Adobe Illustrator CC 2021
Advanced

Course Overview

In this class you will enhance your skills with Adobe Illustrator by using Illustrator's dynamic features. Learn to create amazing type styles using a variety of tools and features. Work with Type Area Options to set columns and rows. Change colors in artwork quickly and professionally using colour groups. Trace pixel images and convert them to line art using the live trace feature. Work with and export layers to PDF files. Place Photoshop files with layers and adding effects. Drawing and creating items in 3D and using the perspective grid feature will also be covered.

*Note: DPA Communications offers Adobe Acrobat, After Effects, Animate, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop and Premiere courses on version CC (Creative Cloud). If you are using CS6 or older versions, please contact DPA for more details or to have an instructor contact you.

Course InformationRelated Training

Duration: Two-Day Course
Platform: Windows and Macintosh
Fee: Call for information

We recommend one to eight people for this course.

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Application Overview

Overview of preference settings
Assigning custom keyboard shortcuts
Creating a custom work space
Using different drawing modes

Working with Colour

Using Live Paint to colour objects
Converting colour art to black and white
Creating custom colour groups
Using the Adobe Color Themes panel
(formally Adobe Kuler panel)
Saving, exporting and loading custom swatches for use in other Adobe programs
Creating and editing a pattern swatch
Working with gradient meshes
Adding custom colours, patterns and gradients.

Creating Complex Illustrations

Working with the Join tool, shape builder, blob brush and width tool
Working with the Appearances panel to create multiple fills, strokes and effects for text and objects
Create and edit symbols with the symbols tool
Using the Liquefy tool options
Using the effects menu
Using brushes and brush modes
Using the perspective drawing grid
Creating 3D objects and text
Using the warp options on images and text
Using the appearance, pathfinder and transform panel

Working with text

Creating Paragraph and character styles
Warping and distorting text
Text around a shape and on a path
Threading Text between frames
Creating custom type styles and effects
Using text as a clipping path with images
Creating Offset Paths and Outline Paths
Creating text columns and rows

Working with Images and Layers

Rasterizing vector artwork
Using the Live Trace feature
Working with Photoshop files with layers
Using the separations preview panel
Exporting to PDF with layers intact

Application Overview: Adobe Illustrator CC 2021

Adobe Illustrator CC includes support for placing Adobe Photoshop layer comps and for applying Photoshop filters and effects, custom stroke placement and options for colorizing grayscale images. The context-sensitive Control palette makes it a snap to find the tool you need for the task at hand. Customizable workspaces enable your work to flow smoothly along with support for the latest Wacom drawing tablets.

Adobe Illustrator provides two ground-breaking tools to expand your creative possibilities and improve your productivity. Live Trace converts bitmaps into fully editable, scalable vectors in seconds. Live Paint enables artwork to be colored quickly and intuitively. Together, Live Trace and Live Paint break down the boundary between drawing and painting, removing the obstacles between your first ideas and final results. Also new in Illustrator is direct access, within the Filters menu and the Effects menu, to the Photoshop Filters and Effects and the Photoshop Gallery. Here you can preview, refine, and apply Photoshop filters and effects such as Fresco, Gaussian Blur, or Mezzotint to any Illustrator artwork, text or placed image. Photoshop filters and effects behave in Illustrator the same as Illustrator effects: effects are live, which means they are non-destructive. You can continue to modify the effect's options or remove the effect at any time without altering the underlying artwork, text, or image.

Users: Creative, Web, Engineering, Finance, IT, Legal, Marketing and Admin Professionals as well as anyone who needs to create, edit, assemble, publish and distribute electronic illustrations, imagery and presentations.

Adobe Illustrator CC 2021 Advanced