Illustrator CS 4 Total training essential

Chapter 1: NAVIGATING ILLUSTRATOR (33 min)

1. Using Adobe Bridge

2. Exploring Built-in Templates & Libraries

3. Locating Existing New Document Profiles & Creating Your Own

4. Advanced Guide Features

5. Using Artboards

6. Setting Up Workspaces & Panels

 

Chapter 2: ADVANCED PATH TECHNIQUES (34 min)

1. Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool

2. Using the Refect Tool

3. Making Joins

4. Outlining a Stroke

5. Using the Transform Again Command

6. Using the Arrange Commands & Clipping Masks

 

Chapter 3: DRAWING & REDRAWING (27 min)

1. Using Layers & Guides to Redraw a Logo

2. Using Outline Mode to Redraw a Hand-Drawn Image

 

Chapter 4: BLENDS & MESHES (33 min)

1. Blending Paths with the Specified Steps Option

2. Blending Paths with the Smooth Color Option

3. Designing Web Buttons with the Blend Tool & Gradients

4. Colorizing with Gradients

5. Working with Gradient Meshes

 

Chapter 5: TRANSPARENCY (20 min)

1. Colorize an Image with the Color Blend Mode

2. Using the Color Guide, Transform & Transparency Panels

3. Creating an Opacity Mask with a Radial Gradient

4. Using the Multiply Blend Mode

 

Chapter 6: CREATING PATTERNS (15 min)

1. Defining a Pattern

2. Scaling & Replacing a Pattern

3. Redefining an Existing Illustrator Pattern

4. Making a Pattern from an Illustration

 

Chapter 7: WORKING WITH TYPE (22 min)

1. Adding Point & Area Type

2. Placing Type from Other Documents

3. Using the Glyphs Panel

4. Setting Tabs

5. Creating Paragraph & Character Styles

6. Converting Text to Outlines

7. Putting an Image inside of Text

 

Chapter 8: WORKING WITH IMAGES (12 min)

1. Linking vs. Embedding Images

2. Using a Clipping Mask to Make a Cutout

3. Creating a Clipping Mask between Two Layers

4. Importing an Adobe Photoshop® Path

 

Chapter 9: COLOR MANAGEMENT (15 min)

1. The Swatches Panel vs. the Color Panel

2. Adding & Deleting Colors from the Swatches Panel

3. Making Selections Based on Same Attributes

4. Creating a Global Color

5. Making & Saving a Gradient

6. Creating, Applying & Modifying a Gradient Graphic Style

 

Chapter 10: USING THE LIQUIFY & ENVELOPE TOOLS (12 min)

1. Using the Liquify Tools to Distort Vectors

2. Warping Text Using the Envelope Distort Command

3. Conforming Text to the Shape of an Object Using Envelope Distort

 

Chapter 11: CREATING SYMBOLS (11 min)

1. Defining & Redefining a Symbol

2. Using the Symbol Tools

3. Saving Symbol Sets

 

Chapter 12: CREATING & USING BRUSHES (28 min)

1. Defining a Custom Scatter Brush

2. Defining an Art Brush

3. Using the Transform Panel & Defining a Pattern Brush

4. Defining a Pattern Brush to Make a Border

5. Using the Blob Brush Tool

 

Chapter 13: 3D EFFECTS (23 min)

1. Using 3D Revolve

2. Making & Editing 3D Type

3. Mapping a Symbol to a Sphere Using 3D Revolve

4. Mapping Objects to a Cube Using 3D Extrude & Bevel

 

Chapter 14: USING LIVE TRACE (10 min)

1. Adjusting Tracing Options

2. Exploring Live Trace Presets

 

Chapter 15: USING LIVE PAINT (10 min)

1. Painting a Traced Object

2. Using Gap Detection

3. Using Live Paint Instead of Pathnder

 

Chapter 16: LIVE EFFECTS & GRAPHIC STYLES (7 min)

1. Using Transform Eects

2. Saving & Applying a Graphic Style

 

Chapter 17: LIVE COLOR (8 min)

1. Using Adobe Kuler to Colorize an Object

2. Recoloring Artwork

 

Chapter 18: CREATING & FORMATTING GRAPHS (9 min)

1. Creating a 3D Pie Chart

2. Defining a Column Graph

3. Placing Designs into the Columns

 

Chapter 19: ILLUSTRATOR ACTIONS (5 min)

1. Defining a New Illustrator Action

2. Running an Action Using the Batch Command

 

Chapter 20: EXPLORING EXPORT OPTIONS (26 min)

1. Exporting to QuarkXPress®

2. Smart Objects & Photoshop

3. Exporting to Adobe InDesign®

4. Exporting a Layered PDF File

5. Using the Flattener Preview

6. Color Blindness Preview Modes

7. Using Separations Preview

8. Using the Document Bleed

 

Chapter 21: CREATING FLASH ANIMATIONS (11 min)

1. Animating with Layers

2. Animating with Blends

3. Credits

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