Product Description
Brian Maffitt delivers a definitive introduction to Adobe’s venerable graphics workhorse.
The package helps to discover the essential tools and powerful features that make Illustrator a favorite among design professionals
Adobe Illustrator CS6: Advanced shows you how to create professional graphics and effects by controlling some of the intricate features of the software.
The course will enable you to learn essential keyboard shortcuts, techniques for streamlining your workflow, and tips that Brian has learned after decades of working with the program.
On completion of the series you will have a deep understanding of the fundamental functionality of Illustrator, especially with features (such as the pen tool and Adobe’s Type Engine) that are universal to other Adobe applications.
Highlights
It helps you to text refinements
It enabkes you to gradient paths
It allows to interface improvements
It enables pattern creation
Illustrator CS6: Advanced
Presenter Bob Flisser takes you beyond creating simple shapes and into masking, tracing, 3D art and seamless patterns, as well as, managing color and using Illustrator with Photoshop. Illustrator has a lot of powerful features, and we explain them to you in simple english.
This series covers the different types of masks, the new Image Trace feature, the new pattern creation panel, how to draw in perspective using the Perspective Grid, selecting color with the Color Guide panel, creating bristle brushes and calligraphic brushes, multiple methods of using Illustrator with Photoshop, synchronizing color management with other Creative Suite applications, and proofing and pre-press functions for color separations.
On completion of this course, you will know how to create artwork in perspective and 3D, as well as masking, recoloring, layer blending, creating pictographs and more. In addition, you will learn professional techniques, workflow, color management and time-saving shortcuts.
Highlights
It will teach you how to create masks and apply effects to them
It will enable you how to paint with vector tools as though they are natural media
It will enable you how to composite drawings using transparency and layer modes
It will help you how to turn a full-color photo into a scalable drawing
It will enable you how to draw 3D objects
Entry Requirements
Basic English reading and writing skills, as full tutor support is given.
Whats Included
Learning documentation, Online Resources and Tutor support for 2 years.
Course Study Format
Course will be delivered online.
Courseware Support
The biggest advantage of studying with us is that using your unique student account, you can immediately access the course materials online and submit all the question papers to the tutor online. On submission of question papers, you will immediately, receives the email containing the results and feedback.
Study Hours
Study hour is dependent upon the dedication and grasp towards the learning concepts mentioned in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to the tutor.
Learning Hours
Approximately 300 hours.
Assessment Method
The Examination:
The course is examined in below components:
Examination Paper 1 Unit 1 Introduction to Financial Accounting
This paper is one hour and thirty minutes in length and the marks provide 50% of the overall marks of the course, AS, and 25% of A Level. There are four compulsory questions.
Examination Paper 2 Unit 2 Financial and Management Accounting
This paper is one hour and thirty minutes in length and the marks provide 50% of the overall marks of the course, AS, and 25% of A Level. There are four compulsory questions.
Examination Paper 3 Unit 3 Further Aspects of Financial Accounting
This paper is two hours in length and the marks provide 25% of A Level. There are four compulsory questions.
Examination Paper 4 Unit 4 Further Aspects of Management Accounting
This paper is two hours in length and the marks provide 25% of A Level. There are four compulsory questions.
Exams would need to be carried out at an approved examination centre. Please contact us for assistance.
Exams
Exam vouchers supplied with our courses must be used within the duration of your course. Exam Vouchers become invalid once the course has expired.
Illustrator CS6: Essentials
ILLUSTRATOR INTERFACE & SETUP (38 min)
Opening Documents
Working with Multipls Documents
Zooming & Panning
Exploring the Menus & the Toolbar
Exploring the Panels
Vector vs. Raster & Working with Different File Types
Setting UI Brightness
DOCUMENT SETUP & ARTBOARDS (30 min)
Creating a New Document & Setting Preferences
Introducing the Artboard Tool
Working in a Video Preset
Setting Up Multiple Artboards
Using Multiple Artboards
Overlapping Artboards
CREATING OBJECTS (34 min)
Locking a Selection, Enabling Smart Guides & Setting Up the Ruler
Drawing a Rectangle & Using Keyboard Shortcuts
Drawing a Rounded Rectangle & an Ellipse
Drawing a Polygon, a Star & a Flare
Drawing Lines, Arcs, Spirals & Grids
Editing Shapes with the Direct Selection Tool
THE ADOBE PEN TOOL (36 min)
The Pen Tool Explained
Pen Tool Basics
Drawing Shapes with Bezier Points
Adding, Deleting & Converting Anchor Points
Using Bezier Controls to Draw a Heart Shape
Tracing an Image with the Pen Tool
GROUPS, LAYERS & TRANSFORMATIONS (43 min)
Understanding Object Hierarchy
Changing Object Stacking Order
Grouping Objects
Performing Basic Transformations
Transform Strokes, the Transform Panel & Transform Multiple Objects
Using the Transform Each Command & Isolation Mode
Using the Transform Tools & Resizing the Artboard & Its Content
COLORS & COLOR SPACES (29 min)
Basic Fills & Strokes
The Color Panel & the Eyedropper Tool
RGB vs. CMYK
Color Spaces & Adjusting the Appearance of Black
SWATCHES, GRADIENTS & PATTERNS (38 min)
The Swatches Panel
Loading a Swatch Library
The Basics of Gradients
Saving & Editing Gradients
Gradient Recommendations
Creating & Working with Patterns
STROKES, EFFECTS & APPEARANCE (39 min)
Stroking a Path via the Control Panel
Using the Stroke Panel
Modifying Corner Type, Stroke Alignment & Corner Limit
Using the Appearance Panel & the Offset Path Command
Using the Appearance Panel to Recreate Artwork
Applying a Gradient Stroke, Editing Effects, Saving & Applying Graphic Styles
AUTOMATING SHAPES & COLORS (37 min)
Using the Shape Builder Tool
Recoloring Artwork Automatically
Aligning, Distributing & Averaging Shapes
Using the Blend Tool
Using the Transform Again Command
The Pathfinder Panel
Creating a Gear
THE ADOBE TYPE ENGINE (55:49 min)
Working with Point Text
Area Text vs. Point Text
Using the Character Panel
Using Keyboard Shortcuts in the Character Panel
Styling Document Text
Adjusting Leading with Keyboard Shortcuts
Fine Text Adjustments & Placing Area Text
Flowing & Formatting Area Text
Type on a Path & the Glyphs Panel
SAVING & SHARING YOUR WORK (22:57 min)
Saving Your Files
Exporting & Creating PDFs for Print
Setting Basic Printing Options
Using the Save for Web Command & Making Art Pixel-Perfect
Illustrator CS6: Advanced
CLIPPING & OPACITY MASKS (49 min)
Quick Image Cropping
More Complex Clipping Path
Clipping an Image to Text
Creating an Opacity Mask
Editing an Opacity Mask
Creating Opacity Masks from Text
ADVANCED DRAWING TOOLS (41 min)
Drawing with the Blob Brush Tool
Using the Variable Width Tool
Using Built-in Stroke Profiles & Creating Your Own
Drawing & Pasting Inside
CONTROLLING TRANSPARENCY & LAYER MODES (29 min)
Using a Gradient to Control Opacity
Using a Gradient inside the Transparency Panel
Using Blend Modes to Create Transparency & Darker Colors
Using Blend Modes to Create Lighter Colors
USING THE MESH TOOL (17 min)
Creating Real-World Shading Effects
Gradient Mesh Editing Techniques
Applying a Gradient Mesh to Existing Artwork
USING IMAGE TRACE (27 min)
Tracing a Drawing Automatically
Tracing Photos Automatically
Tracing a Drawing Manually
PAINTING & RECOLORING (63 min)
Using Live Paint to Color a Drawing
Working in the Recolor Artwork Dialog Box
Recoloring a Traced Image
Recoloring Using Global Colors
Using the Color Guide Panel
Choosing Colors with Kuler
DRAWING WITH PERSPECTIVE (20 min)
Understanding the Perspective Grid
Adjusting the Perspective Grid
Using the Perspective Selection Tool
ADVANCED TYPE EFFECTS (24 min)
Glyphs, Fractions & Ligatures
Applying Styles to Text
Warping Text Using Envelopes
PRESENTING DATA WITH THE GRAPH TOOL (47 min)
Inserting a Graph & Displaying Data
Modifying a Graph
Creating a Pictograph
Creating a Pictograph as a Bar Graph
DRAWING IN 3D (25 min)
Extruding a Stick Figure into a 3D Object
Mapping a Pattern onto a 3D Object
Revolving Objects in 3D
Rotating Objects in 3D
CREATING PATTERNS (38 min)
Creating Square Patterns with the Pattern Editor
Creating Non-Square Patterns with the Pattern Editor
Creating Patterns Manually
Using Your Patterns in Other Documents
Deconstructing a Shape that has a Pattern
CREATING A PATTERN BRUSH (33 min)
Creating a Brush Pattern
Colorizing Strokes of the Pattern Brush
Creating a Bristle Brush
Creating an Art Brush
Creating a Scatter Brush
Using a Calligraphic Brush
DISTORTING YOUR ILLUSTRATIONS (15 min)
Distorting with the Warp & Twirl Tools
Distorting with Pucker, Bloat & Scallop
Distorting with Crystallize & Wrinkle
CREATING, USING & EDITING SYMBOLS (27 min)
Creating Your Own Symbols
Using the Symbol Sprayer Tool
Editing Symbols
Applying 9-Slice Scaling to Symbols
UNDERSTANDING COLOR MANAGEMENT (26 min)
Color Models & Color Settings Profiles
Black Isn’t Always Black
Assigning a Color Profile to a Document
USING ILLUSTRATOR WITH PHOTOSHOP (40min)
Synchronizing Settings
Bringing Images in from Photoshop
Re-Linking a Missing File
Embedding a PSD in Illustrator
Sending Illustrator Artwork out to Photoshop
EXPORTING, PROOFING & PRE-PRESS (48 min)
Creating a Composite Proof
Using the Flattener Preview
Using the Separations Preview & Overprint Fill
Trapping Colors
Creating a Proof within Illustrator
Printing Color Separations
Credits
Job Prospects
Become fully trained and substantially improve your chances of employment or earn more money!
Skills Assessments
Test yourself and receive a certificate online. Multiple choice or fill in the blanks style questioning helps you remember and learn.
Certificates
Upon completion of the course, you can download the completion certificate as well as any other qualifications you have been awarded.
Interactive simulations
Feel like you are actually using the software you are being trained about in the added security of our learning environment.
Printable reference guides and exercises
Every chapter has its own hands on exercises for you to carry out to help you gain essential experience. You also have automatic glossary and search features to help you use the course as a ‘quick reference’ guide.
Course Completion Certificate
*Please note, unless stated otherwise or included in package, our online courses only offer course completion certificates ( £10 fee) and in all cases official testing (at a charge made by testing centre) is required to gain officially certified recognised qualifications.
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