Course Details and Schedule

Illustrator is a software package used for creating illustrations such as diagrams, technical drawings, maps and logos. It produces vector-based graphics which can be scaled without losing quality making them ideal for printed documents. Illustrator can also be used for simple page layout. This course must be taken before the Illustrator: Further techniques course.

See below for course schedule

Key topics
  • Overview and setting up the interface
  • Creating shapes
  • Modifying shapes
  • Gradients
  • Working with layers
  • Working with text
  • Saving documents
Course information
Intended audienceStaff and students who need to produce logos and technical illustrations
Prior knowledgeBasic IT skills. Knowledge of text formatting in a word-processing package such as Word.
ResourcesA course book must be purchased when you attend the course (see the Cost below)
SoftwareIllustrator CS6
FormatPresentation with practical exercises
Where next?Illustrator: Further techniques
Taught using: 
Mac OS X (Mountain Lion) / Windows XP

 Course provider: IT Learning Programme

Schedule

Frequency: Every term subject to teacher availability. Express an interest in future dates for this course.