Overview
What does the course cover?
This course is designed to lead you through the design process, you’ll learn a variety of ways to produce artwork and understand the issues involved with professional graphic design.
Aims
Why take this course?
By the end of the course you’ll be fully capable of creating special effects suitable for conventional printing as well as for electronic publishing.
Audience
Who would benefit?
This course is suitable for anyone who is new to Illustrator and desktop publishing wishing to master the skills required for this application.
Course Preview
Each course contains high quality, professional video lessons, downloadable exercise files and real-world templates for you to use.
Course Details
Section 1: Getting Started
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Adobe Illustrator Source Files And Folders
- Lesson 3: Starting Illustrator And Browsing The Interface
- Lesson 4: Starting A New Document
- Lesson 5: Saving A AI File
- Lesson 6: Customising Your Workspace
Section 2: Basic Drawing Objects
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Basic Objects – Part I
- Lesson 3: Basic Objects – Part II
- Lesson 4: Undos Steping Backwards And Forwards
- Lesson 5: Stacking Order
- Lesson 6: Grouping Objects
Section 3: Vectors
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Understanding Vectors
- Lesson 3: Working With Anchor Points
- Lesson 4: Pen Tool
- Lesson 5: Pen Tool – Heart Excercise – Part I
- Lesson 6: Pen Tool – Heart Excercise – Part II
Section 4: Alignment And Shape Making
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Alignment
- Lesson 3: Distribution
- Lesson 4: Distribution With Spacing
- Lesson 5: Shape Modes
- Lesson 6: Pathfinders
- Lesson 7: Shape Builder Tool
- Lesson 8: Recap Excercise
Section 5: Colours And Gradients
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Colours CMYK
- Lesson 3: Seperations Preview
- Lesson 4: RGB And Web Colours
- Lesson 5: Gradients
- Lesson 6: Swatches Pallet
- Lesson 7: Pattern Swatches
Section 6: Cutting Tools And Re Joining Paths
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Cutting Tools
- Lesson 3: Cutting And Joining Paths
Section 7: Basic Effects
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Basic Effects And Appearence
Section 8: Factory Exercise
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Factory Exercise – Part I
- Lesson 3: Factory Exercise – Part II
- Lesson 4: Factory Exercise – Part III
- Lesson 5: Factory Exercise – Part IV
- Lesson 6: Factory Exercise – Part V
- Lesson 7: Factory Exercise – Part VI
Section 9: Layers
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Layers
Section 10: Symbols
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Creating A Symbol
- Lesson 3: Symbol Librarys
- Lesson 4: Symbol Tools
Section 11: Strokes And Fills Exercise
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Strokes And Fills – Part I
- Lesson 3: Strokes And Fills – Part II
- Lesson 4: Strokes And Fills – Part III
- Lesson 5: Strokes And Fills – Part IV
- Lesson 6: Strokes And Fills – Part V
Section 12: Flash And Illustrator
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Illustrator And Flash
Section 13: Live Trace
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Live Trace
Section 14: Gradient Mesh & Blend Tool
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Gradient Mesh – Part I
- Lesson 3: Gradient Mesh – Part II
- Lesson 4: Gradient Mesh – Part III
- Lesson 5: Gradient Mesh – Part IV
- Lesson 6: Gradient Mesh – Part V
- Lesson 7: The Blend Tool – Part I
- Lesson 8: The Blend Tool – Part II
Section 15: Perspective Grid & 3D
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: The Prerspective Grid
- Lesson 3: 3D Effects
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Graphs And Charts – Part I
- Lesson 3: Graphs And Charts – Part II
Section 16: Flag Exercise
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Flag Exercise – Part I
- Lesson 3: Flag Exercise – Part II
- Lesson 4: Flag Exercise – Part III
- Lesson 5: Flag Exercise – Part IV
- Lesson 6: Flag Exercise – Part V
- Lesson 7: Flag Exercise – Part VI
Section 17: Masking
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Adobe Bridge – Clipping Mask
- Lesson 3: Clipping Mask
- Lesson 4: Opacity Mask
Section 18: Designing A Logo
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Making A Logo – Part I
- Lesson 3: Making A Logo – Part II
- Lesson 4: Setting Up Artboards
- Lesson 5: Laying Out The Artwork
- Lesson 6: Making A PDF
Section 19: Slices – Save For Web And Devices
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Slices – Save For Web And Devices
- Lesson 3: Making an Advert – Part II
- Lesson 4: Making an Advert – Part III
- Lesson 5: Making an Advert – Part IV
- Lesson 6: Making an Advert – Part V
Skills You’ll Learn
What you’ll be able to do after the course
- Work with paths, nodes and bezier curves
- Flow text into any shape along any path
- Effectively use Adobe’s filters and tools
- Work with layers and masks
- Use built-in colour management to get colours right first times
How You Can Apply These Skills
What you’ll be able to use these skills for
- Work with Illustrator to design logos and drawings
- Design logos and stationery
- Production of a full size poster
- Design magazine advertisements
- Design of a tabloid newsletter
Certification
When you pass you will receive an internationally recognized accreditation certificate like this:
What’s next?
Upon completion, you can move onto our other Graphic Design courses such as Photoshop and InDesign.
Careers that require these skills at this level?
Illustrator is used in practically every graphic design agency. Any Graphic Design role will require you to be proficient to this level.
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