Adobe Illustrator CS2: Advanced Study Guide

1-4188-6104-9 © 2006 Publish date: December 8, 2005

 

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CBT Planet presents the next step in learning Illustrator CS2, the Adobe Illustrator CS2: Advanced study guide. This guide takes the concepts, techniques and skills you learned in the basic edition and builds on them. You'll learn advanced topics such as the transformation of objects, adjusting typography, converting raster images into vector art, creating 3D effects, preparing an Illustrator file for commercial printers, exporting your artwork for display on the Internet, and much more.

The Adobe Illustrator CS2: Advanced courseware is a must have for anyone who is serious about mastering Illustrator CS2. Like all of our computer training books, this one delivers high-quality instruction in a comprehensive manner. The material is broken down into eight units that clearly demonstrate the topic at hand. Review questions and exercises ensure you understand the material before you move on.

You can use the Adobe Illustrator CS2: Advanced courseware as a self-study guide to assist you in becoming proficient in using Adobe Illustrator CS2 or use it along with one of our other computer training products, in the classroom, or at boot camp. Keep the guide after your training has been completed as a handy reference whenever you are working with an illustration.

Objectives

After following the courseware, you will be able to create multiple page spreads, tint and gradient swatches, align and space items, use object libraries, and work with vector and clipping paths. You will also be able to wrap type on a path, resize text manually, convert type into outlines, use the Quick Apply tool, control leading, hyphenation, horizontal spacing and justification, and use shortcuts for fonts.

We'll show you how to make lighting effects, use object styles, adjust transparency, work with tables and cells, use the Story Editor, use special characters, create frame, column and page breaks, and use anchored objects.

You'll learn about creating sections, tables of contents, and indexes for documents and how to combine documents into a single book file for printing.

 

Course Contents

Unit 1 covers manipulating paths

• Commands for paths
• Masks

Unit 2 covers adjusting typography

• Flow types
• Formatting body text
• Editing text

Unit 3 discusses fill and stroke enhancement

• Multiple fills and strokes
• Gradient meshes
• Patterns
• Brushes

Unit 4 goes over transforming shapes

• Tools for transformation
• Envelopes
• Liquifying shapes
• 3D effects

Unit 5 goes over filters and effects

• Filters
• Effects

Unit 6 covers converting raster images to vector art

• How to trace raster images
• Using Live Paint to color artwork

Unit 7 covers printing illustrations

• Printing specifications
• Color separations

Unit 8 goes over creating web files

• Slices
• Exporting web graphics