The Illustrator Corporate Marketing Bootcamp training is a comprehensive course that pairs and integrates both of our Corporate Marketing I and II classes.
This course is a complete foundation that starts at a beginning level and progresses to an intermediate level of mastery.
This course provides training for users who need to create professional quality corporate marketing materials and engaging communication pieces using the industry standard tool for vector graphic design.
This training enhances our Illustrator Bootcamp class, and is specifically tailored for business professionals. Skills you will acquire are applicable for both small and large organizations.
You will work with well-designed projects which can be customized and even incorporated into your own workflow.
During your class you will create:
- Business logos, including new and recreations
- Business cards, flyers and single page documents
- Design guides and themes
- Graphs, charts and maps
- Infographics
You will use Illustrator to quickly manipulate and create Acrobat PDF documents, create mocks and dashboards for prototyping, create logos, brochures, and much more. This course starts at a fundamental level and works through intermediate concepts including color, typography and all of the "Live" features such as Live Type, Live Trace, Live Paint, and Live Color.
Create 3D objects with artwork mapped to them. Learn to create symbol movie clips and import them into Flash to animate layer objects. Incorporate your Photoshop skills with Smart Objects. Perfect your use of the Appearance panel and create advanced clipping masks. Create patterns, gradients and custom brushes.
You will also learn how to create a variety of output files for the web, print and video. This class also includes an in-depth look at the new toolset available in Illustrator.
Our clientele in these classes include everyone from energy company employees to personnel from financial investment and banking firms. We also serve government agencies seeking effective branding and engaging communication strategies.
Course Outline:- Get comfortable with the interface and workspaces
- Understand the difference between vector and pastor graphics
Assign color profiles, units of measurements and pixel resolution for print and web projects - Learn to use Artboards for multi-page marketing projects
- Learn to use drawing tools to create vector objects
- Combine shape using Pathfinder Panel
- Define color swatches and color groups to follow branding guidelines for artwork
- Trace logo designs with the Pen Tool
- Format text using character and paragraph formatting
- Export artwork into various formats for print or web projects
- Simplify complex objects using the Appearance Panel
- Learn to apply effects to create objects follows today’s current trends
- Map artwork onto simple 3D objects for product packaging
- Create custom brushes to add artistic elements to projects
- Create Character and Paragraph Styles to format text
- Design surrealistic images with vector shapes and the Gradient Mesh tool
- Learn to display data using Infographic elements, charts and graphs
Prerequisites:
Basic Computer Skills on Windows or Mac
Materials:
Along with this training, you will receive:
- Adobe Authorized Training
- Student courseware and class projects
- An Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate
- Conversion tools bookmark
- VIP Lumenbrite Seminars & Events
- Adobe MAX Discounts & Exclusive Events
We recommend students bring a pen/pencil and a pad of paper to take notes, and consider bringing a sweater, as sometimes classrooms are cool.
At our Houston location, we have complimentary coffee and snacks, as well as refrigerator and microwave access.
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.