Adobe Illustrator CC
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Illustrator Intro - 2 days
£265
Getting started:
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Preference settings
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Creating and saving workspaces
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The Tools panel
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Getting around – zoom and scroll
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'Outline’ and ‘preview’ modes
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Grids, guidelines and ‘smart guides’
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'Undo' and 'redo'
Creating a new document:
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Creating files for print
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Creating files for web
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Modifying your document
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Managing multiple documents
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Using rulers
Working with Artboards:
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The Artboard panel
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Re-sizing artboards
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Creating and copying artboards
The Layers panel:
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Visibility and locking
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Selecting objects with the layers panel
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Sub-layers
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Deleting layers
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Grouping and naming layers
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Changing the stacking order
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Moving objects from one layer to another
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Copying objects from one layer to another
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Adjusting layer previews
Working with colour:
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RGB vs. CMYK
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Adjusting Illustrator colour settings
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Process vs. global swatches
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Using the swatches and colour panels
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Strokes and fills
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The Colour Guide panel
Selecting and Transforming:
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The Selection tools
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The Magic Wand tool
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The Lasso tool
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Selecting objects by attribute
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Grouping objects
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Isolation mode
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Rotating and 'stacking' objects
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Distorting and transforming objects
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Repeating transformations
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Reflecting and skewing objects
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Aligning and distributing objects
Working with paths:
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The Pen tool
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The Curvature tool
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Joining and averaging paths
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Using the Scissors and Knife tools
Useful drawing tools:
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The Line tools
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The Shape tools
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The Ellipse tool
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The Scale tool
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The Reflect tool
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The Rotate tool
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The Shape Builder tool
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Creating a mask
Keyboard shortcuts
Working in outline mode
Working with type:
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Point vs. Area type
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Paragraph and Character Styles
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'Placing' text
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Creating threaded text
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Selecting type and choosing fonts
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Adjusting type size
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Leading
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Tracking and kerning
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Adding indents
Working with Symbols:
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The Symbol Sprayer tools
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Using the symbols libraries
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Creating new symbols
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Breaking a symbol link
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Redefining symbols
Working with Images:
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'Placing' images
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Embedding vs. linked images
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Cropping images
Saving, Printing and Exporting:
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Saving to legacy formats
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Saving Templates
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Saving for the web
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Exporting your work
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Illustrator in InDesign and Photoshop
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Creating PDF files
Illustrator Advanced - 2 days
£265
The Appearance panel:
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'Attribute stacking order'
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Applying multiple fills
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Applying multiple strokes
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Adjusting appearance with live effects
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Saving appearances as graphic style
Live Paint:
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Using Live Paint
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The Live Paint Bucket tool
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The Live Paint Selection tool
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Adding a path to a Live Paint group
Tracing images:
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Auto-tracing
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Embedding vs. linking images
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Auto-tracing and resolution
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Adjusting layer previews
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The Threshold option
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The Noise option
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Expanding and simplifying traced paths
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Flipping and fusing shapes
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Scaling resolution-independent vectors
Drawing in perspective:
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Defining a perspective grid
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Drawing in perspective
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Applying artwork to the grid
Creating 3D objects:
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3D Revolve
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3D Bevel and emboss
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3D Revolve
Infographics and Dynamic data:
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Creating Illustrator graphs
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Importing and editing data
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Swapping between graph types
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Changing graph settings
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Selecting and colouring graph elements
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Applying a design to a marker
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Adding numeric values to a column graph
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Designing your own graphs
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Creating a 3D 'pie' graph
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Designing an infographic project
Working with brushes:
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Creating and editing a calligraphic brush
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Creating and editing art brushes
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Creating and editing a scatter brush
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Creating and editing a pattern brush
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Formatting and scaling brushed text
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Editing a brush path
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Expanding and filling brush outlines
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Brushes meet text
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Adjusting the bristles in a bristle brush
Envelope distortions:
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Introducing Envelope Distort
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Editing the contents of an envelope
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Warping an envelope mesh
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Creating and editing an envelope mesh
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Blending an envelope into a background
Creating and editing gradients:
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Creating radial and linear gradients
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Applying a gradient fill to objects and live text
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Using the gradient annotator
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Editing multiple gradients
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The blend point
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Mixing gradients and blend modes
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Adding transparency to a gradient
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Drop shadows and dynamic effects
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Assigning a gradient to editable text
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Assigning a gradient to a stroke
The Gradient mesh tool:
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Introducing the gradient mesh
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Working with the Mesh tool
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Adding colours to mesh points
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Applying a gradient mesh to a shape
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Converting a linear gradient to a mesh
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Editing a linear gradient mesh
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Converting a radial gradient to a mesh
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Editing a radial gradient mesh
The Blend tool:
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Creating a multi-colour blend
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Editing blended paths
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Adjusting the number of blended steps
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Blending between levels of opacity
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Applying a blend to a new path
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Blending groups