Duration: 2 Days
Course Overview
Explores the intermediate-and advanced-level features available in Illustrator to streamline the drawing process, speed up your workflows and create slicker drawings and graphics.
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Course Content
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Teaches techniques a wide range of techniques to power-user level, including:
• Brushes
• Painting
• Objects
• Distorting and warping
• Advanced text
• Advanced drawing
• Charting
• Customisation
• Drawing in perspective
• Advanced layers
• Advanced effects
• Transparency and colour
You’ll also learn about the AI features available to create realistic vector graphics from text prompts, and recolour artwork based on a colour palette description, mood or theme that you specify.
Intermediate Level Topics:
Drawing
• Creating guides from artwork
• Aligning to pixel grid
• Setting snap options
• Creating compound paths
• Selecting the relevant drawing mode
• Drawing in front or in back
• Paste Special commands
• Using Global edit to save time
• Clipping masks
Brushes
• Creating scatter and pattern brushes, and other custom brushes
• Applying the brush to paths
Painting
• Creating a Live Paint group
• Choosing fill and stroke for a Live Paint group
• Fill patterns
• Repeat options
Objects
• Default graphic styles
• Creating graphic styles
• Intertwining objects
• Creating an image mosaic
Distorting and Warping
• Using Envelope distort with warp and mesh
• Puppet Warp
External Files
• Links panel
• Updating images
• Fixing broken links
• Relinking missing files automatically
• Sorting linked and embedded files by size Image Trace – convert a raster to a vector
• Editing the traced file
• Packaging files
Charting
• Creating and editing charts
• Formatting charts
• Setting chart options
• Adding creativity to your chart
Creative Cloud
• Adobe Capture
Advanced Level Topics:
Customisation
• Custom keyboard shortcuts and menus
• Creating a custom toolbar
• Running a default action
• Creating, running and editing actions
• Flattening artwork
• Colour separations
Advanced Text
• Applying text wrap
• Outlining type
• Setting tabs
• Paragraph styles
• Character styles
• Bullets and numbered bullets
• Inserting a glyph character
• Using the OpenType panel
• Live Text
• Distorting type
• Type as masks Applying warp
Advanced Drawing
• Compound paths
• Using Global editing to save time
• Objects on a Path
Drawing in Perspective
• Creating a drawing in perspective
• Turning the Perspective Grid on and off
• Modifying the perspective grid
• Using the Perspective Grid tools
• Adding artwork to the grid
Advanced Layers
• Creating groups and subgroups
• Exporting layers
Enhancing Artwork
• Recolouring artwork
• Applying a gradient mask and mesh
• Creating path and colour blends
Advanced Effects
• Applying and expanding effects
• Adding texture using Texturiser
• Creating 3D effects and map artwork
• Pucker and Bloat
• Using Roughen
Transparency and Colour
• Displaying the transparency grid
• Applying transparency
• Applying a blend mode
• Isolating blending
• Knockout Group
• Opacity masks
• Overprinting
COURSE PREREQUISITES
You should have a good working knowledge of Illustrator, i.e. be familiar with the topics taught in our Introduction to Illustrator course
COURSE MATERIALS AND CERTIFICATE
You’ll receive an e-certificate (PDF) confirming successful completion of Adobe-accredited Advanced Illustrator training.
AFTER COURSE SUPPORT
Following Illustrator training, you’re entitled to 30 days’ email support from your trainer.