Adobe Illustrator Training - Introduction Course
Our Adobe Illustrator Training Courses in Midlands are hosted onsite (face to face) at your premises and across the surrounding areas. They are also available as online Illustrator Training for Beginners courses held with a live instructor.
We offer flexible Adobe Illustrator Courses as any content can tailored around you. You could opt to follow the set course outline or add /remove content from the training. Our courses run at times and dates to suit you.
Whether you are looking to use Adobe Illustrator for Print, Video or Social Media output we can design the course around you.
What other Adobe Illustrator Courses do you run across Nottingham?
What do you learn on this Adobe Illustrator Training?
The Adobe Illustrator training course will guide you through the tools, features and techniques you need to create and edit images for a range of different outputs.
You’ll learn to edit and rework existing images, create artwork from scratch then export professionally for social media, print and digital.
Our digital design courses are extremely flexible and can be tailored around you and your company so you can create artwork relevant to you.
For example you may want to change logos, colours and perspective of clothing or design high impact flyers and infographics or specialise in social media icons and logo design. It’s your choice and your Illustrator course.
On this Illustrator training you will learn:
- Work with Illustrator Tools, Panels & Interface
- Understand and use selection tools in Illustrator
- Create, edit and manipulate geometric shapes
- Drawing tools, pen, anchor points, pathfinder
- Use Illustrator’s layout tools including Grids, Guides, Smart Guides
- Illustrator Type Tools
- Working with Images
- Exporting /Printing to Print & Web
Full Illustrator Course outline available at the bottom of the page.
Download our Adobe Illustrator Introduction Training Course Overview
What are the benefits of Online Adobe Illustrator Training Courses?
This course is also available as an Online Illustrator Course with live instructor led training which can be delivered as a one to one session or to a group of people. Because it is virtual online training it can be run literally at any time of the day at your convenience.
You will have live contact with the instructor throughout your training and be able to share both your screen and see their’s in real time. All the courses featured on the website are available as online training.
Are the Adobe Training Courses available over the weekend?
Yes we do, we offer them on a 24 /7 basis and are quite happy to deliver them in 1/2 day blocks to suit you. Please get in touch to discuss this with us.
What are the benefits of onsite Adobe Illustrator Training Courses in Nottingham?
Onsite training is extremely flexible and can be organised for one to one sessions, larger team roll outs or company groups/workshops.
There are a range of pluses to opting for onsite courses but the main ones are:
Training is hands on meaning they will retain more than if they watched a tutorial, read an article or viewed a presentation
No traveling involved for you or your team saving travel & expenses
Cheaper than traditional training
The approach is focused specifically on you and your specific needs this is not a generic one size fits all course.
- No external attendees on the course
Prior to the training you chat with me about your aims, content preferences and levels of delegate /s knowledge which means we both have clear guidelines for the Illustrator Training
Flexible dates & times to suit you
Where else do you run Adobe Courses?
We run Adobe Training Courses UK wide including the East Midlands, most towns and cities including Sheffield, Lincoln, York, Huddersfield, Cambridge, Peterborough, Wellingborough, Newark, Spalding, Stamford, Melton Mowbray.
Please get in touch to discuss dates and availability in your area.
Who is this Illustrator Course for?
Being an Introduction to Illustrator Course it is perfect for those new to the software or anyone with basic knowledge looking to update existing skills.
This is a popular course with anyone wanting to get to grips with vector artwork and used by marketeers, designers, product designers, content creators, fashion design, studio crew, digital artwork, administrators and educators
Please take a look at our testimonials page to see what our clients have to say.
More About Illustrator Training
This Adobe Illustrator Training Course content takes between one and two days depending on the amount of people sitting on the training – for one person a day usually suffices but for small groups of between 4 and 6 people two days is more realistic.
The dates and timings are completely flexible to your schedule and convenience and are available on a 24 /7 basis including weekends.
We provide a certificate of completion which you receive by email after training
*Please note overnight training is only available for online training.
What do you create on the course?
On this Adobe Illustrator Training Course you can expect to work with a number of different projects which are your choice.
It is very much a hands on course that creates clean vector artwork that can be up-scaled without lost of quality to the work.
We do run specialised training such as our Adobe Illustrator for Digital Artwork or Fashion Design but on this beginners course you would expect to create, design and work around projects for print, social media and video.
It goes without saying that we cover Illustrators AI tools looking at how Generative Fills work, using the Generative Re-colour feature and learn how to create mock-ups from scratch.
We also cover the Geneative Shape Fill tools and create patterns fills and shapes from it.
So you would expect to work on:
- Logos, symbols, icons for digital, print & video
- Website Mock-up Design
- Packaging
- Social Media Icons
- Infographics
- Print & Export
Added Bonuses of Online Training
An added bonus of our online courses is there’s no travel involved meaning less stress on the planet so environmentally it makes great sense.
No fighting traffic or public transport just get up, have tea /coffee, something to eat, turn on the computer and we’ll be there ready to deliver your course.
And by the way we don’t care if you’re wearing your Jim-Jams or last nights lop-sided party hat.
All our digital design courses are available online. If you have any questions about any of our Online Adobe Training courses please do not hesitate to pick up the phone or drop us an email.
Adobe Illustrator Training - Introduction Course - Overviews
Meeting Adobe Illustrator
Toolbox
Overview of Palettes
Control Bar
Views
Preferences
Adobe & AI Tools
Working with Generative Fills /Backgrounds
Using Generative Prompts Effectively
Text to Vector Graphics
Contextual Tool Bar
Generative Shape Fill
Generative Recolour
Combining AI Tools
Generating Patterns /Repeats from AI
Adobe Illustrator Type Tool
Creating / editing type
Typeface Attributes /Tracking /Leading /Kerning
Type on a Path
Type Path Options
Outline Type
Type Area Tool
Frame Options
Adobe Illustrator Shapes
Brush Stokes
Apply/ Change/ Edit Strokes
Variable Stroke Widths
Apply Fills
Adobe Illustrator Colour
Colour Panels
Process / Spot / Global / Pantones
Swatch Panel /Adding /Editing /Removing
Working with Fill & Stroke /Gradients
Paint Bucket /Eyedropper Tools
Effect Panel & Transparency
Working with Object Transparency
Blend Effects
Adobe Illustrator Selection Tools
Selection Tool
Direct Selection
Adding / Removing Selections
Tips / Tricks for Selections
Adobe Illustrator Mockups
Add Image to Product
Mockup Panel
Edit Design
Add Shadow /Transparency
Add Image to Texture (Teeshirt, Jeans)
Release Mockup
Images into Illustrator
Placing Images
Linking & Embedding
Links Panel
Tracing Images in Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator Drawing Tools
Bézier pen
Adding / Removing Points
Joining / Cutting paths – Knife /Scissors Tools
Pencil /Smooth Tools
Reshape /Eraser Tools
Adobe Illustrator Layout Tools
Grids
Guides
Rulers
Stacking order
Grouping / Ungrouping
Align and Distribute
Placing Images Linking & Embedding Links Panel Tracing Images in Illustrator
Export for Video
Export for Web
Package
Printing files
Print option
Onsite Illustrator Training Pricing
Onsite per day
- Standard rate for one person: £275.00 All Inc per day
- Subsequent persons: £75.00 All Inc per day
- Depending on location Travel Expenses may be involved
Adobe Illustrator Training Midlands are available UK wide including Nottingham, Lincoln, Leicester, Worcester, Derby, Oxford, Cheltenham, Stroud, Hereford and surrounding areas. Creative Cloud Courses are held across the UK, do get in touch for an informal chat your location and how I can help with your Adobe Illustrator Training needs.
Adobe MasterClasses are also available. These incorporate Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop – again drop me a line for an informal chat about your requirements.
