Illustrator CS5 - Level 1

In this course, students will use Adobe Illustrator CS5 to create illustrations that include graphics and text.

Duration: One Day, Instructor led- Classroom learning

Objective:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• get acquainted with the Adobe Illustrator CS5 application
• create shapes in a document
• create custom paths
• work with text in an Illustrator document
• work with objects
• enhance documents
• proof documents to make them more accurate
• save images for web and print

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 and who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents.

Outline:
Lesson 1: Getting Acquainted with Adobe® Illustrator® CS5 
Examine Imaging Concepts
Explore the Interface
Customize the Interface 

Lesson 2: Creating Shapes in a Document
Create a Document
Draw Basic Shapes
Save a Document 

Lesson 3: Creating Custom Paths
Draw Paths
Modify Paths 

Lesson 4: Working with Text
Insert Text
Flow Text on a Path
Import Body Text
Format Text with Styles
Thread Text
Apply Hyphenation
Insert Typographic Characters 

Lesson 5: Working with Objects
Import Graphics
Manipulate Objects 

Lesson 6: Enhancing Documents
Format Objects
Apply Strokes
Apply Gradients
Apply Graphic Styles
Apply an Envelope to Text 

Lesson 7: Proofing a Document
Wrap Text
Find and Replace Text
Fix Spelling Errors 
Lesson 8: Saving Images for Web and Print
Export Images for Print
Save Images for the Web
Save Images as PDFs