Product Description

Adobe Illustrator CS6: Advanced shows you how to create professional graphics and effects by controlling some of the intricate, little-known and hidden features of the software.

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

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 brus

After completing 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

How to create masks and apply effects to them

How to paint with vector tools as though they are natural media

How to composite drawings using transparency and layer modes

How to turn a full-color photo into a scalable drawing

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.

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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