You are a graphic designer or professional who is already very experienced in Freehand and you have heard of or dabbled in Illustrator and want more in-depth training of the application and the management of complex illustrations, without stunting your existing workflow.

Description
This quick yet intensive four-lesson course provides the Freehand converter with hands-on, relevant examples to facilitate the quickest possible migration from Freehand to Illustrator. The new palettes, tools and menu items will be thoroughly investigated, and likened to the Freehand equivalents to further understand and utilise the capabilities of this high-end layout application. Using prior Freehand knowledge, students will tackle complex theoretical examples and work with a variety of examples of document scenarios that ease the leap from Freehand to Illustrator. We recommend this course for those planning to migrate from Freehand to Illustrator or to update from previous versions of Illustrator.

Course contents
‹ Interface, Tools, FH Comparison
‹ Drawing, Filters and Effects
‹ Transparency, Live Trace, Live Colour
‹ Typography, Live Type Effects
‹ Integration with Photosop/Flash/Indesign
‹ Output for PDF, Print
‹ Finished Art tips and Practical tasks, examples

Venue

Date: 14 July 2008 to 15 July 2008
Location: Friends of Design, Cape Town
More info: 60 Sir Lowry Road, Cape Town 8001

Contact: Moritz Fritsche
Company name: Friends of Design - Academy of Digital Arts
Telephone number: +27 21 461 09 71
Email address info@friendsofdesign.net