Illustrator CS5 (Workbook + CD) BeginnersLoan
Adobe Illustrator CS5 is an illustration and drawing program designed for users who want to learn how to create vector based graphics for design, webdesign and desktop publishing material.
The skills and knowledge acquired in Adobe Illustrator CS5 are sufficient to be able to create professional artwork and documents.
- All current Cambridge University members (departments and colleges)
- Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available
Adobe Illustrator CS5 is an illustration and drawing program designed for users who want to learn how to create vector based graphics for design, webdesign and desktop publishing material.
- Intorducing Illustrator CS5
- Essential Techniques
- Document Setup
- Drawing Shapes
- Colour And Strokes
- Reshaping Objects
- Gradients And Patterns
- Layering And Arranging Objects
- Text And Images
- Libraries And Templates
- Drawing With The Pen Tool
- Applying Effects
- Document Output
At the completion of Adobe Illustrator CS5 you should be able to:
- understand the elements that make up the Illustrator CS5 workspace
- learn the basic and essential techniques to work with objects
- understand how to set up a new document
- draw basic shapes using the shapes tools.
- understand colour and apply colour to object fills and strokes
- reshape objects using the Transform and Shape Builder tools
- understand how to apply and edit gradients and patterns using available tools
- arrange objects and use layers to manage artwork
- insert and import text and apply character and paragrah formatting and effects to text, and placing and editing an image
- use templates and work with libraries
- draw objects using the Pen tool
- apply a range of Illustrator effects
- understand how to save and export in a variety of file formats to suit different purposes, and to print an Illustrator document
188 page workbook and CD
A Mac or PC with Illustrator CS5 installed.
Many of the topics in Adobe Illustrator CS5 require you to open an existing file with data in it. These files can be downloaded from our web site, but are also included on a CD at the back of the book.
Please refer to the information page for self-taught loan courses
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