Adobe Illustrator CS3
Project-Based Training
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lesson highlights
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Working
with Anchor Points
Jeff shows how much easier and more efficient
it is to deal with anchor points in Illustrator
CS3 by demonstrating such new features as aligning
anchor points and converting to and from corner
and curved anchor points without having to use
a converting tool. |
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Working
with Live Color
Live Color is an amazing new feature to Illustrator
CS3. In this section, Jeff shows how to access
pre-existing color groups, how to create your
own personalized color groups, and how to adjust
color properties. |
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Preparing
for Flash
Jeff shows how text and
symbols can easily be prepared for work in Flash. |
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top 5 things you will learn:
- Efficiency of working with the new interface
- The creative flexibility of Live Color
- Enhanced control of anchor point selection
and editing
- Advanced drawing tools
- Superior integration with Flash
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table of contents
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Illustrator CS3
- Introduction to Illustrator CS3
- The New Workspace
- Setting Up New Documents
- The Control Panel
- Working with Anchor Points
- Working in Isolation Mode
- Working with the Eraser Tool
- Crop Tool
- Working with Live Color
- Preparing for Flash
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| about the instructors |
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Jeff Witchel
Jeff Witchel graduated from Pratt Institute in 1973 with a B.F.A. (Cum Laude) in Advertising Design and Visual Communications. He has been an award-winning advertising art director, writer, designer, illustrator, and TV producer ever since.
Before starting his own advertising agency in New Jersey, Jeff built his career at top New York ad agencies such as Young & Rubicam, Grey Advertising, and Wells, Rich, Greene. Over the years, he has created award-winning work for many clients including AT&T, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Jell-O Pudding, The Plaza Hotel, and Pfizer. His many prestigious awards include N.Y. Art Directors Club Gold Award, One Show Gold Award, N.J. Art Directors Club Award, multiple Andy Awards, Graphis Annual, numerous readership awards, plus an Emmy Award nomination.
Jeff is a self-taught computer artist with over 20 years of experience. His initial introduction to the computer was with PageMaker, but he switched to Quark 1.0 when it was first introduced in 1987. Having arrived on the desktop publishing scene so early, Jeff became the "go to" guy for answers when others started getting into computer graphics.
As an Adobe Certified Expert, he's provided online support for Adobe and is now an Adobe Certified Training Provider for both Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. Jeff is one of just a handful of Adobe Certified Instructors in the New York metropolitan area. He also is a Quark Certified Expert in QuarkXPress 6 as well as a master of Adobe Photoshop and related applications. He counts among his training clients ad agencies, design studios, magazines, illustrators, and photographers in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
Jeff is the author and instructor for two training DVDs produced by Magnet Media Films in New York - "Inside Adobe Illustrator CS2" and "Inside Adobe InDesign CS2." He also writes tutorials for Layers magazine's website, authors Layers Magazine's "Tips of the Day," which are delivered daily to subscribers by email, and is a regular contributor to Adobe Illustrator Techniques magazine.
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