Adobe Illustrator 9 Tutorials
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Course Description
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, Rachel Caplan guides you through the basics of Illustrator 9, then leads you into the more technical territory by showing you how to modify objects, the use of gradients, scribbling and tweaking, and more. By clicking one of the subjects below, you can start the learning process right away.
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Basics
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| Introduction | (00:59) | ||
| Raster vs. Vector | (00:58) | ||
| Basic Interface | (01:50) | ||
| The Toolbox | (04:41) | ||
| Palettes | (01:43) | ||
| Hand & Zoom tool | (01:01) | ||
| Custom Views | (00:32) | ||
| Navigator Palette | (00:37) | ||
| Document Set Up | (03:00) | ||
| Saving/Exporting Files | (02:35) | ||
| Preferences | (05:43) | ||
| Rulers & Guides/Grids | (01:18) | ||
| Selection Tools | (02:23) | ||
| Grouping Objects | (02:03) | ||
| Locking & Hiding | (01:56) | ||
| Arranging Objects | (00:42) | ||
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New Features
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| Flash & SVG Output/Release to Layers | (01:39) | ||
| Pixel Preview | (00:10) | ||
| Instant Drop Shadows; Glows & Live Shapes | (00:58) | ||
| Convert to Shape | (01:10) | ||
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Drawing Objects
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| Drawing Rectangles | (01:14) | ||
| Drawing Ellipses | (00:37) | ||
| Polygons | (00:48) | ||
| Stars | (01:05) | ||
| Spirals | (01:12) | ||
| Masks | (02:22) | ||
| Opacity Masks | (01:35) | ||
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Drawing Paths
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| Bezier Paths | (00:48) | ||
| Anchor Points | (02:49) | ||
| Pencil Tool | (00:46) | ||
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Editing Paths
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| Adding & Deleting Anchor Points | (01:53) | ||
| Reshape Tool | (00:33) | ||
| Smooth & Erase Tool | (01:01) | ||
| Scissors Tool & Knife Tool | (01:01) | ||
| Joining Paths | (00:59) | ||
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Color
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| Color Palette/Liaries | (04:16) | ||
| Swatches Palette | (04:08) | ||
| Transparency Palette | (01:52) | ||
| Eyedropper Tool | (00:49) | ||
| Paint Bucket Tool | (00:35) | ||
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Fills & Strokes
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| Applying a Fill | (00:18) | ||
| Gradient Fills | (03:25) | ||
| Gradient Mesh Tool | (02:36) | ||
| Pattern Fills | (02:46) | ||
| Stroke Palette | (02:44) | ||
| Offset; Outline & Path | (01:11) | ||
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Painting
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| Brushes Palette | (00:44) | ||
| Paintush Tool | (01:22) | ||
| Calligraphic Brush | (01:59) | ||
| Scatter Brush | (02:12) | ||
| Art Brush | (01:47) | ||
| Pattern Brush | (02:07) | ||
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Transformations
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| Scaling & Rotating | (01:04) | ||
| Reflect | (00:46) | ||
| Shear | (00:33) | ||
| Free Transform Tool | (01:49) | ||
| Transform Each | (01:16) | ||
| Align Palette | (01:24) | ||
| Blend Tool | (02:19) | ||
| Pathfinder Palette | (03:57) | ||
| Duplicate; Transform & Again | (01:02) | ||
| Transform Palette | (00:59) | ||
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Text
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| Point Text | (00:41) | ||
| Area Text | (01:06) | ||
| Linking Text Blocks | (01:06) | ||
| Text on a Path | (01:27) | ||
| Vertical Text | (00:27) | ||
| Character Palette | (03:15) | ||
| Paragraph Palette | (01:05) | ||
| Tab Palette | (00:39) | ||
| MM Palette | (00:16) | ||
| Converting Text to Outlines | (00:25) | ||
| Text as Mask | (00:50) | ||
| Change Case & Find Font | (00:46) | ||
| Punctuation and Spelling | (00:23) | ||
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Filters
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| Free Distort | (00:38) | ||
| Punk & Bloat | (00:33) | ||
| Roughen | (00:26) | ||
| Scribble and Tweak | (00:38) | ||
| Twirl | (00:27) | ||
| Zig Zag | (00:31) | ||
| Rasterize | (01:34) | ||
| Arrows | (00:38) | ||
| Feather | (00:26) | ||
| Round Corners | (00:13) | ||
| Trim Marks | (00:15) | ||
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Vector Filters
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| Adjust Colors | (01:12) | ||
| Object Mosaic | (00:12) | ||
| Pen & Ink | (00:25) | ||
| Photo Crosshatch | (00:30) | ||
| Blending Objects | (00:32) | ||
| Overprint Black | (00:12) | ||
| Saturate | (00:18) | ||
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Placing Images
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| Placing Raster Images | (00:52) | ||
| Linking and Embedding | (01:05) | ||
| Links Palette | (02:26) | ||
| Auto Trace Tool | (00:26) | ||
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Actions
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| Actions Window | (01:53) | ||
| Creating Actions | (00:46) | ||
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Web Graphics
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| Web Palette | (00:24) | ||
| Assigning URLs to Objects | (01:07) | ||
| Web File Formats | (01:22) | ||
| Saving Images for the Web | (02:59) | ||
| Working with Animation | (00:25) | ||
Course Information
| Course: | Adobe Illustrator 9 |
| Author: | Rachel Caplan |
| SKU: | 33208 |
| ISBN: | 1930519133 |
| Release Date: | 2001-02-20 |
| Duration: | 3 hrs / 107 tutorials |
| Work Files: |
Yes |
| Captions: | No |
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