About this course
If you're working in fashion, textiles or fabric design, you'll find this course a brilliant introduction to the power of Illustrator to realise fabric design concepts. It is designed for those with some exposure to the program but may be adapted for beginners if delivered on-demand.
What you will learn
This course will concentrate on those features of Illustrator which lend themselves to fabric and textile design such as symbols, brushes, patterns, spot colours and more. While the course is normally delivered to those with at least some experience with the program, we will include a revision of essentials such as bezier curves, object creation and layer construction as well as a discussion of new features such as the powerful Live Trace which permits tracing and objectification of hand drawings, scans and bitmap designs.
The course will also examine Illustrator's important relationship with Photoshop and Acrobat, insofar as those applications play a role in the textile design and production process.
Where possible, time will be made available to discuss any specific problems you may be having with your own work.
Please note:
- Masterclasses are also available in Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat Professional which examine a range of techniques more applicable to those environments.
- Many of our customers prefer to organise customised training for one or more staff which is tailored towards their specific working environment. This may be a better option if you feel your needs fall outside those indicated in our outline or if times and dates of scheduled courses don't suit.
Assumed knowledge
The course may be attended as an additional day to our 2-day Illustrator course or may be attended on it's own. If the latter, you would typically have some prior exposure to Illustrator but the course can be adapted to those newer to the program if desired..
Not sure what's best for you? Use our general enquiry form or call our office during business hours to discuss your needs. Tel. 1300 738 797.