Course Content
What is New CS5 and CS6
- Patterns
- Gradient on a stroke
- Image Trace
- Gaussian Blur
- Variable Width Options
- Perspective drawing
- Bristle brush
- Multiple artboards enhancements
- Shape Builder tool
Basics of Illustrator Objects
- Advanced understanding of Illustrator Objects
- What Object can become what Object?
- Advances uses of the Blend Object
- Gradient or Mesh
- Advanced use of the Symbol Sprayer
- Advanced use of the Variable Width
- Expanding
- Compound Shape vs. Compound Path
- Breaking it all a part
- Layers Panel
Mesh and Other Tools
- Mesh tool
- Mesh as opacity mask
- Lasso tool
- Warp tool
- Twirl tool
- Pucker tool
- Bloat tool
- Scallop tool
- Crystallize tool
- Wrinkle tool
- Width tool
- Polar grid tool
- Rectangular grid tool
- Flare tool
- Free transform tool
- Graph tools
- Scissor tool
- Knife tool
Working with Perspective Drawing
- Perspective
- Perspective Grid
- Using a preset grid
- Editing the Perspective Grid
- Drawing objects in perspective
- Selecting and transforming objects in perspective
- Attaching content to perspective
- Editing planes and objects together
- Adding and editing text in perspective
- Working with symbols in perspective
- Adding symbols to the Perspective Grid
- Transforming symbols in perspective
- Releasing content from perspective
- Horizontal plane
Applying Effects
- Using live effects
- Applying an effect
- Using live effects
- Applying an effect
- Editing an effect
- Styling text with effects
- Editing shapes with a Pathfinder effect
- Applying the Offset Path effect
- Working with a 3D effect
- Creating a revolved object
- Changing the lighting of a 3D object
- Mapping a symbol to the 3D artwork
- Where to put the Effect
Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles
- Using appearance attributes
- Editing and adding appearance attributes
- Adding another stroke
- Adding another fill
- Reordering appearance attributes
- Applying an appearance to a layer
- Using graphic styles
- Creating and spacing a graphic style
- Applying a graphic style to an object
- Replacing graphic style attributes
- Applying a graphic style to a layer
- Editing a graphic style applies to a layer
- Applying an existing graphic style
- Applying multiple graphic styles
- Applying a graphic style to text
- Copying and removing graphic styles
- Creating web graphics
- Aligning content to the pixel grid
- Slicing content
- Selecting and editing slicesUsing the Save For Web command
Working with Symbols
- Symbols
- Using existing Illustrator symbol libraries
- Creating symbols
- Editing a symbol
- Replacing symbols
- Breaking a link to a symbol
- Editing symbol options
- Editing with the Symbolism tools
- Copying and editing symbol sets
- Storing and retrieving artwork in the Symbols panel
- Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork
- Symbols and Flash integration
Graph
- Creating a Graph
- Types of Graphs
- Making a Design for Columns and Markers
- Updating the Data
Advanced Masks
- Masking an image
- Applying a simple clipping mask to an image
- Editing a mask
- Masking an object with a shape
- Masking an object with multiple shapes
- Creating an opacity mask
- Editing an opacity mask
Combining Illustrator Graphics with Other Adobe Applications
- Adobe Bridge
- Combining artwork
- Vector versus bitmap graphics
- Placing Photoshop files
- Transforming a placed image
- Embedding a Photoshop image with layer comps
- Applying color edits to a placed image
- Masking an image
- Applying a simple clipping mask to an image
- Editing a mask
- Masking an object with a shape
- Masking an object with multiple shapes
- Creating an opacity mask
- Editing an opacity mask
- Sampling colors in placed images
- Image links
- Finding link information
- Replacing a linked image
- Exporting a layered file to Photoshop
- Illustrator and Web Designers
- Illustrator and Print Designers
- Illustrator and Interactive Designers
- Illustrator and Video Compositors
