Illustrator Advanced

Adobe Illustrator CS6 is an essential design tool for anyone who needs to express ideas visually in print, on the web, and in any other medium. In this course, which is a combination of Adobe Certified Instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice, you will learn the advanced techniques of working with Illustrator CS6 so that you can incorporate visual effects into your workflow.

What You’ll Learn

  • Applying appearance attributes and graphic styles
  • Symbols and Flash integration
  • Illustrator tools
  • Combining Illustrator graphics with other Adobe applications
  • Printing and color management
  • Creating and working with objects
  • Patterns, brushes, symbols, and paths
  • Scripts and actions
  • Tips and tricks

Who Should Attend?

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Illustrator CS6.

Prerequisites

Course Outline:

Note: The curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.

Lesson 1: What is New CS5 & CS6

    • Patterns
    • Gradient on a stroke
    • Image Trace
    • Gaussian Blur
    • Variable Width Options
    • Perspective drawing
    • Bristle brush
    • Multiple artboards enhancements
    • Shape Builder tool

 

Lesson 2: The Basis of Illustrator Objects

    • Advanced understanding of Illustrator Objects
    • What Object can become what Object? More confusing than you think
    • Advances uses of the Blend Object
    • Gradient or Mesh:Changing one object to another
    • Advanced use of the Symbol Sprayer
    • Advanced use of the Variable Width
    • Expanding: When and How
    • Compound Shape vs Compound Path: Who is better
    • Breaking it all apart
    • Just know your object: Look to the Layers Panel

 

Lesson 3: Mesh and Other Tools

    • Mesh tool
    • Mesh as opacity mask
    • Lasso tool
    • Warp tool
    • Twirl tool
    • Pucker tool
    • Bloat tool
    • Scallop tool
    • Crystallize tool
    • Wrinkle tool
    • Width tool
    • Polar grid tool
    • Rectangular grid tool
    • Flare tool
    • Free transform tool
    • Graph tools
    • Scissor tool
    • Knife tool

 

Lesson 4: Working with Perspective Drawing

    • Understanding perspective
    • Understanding the Perspective Grid
    • Working with the Perspective Grid
    • Using a preset grid
    • Editing the Perspective Grid
    • Drawing objects in perspective
    • Selecting and transforming objects in perspective
    • Attaching content to perspective
    • Editing planes and objects together
    • Adding and editing text in perspective
    • Working with symbols in perspective
    • Adding symbols to the Perspective Grid
    • Transforming symbols in perspective
    • Releasing content from perspective
    • Working with the horizontal plane

 

Lesson 5: Applying Effects

    • Using live effects
    • Applying an effect
    • Using live effects
    • Applying an effect
    • Editing an effect
    • Styling text with effects
    • Editing shapes with a Pathfinder effect
    • Applying the Offset Path effect
    • Working with a 3D effect
    • Creating a revolved object
    • Changing the lighting of a 3D object
    • Mapping a symbol to the 3D artwork
    • Where to put the Effect

 

Lesson 6: Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles

    • Using appearance attributes
    • Editing and adding appearance attributes
    • Adding another stroke
    • Adding another fill
    • Reordering appearance attributes
    • Applying an appearance to a layer
    • Using graphic styles
    • Creating and spacing a graphic style
    • Applying a graphic style to an object
    • Replacing graphic style attributes
    • Applying a graphic style to a layer
    • Editing a graphic style applies to a layer
    • Applying an existing graphic style
    • Applying multiple graphic styles
    • Applying a graphic style to text
    • Copying and removing graphic styles
    • Creating web graphics
    • Aligning content to the pixel grid
    • Slicing content
    • Selecting and editing slices
    • Using the Save For Web command

 

Lesson 7: Working with Symbols

    • Working with symbols
    • Using existing Illustrator symbol libraries
    • Creating symbols
    • Editing a symbol
    • Replacing symbols
    • Breaking a link to a symbol
    • Editing symbol options
    • Editing with the Symbolism tools
    • Copying and editing symbol sets
    • Storing and retrieving artwork in the Symbols panel
    • Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork
    • Working with symbols and Flash integration

 

Lesson 8: Graph

    • Creating a Graph
    • Types of Graphs
    • Making a Design for Columns and Markers
    • Updating the Data
    • Graphics for the Column and Marker

 

Lesson 9: Advanced Masks

    • Masking an image
    • Applying a simple clipping mask to an image
    • Editing a mask
    • Masking an object with a shape
    • Masking an object with multiple shapes
    • Creating an opacity mask
    • Editing an opacity mask

 

Lesson 10: Combining Illustrator CS6 Graphics with Other Adobe Applications

    • Working with Adobe Bridge
    • Combining artwork
    • Vector versus bitmap graphics
    • Placing Photoshop files
    • Transforming a placed image
    • Embedding a Photoshop image with layer comps
    • Applying color edits to a placed image
    • Masking an image
    • Applying a simple clipping mask to an image
    • Editing a mask
    • Masking an object with a shape
    • Masking an object with multiple shapes
    • Creating an opacity mask
    • Editing an opacity mask
    • Sampling colors in placed images
    • Working with image links
    • Finding link information
    • Replacing a linked image
    • Exporting a layered file to Photoshop
    • Illustrator and Web Designers
    • Illustrator and Print Designers
    • Illustrator and for Interactive Designers
    • Illustrator and for Video Compositors