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Course content
Introduction
Introduction
- Interface – window/palettes/menus
- Bitmap vs vector graphics
- Resolution/print theory
- Locating help
- New documents – document setup
- Basic shapes – rectangles/ellipses
- Viewing – preview/outline
- Object Stacking order
- Selecting and modifying shapes
- Colour – fills and strokes
- Selection and Direct select tools
- Magic Wand and Lasso selections
- Shaper tool – ‘predictive’ drawing
- Pencil tool – freehand drawing
- Paintbrush and Blob brush tools
- Eraser/Scissors/Knife
- Curvature tool – simple, smooth, more accurate shapes
- Drawing with the pen tool
- Modify shapes – cut, join, align
- Alignment/smart guides
- Drawing using guides
- Drawing over a template
- Free transform tool
- Cutting/joining paths
- Colour theory – RGB/CMYK
- Colours – creating, editing, sharing Spot colours – Pantone™
- Creating Patterns Creating Gradients
- Libraries – sharing/accessing various elements throughout Illustrator and CC
- Free Transform tool
- Scale, rotate, reflect and shear tools
- Repeating transformations
- Grouping/Locking/Visibility
- Isolation mode
- Edit colours – edit colours throughout a graphic
- Symbols – updateable graphics Modifying symbols
- Introduction to layers
- Controlling layers – viewing/locking/printing
- Exporting layers – to InDesign, Acrobat and Photoshop
- Saving – file types – ai, eps, pdf…
- Exporting – file types
- Share on behance – online showcase
- Configuring preferences – units, increments, grids/guides, interface…
- Artboard tool – rotating/moving/resizing
- Brushes – art/scatter/calligraphic/bristle/ pattern
- Effects – Applying editable effects as bitmap or vector
- Type characteristics – size/leading/tracking…
- Point and area type tools
- Importing type
- Threading text boxes
- Text wrap
- Outlining type – pros and cons
- Touch type tool – adjust individual letters
- Masking objects – draw inside and Clipping Masks
- Live Trace – vectorising bitmap images
- Live Paint – quicker painting for areas
- Compound paths Shapebuilder tool
- Pathfinder – combine several shapes
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Armada has been hosting training courses for professionals for over 10 years. We specialise in:
- Adobe Creative Cloud, e-Learning, Technical Communication and web development applications.
- Users of AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp and other CAD design products.
- Technical authoring.
Armada is both an Adobe Authorised Training Centre (AATC) and an Autodesk Training Centre (ATC). Our technical authoring courses are accredited by organisations including the ISTC and MadCap. These accreditations ensure a high standard of training and facilities.
Armada is committed to providing:
- Training of the highest quality delivered by trainers who are experts in their field.
- Competitive rates.
- A comfortable and professional learning environment conducive to learning.
Scheduled courses are hosted at our venues in:
- Birmingham/Bromsgrove.
- Bristol.
- Reading.
- Milton Keynes.
- Sheffield.
On-request courses (one-to-one training or a course for your group) can be hosted at one of our centres, or your venue anywhere in the UK.
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