Personal training sessions at your home or office in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or Dreamweaver. Macintosh or Windows.
$95 per hour, 3 hour minimum, no mileage charge if within 25 miles of Glendale, Arizona (85302). Paypal accepted, morning appointments only. Available 7 days a week! Contact Brad
On-site Training Session - Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator is my favorite software program. But for many people, even people who are comfortable with Adobe Photoshop, it remains a mystery. The first thing that you have to know about Illustrator is that it is not Photoshop. If you've turned it on and driven it around and expected it to be Photoshop, you probably have been frustrated. It takes a completely different way of thinking to get it to work. When you see that, you understand. And once you understand, you will love this software program, like I do!
Adobe Illustrator is a drawing program, as opposed to Photoshop, which is a painting program. I like to think of these two programs as sisters. They seem similar at first, but they are different, and different for a reason. In an introduction to Adobe Illustrator, we will cover
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The Adobe interface. If you've already worked with Adobe software before, you will be aware of this. It is an intuitive icon-based interface that was designed for creative people. If you use it correctly, it is a pleasure, if you use it wrong, it can be just terrible. This is where we start.
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Using simple, or primitive, shapes. This is at the heart of all vector programs, which is what Adobe Illustrator is. All computer animation is based on vectors, from "Toy Story" to "Avatar". No, Adobe Illustrator isn't used for computer animation, but it is the best introduction to vectors. A vector shape is a series of points that is "rendered" by a computer. You draw the shapes, the computer fills them in.
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Drawing vectors, using paths, strokes and fills. This is where it begins to be completely different from Photoshop. Vectors are independent of resolution. A vector image can be output to any resolution that you want it to be, from low (web) to high-definition. In fact, if you are confused about resolution and pixels, that's fine, Adobe Illustrator doesn't deal with them, so you don't have to.
When you start drawing with Adobe Illustrator, you will understand why it's such a great program. Trying to do the same thing in Photoshop is like trying to draw with a broom! Adobe Illustrator is for precision.
To prepare for your Illustrator session, be sure that Illustrator is installed and running on your computer. No, it doesn't matter what version you have or whether it is on a Mac or a PC. Just let me know. Give yourself three hours of focused time by turning off your phone and telling people to leave you alone for a while. Don't worry, we will take breaks!
$95 per hour, 3 hour minimum, no mileage charge if within 25 miles of Glendale, Arizona (85302). Paypal accepted, morning appointments only. Contact Brad
On-site Training Session - Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
On-site Training Session - Introduction to Adobe Dreamweaver
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$95 per hour, 3 hour minimum, no mileage charge if within 25 miles of Glendale, Arizona (85302). Paypal accepted, morning appointments only. Available 7 days a week!