Summary

Course Aim:

The Illustrator Level 2 comprehensive course will build on the skills learned in the Illustrator Level 1 course and deal with more complex Illustrator techniques.

Course Prerequisites:

The prerequisite for this course is the Adobe Illustrator Level 1 (2-day) course or have equivalent knowledge.

Course Duration:

Two days 9:00am – 4:30pm

Classroom courses include:

• Adobe Certified instructors (with min 10 yrs experience)
• Alpha prepared comprehensive coursenotes with tutorials and exercises (updated frequently to reflect industry trends)
• Certificates
• FREE eLearning DVD Package (extensive video files that replay all topics covered in the course you have completed)
• After course support, unlimited HELP DESK (via email, to reinforce the learning), helpdesk@alphacc.com.au
• Training guarantee
• FREE repeat of public course within 6 months (where required, and on same version), see terms & conditions

Content

Course Content

During this course you will learn about:

Topic 1 More Drawing Techniques

• Topic Objectives
• Modifying strokes
• Adjusting the stroke alignment
• Adjusting the cap or join options
• Creating dotted or dashed lines
• Stroke styles gallery
• Drawing arcs
• Drawing spirals
• Drawing rectangular grids
• Drawing circular (polar) grids
• The Info panel

• Measuring the distance between objects
• Pen tool revision
• Variable width strokes with the Width tool
• The Width point Edit Dialogue box
• Discontinuous width points (Awesome arrows)
• Saving and applying width profiles
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 2 Image Trace and Live Paint

• Topic Objectives
• About tracing artwork
• Tracing artwork
• Changing the display of a tracing object
• Adjusting the results of a tracing
• Adjusting the Tracing options
• Full Tone Colour Image Trace
• Controlling colours in a tracing
• Creating a tracing preset
• Managing tracing presets
• Converting a tracing object
• Releasing a tracing object

• About Live Paint
• Limitations of Live Paint groups
• Creating a Live Paint group
• Painting Live Paint faces and edges
• Live Paint Bucket options
• Setting Live Paint gap options
• Adding paths to a Live Paint group
• Selecting items in Live Paint groups
• Expanding or releasing a Live Paint group
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 3 Combining Objects

• Topic Objectives
• Methods of combining objects
• The Pathfinder panel
• About compound shapes
• Creating a compound shape
• Modifying a compound shape
• Releasing and expanding a compound shape
• Pathfinder effects
• Overview of the Pathfinder effects
• About compound paths

• Making a compound path
• Filling compound paths
• Changing the fill rule for a compound path
• Changing a hole to a filled area in a compound path
• Releasing a compound path
• The Shape Builder tool
• Drawing Modes
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 4 Reshaping Objects

• Topic Objectives
• About blends
• Colours in blended objects
• Creating a blend with the Blend tool
• Creating a blend using Make Blend
• Adjusting blending options
• Changing the spine of a blended object
• Reversing the stacking order in a blend
• Releasing or expanding a blend
• Envelopes
• Distorting objects using an envelope
• Editing the contents of an envelope
• Resetting an envelope
• Releasing or expanding an envelope

• Envelope options
• Distorting objects with the Free Transform tool
• Distorting objects using the liquify tools
• Liquify tool options
• Introduction to Perspective Drawing
• About the Perspective Grid
• About the Perspective tools
• Perspective Grid Presets
• Adjusting the Perspective Grid
• Drawing in perspective
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 5 More on colour

• Topic Objectives
• About colour groups
• Color Guide panel overview
• Creating a colour harmony using the Color Guide panel
• Setting the type of colour variations
• Setting the number and range of colour variations
• Colouring artwork with colours from the Color Guide panel
• Saving Color Guide colours into the Swatches panel
• Edit Colour overview
• Opening the Edit Colour dialogue box
• Working with the Colour Group list
• Creating a colour group in Edit Colour
• Editing colours in the Edit Colour dialogue box
• Editing a colour group using the colour wheel
• Editing a colour group using the colour picker
• Editing an individual colour in a colour group
• Randomly changing colour order or saturation and brightness
• Globally editing saturation, brightness, temperature, or luminosity
• Adding or removing colours in a colour group
• Deleting a colour group

• Assigning colours to your artwork
• Assigning new colours to selected artwork
• Viewing original colours in your artwork as you assign new colors
• Randomly changing saturation and brightness in all colors
• Reducing colours in your artwork
• About colour models
• About RGB
• About CMYK
• About HSB
• About Lab
• About Grayscale
• Changing the colour mode of a document
• Blending colours
• Adjusting multiple colours at the same time
• Converting colours to grayscale
• Converting grayscale images to RGB or CMYK
• Colourising grayscale or 1-bit images
• Adjusting the saturation of multiple colours
• Copying attributes with the Eyedropper tool
• Changing the attributes affected by the Eyedropper tool
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 6 More Advanced Type Controls

• Topic Objectives
• Changing the margin around a text area
• Adjusting the first baseline in a text area
• Creating rows and columns of text
• Fitting a headline across the full width of a type area
• Scaling type
• Rotating type
• Threading text between objects
• Working with text threads
• Wrapping text around objects
• Underline, caps and other text features
• Checking spelling
• Finding and replacing text
• Changing capitalization styles

• Using smart punctuation
• Working with Tabs
• Character and paragraph styles
• About OpenType fonts
• Using the OpenType panel
• Using superscript and subscript
• Choosing a number style
• Ligatures and contextual alternates
• Using ligatures and contextual alternates
• Using swashes, titling alternates, or stylistic alternates
• Using fractions and ordinals
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 7 Working with Effects and Filters

• Topic Objectives
• Effects
• Applying an effect or filter
• About raster effects
• Rasterization options
• Effects for reshaping objects
• Offsetting Paths
• Creating drop shadows

• Feathering the edges of a shape
• Applying an inner or outer glow
• Rounding corners of objects
• Applying the Scribble effect
• Modifying or deleting an effect
• Availability of effects and filters
• Improving filter and effect performance
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 8 Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles

• Topic Objectives
• Appearance attributes
• The Appearance panel
• Targeting items
• Editing an appearance attribute
• Setting appearance attributes for new objects
• Changing the stacking order of appearance attributes
• Duplicating an appearance attribute
• Removing appearance attributes
• Copying appearance attributes between objects
• Copying with the Eyedropper tool
• Creating Multiple Fills and Strokes
• Multiple Strokes on Groups or Layers

• Graphic styles
• Creating graphic styles
• Applying a graphic style
• Working with graphic styles
• Using the Graphic Styles panel
• Breaking the link to a graphic style
• Replacing graphic style attributes
• Graphic style libraries
• Creating a graphic style library
• Adding graphic styles from a library to the Graphic Styles panel
• Importing graphic styles from other documents
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 9 More about Transparency & Blending Modes

• Topic Objectives
• Displaying the Transparency Grid
• Changing the colour of the artboard
• Opacity masks
• Creating opacity masks
• Working with opacity masks
• Clipping or inverting opacity masks
• Using transparency to shape a knockout

• The Knockout Group option
• Isolating blending modes to a group
• Applying transparency to groups or layers
• More on blending modes
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 10 Mesh Objects

• Topic Objectives
• About mesh objects
• Creating mesh objects

• Editing mesh objects
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 11 Web Graphics

• Topic Objectives
• Issues to consider
• The Save For Web & Devices dialogue box
• Optimizing and saving web graphics
• Estimating download time for web graphics
• Compressing a file to a specific size
• Resizing web graphics
• Previewing optimized images in a web browser

• Creating or deleting optimization presets
• Web File Formats
• Optimization settings for GIF and PNG-8 formats
• Optimization settings for JPEG format
• Pixel preview mode
• Pixel aligned paths for Web workflows
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

Topic 12 More about printing

• Topic Objectives
• Print dialogue box options
• General Options
• Marks and Bleeds Options
• Output Options
• Graphics Options

• Colour Management Options
• Advanced Options
• Summary
• Topic Summary
• Topic Review

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Packages

Packages Available

Adobe Illustrator Level 2 is offered as part of the following packages, designed for users who want to attend multiple courses to achieve in depth knowledge:

Illustrator Package

• Illustrator Levels 1, 2 and 3
• 5 days

Publishing Level 2 Package

• Acrobat Advanced, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop Level 2
• 7 days

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Specials

2012 Training Specials for Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra Centres

eLearning DVD

When you attend any of the following scheduled courses, you will receive a FREE eLearning DVD:

• Acrobat for Business and Advanced
• PhotoShop Level 1, and Level 2
• Illustrator Level 1, and Level 2
• InDesign Level 1, and Level 2
• Dreamweaver Level 1, and Level 2
• Flash Level 1, and Level 2

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