Discover how easy it is to create customized handbag illustrations using AHL's Illustrator Training CD. It begins with an introduction of basic menus, windows and drawing tools. This CD is an essential tool for training handbag designers how they can express their ideas visually on computer.

Learn quickly from your own desk at a speed that suits you. Being proficient in Adobe Illustrator is an absolute must in the fashion design world. Our Adobe Illustrator tutorial is the perfect tool for learning and mastering the essential skills needed to excel with this fine program.

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The AHL Photoshop Training CD contains lessons that will demonstrate AHL’s time saving tools that leading handbag designers are using to stay ahead in this fast paced industry.

The lessons will show you quick tips and tricks on how to increase productivity in the design department with an introduction into Adobe Illustrator.

We have covered the necessary tools to create handbag designs by transforming black and white line drawings through to full color rendering tools that bring your bags to life!

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This newest version of Illustrator gives you industry-standard drawing tools, flexible color controls, and professional type controls that help you capture your ideas and create sophisticated artwork for virtually any medium. Learn how to edit objects in a group using the Isolation mode, how to quickly remove areas of artwork with the Eraser tool, define crop areas with the Crop Area tool, and explore, apply and control color variations using Live Color. Adobe certified instructor Douglas Mitchell will teach you how to design and produce extraordinary graphics more quickly and fluidly than ever before.

Platform: Mac/Win

Total Running Time: 12 Hours

Instructor: Douglas Mitchell

Volume 1

Slide Show Ai Artwork, Work Area, Palettes Management, Help & Online Updates, Selection Tools, Shape Tools Drawing, Pathfinder, Transform Tools, Resolution, Swatches & Color Guide, Gradient Swatches, Gradient Mesh Tool

Volume 2

Typography, Line Tool Drawing, Erase & Cuts, Pen Tool Essentials, Pen Tool Practice, Pencil Tool Drawing, Symbol Libraries, Live Color Edit Basics, Live Color Edit Advanced, Live Trace Essentials, Live Paint Bucket, Live Trace Advanced

Volume 3

Layers & Clipping Mask, Crop Area Tool, Patterns, Compound Path, Calligraphic Brush, Scatter Brush, Art Brush, Pattern Brush, Graphic Styles Libraries, Effects Tools, Envelope Distort, 3D Effects

Volume 4

3D Map Art To Object, Appearance & Dashes, Blend Tool, Blending Modes, Fire Pit & Globe Projects, Spider Web Project, Perspective Project, Fishbowl Project, Reflect, Skew, Top Object, Type Effects, New Document Profile, Process & Spot Color

Create any image with Photoshop CS3, with its streamlined interface and new timesaving tools, your work simply flows faster. Learn new features such as automatic layer alignment and blending that enables advanced compositing. Learn how to use Smart Filters and using the Quick Selection and Refine Edge tools. Adobe certified instructor Douglas Mitchell will teach you how to easily convert color images to rich black-and-white with a new tool for adjusting tonal values and tints, and much, much more.

Platform: Mac/Win

Total Running Time: 12 Hours

Douglas Mitchell -instructor

Volume 1

Digital Image Checklist, Workspace, Crop & Straighten, Type & Type Effects, Help & Preferences, Color Correction, Light Balance, Color Balance, Color Saturation, Contrast, Sharpen, Extreme Fixes & Grayscale

Volume 2

Selection Behavior, Marquee Tools, Feathering Edges, Lasso Tool, Control Depth Of Field, Quick Selection Tool, Pen Path To Selections, Paste Into Selection, Magic Eraser, Quick Mask, Eraser Brush, Modify Selection & Blend

Volume 3

Brush Edge Hardness, Red Eye Fix, History Palette/Brush, Back Light Fix, Fix Age Lines, Remove Dust & Scratches, Dodge & Burn Tools, Color Change Brush, Healing & Patch Tools, Face Fix Summary, Clone Tool, Miscellaneous Fixes

Volume 4

Flip Layer Technique, Adjust Tonal Ranges, Layer Essentials, Layer Composites, Layer Masking, Layer Mask Blending, Layer Clipping, Layer Morph, Resolution & Resample, Custom Patterns, Make Patterns, Smart Objects & Filters