Adobe Illustrator is used by design professionals to create distinctive vector artwork for many kinds of design projects from web design to graphics for television. The “Introduction to Adobe Illustrator ” course is designed to be a thorough course for beginners. Note that I can adapt this course to suit your needs.

Introduction to Illustrator Course
Duration: 1 day | Class Size: Max. 10 Students Onsite or One To One | Price: €250 per person (For groups of 2 or more – contact me for a one-to-one price)

Who is this course for?
This course is suitable for learners who have little or no experience using Adobe Illustrator or for students who may have used it in the past and are in need of a thorough refresher course. Graphic designers, web designers and anyone who needs to design using vectors will all find this course can enhance their skills.

Prerequisites
It is essential that you have basic computer skills and are comfortable using a computer to do basic tasks such as file and folder management. Everything else to do with Illustrator you will learn in the course.

About the course:
This course is very practical and hands-on and it covers a lot, starting from scratch.

Lesson 1: Getting Acquainted with Adobe Illustrator CS5

• Examine Imaging Concepts
• Explore the Interface
• Customize the Interface

Lesson 2: Creating Shapes in a Document

• Create a Document
• Draw Basic Shapes
• Save a Document

Lesson 3: Creating Custom Paths
Draw Paths
Modify Paths
Lesson 4: Working with Text

• Insert Text
• Flow Text on a Path
• Import Body Text
• Format Text with Styles
• Thread Text
• Apply Hyphenation
• Insert Typographic Characters

Lesson 5: Working with Objects

• Import Graphics
• Manipulate Objects

Lesson 6: Enhancing Documents

• Format Objects
• Apply Strokes
• Apply Gradients
• Apply Graphic Styles
• Apply an Envelope to Text

Lesson 7: Proofing a Document

• Wrap Text
• Find and Replace Text
• Fix Spelling Errors

Lesson 8: Saving Images for Web and Print

• Export Images for Print
• Save Images for the Web
• Save Images as PDFs

To book this course or make an enquiry email Jennifer or contact her on 086 77 33 814.