Adobe Illustrator 8.0

Objectives - To give delegates knowledge of the Fundamentals of Illustrator and all the key skills necessary to achieve results with ease.

Who Should Attend - Delegates who wish to gain a good understanding of the Software.

	Resetting the Preferences File
	Palettes
	The Selection Tool
	Group/Ungroup
	The Group Selection Tool
	Selecting & Altering Text
	The Character Palette
	Creating Basic Shapes
	Creating Ellipses, Polygons, Stars & Spirals
	The Rectangle Tool
	Aligning & Distributing Objects
	Combining Objects
	The Unite Command
	The Intersect Command
	The Minus Front & Minus Back Command
	Object Manipulation-Including the Divide, Outline, Trim, Merge & Crop Commands
	Creating & Colouring Lines
	Distort Commands-Including Zig Zag
	Punk & Bloat, Roughen, Scribble & Tweak & Twirl Commands
	Manipulating Anchor Points on Lines
	The Pencil, smooth & Eraser Tools
	The Paintbrush Tool
	The Brushes Palette
	Creating a Custom Brush
	The Transform Palette
	Applying Colours
	Altering Hue & Saturation of Colours
	Ruler & Guide Options
	Artwork & Preview Views
	The Navigator & Storing Views
	The Reflect Tool
	Joining Anchor Points
	Averaging Anchor Points
	Tracing a Placed Image
	The Area Type Tool
	The Path Type Tool
	The Vertical Type Tool
	The Vertical Area Type Tool
	and the Vertical Path Type Tool
	Creating a Type Mask
	Creating a Graph
	Blending Objects
	The Links Palette
	Creating & Applying a Path Pattern