Adobe Illustrator CS4 Level 2

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Course Overview

Skill Level: 2 Intermediate

Duration: 1 Day

Description: You probably used Adobe® Illustrator® to create simple illustrations and logos. However, you may need to create complex illustrations, print documents without any errors or color mismatches, or prepare illustrations for the web. In this course, you will create complex, robust illustrations that go beyond those you could create using Illustrator’s basic tools.

Lesson 1: Blending Shapes and Colours

Working with Gradients
Creating and Applying a Linear Gradient
Adjusting the Direction and Angle of a Gradient blend
Creating a Radial Gradient
Changing Colours and Adjusting a Gradient
Applying Gradients to Multiple Objects
Adding Transparency to Gradients
Working with Blended Objects
Creating a Blend with Specified Steps
Modifying the Blend
Creating Smooth Colour Blends
Working with Brushes
Working with the Blob Brush Tool
Drawing with the Blob Brush Tool
Editing with the Blob Brush and Eraser Tools
Merge Paths with the Blob Brush Tool

Lesson 2: Working with Brushes

Using Art Brushes
Drawing with the Paintbrush Tool
Editing Paths with the Paintbrush Tool
Using Scatter Brushes
Changing Brush Options
Applying a Scatter Brush to Paths
Changing the Colour Attributes of Brushes
Changing the Brush Colour using Hue Shift Colorization
Changing the Brush Colour using Tints Colorization
Using a Fill Colour with Brushes
Using Calligraphic Brushes
Using Pattern Brushes
Creating Brushes
Creating Swatches for a Pattern Brush
Creating a Pattern Brush from Swatches
Painting with the Pattern Brush
Applying the Scribble Effect

Lesson 3: Applying Effects

Using Live Effects
Applying an Effect
Editing an Effect
Creating a Banner Logo with the Warp Effect
Creating the Logotype
Stylizing the Banner and Logotype
Creating the 3D Cylinder
Using the 3D Extrude & Bevel Effect
Applying a Symbol as Mapped Artwork
Creating a Revolved Object
Changing the Lighting
Mapping a Photoshop Image

Lesson 4: Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles

Using Appearance Attributes
Editing and Adding Appearance Attributes
Reordering Appearance Attributes
Adding an Additional Stroke and Fill
Using Graphic Styles
Creating and Saving a Graphic style
Applying a Graphic Style to an Object
Applying a Graphic Style to a Layer
Applying Existing Graphic Styles
Adding to an Existing Graphic Styles
Applying an Appearance to a Layer
Copying, Applying and Removing Graphic Styles

Lesson 5: Working with Symbols

Working with Symbols
Using Illustrator Symbol Libraries
Creating Symbols
Spraying Symbol Instances
Editing Symbol Sets using the Symbolism Tools
Editing Symbols
Updating a Symbol
Breaking a Link to a Symbol
Replacing Symbols
Storing and Retrieving Artwork in the Symbols Panel
Mapping a Symbol to 3D Artwork
Symbols and Flash Integration

Lesson 6: Combining Illustrator CS4 Graphics with other Adobe Applications

Working with Adobe Bridge
Combining Artwork
Vector versus Bitmap Graphics
Editing the Artboard
Placing an Adobe Photoshop File
About Layer Comps
Editing and Duplicating a Placed image
Applying Colour Edits to a Placed Image
Masking an Image
Applying a Clipping Mask to an Image
Creating Compound Paths and Opacity Masks
Editing an Imported Mask
Sampling Colours in Placed Images
Replacing a Placed Image
Exporting a Layered File to Adobe Photoshop
Placing Illustrator Files Adobe InDesign
Integrating Illustrator and Adobe Flash