You have probably used Illustrator to create simple illustrations and logos. However, you may now need to expand on those skills to create more complex illustrations, you may need a better understanding of how to print your documents without any errors or color mismatches, or you may need to prepare illustrations for the Web. In this course, you will create complex, robust illustrations that go beyond those you could create using Illustrator's basic tools.

Course Objective:

You will create complex illustrations, control color across a range of devices, and control how illustrations print and appear on the Web.

Target Student:

Graphic designers, or people transitioning into a design job, or taking on design responsibilities. They will have some previous experience with Illustrator.

Prerequisites:

Before taking this course, you should complete the following courses, or have equivalent knowledge:

• Illustrator CS: Level 1

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom delivery learning model with structured, hands-on activities.

Course duration:

1 day.

Hardware Requirements:

You will need:

• A PowerPC-based Mac OS-compatible computer.
• A CD-ROM drive.
• At least 128 MB of RAM.
• At least 180 MB of available hard-disk space.
• A color monitor with at least 800 x 600 monitor resolution.

• Adobe Illustrator CS.
• For Adobe PostScript printers: Adobe PostScript Level 2 or Adobe PostScript 3.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or Netscape Navigator 4.0 (or higher).

• Mac OS software version 9.1, 9.2, or Mac OS X version 10.1 or higher.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• create a complex illustration.
• convert raster graphics to vector graphics.
• create a banner graphic.
• export a graphic for the Web.
• apply color management so that colors match as accurately as possible.
• prepare documents for composite and commercial printing.

Lesson 1: Creating Complex Illustrations

• Topic 1A: Create Shapes Using Pathfinder Commands
• Topic 1B: Create Compound Paths
• Topic 1C: Organize Objects with Layers
• Topic 1D: Offset Paths
• Topic 1E: Create Symbols
• Topic 1F: Create Custom Pattern Brushes
• Topic 1G: Modify Global Colors
• Topic 1H: Apply Effects