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Adobe Illustrator Class - Advanced
Adobe Illustrator Class - Advanced
Adobe Illustrator Training Class - Advanced: Class Length
In this two-day (or four evening) advanced Illustrator course you will discover the power and versatility of vector artwork. As the most advanced of our regularly scheduled Illustrator classes, this course takes you beyond the basics to learn the many capabilities available to you in Illustrator. This two-day course also covers troubleshooting for production personnel as well as advanced techniques for interesting design effects.
This Illustrator training class is available as a regularly scheduled class at our classroom location, or as a private class at your location or online. This Illustrator training class is delivered by the instructors who wrote the Adobe Illustrator Digital Classroom, so you learn from expert instructors that have extensive experience designing and teaching.
This course is available individually or as part of these certificate programs:
Adobe Illustrator Class - Advanced - Course Dates
All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.
Adobe Illustrator Training Class - Advanced: Complete Course Topics
Illustrator Essentials skills review
- Setting up the artboard
- Creating background shapes
- Combining shapes
- Sampling colors
- Applying fills and strokes
- Applying colors and effects
- Aligning and distributing shapes
- Distorting shapes
- Importing images
Working with symbols in Illustrator
- Understanding symbols and instances
- Cleaning out the symbol library
- Creating symbols
- Editing symbols
- Importing a symbol library
- Modifying symbol instances
- Using the symbolism tools
- Editing nested symbols
- Replacing symbols
- Saving symbol libraries
Using Adobe Illustrator effects and transparency
- Working with the Appearance panel
- Applying effects
- Editing effects
- Using graphic styles
- Creating and saving graphic styles
- Working with object transparency
- Experimenting with multiple opacities
- Understanding blending modes
- Saving and importing graphic styles
- Applying graphic styles to layers and symbols
Advanced Illustrator blending techniques
- Using the Blend Tool in Adobe Illustrator
- Applying a gradient
- Understanding linear vs. radial gradients
- Using Gradient Mesh options
- Adjusting a mesh
- Revisiting Blend Options
- Selecting multiple mesh points
- Overlapping images
- Using the Mesh tool
- Adding a highlight
Adobe Illustrator new features
- Image Trace
- Pattern Options panel
- Gradients on strokes
- Make Mask and Release button
- Expandable color spectrum
- Character panel enhancements
- Transform panel additions
- Using the control panel
Exporting and saving files from Illustrator
- Saving an illustration with layers
- Saving a layered PDF
- Exporting for Photoshop
- Integrating with InDesign
- Integrating with Animate
- Integrating with Premiere and After Effects
- File formats
- Saving for Web Design
Adobe Illustrator Training Class - Advanced: Prerequisites
We recommend that you have the Adobe Illustrator application before starting the class. You can purchase the software, license Creative Cloud, or obtain a trial version of it from the Adobe website. Participants should have knowledge of all topics covered in the introduction to Illustrator course.
Adobe Illustrator Training Class Advanced Course Materials
With this Illustrator class participants receive a comprehensive book for this class developed by the Adobe Certified Instructors at AGI. AGI instructors that have created many of the official Illustrator training guides and books for Adobe Systems, including the best-selling Adobe Illustrator Digital Classroom book. Our Illustrator tutorials provide an example of the training materials created by our instructors.