Illustrator 部份
於Illustrator內建立文件及存入檔案。
工具箱之介紹及不同工具的用法及使用技巧。
文件檢視模式（artwork, template, preview）。
於工具箱選取基本圖像工具（如方形﹐圓形﹐星形及多邊圖形）。
點 / 線繪畫﹐調校﹐結合及移動之操作。
圖形轉動﹐量度﹐ 傾側﹐排列﹐ 對比﹐ 重疊﹐ 重覆﹐ 結合﹐重疊合併。
多層介面的插入及運用。
漸變之製作及其運用於圖形及文字當中。
花紋之製作及存入。
將兩類圖形作連結漸變。
圖形群組及鎖定。
各款圖表之加插﹐文字及運算數字之製作。
列印文件的技巧。
文字字形縮放﹐選擇﹐排列﹐ 連合﹐製作文字化圖（create outline）及插入計算尺。
文字與線條結合及連結圖形排列。
鋪排Illustrator與其他製作之組合及合作。
結存Illustrator檔案及將其檔案存入為其他檔案。
制定EPS檔案及介紹EPS檔案與軟件之合作關係。
Photoshop 部份
Photoshop介面，工具箱介紹及不同工具的用法及使用技巧。
利用不同的選取工具（例如：長方形選取工具，套索，魔術棒,工具等）選出相片或圖像的部份區域。
圖片解析度的計算及定義。
Bitmap images 與Vector images的分別。
如何將圖片的四週羽化。
利用Photoshop 新增的History功能去改正錯誤。
教授學員將一個影像套入至另一張圖片中。 如何將圖片放大，縮小及變型。
RGB，CMYK，HSB等不同色普的認識。
列印文件的技巧。
不同的上色方法及改變相片中所有或部分的顏色。
圖層的應用及利用圖層為影象製作投影。
不透明度的用法。
漸變工具的應用及自訂漸變工具。
如何調校相片光暗﹐顏色變化。
如何製作圖片模糊及鬆邊效果。
如何將多幅圖片對齊及排列。
懂得噴筆之使用﹐加插﹐調校﹐於圖片修輯之功效。
怎樣利用漸變色及與各項效果製作之配合。
如何將圖片置入文字當中及多幅圖片連結之製作。
認識各款色彩元素之模式與分別﹐以及在印刷上的關係。
結合及輸出至不同檔案格式。 利用layer影像分層製作重疊﹐透明及多項效果的選擇。
如何在channel製作相片局部或漸變透明﹐並如何配合其他圖像的製作。
修改相片的瑕疵﹐色差等。 濾鏡的運用。 製作不同的文字效果。
不同的繪圖工具的使用方法。 Channel的原理及應用及利用Channel加強相片的特別效果。
The document window
- rulers, margins, guides
- X and Y coordinates
- rulerorigin, pasteboard and page views
Using palettes
- align, attributes, character, colour
- layers, library, links, navigator
- pages, paragraph and character styles
- story, stroke, swatches, table, tabs palettes
Document setup
- layout options, grids, zoom and hand tools
- controlling windows and saving documents
Working with text
- creating text frames, typeface, point size
- line, character spacing, alignment, indents
- hanging indents, kerning, tracking, leading
Working with objects
- types of frames, basic shapes, selecting
- altering, aligning, step and repeat
- transforming, grouping and locking objects
Working in colour
- creating pantone (spot) and CMYK (process) colours
- appending, swatches, gradients, tints
- defining, storing, swatch libraries
Styling objects
- fills, strokes, corner effects, transparency
- drop shadows, feathering, using the eyedropper
Text effects
- wrapping text
- text on a path
- paragraph rules
Imported graphics
- placing artwork, specialty frames
- image import options, fitting
- clipping paths, applying effects to images
Layers
- working with layers, creating
- duplicating and deleting layers, layeroptions
Tabs and Tables
- tab characters, tab stops, leaders, creating tables
- table options, cell options, strokes and fills
Exporting
- file options, creating PDF files
- PDF styles, exporting text
第二階段課程內容
Advanced Illustrator 部份
Laying out a document
- options available for importing artwork by using the open command and the place command
Working with shapes & objects
- transforming shapes by using the transform tools and/or the transform palette
- transforming shapes by using the distortion tools, such as warp, twirl, bloat, scallop, crystallize, wrinkle, liquify
- create, use, and customize brushes
- modify overlapping objects by using the transparency palette
- change the appearance of objects by using the styles palette and Effects menu
- change the appearance of objects by using the appearance palette
- create graphs by using the graph tools
- create, use, and edit symbols by using the symbols palette and symbols tools
- create and modify compound shapes by using pathfinder palette
- transform shapes by using warp effects
- more about selection techniques
- assign variables to objects
Adding type to a document
- change the look of type by using the envelope command
- more about text
- creating columns of text
- making text wrap around graphics
- flowing text inside object
- setting tabs to create table
Creating 3D objects
- ways of making 3d objects :- Extrude, Bevel and Revolve
- fine tunning an 3d objects by setting different light sources, surface shading and mapping
- perspective settings
More about layers
- how layers can be used to help create and manage objects in a document
- change the attributes of objects in a layer by using the layers palette
- importing and exporting Adobe Photoshop layers
- export objects for a flash (SWF) by using the release to layers command
Publishing for the web
- options and considerations associated with preparing graphics that will be used on the web
- export Illustrator images that are optimized for publication on the web
- resolution and rasterization settings in the document setup dialog box
- create slices for objects and layers by using the slice tools
Colour correction
- workflow of colour correction
- tonal range, highlight and shadow discussion
- how to read histogram
- using level command
- how to remove colour cast
- how to improve the overall contrast and brightness of a photo
- technique to locate the highlight (brightest area) and shadow (darkest area)
- using the curve tool
- colour correction using the curve tool
- creating solarize effects
- creating posterization effect
- variation
- HSB method
- unsharp mask
- why using unsharp mask
- discussion on how the amount / threshold and Radius affect an image
Advanced layers operation
- adjustment layer
- advanced techniques in colour correction with the use of adjustment layers
- layer mask
- bitmap mask
- vector mask
- clipping group
Advanced channel operations and channel effects
- embossed text
- shadow text
- glowing effect
- channel editing
Threshold and posterization
- application of threshold and posterization to create defferent kinds of effect
- exercise will be used to demonstrate the above points
Coversion from gray scale image to a bitmap image
- 50% threshold
- diffusion dither
- pattern dither
- halftone
- pattern
Using actions
- create an action by using options in the actions palette
- play an action by using the batch command including using File Browser as the source
- create a droplet from an action
- describe the purpose of specific automate commands
Using baseline grid
- setting the baseline grid distance
- locking paragraphs to the baseline grid
- grid threshold
Advanced settings on justifications and hyphenation
- word spacing – minimum, desired and maximum
- letter spacing – minimum, desired and maximum
- single word justification
- hyphenation options – after first, before last, hyphen limit
- hyphenation zone
Keep options
- widnow and orphan control
- keeping title and body text together
- start paragraphs
- widow and orphan control
Paragraph rules
- rule before and after
- using rule to create title text effect
More about find and change
- changing text attributes
- wildcard searching
- changing styles
Graphics
- using pen tool
- using pathfinder – add, substract, overlap
Automation
Text variable
- define variable
- insert variable
More on styles
- objects styles
- table styles
Libraries
- create your own libraries
- using libraries
- storing objects and retrieving objects
Managing long document
- using book function
- how to synchronize styles and colour swatches in different documents
- table of contents
- numbering and section
- creating index
Printing
- using printer styles function
- preflight and package
Customization
