Adobe Illustrator CS4 / CS3 Training DVD - UK Delivery Only

Learn how to take your skills to the next level. This Adobe Illustrator CS4 / CS3 training Video on DVD is the ultimate in comprehensive learning for the discerning professional.

The training uses broadcast quality audio and video to deliver concise and informative training right to your desktop. The Tutorial comes complete with practical working files and presented via an intuitive, easy-to-use interface.

These Adobe Illustrator CS4 / CS3 tutorials make learning simple, quick and enjoyable. All training courses are authored by professional instructors who have a passion for teaching.

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1. Introduction

• Welcome

2. New Features

• New Features
• Workspace
• New Interface (CS4)
• Tabbed Document Windows (CS4)
• Multiple Artboards (CS4)
• Palette Management
• Spring-loaded Opening of Palette Icons (CS4)

3. Getting Started in Illustrator

• Welcome Screen
• Open
• New Document Settings
• Control Panel

4. Creating Basic Shapes

• Rectangle
• Other Shapes
• Editing Points
• Direction Handles

5. Select and Move

• Select and Moving Objects
• Grouping
• Rulers and Guides
• Smart Guides (CS4)
• Isolation Mode
• Isolation Mode Expanded (CS4)

6. Transforming

• Bounding Box
• Rotate and Scape
• Reflect and Shear
• Free Transform
• Changing Points

7. Arranging

• Alignment and Distribution
• Layers
• Viewing Outlines

8. Colours and Fills

• Methods of Adding Colour
• The Colour Picker
• Swatches
• Spot Colours for Print
• Strokes
• Gradients
• Gradient Tool Improvements (CS4)
• Using and Creating Patterns
• Transparency
• Blending Modes
• Live Paint - Part 1
• Live Paint - Part 2

9. Type

• Type Tool
• Type on a Path
• Area Type Tool
• Character Palette
• Paragraph Palette
• Paragraph and Character Style Sheets
• Glyphs
• Type Compatability
• Creating Outlines from Type

10. Drawing

• Using the Pencil Tool to Draw
• Tracing with the Pen Tool
• Using the Pen Tool to Draw
• Smooth Tool and Path Eraser

11. Brushes

• Brush Types
• Colourisation
• Blob Brush (CS4)

12. Advanced Tools

• Compound Shapes
• Pathfinder
• Creating Graphs
• Live Trace

13. Live Colour

• Colour Groups
• Colour Guide
• Live Colour - Part 1
• Live Colour - Part 2

14. Appearance Panel (CS4)

• Appearance and Panel Improvements (CS4)

15. Masks and Cropping

• Clipping Mask
• Opacity Mask
• Clipping with Tape
• Cropping Marks

16. Symbols

• Using Symbols
• Creating Symbols
• Symbol Sets

17. Distortion Methods

• Warp Distortion
• Top Object Distortion
• Mesh Distortion
• Gradient Mesh
• Blend Options

18. Filters and Effects

• Filters vs. Effects
• Transform Effects
• Live Effects replacing Filter Menu (CS4)

19. Graphic Styles

• Using Graphic Styles
• Creating Graphic Styles
• Graphic Styles Applied to Existing Attributes (CS4)

20. 3D

• 3D Extrude and Bevel
• Light and Shading
• Revolve
• Rotate

21. Creating for Web

• Saving for Web
• Slices
• Image Maps

22. Printing

• Separations Preview Palette (CS4)
• Printing

23. Working with Other Programs

• Microsoft and Photoshop
• Save and Export to Programs
• Saving for Flash

24. Exercises

• Shapes
• Colour
• Masks
• Tracing
• Symbols
• 3D