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Illustrator Essential Skills CS6-CC

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About this Course

This course is designed for anyone who wants to be able to use Adobe Illustrator to create and edit artwork and illustrations.

Our aim is to provide you with the necessary skills to produce an illustration from scratch and to change its appearance in a variety of different ways using many sophisticated tools.

It is important that you use your new skills as soon as possible on completion of this training course. We encourage you to take your own notes and to review this Course Guide once you are back at your workplace.

Prerequisites

• A thorough knowledge of Windows operating environment, including how to use a mouse and command toolbars, and how to open, save and close files.
• Previous experience with other Windows programs, such as word processing or on illustration programs

At Course Completion

This specialised course is a must for those wanting to create and design graphics from concept to print production. Lays the groundwork to develop skills in graphic design and is an introduction to some of the special effects possible.

Please note: if you are on version CC bringing your own creative cloud login is a requirement

Course Outline

• Creating an Illustration
• The Illustrator Window
• Drawing Shapes
• Transformations
• Selecting
• Layers
• Pen Tool
• Compound Paths
• Colour
• Transparency
• Mesh
• Blend
• Graphics
• Filters and Effects
• Symbols
• Text
• Templates
• Printing

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