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Illustrator CS4 - Level 2 Illustrator CS4 - Level 2
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Duration: 8h

Overview:

In this course, students will create complex, robust illustrations that go beyond those they could create using the basic Illustrator tools.

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. They will have some previous experience with Illustrator.

At Course Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - create complex illustrations. - enhance complex illustrations. - create a vector version of a raster graphic. - create special effects. - work with graphs. - work with variables. - prepare documents for composite and commercial printing. - export graphics for the web and mobile devices.

Prerequisite(s) or equivalent knowledge:

Illustrator CS4 - Level 1
 
Outline:   

Lesson 1: Creating Complex Illustrations

Create a Custom Shape Using Simple Shapes
Create Compound Paths
Offset Paths
Erase Shapes

Lesson 2: Enhancing Complex Illustrations

Create Symbols
Organize Objects with Layers
Create a Pattern Swatch
Create a Mesh
Create Custom Brushes
Apply Color Using Live Paint
Recolor Artwork

Lesson 3: Creating a Vector Version of a Raster Graphic

Trace Artwork Automatically
Adjust the Results of Tracing
Create a Custom Preset
Convert a Traced Object to Paths

Lesson 4: Creating Special Effects

Apply Effects
Create Masks
Simplify Paths
Create Blends
Share Graphic Styles
Create 3-D Effects

Lesson 5: Working with Graphs

Create a Graph
Format a Graph

Lesson 6: Working with Variables

Create Variables
Create Data Sets

Lesson 7: Outputting Documents

Create an Artboard
Set Up Color Management
Preview an Overprint
Apply Spot Colors
Print a Composite Proof
Create Color Separations
Create an Adobe PDF File

Lesson 8: Exporting Graphics for the Web and Mobile Devices

Convert Colors to Web-Safe Colors
Work with Actions
Export a File as an SWF
Create Slices
Add Interactivity to an SVG File
Preview an Illustration for Mobile Devices




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