Illustrator CS3 - Level 1

Duration:

Instructor-led Classroom Learning – 8 hours

Overview:

In this course, students will use Adobe Illustrator CS3 to create illustrations such as logos and advertisements that include type and graphics.

Who Should Attend:

This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals, or people switching to a design job or taking on design responsibilities, who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents.

At Course Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - create simple and freeform shapes. - create logos using simple shapes. - create logos using custom paths. - enhance logo text. - manipulate body type. - create an advertisement. - organize creative assets using Adobe Bridge.
 
Outline:

Lesson 1: Creating Simple Shapes
Create a New Document
Customize the Workspace
Draw Basic Shapes with the Shape Tools
Draw Basic Freeform Shapes with the Pencil Tool

Lesson 2: Creating Logos Using Simple Shapes
Format Objects
Manipulate Objects
Insert Type

Lesson 3: Creating Logos Using Custom Paths
Draw Paths with the Pen Tool
Modify Existing Shapes
Duplicate Objects
Apply Graphic Styles

Lesson 4: Enhancing Logo Type
Apply Gradients to Type
Flow Type on a Path
Apply an Envelope to Type

Lesson 5: Manipulating Body Type
Import Body Type
Format Type with Styles
Find and Replace Text
Fix Spelling Errors
Insert Typographic Characters

Lesson 6: Creating an Advertisement
Import a Graphic
Align Objects
Apply Spot Colors
Wrap Text
Export a File

Lesson 7: Organizing Assets with Adobe Bridge
Customize the Adobe Bridge Workspace
Append Metadata to Assets