Illustrator Training Maryland - Illustrator Advanced Course Advanced Outline

• Major features of Adobe Illustrator
• Difference between vector graphics and raster (bitmap) images
• Native file formats in Adobe Illustrator 
• Criteria used when you would output an Illustrator CS4 document to various file formats, such as SWF, PSD, JPEG, GIF, PDF, SVG
• Basic color modes used in Adobe Illustrator CS4, such as HSB, RGB, CMYK 
• Managing files by using WebDAV

LAYING OUT A DOCUMENT

• Different components of the work area, such as imageable area, nonimageable area, edge of page, artboard, scratch area Appropriate document settings for the artboard
  Appropriate document settings for transparency
• Appropriate document settings for printing and export
• Options available for importing artwork by using the Open command and the Place command

 WORKING WITH SHAPES & OBJECTS

• Which tool should be used to create a shape or object
  When you would use a specific editing tool, such as pens, pencils, paint brushes
• Components of a path, such as anchor points, direction points, direction lines, corner point, smooth point
• Creating spot colors and adding them to the Swatch palette
• Applying colors, strokes, fills, and gradients to objects by using the Fill and Stroke boxes Transforming shapes by using the Transform tools and/or the Transform palette
• Transforming shapes by using the Distortion tools, such as Warp, Twirl, Bloat, Scallop, Crystallize, Wrinkle, Liquify
• Creating and modify masks, including clipping masks
• Create, use, and customize brushes
• Modify overlapping objects by using the Transparency palette
• Change the appearance of objects by using the Styles palette and Effects menu
• Change the appearance of objects by using the Appearance palette
• Create graphs by using the graph tools
• Create, use, and edit symbols by using the Symbols palette and tools
• Create and modify compound shapes by using Pathfinder palette
• Transform shapes by using Warp effects
• Select objects by using the selection tools, such as Magic Wand, Select menu, Direct Select, Group Select
• Assign variables to objects

ADDING TYPE TO A DOCUMENT

• Add type to a document, such as including wrapping type around a graphic, and creating type on a path
  Modify type by using the Character and Paragraph palettes
  Transform type by using setting options for scale, rotate, reflect, and shear
• Change the look of type by using the Create Outlines command
• Change the look of type by using the Envelope command

• How layers can be used to help create and manage objects in a document
• Change the attributes of objects in a layer by using the Layers palette
• Creating clipping masks
• Importing and exporting Adobe Photoshop layers
• Export objects for an Adobe Flash (SWF) file by using the Release to Layers command

MANAGING COLOR

• Color management workflow process that is used in Adobe Illustrator CS4, including ICC profiles, conversion, embedding, and policies
• Color management in Illustrator CS4 by using the Color Settings dialog box

OUTPUTTING TO PRINT

• Crop marks and trim marks in a document
•  Resolution and rasterization settings  in the Document Setup dialog box
•  Guidelines associated with printing gradient mesh objects and color blends
•  Prepare and output a document to be used for color separation
• Guidelines associated with printing transparencies, such as overprint preview, flattening preview palette

PUBLISHING FOR THE WEB

• Options and considerations associated with preparing graphics that will be used on the Web
• Export Adobe Illustrator  images that are optimized for publication on the Web
• Output symbols to SWF and SVG formats
• Create slices for objects and layers by using the Slice tools

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