Duration
3 days
Chapter 1. Getting to Know the Work Area
- Getting started
- Understanding the workspace
- Changing the view of artwork
- Navigating multiple artboards
- Using the Navigator panel
- Finding resources for using Illustrator
- Checking for updates
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 2. Selecting and Aligning
- Getting started
- Selecting objects
- Aligning objects
- Working with groups
- Object arrangement
- Hiding objects
- Applying selection techniques
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 3. Creating and Editing Shapes
- Getting started
- Creating a document with multiple artboards
- Working with basic shapes
- Combining and editing shapes
- Using Live Trace to create shapes
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 4. Transforming Objects
- Getting started
- Working with artboards
- Transforming content
- Positioning objects precisely
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 5. Drawing with the Pen and Pencil Tools
- Getting started
- Creating straight lines
- Creating curved paths
- Creating the violin illustration
- Drawing curves
- Editing curves
- Drawing with the Pencil tool
- Finishing the violin illustration
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 6. Color and Painting
- Getting started
- Understanding color
- Creating color
- Painting with patterns and gradients
- Working with Live Paint
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 7. Working with Type
- Getting started
- Working with type
- Understanding text flow
- Formatting type
- Saving and using styles
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 8. Working with Layers
- Getting started
- Creating layers
- Locking layers
- Viewing layers
- Pasting layers
- Creating clipping masks
- Merging layers
- Applying appearance attributes to layers
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 9. Working with Perspective Drawing
- Getting started
- Understanding the Perspective Grid
- Working with the Perspective Grid
- Adding and editing text in perspective
- Working with symbols in perspective
- Release content from perspective
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 10. Blending Colors and Shapes
- Getting started
- Working with gradients
- Working with blended objects
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 11. Working with Brushes
- Getting started
- Working with brushes
- Using Calligraphic brushes
- Using Art brushes
- Using Bristle brushes
- Using Pattern brushes
- Changing the color attributes of brushes
- Working with the Blob Brush tool
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 12. Applying Effects
- Getting started
- Using live effects
- Working with a 3D effect
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 13. Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles
- Getting started
- Using appearance attributes
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 14. Working with Symbols
- Getting started
- Working with symbols
- Working with the symbolism tools
- Storing and retrieving artwork in the Symbols panel
- Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork
- Symbols and Flash integration
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
Chapter 15. Combining Illustrator CS6 Graphics with Other Adobe Applications
- Getting started
- Combining artwork
- Vector versus bitmap graphics
- Placing Adobe Photoshop files
- Masking an image
- Sampling colors in placed images
- Replacing a placed, linked image
- Exporting a layered file to Photoshop
- Illustrator and Adobe InDesign
- Illustrator and Adobe Flash
- Illustrator and Adobe Flash Catalyst
- Illustrator and Adobe Flex
- Exploring on your own
- Review questions
- Review answers
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