Illustrator CS5 Getting Started

Adobe Authorised Courses

Our Illustrator training courses will help you learn to make the most off this great package, applying best practice techniques from the start.

Illustrator is the industry standard vector graphics package and is stacked full of powerful features that can help make your job incredibly easy and save you many hours of needless hard work.

Course Description

About this Illustrator Training Course

Illustrator CS5 Getting Started is designed for those new to Illustrator that want get to grips with all the basics of the product whilst applying best practice techniques at the same time.

The course is made up of 1 day of instructor led training which can be completed either at our London centre or your own location. This is then supplemented with 12 months access to our learning management system containing video tutorials, sample files, hands on exercises, and instructor support forums.

The Instructors
Our Illustrator trainers have years of experience working with the package in a professional capacity and have all attained both Adobe Certified Instructor and Certified Expert status.

The Audience
The Illustrator classes are suitable for anybody who wants to get to grips with Illustrator CS5 but has no previous experience.

The Prerequisites
This course is a beginners course. You should however be comfortable using a computer to perform functions such as copy and paste, and opening applications and files. You should also be comfortable using the internet, for example for browsing and interacting with websites.

Illustrator Training Course - Core Modules

The following core modules are covered in this course:

About the Illustrator course
General Interface
Setting up your document
Creating shapes Part One
Colour
Creating Shapes Part Two
Editing Shapes
Combining Shapes
Layers
Using Type
Using graphics
Symbols - basics
Illustrator Effects - Basics
Tool options and Smart Guides
Further Illustrator training options

Previous Feedback From Our Illustrator Courses

We thought you might like to know what some past delegates thought of our Illustrator training:

""Great course for beginners, he was very helpful and ready to answer any queries.""
Designer, Wales Audit Office

""Alex was an excellent instructor he made the subject very interesting and he was very patient. The course was very good and covered all the basics""
Public Relations, Urenco

""Very Knowlegable and helpful, keen to make sure you understand each action of the software and how they interact, great!""
Software Developer, Northgate

""Very good, answered all my questions and was flexible enough to deviate from agenda to show me techniques or queries I had during the sessions.""
Design Team Manager, Girl Guiding UK

If you have any questions, or you would like to find out more about this training course - please don't hesitate to contact us. We're here to help.