Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard vector graphics software, used worldwide by designers of all types who want to create digital graphics, illustrations and typography for all kinds of media: print, web, interactive, video and mobile.
Learn and master Adobe Illustrator with New Horizons hands-on Illustrator training courses.
Our Adobe Illustrator classes are task-based and focus on real-world uses and challenges individuals face in their day to day work environments.
Adobe Illustrator's design capabilities are useful for both print, web, interactive, video, and mobile platforms. Adobe Illustrator training is a must for graphic designers, illustrators, and marketing professionals. Whether you are new to Adobe Illustrator, or have been using it for some time, training at New Horizons provides tips and tricks to take full advantage of this amazing tool.

Adobe Illustrator Course Topics
• Creating and working with shapes
• Work with custom paths
• Work with text
• Saving images for print and web
• Create complex illustrations
• Create vector versions of raster graphics
• Special effects

Adobe Illustrator - Part 1

Course Overview
To meet the demands of individuals and organizations for flexible, reusable, and easily modified visual content, Adobe Systems has created a cadre of applications that collectively provide a scalable, end-to-end solution for nearly every type of visual design project one can contemplate. Called Creative Cloud™ (CC), the collection of applications perform specialized design tasks while interoperating among each other to deliver superlative content. This course covers the Graphic Design & Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator CC objectives to help students prepare for the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exam. This course is also designed to cover the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exam objectives.

Who Should Attend
This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals, or people switching to a design job or taking on design responsibilities and who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or
other graphic documents.

Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to use Adobe Illustrator CC to create illustrations that include graphics and text. You will:

• Identify the components and capabilities of Illustrator CC.

• Create basic shapes.

• Create custom paths.

• Create graphics that contain custom text.

• Customize objects.

• Customize basic shapes.

• Prepare documents for
deployment.

Course Outline
1 - Introducing Illustrator CC
• Apply Design Principles, Elements, and Graphics Composition
• Evaluate Graphics Scalability
• Navigate the User Interface
• Customize the User Interface

2 - Creating Documents Containing Basic Shapes
• Create Documents
• Save Documents
• Draw Basic Shapes

3 - Creating Documents Containing Customized Paths
• Draw Paths
• Modify Paths

4 - Creating Graphics Containing Customized Text
• Insert Text
• Apply Flow Text Along a Path
• Insert Bounded and Threaded Text
• Apply Text Styles
• Insert Typographical Characters

5 - Customizing Objects
• Import, Place, and Link Graphics
• Alter the Appearance of Objects

6 - Customizing Basic Shapes
• Apply Strokes and Brushes
• Fill Shapes
• Apply Graphics Styles
• Distort Text with Text Envelopes

7 - Preparing Documents for Deployment
• Update Text
• Wrap Text
• Hyphenate Text
• Optimize Content for Print
• Optimize Content for the Web
• Optimize Content for PDF Documents

Adobe Illustrator CC - Part 2

Course Overview
You have created simple artwork by using the basic drawing and painting tools available in Adobe® Illustrator® CC. You now want to use advanced tools, options, and effects to create complex artwork. In addition, you want to ensure that your artwork is ready for commercial
printing and also save it for the web. In this course, you will draw complex illustrations and enhance them by using various painting options. You will also use painting tools, manage colors, format type, work with effects, prepare artwork for commercial printing, and prepare graphics for the web. This course covers the Graphic Design & Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator CC objectives to help students prepare for the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exam. This course is also designed to cover the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exam objectives.

Who Should Attend
This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals, or people taking on design esponsibilities who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents.

Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to use Adobe Illustrator CC to create complex illustrations, format illustrations and type, and prepare documents for print and web. You will:

• Draw complex illustrations.

• Enhance artwork by using painting tools. • Customize colors and swatches.

• Format type.

• Enhance the appearance of artwork.

• Prepare content for deployment.

• Set up project requirements.

Course Outline
1 - Drawing Complex Illustrations
• Apply the Grid, Guides, and Info Panel
• Combine Objects to Create Complex Illustrations
• Organize Artwork with Layers
• Create a Perspective Drawing
• Trace Artwork

2 - Enhancing Artwork Using Painting Tools
• Paint Objects Using Fills and Strokes
• Paint Objects Using Live Paint Groups
• Paint with Custom Brushes
• Add Transparency and Blending Modes
• Apply Meshes to Objects
• Apply Patterns

3 - Customizing Colors and Swatches
• Manage Colors
• Customize Swatches
• Manage Color Groups
• Adjust Color

4 - Formatting Type
• Set Character Formats
• Apply Advanced Formatting Options to Type

5 - Enhancing the Appearance of Artwork
• Apply Effects to an Object
• Create Graphic Styles
• Apply a Mask to an Object
• Apply Symbols and Symbol Sets

6 - Preparing Content for Deployment
• Prepare Artwork for Printing
• Prepare Transparency and Colors for Printing
• Create Slices and Image Maps
• Save Graphics for the Web
• Prepare Documents for Video
• Prepare Files for Other Applications

7 - Setting Project Requirements
• Identify the Purpose, Audience, and Audience Needs
• Determine and Evaluate Standard Copyright Rules for Artwork, Graphics, and Graphics
• Use
• Determine and Evaluate Project Management Tasks and Responsibilities