Adobe Illustrator CS4 Training Courses

Unlike training companies offering scheduled courses, we offer the alternative of your Adobe Illustrator Training Course delivered in central London on a date of your choice, either onsite or at our offices near Moorgate, Liverpool Street or Bank. We offer courses for Introduction or Beginners to Advanced.
In addition we also run custom courses tailored to your exact requirement. You select required topics to build your own bespoke Adobe Illustrator training course.

Whether you need a consultative 1 to 1 Adobe Illustrator training session using your examples or group training, our trainers can deliver a highly professional service.

Illustrator Course Levels / Training Details / Locations / Schedule

Select a Illustrator level below to view all the information you need about the course, including the cost of the course, the available training formats and much more.

Introduction
Advanced

Illustrator Introduction Training Course

Requires no experience of using Illustrator. Experience of using graphics packages an advantage.

Course Duration

This is a 1 day Illustrator. Course starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30

Course Locations / Schedule

This course can be run Onsite, at our Course training centre or any preferred location in the UK. The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.

Course Introduction / Beginners Training Course Contents

The Basics

Overview of features
Illustrator's approach to drawing
techniques
Setting your stroke and fill attributes
Basic geometrical shapes
Drawing straight paths
Creating curved paths
Using the freehand tool
Auto trace tool
Selecting Objects
Arranging objects
Editing Drawn objects
Printing documents

Text Handling

Entering and editing text
Using text labels and text boxes
Entering text along and within a path
Creating and editing text outlines

Drawing techniques

Creating your own patterns
Measuring and constraints
Guide objects
Using crop marks
Hiding and locking objects
Transformation tools
Using compound paths
Masking objects
Blend tool
Overview of using filters
Working with layers

Object Attribute

Defining your colours
Saving colours as swatches
Spot and process colours techniques
Setting stroke attributes
Adding arrows
Setting fill attributes
Creating and applying gradients

Manipulating Objects

Making selections
Saving selections
Moving objects
Duplicating objects
Aligning objects
Grouping and un grouping
Stacking order
Locking and hiding

Graphic Tool

Creating a graph
The graph types
Importing data

Illustrator Advanced Training Course

Suitable for more experienced users of Illustrator wishing to master advanced techniques.

Course Duration

This is a 1 day course starting at 09:30 and runs until 16:30

Course Locations / Schedule

This course can be run Onsite, at our training centre or any preferred location in the UK. The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.

Course Introduction / Beginners Training Course Contents

Drawing technique

Mastering the pen tool
Creating paths with the paintbrush tool
Using calligraphic mode
Variable width mode
Using Radial symmetry
Creating blends and tiles
Using of layers
Creating custom views

Special Effects

Masking techniques
Transparency effects
3-D simulation through shading
Isometric representation of objects
Filter operations Using Blending modes
Blend tool
Creating a blend within text
Compound paths
Pathfinder operations
Creating text effects
Applying envelopes
Customising graph design

Creating Re-usable Resource

Using symbols
Defining symbols
Appearance attributes
Styles and effects
Using Batch processing
Creating and Editing actions
Editing actions

Page Layout and Print

Using page layout Tools
Printing and output options
Preparing graphics for separation
Exporting navigation buttons
Exporting slices
Web
Creating web designs
Creating slices Defining hyperlinks
Image maps
Using pixel preview mode
Creating and Running Flash movies
Optimising graphics for the web

Illustrator Training Course Versions and Levels

Below are all our different versions of Illustrator Training Courses

Please contact us for any previous version of Illustrator

Illustrator Resources

Illustrator Training Los Angeles - provided by Training Connection

Illustrator Training Toronto - provided by Servitor Training Services

Illustrator Training Sydney - provided by City Desktop Training