Adobe Illustrator CS5: Level 2

You will create complex illustrations, manage color across a range of devices, work with graphs and variables, control how illustrations appear on print and the web, and preview them on mobile devices.

Before taking this course, you should complete the Adobe Illustrator CS5: Level 1 course, or have equivalent knowledge.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

* create complex illustrations.
* enhance complex illustrations.
* create a vector version of a raster graphic.
* create special effects.
* work with graphs.
* work with variables.
* prepare documents for composite and commercial printing.
* export graphics for the web and mobile devices.

Create a Custom Shape Using Simple Shapes
Create Perspective Drawings
Create Compound Paths
Offset Paths
Erase Shapes

Organize Objects with Layers
Create Symbols
Create a Pattern Swatch
Create a Mesh
Create Custom Brushes
Apply Color Using Live Paint
Recolor Artwork

Trace Artwork
Adjust the Results of Tracing
Create a Custom Preset
Convert a Traced Object to Paths

Apply Effects
Create Masks
Simplify Paths
Create Blends
Share Graphic Styles
Create 3D Effects

Create a Graph
Format a Graph

Create Variables
Create Data Sets

Set Up Color Management
Preview an Overprint
Apply Spot Colors
Print a Composite Proof
Create Color Separations
Create an Adobe PDF File

Convert Colors to Web-Safe Colors
Work with Actions
Export a File as an SWF File
Create Slices
Add Interactivity to an SVG File
Preview an Illustration for Mobile Devices