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Adobe Illustrator CS

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Introduction

What is CS?

New Features in Brief

What are Vector Graphics?

Getting Started

Resetting Mac Preferences

Resetting PC Preferences

Drawing Fundamentals

Basic Shapes

Basic Selections

Strokes / Fills / Colors pt. 1

Strokes / Fills / Colors pt. 2

The Stacking Order

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Environment

Using the Keyboard pt. 1

Using the Keyboard pt. 2

The Workspace

The Toolbox

Managing Palettes pt. 1

Managing Palettes pt. 2

Entering Values pt. 1

Entering Values pt. 2

Paths

Line Segments

The Pen Tool

Drawing Curves

Smooth and Corner Points

Editing Paths

Compound Paths

Optimum Curves

Rules for Optimum Curves

Selecting

Primary Selection Tools

Magic Wand Tool

Lasso Tool

Select Menu pt. 1

Select Menu pt. 2

The Bounding Box and Edges

Primitives

Drawing Arcs

Drawing Polygons

Drawing Stars

Drawing Spirals

Drawing Lens Flares

Drawing Rectangular Grids

Drawing Polar Grids

Drawing with the Pencil Tool

Transforming

Grouping

Hiding and Locking

Moving pt. 1

Moving pt. 2

Rotating

Scaling

Shearing and Reflecting

Transform Palette

Using Transform Each

Free Transform Tool

Reshape Tool

Liquification Tools pt. 1

Liquification Tools pt. 2

Align Palette Pt. 1

Align Palette Pt. 2

Transform Shortcuts

Cloning

Type Fundamentals

Point Type Tool

Character Palette pt. 1

Character Palette pt. 2

Typography Shortcuts

Area Type

Every-Line Composer

Justification Settings

Tabs and Leaders

No Break and Open Type

Color and Outline Type

Productivity

Navigator Palette

Document Info Palette / Hiding the Artboard

Rulers

Guides

Smart Guides

Snapping To and Saving Views

Application Preferences pt. 1

Application Preferences pt. 2

Application Preferences pt. 3

Info Palette and Measure Tool

Layers

Clipping Masks

Layers Palette

Palette Options

Layer Options

Rearranging pt. 1

Rearranging pt. 2

New Object Targeting

Dupe / Merge / Flatten

Collect and Release

Better Mask Management

Advanced Type

Text Wraps

Type on a Path pt. 1

Type on a Path pt. 2

Advanced Area Type

Threaded Text

Find and Replace and Spelling

Legacy Text

Type Menu Potpourri

Visual Attributes

Stroke Palette

Gradient Tool and Palette

Swatch Palette Views

Global Colors

Custom Patterns

Spot Colors and Merging

Custom Swatch Libraries

Overprinting

Brushes

Brush Tool and Palette

Calligraphic Brushes

Art Brushes

Scatter Brushes

Pattern Brushes

Special Tools

Paintbucket and Eyedropper Tools

Graph Tool

Gradient Meshes pt. 1

Gradient Meshes pt. 2

Blends

Auto-Tracing

Pathfinder Palette

Envelope Distort

Path Menu

Scissor and Knife Tools

Appearances and Styles

Appearance Palette

Editing Appearances pt. 1

Editing Appearances pt. 2

Appearances in the Layers Palette

Graphic Styles Palette

Expanding

Transparency

Transparency Palette

Transparency Options

Opacity Masks

Symbolism

Symbol Tools pt. 1

Symbol Tools pt. 2

External Graphics

Embedding vs. Linking

Link Management

Effects vs. Filters

Filters

Effects

Rasterize Settings

3D Effects

3D Space

3D Rotate

3D Extrude

3D Surface Maps pt. 1

3D Surface Maps pt. 2

3D Revolve

3D Lighting

Saving and Printing

Saving Native Formats

Exporting Other Formats

Saving for the Web

Transparency Issues

Desktop Printing

High Resolution Printing

Presets

Final Thoughts

Wrapping it Up

Credits

About this Author

Adobe Illustrator CS Video Training Detail:

Instructor:	Nathan Dickson
Course Lessons:	154 Total Lessons
Course Duration:	12hrs total
First Release Date:	2004-02-26
Course Price:	N/A - Included with membership
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Annual Membership:	$250 annually
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Adobe Illustrator CS is the essential tool for designers, graphic artists, technical illustrators, business professionals, or anyone who wants to express their ideas visually in print, on the Web, or other medium. Powerful new features allow users to quickly take control of their designs and page layouts. New features include: optical kerning, global paragraph composition, and revolutionary new 3-D Effects. VTC Author Nathan Dickson begins with an introduction of basic menus, windows and drawing tools, and then moves on to cover all essential elements of Illustrator CS, making you an expert in no time at all. Take your graphic designs to a whole new level by clicking on one of the movie links below.

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