About this Course

Course Description

This course is packed with tips and techniques carefully selected to help you use Adobe Illustrator more efficiently. It provides creative inspired ideas and helps propel your Illustrator skills beyond any level you may have achieved in the past. 

Learn the many unusual techniques that allow you to experiment freely and quickly achieve just the look you want. 

Be able to handle complex with speed and ease!

HARDWARE AND WORK HABITS MATTERS

Saving time with Illustrator power shortcuts

Tweaking preferences for improved efficiency

Setting up scratch disk to compensate for the lack of memory

Ensuring high quality print via Document Raster Effects Settings

ADVANCED DRAWING TECHNIQUES

Learn the many variations of using Pathfinder commands to reduce drawing efforts

Discover hidden short-cut keys that can help you draw efficiently

Using Envelope Distort to create shapes

Using in-panel appearance editing

Distributing objects accurately in a circular ring

Create inter-locking shapes

Go beyond the basic ways of applying blend

Quickly style your objects with graphic styles

Using the Width tool to create strokes with variable widths

Adding variable strokes as presets

GRAPHS AND CHARTS

Communicating information visually with graphing tools

Creating graphs using various charting tools

Add and edit graph data

Formatting graphs

Adding symbols and pictures to graphs

Creating 3D pie charts

MUST KNOW EFFECTS

Creating concentric borders

Creating transparent objects the quick and easy way

Create fading effects with opacity masks

Using Appearance panel to add "stacking" lines and interesting line styles

Add gradients to text without creating outlines

Repeating a object across artboards

Making detailed line adjustments and adding arrowheads

Implementing the 9-slice scaling to protect parts of your artwork

Packaging files for hand over to printers

Duration

1 day ( 9am – 6pm )

Target Audience

Essential for experienced users who are polishing their existing skills and taking their next step towards having an in-depth knowledge of Illustrator.

Prerequisite

Working knowledge of Illustrator

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