Essentials of Illustrator Workshop 

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful tool for designers and artists, but it can be overwhelming or confusing at times, simply because of everything that is possible. Adobe expert Michelle Kerscher will join the S.C. Press Association on Friday, Dec. 9, to teach the basics of Illustrator. This session is for designers and artists with little or no working knowledge of Illustrator.

 In this session, you will learn:

• What is Illustrator? Why can't I just use PhotoShop and InDesign?
• What is vector art?
• Artboards, palettes and menus
• Managing preferences and workspaces
• Keyboard shortcuts and tips that will save you time
• Document set-up for various print and Web projects
• Working with layers
• Type tool and text effects
• Drawing tools, including how to create and edit paths, strokes and fills
• Live trace
• Brushes and Symbols
• Color, gradients, patterns, libraries, blending, live color and recoloring
• Clipping Paths, clipping masks and opacity masks
• Pathfinder
• Customizing and manipulating EPS clipart for use in your news and ad designs
• How to create infographic charts and graphs
• Saving, printing and exporting projects (file types)
• How to use Illustrator with other Adobe programs
• Transforming artwork with rotation, scale and transform effects

This session runs from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Lunch will be on your own from 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Attendees are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop with Illustrator to this workshop. The afternoon will consist of hands-on Illustrator training.

For SCPA members, the cost is $65.
For non-members, the cost is $95.

Space is limited to the first 20 people to register so if you're interested, sign up soon!

Michelle is a graduate of the Institute of Newspaper Technology. In addition to working as a trainer for SCPA, she has mastered design and use of Adobe products as a newspaper designer, Web designer and commercial press designer. She has a real knack for explaining high-tech topics in plain-language. This training will be easy to understand for all levels of Adobe users. Though Kerscher will touch on some of the latest features of CS6, her classes are designed for users of all versions of the software in Mac or PC platforms.