Illustrator CS4 - Level 1

You Will Learn To

Use Adobe Illustrator CS4 to draw and manipulate simple shapes to create print and web document layouts.

Who Should Attend

Designers, publishers, and marketing communications professionals who want to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos or advertisements..

Course Content

Getting Acquainted with Adobe Illustrator CS4

• Explore the Interface

• Explore the Navigation Tools

• Customize the Interface

• Use Illustrator Help

• Differentiate Between Raster and Vector Graphics

• Explore the Adobe Bridge Workspace

Creating Shapes in a Document

• Create a Document

• Draw Basic Shapes

• Save a Document

Creating Custom Paths

• Draw Paths

• Modify Paths

Working with Text

• Insert Text

• Flow Text on a Path

• Import Body Text

• Format Text with Styles

• Thread Text

• Apply Hyphenation

• Insert Typographic Characters

Enhancing Documents

• Format Objects

• Apply Gradients

• Apply an Envelope to Text

• Manipulate Objects

• Import a Graphic

• Apply Graphic Styles

Proofing a Document

• Wrap Text

• Find and Replace Text

• Fix Spelling Errors

Saving Images for Web and Print

• Export Images for Print

• Export Images for the Web

• Save Images as PDFs