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Offering an unparalleled combination of creative freedom and productivity, Adobe Illustrator is preferred by designers, graphic artists, technical illustrators, and business professionals. In this Virtual Training Company tutorial, Diane Presler will take you smoothly from the basics of Illustrator 8, such as the interface and layers, to the complicated aspects, like masking images, modifying gradients, and using the zigzag filter. To get started, simply click one of the topics below.
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Basics
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| Vector vs. Bitmap | (04:27) | ||
| Basic Interface | (09:40) | ||
| Help | (02:00) | ||
| Objects & Paths | (04:18) | ||
| Hand & Zoom Tool | (04:13) | ||
| Viewing Modes | (04:36) | ||
| Selecting Objects | (06:02) | ||
| Group & Ungroup | (04:01) | ||
| Scaling & Moving | (04:04) | ||
| Duplicating Objects | (04:24) | ||
| Layers | (07:43) | ||
| Rulers & Guides | (06:14) | ||
| Saving & Undo | (03:39) | ||
| Save as File Formats | (07:08) | ||
| Document Setup | (04:10) | ||
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New Features
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| Navigator Palette | (04:14) | ||
| Smooth & Erase Tool | (05:15) | ||
| New Brushes | (05:51) | ||
| Gradient Mesh Tool | (06:30) | ||
| Bounding Box | (03:32) | ||
| Thin Layers | (00:54) | ||
| Eyedropper/Text | (03:36) | ||
| Layers to Photoshop | (06:49) | ||
| Links Palette | (09:25) | ||
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Drawing Paths
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| Pen Tool | (05:48) | ||
| Pencil Tool | (05:58) | ||
| Editing Paths | (09:29) | ||
| Convert Direction Tool | (02:25) | ||
| Compound Paths | (05:53) | ||
| Cap Ends | (05:39) | ||
| Reshape Tool | (02:33) | ||
| Offset Paths | (02:44) | ||
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Drawing Objects
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| Circles & Rectangles | (07:50) | ||
| Polygon Tool | (04:28) | ||
| Spiral Tool | (04:12) | ||
| Star Tool | (04:48) | ||
| Autotrace Tool | (04:50) | ||
| Masks | (07:24) | ||
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Color
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| Color Palette | (08:49) | ||
| Swatches | (06:27) | ||
| Color Liaries | (06:05) | ||
| Importing Swatches | (03:17) | ||
| Eyedropper & Paintbucket | (02:14) | ||
| Global Color Changes | (03:26) | ||
| Color Filters | (03:38) | ||
| Hard Mix & Soft Mix | (03:14) | ||
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Modifying Objects
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| Free Transform Tool | (05:43) | ||
| Shear Tool | (05:16) | ||
| Reflect Tool | (06:40) | ||
| Scale Tool | (06:49) | ||
| Rotate Tool | (06:42) | ||
| Transform Each | (05:45) | ||
| Transform Again | (05:36) | ||
| Twirl Tool/Filter | (02:17) | ||
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Brushes
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| Paintush Tool | (05:41) | ||
| Pattern Brush | (06:37) | ||
| Scatter Brush | (07:18) | ||
| Scatter Brush Liaries | (07:25) | ||
| Art Brush | (09:58) | ||
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Moving Objects
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| Stacking Order | (05:17) | ||
| Group Selection Tool | (03:54) | ||
| Move Command | (07:27) | ||
| Align & Distribute | (04:05) | ||
| Measure Tool | (03:03) | ||
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Guides & Measuring
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| Guides | (07:04) | ||
| Guide Objects | (03:16) | ||
| Grids | (03:51) | ||
| Measuring | (07:09) | ||
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Text
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| Character Attributes | (09:12) | ||
| Text Commands | (05:44) | ||
| More Character Attributes | (05:00) | ||
| Text Box | (04:33) | ||
| Paragraph Attributes | (05:41) | ||
| Import & Export Text | (03:05) | ||
| Create Outlines | (03:42) | ||
| Transforming Text | (02:50) | ||
| Linking Text Blocks | (05:39) | ||
| Text Wraps | (03:50) | ||
| Text on a Path | (04:52) | ||
| Vertical Text | (04:30) | ||
| Tab Ruler | (04:57) | ||
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Placing Images
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| Placing Images | (05:51) | ||
| Linking vs. Embedding | (04:56) | ||
| Tracing Images | (08:28) | ||
| Colorize Bitmap Images | (02:10) | ||
| Masking Images | (03:01) | ||
| Filters | (03:07) | ||
| Links Palette | (06:33) | ||
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Blends & Gradients
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| Gradient Tool & Palette | (05:52) | ||
| Modifying Gradients | (07:30) | ||
| Blend Colors | (05:18) | ||
| Blend Shapes | (05:36) | ||
| Mesh Gradient Tool | (09:17) | ||
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Patterns
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| Pattern Overview | (06:10) | ||
| Fill Pattern | (05:13) | ||
| Path Pattern | (09:18) | ||
| Geometric Patterns | (04:18) | ||
| Irregular Patterns | (06:55) | ||
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Filters
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| Mix Hard and Mix Soft | (03:49) | ||
| Adjust Colors | (03:01) | ||
| Color Filters | (06:33) | ||
| Free Distort Filter | (08:09) | ||
| Drop Shadows & Arrows | (05:13) | ||
| Round Corners | (01:45) | ||
| Object Mosaic | (06:50) | ||
| Rasterize | (04:05) | ||
| Zig Zag Filter | (02:14) | ||
| Scribbling & Tweaking | (05:17) | ||
| Punk & Bloat | (04:31) | ||
| Roughen | (02:35) | ||
| Twirl | (03:34) | ||
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Working Efficiently
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| Make Crop Marks | (02:17) | ||
| Registration Color | (03:01) | ||
| Ram Allocation | (02:02) | ||
| Easter Egg | (01:48) | ||
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| Course: | Adobe Illustrator 8 |
| Author: | Diane Presler |
| SKU: | 33060 |
| ISBN: | 1889347612 |
| Release Date: | 1998-10-29 |
| Duration: | 10 hrs / 103 tutorials |
| Captions: | No |
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