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AGI instructors are certified Adobe InDesign Experts and authors of several books on InDeisgn. When you take an Adobe InDesign training class from AGI, you learn from the best instructors. These Adobe InDesign training classes are available at our New York City, Boston, Chicago, Orlando, or Philadelphia locations. Or this InDesign training class can be taught on-site at your location. Choose a class from the list at the right to get starting learning InDesign.

Adobe Illustrator Training Class - Level I

Adobe Illustrator Training Class Level I
Topics Covered

Illustrator Training Module 1: Getting to Know the Workspace

• Opening Adobe Illustrator
• Choosing an Illustrator workspace
• Opening an Adobe Illustrator file
• The Adobe Illustrator document window
• Using Artboards in Illustrator
• Navigating multiple artboards
• Using the new Artboards panel
• Creating New Artboards
• Switching screen modes
• Changing your view
• Preview versus Outlines
• Zooming and scrolling
• Scrolling with the Hand tool
• Changing views with the Navigator panel
• The Tools panel
• Using tools and panels
• The Control panel
• Moving the Control panel
• Illustrator panel groups and the dock
• Custom workspaces
• Saving workspaces
• Using the Manage Workspaces dialog box
• Customizing Illustrator keyboard shortcuts
• Custom shortcuts
• Saving shortcut sets
• Deleting shortcut sets

Illustrator Training Module 2: Illustrator Essentials

• Using the shape tools
• Repositioning and visually resizing the shapes
• Finding or changing the shape’s dimensions using the Transform panel
• Rotating and shearing using the Transform panel
• Constraining a shape in Illustrator
• Entering exact dimensions
• Selecting artwork
• Helpful keyboard shortcuts for selections
• Overview of the selection tools
• Using shape and transform tools to create artwork
• Using the transform tools I Illustrator
• Adding a fill color
• Entering a shape size in the Transform panel
• Viewing in Outline view
• Rotating the shape
• Using layers when building an illustration
• Creating a new blank layer
• Cutting and pasting objects
• Cloning the bubble group
• Repeating a resize transform
• Moving objects from one layer to another

Illustrator Training Module 3: Adding Color

• Basics of the Appearance panel
• Changing colors in Adobe Illustrator
• Adding Effects in Adobe Illustrator
• Creating a colorful illustration
• Using Live Paint
• Converting the artwork to a Live Paint group
• Applying Live Paint to the group
• Adding a symbol to your artwork
• Expanding the symbol
• Saving swatches
• Global Color
• Selecting the Same color
• Saving a set of colors as a group
• Creating a color group from selected colors
• Using the Color panel in Adobe Illustrator
• Adding Pantone colors to your Illustrator Swatches panel
Illustrator Training Module 4: Working with the Drawing Tools
• Working with the Pen tool
• Drawing straight, and curved lines
• Drawing hinged curves
• Drawing curved lines to straight lines
• Manually tracing images in Adobe Illustrator
• Placing an image as a template in Adobe Illustrator
• Other Illustrator drawing tools
• Using the Line Segment and Arc tools
• Using the Pencil, Smooth, and Path Eraser tools
• Using the Eraser tool
• Editing existing paths
• Adding and removing points
• Refining a curve
• Cutting and joining paths
• Working with Live Trace
• Using the tracing presets
• Understanding tracing options
• Expanding Live Traced artwork
• Working with Live Paint
• Creating a Live Paint group
• Setting Gap Detection options
• Using the Live Paint Bucket tool
• Using the Live Paint Selection tool
• Combining shapes using the new Shape Builder tool
• Combining the shapes
• Subtracting with the Shape Builder tool
• Creating the fish eyes
Illustrator Training Module 5: Exploring Additional Color Options
• Adding tonal values with gradients
• Customizing an existing gradient
• Saving the gradient
• Applying a second instance of the gradient
• Using the Gradient panel
• Updating a gradient
• Creating and using patterns
• Creating a bounding box
• Applying the pattern
• Editing a pattern fill
• Locating existing patterns
• Finishing up the illustration
• Creating a Color Group
• Using the Color Guide
Illustrator Training Lesson 6: Working with and Formatting Text
• Formatting type in Adobe Illustrator
• Paragraph formatting
• Formatting imported type
• Paragraph and character styles
• Editing styles
• Advanced techniques with text
• Text on a path
• Warping text
• Text in a shape
• Creating outlines
• Check spelling
• Find and Replace
Illustrator Training Module 7: Organizing your Illustrations with Layers
• Getting to know the Layers panel
• Using layers to organize your illustrations
• Using the Layers panel to make selections
• Creating new layers and moving items between layers
• Paste remembers layers
• Using Template layers in Adobe Illustrator
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This in-depth Adobe InDesign training course will get you up-and-running in just two days. Learn how InDesign provides refined controls for type and unprecedented control over graphics. AGI uses InDesign for all our printed work. Let us show you why. This Adobe InDesign training class is fully updated for Version CS4 and is instructed by an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor for InDesign.

The Adobe InDesign CS4 Level I training course includes a copy of AGI's own InDesign CS4 Digital Classroom, published by AGI and Wiley. Contact AGI about this InDesign training class.

Adobe InDesign Training Class Level I Overview

This course will get you up and running in just two days. Learn how this new page layout application provides rened controls for type and unprecedented control over graphics. This class is updated for version CS4 and is instructed by an Adobe Certified Expert for InDesign.

Adobe InDesign Training Class Level I Prerequisites

We recommend that you have the Adobe InDesign CS4 software before starting the class. You can purchase the software or obtain a trial version of it at from the Adobe web site.

Adobe InDesign Training Class Level I Course Materials

You will receive a comprehensive course manual for this class developed by the Adobe Certified Instructors at AGI. AGI instructors that have created many of the official InDesign training guides and books for Adobe Systems.

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Adobe InDesign Training Class Level I Schedule
City	Month	Day	Time
Philadelphia	July	26-27	9:30am - 4:30pm
Boston, New York City (evenings)	July	19, 21, 26, 28	6:00pm - 9:00pm
Online	August	5-6	9:30am - 4:30pm
Boston, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia	August	16-17	9:30am - 4:30pm
Boston, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia	September	13-14	9:30am - 4:30pm
Boston, New York City (evenings)	Sept-Oct	22, 24, 29, 1	6:00pm - 9:00pm
Boston, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia	October	11-12	9:30am - 4:30pm
Online	October	14-15	9:30am - 4:30pm
Online	November	4-5	9:30am - 4:30pm
Boston, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia	November	17-18	9:30am - 4:30pm
Boston, New York City (evenings)	December	1, 3, 8, 10	6:00pm - 9:00pm
Boston, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia	December	13-14	9:30am - 4:30pm

Adobe InDesign Level I is offered in New York City, Boston (Woburn), Philadelphia (Conshohocken), Orlando, and London. Adobe InDesign Level I is also offered in Chicago as a custom training class.

Esta clase está disponible en Español en nuestra oficina de Orlando o en sitio: This Adobe training class is available in Spanish in Orlando or on-site.

Adobe InDesign Training Class Level I: Course Rate $695.00 Take both Adobe InDesign Training Classes Level I & Level II for $1295.00

• Register for any two classes together and receive a $100 discount on the registration fees. Enter Bundle2 in the discount code when registering on-line. Register for any three classes and receive a $200 discount. Enter Bundle3 in the discount code when registering on-line.

Register or call 800 851 9237

Private or custom Adobe InDesign Training

AGI offers customized Adobe InDesign training at your office or at our locations. Whether you need introductory Adobe InDesign training or advanced training, our Adobe Certified Expert instructors are available for all of your Adobe InDesign training needs.

• - Contact AGI to learn more about our Adobe InDesign training classes. Contact Form
• - Contact AGI to arrange a private Adobe InDesign training class. Private Training Request Form
• - Call AGI at 800 851 9237 or 781 376 6044 to talk with a representative about our Adobe InDesign training courses

Adobe InDesign Training Class Locations

AGI offers regularly scheduled and private InDesign classes at our training centers. Adobe InDesign Training in or near Boston, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, Orlando, and London. Visit our InDesign training class locations pages.

- Boston InDesign Training
- New York, NY InDesign Training
- Philadelphia InDesign Training
- Orlando InDesign Training
- Chicago InDesign Training
- London InDesign Training

About AGI's InDesign Training

AGI’s team of instructors have been teaching InDesign for more than a decade. They’ve written some of the best-selling books on InDesign, and have trained some of the biggest magazines, newspapers, and catalog publishers on how to get the best images and create desired effects. Adobe’s has called upon our team of experts to help train their employees—so you can be confident that you are learning from the best when you take a class with AGI or hire AGI to train your group.

• Learn more about AGI's InDesign Expertise (pdf)
• See AGI's Christopher Smith explain new features in InDesign CS4
• Review a chapter of the InDesign CS4 book authored by AGI instructors
• Request information for private or custom InDesign training classes
• Learn more about AGI's CS4 Expertise
• Review a sample of our InDesign training content with this InDesign tutorial.