<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="classOutlineTemplate.xsl"?>

<courses xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="..\site_assets\classInfo_Final.xsd">
	<class>
		<classInfo>
			<classTitle>Adobe Illustrator CS4</classTitle>
			<softwareUsed>
				<software url="http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/" icon="../../images/softwareIcons/adobe/illustratorICON.gif">Adobe® Illustrator® </software>
			</softwareUsed>
			<swVersions>
				<version>CS4</version>
			</swVersions>
			<levels>
				<level>2</level>
			</levels>
			<duration>
				<hours>7</hours>
				<days>1</days>
			</duration>
					<certification>
				<company url="http://www.adobe.com/support/certification/ace.html">Adobe Illustrator CS4 ACE Exam</company>
			</certification>
			<courseCode partner="">ai2</courseCode>
			<courseDescription>In this course, students will learn more advanced techniques for working with paths, masks, fills, and strokes. Students will also learn how to use transformation tools, envelopes, filters, effects, and graphic styles. In addition, students will learn how to convert raster images to vector art and how to manage color settings, color separations, and print specifications. Finally, students will learn how to work with slices and how to optimize and export images for the Web.</courseDescription>
		</classInfo>
		<hwRequirements>
			<requirement>Intel ® Pentium ® 4, Intel ® Centrino ®, Intel ® Xeon ®, or Intel ® Core™ Duo (or compatible) processor.</requirement>
			<requirement>512 MB RAM or above.</requirement>
			<requirement>750 MB hard-disk space to install software, and an additional 500 MB to run the course.</requirement>
			<requirement>Color monitor with 16-bit or greater video card

24-bit color recommended.</requirement>
			<requirement>A mouse or compatible tracking device.</requirement>
			<requirement>1024 x 768 or higher monitor resolution.</requirement>
			<requirement>CD-ROM drive.</requirement>
		</hwRequirements>
		<swRequirements>
			<platformRequirements>
				<requirement>Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 , Windows 98, or Windows NT with options pack 4</requirement>
				<requirement>Mac OS X</requirement>
			</platformRequirements>
			<requirement>Adobe® Illustrator® CS4</requirement>
		</swRequirements>
		<preRequisites>
			<preReqClass>
				<preReq>Illustrator CS4: Level 1</preReq>
			</preReqClass>
			<preReq> Familiarity with Vector drawing tools in Illustrator CS4</preReq>
			<preReq> Familiarity with color and fills in Illustrator CS4</preReq>
		</preRequisites>
		<performanceObjectives>
			<objective>Manipulate vector shapes</objective>
			<objective>Create and modify shapes with colors, patterns and brushes</objective>
			<objective>Use Symbols</objective>
			<objective>Transform shapes using Illustrator tools</objective>
			<objective>Create Effects and use Graphic Styles</objective>
			<objective>Convert bitmap (raster) images to vector art</objective>
			<objective>Learn the fundamentals of printing digital art</objective>
			<objective>Create web graphics and pages using Illustrators slices</objective>
		</performanceObjectives>
		<supplementalMaterials>
			<book/>
			<website/>
		</supplementalMaterials>
		<courseContent>
			<lesson number="1">
				<lessonTitle>Manipulating Paths</lessonTitle>
				<topic>Path commands</topic>
				<topic>Masks</topic>
				<lessonTime/>
			</lesson>
			<lesson number="2">
				<lessonTitle>Enhancing Fills and Strokes</lessonTitle>
				<topic>Multiple fills and strokes</topic>
				<topic>Colors</topic>
				<topic>Patterns</topic>
				<topic>Brushes</topic>
				<topic>Symbols</topic>
				<lessonTime/>
			</lesson>
			<lesson number="3">
				<lessonTitle>Transforming Shapes</lessonTitle>
				<topic>Transformation tools</topic>
				<topic>Envelopes</topic>
				<topic>Liquify shapes</topic>
				<topic>3D effects</topic>
				<lessonTime/>
			</lesson>
			<lesson number="4">
				<lessonTitle>Effects and Graphic Styles</lessonTitle>
				<topic>Effects</topic>
				<topic>Graphic styles</topic>
				<lessonTime/>
			</lesson>
			<lesson number="5">
				<lessonTitle>Converting Raster Images to Vector Art</lessonTitle>
				<topic>Trace raster images</topic>
				<topic>Live Paint</topic>
				<lessonTime/>
			</lesson>
			<lesson number="6">
				<lessonTitle>Printing Illustrations</lessonTitle>
				<topic>Color management</topic>
				<topic>Print specifications</topic>
				<topic>Color separations</topic>
				<lessonTime/>
			</lesson>
			<lesson number="7">
				<lessonTitle>Web Files and Graphs</lessonTitle>
				<topic>Slices</topic>
				<topic>Web graphics</topic>
				<topic>Graphs</topic>
				<lessonTime> </lessonTime>
			</lesson>
			<nextClass url="../../html/advanced.html">Illustrator CS4: Advanced Topics</nextClass>
		</courseContent>
		<courseware>
			<bookTitle>Illustrator CS4: Advanced + CertBlaster, Student Manual with Data</bookTitle>
			<publisher>ILT Series</publisher>
			<bookNumber>1-4260-0509-1</bookNumber>
			<notes/>
			<author/>
		</courseware>
	</class>
</courses>

