Illustrator Training

NEW FEATURES

• Advanced Stroke Options
• Bristle Brush
• Shape Builder Tool
• Perspective Drawing

ADVANCED TOOLS

• Blob Brush
• Blend Tool
• Perspective Tool
• Width Tool
• Shape Builder Tool

CREATING CUSTOM BRUSHES

• Designing a Brush Tip
• Creating Custom Brush from Artwork
• Paint Brush Tool Options
• Working with Pattern, Art and Scattered
• Brushes
• Using Custom Brushes as Strokes

TYPOGRAPHY AND FORM

• Creating and applying paragraph styles
• Creating and applying character styles
• Loading styles from another document
• Working with Glyphs
• Converting fonts to paths

GRADIENT MESH TOOL

• Understanding the Mesh Tool
• Adding Mesh Lines to an Object
• Mesh Patch vs Mesh Point
• Modifying Anchor Points
• Applying Color to a Mesh Object

CREATING 3D OBJECTS

• Using graphic styles
• Using Tools
• Creating Outlines for 3D shapes
• Mapping Artwork to 3D shapes
• CREATING GRAPHICS FOR FLASH
• 9-Slice Objects
• Creating Movie Clip Symbols
• Importing Illustrator into Flash
• Working with Illustrator layers in Flash
• Animating Illustrator Objects in Flash

PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR

• Importing Illustrator Projects into Photoshop
• Understanding Smart Objects
• Applying Photoshop Effects to Illustrator
• Artwork
• Importing Photoshop Projects into Illustrator

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES WITH CLIPPING MASK

• Applying Clipping Mask
• Making Compound Shapes with Pattern Fills
• Compound Shapes as Clipping Masks
• Clipping Mask with Effects
• Combining Clipping Masks

PERFECTING THE APPEARANCE PANEL

• Using the Appearance Panel
• Editing Appearance Panel Attributes
• Adding Multiple Stoke and Fill Options
• Creating Cartoon Style Text
• Layering Effects

OUTPUTTING FILES

• Advanced PDF Save Options
• Securing PDF Options
• Saving for Word and Selected Slices
• Save for Web and Devices Options for Optimization features

NEW FEATURES COVERED

• Interactive documents and presentations
• Simplified object selection and editing
• Multiple page sizes
• Track text changes
• Paragraphs that span and split columns
• All-new Layers panel
• Production enhancements
• Print to digital
• Live captions

Work Area Review

• Quick Keys
• Tools Panel
• Control Panel
• Viewing and arranging Panels
• Panel menus
• Save a Workspace
• Navigating the document
• Scrolling through a document
• Using InDesign Help
• InDesign Foundations Review:
• Resolution & Color for Print & Screen
• When to use InDesign, Illustrator or Photoshop
• File Formats
• Know what a Raster and Vector is

Importing and Exporting

• Import Text, Clean or Formatted
• Import Layered Files
• Modify Visibility of Layered Files
• How to use a Library
• Export Web Ready Graphic
• Export Postscript File

Working with Styles

• Creating and applying paragraph styles
• Creating a character style
• Nesting character styles
• Creating and applying object styles
• Creating and applying cell styles
• Globally updating styles
• Loading styles from another document
• Create a Template

Importing & Creating Tables in InDesign

• Formatting and editing tables
• Adding and deleting columns
• Using graphics within tables
• Formatting text within a table
• Working with styles and tables

Working with Transparency

• Colorize an Imported Graphic
• Change Opacity of Objects
• Apply Transparency to Text
• Use Photoshop Blending Modes
• Use Feathering
• Apply Multiple Effects
• Edit or Remove Effects

Unique Text and Graphics

• Illustrator Tools in InDesign
• Use Pathfinder
• Text as Graphics Frame
• Use Fitting
• Type on a Path
• Not your Basic Text Frame
• Inline Graphics
• Type Effects from Photoshop
• Photo Effects from Photoshop