Video Training – Tutorials

Adobe Illustrator CS4 Tutorial Video

Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator CS4 from one of the world’s leading trainers, from the comfort of your own desk.

Adobe Illustrator CS4 Training

This unique Adobe Illustrator CS4 Tutorial Video series teaches you how to use the latest version of Adobe’s vector graphics editing software in an expert-designed, intuitive video course. Whether you’re a true beginner or someone who has worked with vector graphics before, these lessons start by introducing you to the enhanced user interface and basic functions and gradually move up to more advanced features, so that you gain a working knowledge that you can build upon as you get further in the course. And the convenient way the videos are split up allows users already familiar with the basics to easily skip ahead and pick up right where they need the most help without having to sit through needless review.

The tutorials train you by directly showing you how Illustrator CS4 works, with a full real-time view of the application that appears on screen just as it does on our own computer. And the included working files make it easy for you to follow along with the lessons, providing a degree of interactivity that not only makes things more interesting but also increases your retention of the skills.

Illustrator CS4: Designed for the Future

As the convergence of traditional and web-based media continues, Adobe has been actively working to meet the changing needs of content professionals in their Creative Suites. Offering immense versatility with their ability to seamlessly scale without compromising their integrity, vector designs have a major role in traditional companies wishing to cross-pollinate their logos and presentations across multiple formats as well as design and creative professionals wanting to simultaneously release their work onto the web and today’s mobile devices.
CS4 marks the best-integrated set of tools across its product line, and this holds particularly true for Illustrator CS4. Adding to to the excellent support for Photoshop and the video production tools centered around Adobe Premiere Pro, the software engineers at Adobe have increased integration with Flash CS4, InDesign CS4, and Adobe’s Flex 3 format. It’s now easier than ever to bring Illustrator art into InDesign layouts, even files using the new multiple page option, and edit with InDesign tools. Or perform simple copy-and-pastes between Illustrator and Flash while preserving the full properties of Illustrator files.

Aside from beefing up its integration, Illustrator CS4 also boasts many updates that simply make the program more powerful and easy to use. The new artboards feature allows you to finally work with multiple pages within one file. New tools for working with gradients and the ability to layer brush paths for more smoothly filled drafting lines are new assets in the designer’s arsenal. And the ability to use Smart Guides and work with more effects directly through the Appearance Panel increases the efficiency with which you’ll be able to get your projects done.

Adobe Illustrator CS4’s new and improved features are only as useful as you know how to use them. These unique video tutorials will make sure you can use them to their full advantage.