LCS4L2
Adobe Illustrator CS4 Mastery
Course Duration: 1 Day
Class Time: 9 am - 4:30 pm

LESSON 1 – Creating Complex Illustrations

  • Creating a Custom Shape Using
    Simple Shapes
  • Creating Compound Paths
  • Offsetting Paths
  • Erasing Shapes

LESSON 2 – Enhancing Complex Illustrations

  • Creating Symbols
  • Organizing Objects with Layers
  • Creating a Pattern Swatch
  • Creating a Mesh
  • Creating Custom Brushes
  • Applying Color Using Live Paint
  • Recoloring Artwork

LESSON 3 – Creating a Vector Version of a Raster Graphic

  • Tracing Artwork Automatically
  • Adjusting the Results of Tracing
  • Creating a Custom Preset
  • Converting a Traced Object to Paths

LESSON 4 – Creating Special Effects

  • Applying Effects
  • Creating Masks
  • Simplifying Paths
  • Creating Blends
  • Sharing Graphic Styles
  • Creating 3-D Effects

LESSON 5 – Working with Graphs

  • Creating a Graph
  • Formatting a Graph

LESSON 6 – Working with Variables

  • Creating Variables
  • Creating Data Sets

LESSON 7 – Outputting Documents

  • Creating an Artboard
  • Setting Up Color Management
  • Previewing an Overprint
  • Applying Spot Colors
  • Printing a Composite Proof
  • Creating Color Separations
  • Creating an Adobe PDF File

LESSON 8 – Exporting Graphics for the Web and Mobile Devices

  • Converting Colors to Web-Safe Colors
  • Working with Actions
  • Exporting a File as an SWF File
  • Creating Slices
  • Adding Interactivity to an SVG File
  • Previewing an Illustration for Mobile Devices

Prerequisites

Adobe Illustrator Foundations, or

  • Creating shapes
  • Working with paths
  • Using text
  • Incorporating objects