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Illustrator Skills Test

 

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€ 50,-   excluding VAT
€ 59,50 including taxes

If you book the course after the test € 40,- will be reimbursed.

 

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Illustrator Skills Test

Why a level test

Using Illustrator can be a very intuitive process. Students who have been using Illustrator for quite a while often think they master a lot. but many options and possibilities are hidden underneath the surface and stay hidden unless an intense course is attended. Anyone is capable of creating something nice in Illustrator but adjusting it later on and allowing professional adjustments can be a big problem if you don't know what you're doing.

To create a solid basis for Illustrator and to make sure you are ready to use it at a professional level we have deveoped a test you can do before you apply for the Illustrator Advanced Course. This test will show if you have enough skills to attend this advanced course or if you are better off attending the Illustrator Complete Course first. This first course is far from basic: many students who have used Illustrator for years choose to attend this course instead.

The test

During the test you will do a series of exercises. You will have one hour and 45 minutes to complete the test. The test contains different elements that are addressed during the Illustrator Complete Course. They will make sure you can use Illustrator professionally.

If you succeed for this test you can attend the Illustrator Advanced Course. If you fail you will have a very good time during the Illustrator Complete Course. This course, as the name suggests, is not a basic course. It will teach you many techniques to create professional artwork. Read more about this Illustrator Course here.

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Illustrator Skills Test

During the Illustrator skills test you will perform a series of exercises. The following topics will be addressed.

Simple geometric shapes
Ordening elements
Creating paths
Splitting and combining paths
Managing and merging paths
Using graphs
Creating patterns in Illustrator
Creating masks and using mask types
Tracing
Smart objects
Quickly reproducing objects
Dynamic options in Illustrator

Test level

We will expect you to be able to work quickly and efficiently. The test is created for students who can use Illustrator professionally.

Coaches

During the test you will have a personal coach who will give you the instructions and who can help you out if you have problems. This is a professional in the world of design, he or she will be the one to judge your progress and the results.

Duration

1 hour 45 minutes

Time slots

On appointment: 020 6820080.

Study prior to test

You are not required to study in advance.

Starting dates

On appointment.

Enrolling

You can call us or send an e-mail to make an appointment for the test. We shall send you the invitation and invoice prior to the test and will provide you with additional information if this is needed.

Location

The skills test is taking place in Amsterdam. Our location is easily accessed by car, bus, tram, metro and even train. Of course all necessary facilities are available.

Test material

The test material stays the property of LearningTrain.

Software version

You will use the latest version of Illustrator or the version immediatly before it. If you want to use an older version of the software please let us know in advance so we can see if we can provide you with that version.

Platform, operating system

The Adobe applications have ben developed for both Windows and Mac and are available for both operating systems. Working with Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash means it's platform independant. While you are studying here you will usually work on a Windows machine. If you are used to working on a Mac you will hardly notice the difference: you will be inside the Adobe environment and this is platform independant.

Extra help

During the test you can ask your coach for help if certain things are unclear. Of course the coach will not tell you how to solve the test elements, this is all up to you.

De locatie

De Illustrator Cursus voor Modeontwerpers wordt verzorgd in Amsterdam. Onze locatie is zeer goed bereikbaar met de auto en het openbaar vervoer. Uiteraard zijn alle benodigde faciliteiten tijdens de cursus aanwezig.

Voor bedrijven en groepen particulieren is het soms prettig als de cursus bij hen op locatie kan worden gevolgd. Dat maakt het trainen van werknemers makkelijker en efficiënt: er kan op praktijkvoorbeelden worden ingespeeld die op het bedrijf van toepassing zijn.

Bel ons hierover voor meer informatie: 020 6820080.

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FAQ on Illustrator and the course

 

What is Adobe Illustrator?

What can I do with Adobe Illustrator?

When do I need an Illustrator course?

How difficult is an Illustrator course?

What is resolution independant artwork?

Which Illustrator course should I attend?

I know Photoshop, what is the difference with Illustrator?

What is Adobe Illustrator?

Illustrator is Adobe application, just like Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash and InDesign. Illustrator has been around since the nineties of the previous century. As time progressed Illustrator has developed into a wonderful environment in which great graphics can be created. You are going to explore most options in Illustrator during our Illustrator Course and Illustrator Course Advanced.

In Illustrator you use vectors. Vectors are at the heart of resolution independant artwork. It is a great application to create flyers, posters and business cards and also, as the name suggests, to create illustrations. it is the standard in the world of design to create and edit digital illustrative material.

During our Illustrator Course you will learn how to add and edit text, to create illustrations, how to add graphics to combine all this artwork into a perfect design.

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What can I do with Illustrator?

Adobe Illustrator is used to create digital artwork. You can create professional layouts for, for instance, posters and flyers. Small printed material such as leaflets and booklets can also be created in Illustrator.

It is also used to trace sketches and scans to create smooth vector objects. This means it is a great application to digitize patterns that are easy to edit. Changing colours can be done in no time, adding special fills is as easy as it gets. Designers will find Illustrator an intuitive and extremely useful application to work with. The number of fashion designers discovering Illustrator are increasing, greatly overshadowing the numbers of Canvas users. Stylists and designers alike: they all enjoy designing in Illustrator.

Of course it is also used to create free artwork. Illustrator is at the heart of many a book cover and children's books illustration. The possibility to add fotographic material to the Illustrator vector objects makes it the best application to create creative designs.

Working with graphs is very easy in Illustrator and creates graphs that are pleasant to look at.

There is much more to be said about Illustrator: give it a try. It is a must-have application for all creatives.

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When do I need an Illustrator course?

You will find Illustrator particularly useful if you work in certain industries. The fashion design industry is one of them: designing and tracing sketched designs is something that is very easy to do. Creating special stroke styles, defining stitching and ribbing: it's all very easy in Illustrator.

The pattern industry also uses Illustrator to create patterns that can be neatly tiled and that are resolution independant.

Another group of users consists of landscape architects, garden designers and architects. They usually work with CAD and the files look pretty boring to begin with. Adding a bit of Illustrator to the designs can make them come to life.

There are many more designers and illustrators who use Adobe Illustrator. You can think of shoe designsy, the medical illustrations and informative brochures.

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How difficult is an Illustrator course?

The learning curve of Illustrator quickly rises, as do the curves of all our courses. Adobe Illustrator is the most extensive course we have, followed by Adobe Photoshop Course Expert. The other courses though are all pretty intense as well. But difficult? They will demand time for practise. But our teaching method, with a coach beside you all the way and homework correction, ensures the training of the students is well balanced and successful.

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What is resolution independant artwork?

Resolution independant artwork is artwork that is suitable for each resolution. What you design in Illustrator is printable on your own office printer but it's suitable for press as well.

Illustrator artwork can easily be scaled without losing it's quality. This keeps it perfect for print: the printability is not affected. Artwork that you create during the Illustrator course will not become vague and blotty when you scale it, unlike what happens when you upscale in Photoshop. Have a look at the following example.

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Of course there are things to consider when you want to reproduce truly artwork independant artwork, you will learn all about this during the Illustrator Course Advanced. This course addresses pre-press settings and preflight tests for checking documents. This will create a document that will print well, no matter which printing technique is used.

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Which Illustrator course should I attend?

We offer you different Illustrator courses and the names say it all. The basis though is the same for all courses even though the courses for Fashion designers and architects will contain examples for just these students. Have a look on the different Illustrator course pages:

Illustrator courses

Illustrator Course
Illustrator Course Advanced
Illustrator Course for Fashion Designers
Illustrator Course for Architects

Modules

Illustrator Course Patterns
Illustrator Course Tracing Clothes

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I know Photoshop, what is the difference with Illustrator?

The biggest difference is that Photoshop works with pixels (raster files, bitmap files) and that Illustrator mainly works with vectors. These vectors are very handy to create artwork that is resolution independant. This type of artwork will look great when projected, too, and one can zoom in on them without quality loss. If you upscale objects in Photoshop, or indeed zoom in, you will lose quality, even if it's visual quality.

Illustrator allows you to work efficiently and easily when you create a design. Changing colours of objects, separating colours, moving elements around: there is no better application for free artwork than Adobe Illustrator. It is even used to design websites. You can not build a website in Illustrator of course, but design-wise nothing beats it.

Photoshop is used to edit photos and scans. You can not edit photos in Illustrator.

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