Adobe® Illustrator® CS3: Level 1
(One-day workshop)

Description
Adobe Illustrator is a sophisticated graphics program capable of creating complex and attractive illustrations and type effects. You might need to create logos, advertisements, and other illustrations in Illustrator. If you have little or no experience with Illustrator, it can be overwhelming to start creating complex illustrations. In this course, you'll start by drawing and manipulating simple shapes to create logos. You'll also combine text and graphics to create advertisements. You will use Illustrator to create illustrations, such as logos and advertisements that include type and graphics.

Intended Audience
Graphic designers, or people transitioning into a design job or taking on design responsibilities, who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents. They may have little or no experience with Illustrator. They may already use InDesign and Photoshop.

Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should have a basic understanding of the Windows operating system. For example, you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CD and other media.

Topics Include:

Lesson 1: Creating Logos Using Simple Shapes Choose New Document Settings Create a Custom Workspace Draw Basic Shapes with the Shape Tools Draw Paths with the Pencil Tool Lesson 2: Enhancing Logos Format Objects Manipulate Objects Insert Type Lesson 3: Creating Logos Using Custom Paths Draw Paths with the Pen Tool Modify Existing Shapes to Create New Shapes Duplicate Objects Apply Graphic Styles Lesson 4: Creating a Logo with Type Special Effects Apply Gradients to Type Create Type on a Path Apply an Envelope to Type Lesson 5: Creating an Advertisement Import a Graphic Align Objects Apply Spot Colors Wrap Text Export a File Lesson 6: Manipulating Body Type Import Body Type Format Type with Styles Fix Spelling Errors Find and Replace Text Insert Typographic Characters Lesson 7: Managing Assets with Adobe Bridge Explore the Adobe Bridge Environment Apply Metadata and Keywords to Assets in Adobe Bridge Appendix A: Adobe® Certified Expert (ACE) Objective Mapping

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nSight is a Certified Provider member of the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)—a nonprofit association dedicated to quality continuing education and training programs. nSight is certified to offer continuing education credits (CEUs) to students who successfully complete its training workshops. One (1) CEU is equal to ten (10) contact hours. Learn more at www.IACET.org.

Each 1-day course offers .8 CEU. Each 2-day course offers 1.6 CEUs.