Group fee)   -   (Individual fee)
US$ 40/=  -      US$ 60/=