Illustrator Training - Illustrator CS3 Essentials

Highlander's Illustrator CS3 training is a blended learning solution which combines our 1 day instructor led Illustrator CS3 Essentials training course, with 6 months access to our Learning Management System (LMS) including the Illustrator CS3 training slides and demos, course discussion forums, extensive glossary, additional exercises and samples, and other online learning support.

The 1 day Illustrator CS3 training course is run monthly at our London centre or available at your own location, and is suitable for anybody new to Illustrator CS3.

 

Audience
Graphic designers, or people transitioning into a design job or taking on design responsibilities, who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents. They may have little or no experience with Illustrator. They may already use InDesign and Photoshop

Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  • create a logo using simple shapes.
  • create logos using custom paths.
  • create a logo with type effects.
  • create an advertisement that combines text and imported graphics.
  • add body type to a document.

 

Classroom Overview

Creating Logos Using Simple Shapes

  • Choose New Document Settings
  • Create a Custom Workspace
  • Draw Basic Shapes with the Shape Tools
  • Draw Paths with the Pencil Tool

Enhancing Logos

  • Format Objects
  • Manipulate Objects
  • Insert Type

Creating Logos Using Custom Paths

  • Draw Paths with the Pen Tool
  • Modify Existing Shapes to Create New Shapes
  • Duplicate Objects
  • Apply Graphic Styles

Creating a Logo with Type Special Effects

  • Apply Gradients to Type
  • Create Type on a Path
  • Apply an Envelope to Type

Creating an Advertisement

  • Import a Graphic
  • Align Objects
  • Apply Spot Colors
  • Wrap Text
  • Export a File

Manipulating Body Type

  • Import Body Type
  • Format Type with Styles
  • Fix Spelling Errors
  • Find and Replace Text
  • Insert Typographic Characters

Managing Assets with Adobe Bridge

  • Explore the Adobe Bridge Environment
  • Apply Metadata and Keywords to Assets in Adobe Bridge

 

  

Course Facts

Name: Illustrator CS3 Essentials
Duration: 1 day
Locations: London, Leeds, onsite
Max Class: 10 delegates
Post Course Support: 6 months

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Post Course Online Support Including:

Course slides, movies and exercises: You will have 6 months post course access to course slides, movies and exercises via our Learning Management System (LMS). Refresh your memory or rework something in your own time and environment.

6 Months Post Course Support: You will have 6 months post course support via the LMS. This is in the form of the course forums in which you can post questions on any topic within the course that you are struggling with, and the instructor (and sometimes other delegates) will respond.

Additional Sample Files: In addition to the files used in the course, the LMS gives you the ability to work through additional sample files, and real world examples thereby extending both your understanding of Illustrator CS3 and your ability to apply the techniques.

Illustrator CS3 Glossary: The Illustrator CS3 training glossary allows you to search through a wide range of Illustrator CS3 terms, functions, data types etc. Due to the glossary being autolinked within our forums and other material, this also acts as a valuable quick reference directory when working through the material.

Useful Resources: Our instructors spend a vast amount of research time on technologies like Illustrator, and in doing so come across a lot of useful 3rd party material. In this section we republish links to some of the more useful resources they come across, letting you benefit from their research time.

Illustrator CS3 Skills Assessment: As part of the course you will also have the opportunity to take the Illustrator CS3 Skills Assessment test. This multiple choice test is made up of 36 random questions, and is run over a timed period of 30 minutes. It is designed to give you an idea of how well your Illustrator CS3 skills are developing and can be a nice way to measure improvement, not to mention provide feedback to management showing the value of the course.

 

Booking and Dates

The scheduled 1 day Illustrator CS3 training course runs on the following dates at our London centre:

25 Jul 08
15 Aug 08
19 Sept 08
17 Oct 08
14 Nov 08
12 Dec 08