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Expand your creative vision by learning how to express your ideas in print and on the web with Total Training for Adobe Illustrator CS2. The comprehensive videos provide you with valuable tips on essential design techniques and ways to improve workflow with other Adobe products.

Deke McClelland, a Photoshop Hall of Famer, leads you through lessons that are peppered with helpful insights, tips, and tricks that develop good habits in beginners and enable experienced professionals to become more effective and efficient with Illustrator. Also, learn how Matthew Richmond at The Chopping Block, Inc. creates cool projects with Illustrator for clients.

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COURSE OUTLINE

Program 1 - Discovering Illustrator

1. Introducing Illustrator (37 min)
Lesson 1: Using the Welcome Screen
Lesson 2: Introducing Vector Based Paths
Lesson 3: Working with Layers in Illustrator
Lesson 4: Introducing Anchor Points
Lesson 5: Creating a New Document
Lesson 6: Repositioning and Adjusting View
Lesson 7: Saving the Document
Lesson 8: Utilizing Illustrator Startup Documents

2. The Bridge (29 min)
Lesson 1: Intro to Bridge and The Bridge Center in CS
Lesson 2: Finding Folders and The Thunbnail View
Lesson 3: Opening, Moving and Previewing Bridge Files
Lesson 4: Preview, Filtering and Rating Options
Lesson 5: Orgainizing Files using Preferences
Lesson 6: Deleting, Duplicating, Moving files in Bridge
Lesson 7: Renaming Sorting and Batch Renaming files
Lesson 8: Presenting a slide show from the Bridge

3. Workspace & Navigation (36 min)
Lesson 1: Setting Up Preferences
Lesson 2: Using Color Settings
Lesson 3: Configuring Pallettes & Workspaces
Lesson 4: Using Navigation

4. Symetrical Shapes (40 min)
Lesson 1: Setting Palette Options and Using Transparacy
Lesson 2: A Look at the Shape Tools. Creating a Circle
Lesson 3: Aligning Circle Shapes
Lesson 4: Creating Star Shapes
Lesson 5: Creating Rectangle Shapes
Lesson 6: Using the Flip Tool to Mirror Shapes
Lesson 7: Combining Shapes
Lesson 8: Tilde Key Function

5. Fill, Stroke and Color (55 min)
Lesson 1: Introduction to Fill and Stroke
Lesson 2: An Overview of the Color Pallette
Lesson 3: The Color Spectrum Bar and Dialing in colors
Lesson 4: Black vs. Rich Black in the Color Palette
Lesson 5: CMYK vs. RGB
Lesson 6: Creating and Saving new Color Swatches
Lesson 7: Filling and Arranging Objects in a document
Lesson 8: Modifying and Arranging the Stroke of an Object
Lesson 9: Display Artifacts and Stroke Pallete options
Lesson 10: Creating a fill Pattern

6. Transforming Paths (60 min)
Lesson 1: Introducing Path Transformations
Lesson 2: Duplicating Objects
Lesson 3: Moving Objects in Increments
Lesson 4: Using the Reshape Tool
Lesson 5: Moving Paths
Lesson 6: Using the Offset Path Dialogue Box
Lesson 7: Working with Swatches
Lesson 8: Grouping Paths
Lesson 9: Using the Scale Tool
Lesson 10: Using the Rotate Tool
Lesson 11: Rotating Multiple Objects
Lesson 12: Advanced Rotate Options

7. Using the Powerful Pen Tool (48 min)
Lesson 1: Using Bridge
Lesson 2: Creating a Tracing Template
Lesson 3: Drawing with the Pen Tool
Lesson 4: Modifying a Path
Lesson 5: Using and Editing Spline Curves
Lesson 6: Using Bezi?r Curves
Lesson 7: Creating a Cusp Point
Lesson 8: Modifying and Converting Bezi?r Curves
Lesson 9: Cutting, Extending, and Closing Paths
Lesson 10: Filling Paths

8. Selecting Points and Paths (59 min)
Lesson 1: Strokes and Fills
Lesson 2: Appearance Palate - Transform And Tweak
Lesson 3: Working With Layers - Uzz Character
Lesson 4: Making Use of the Join Command
Lesson 5: Locked Layers
Lesson 6: Making Center Points
Lesson 7: Intro To Pathfinder - Intersect Shape Areas
Lesson 8: Precision Filling Selection
Lesson 9: Various Selection Commands & Methods
Lesson 10: Various Scaling Methods
Lesson 11: Lacemaking Using Shape Tool - Rotate & Fill
Lesson 12: Merging Strokes & Fills With Compound Path
Lesson 13: Lacemaking Using Direction Handles & Anchor Points
Lesson 14: Pucker & Bloat

9. Pathfinder Operations (40 min)
Lesson 1: Touring the Project
Lesson 2: An Introduction to the Pathfinder Operations
Lesson 3: Working with the Pathfinder Palete
Lesson 4: Comparing Pathfinder Behaviors
Lesson 5: Joining Paths and the Miter Limit
Lesson 6: Croping, Uniting and Arranging
Lesson 7: Selectiing and Deselecting Paths
Lesson 8: Fill Options and other pathfinder operations

10. Liquify & Envelope (33 min)
Lesson 1: Preparing an Image for Liquify & Envelope
Lesson 2: Using the Warp Tool to Liquify
Lesson 3: Using the Envelope Functions
Lesson 4: Editing Enveloped Content
Lesson 5: Liquify with Live Trace

11. Creating and Formatting Type (50 min)
Lesson 1: Importing Text into Illustrator
Lesson 2: Selecting Text for Reformatting
Lesson 3: Moving Text to a New Text Container
Lesson 4: Reformatting Text with the Paragraphs Pallet
Lesson 5: Altering Text Font and Size
Lesson 6: Moving Text and Altering Line Spacing
Lesson 7: Copying Text Formats

Program 2 - Treasures from the Object Orient

1. Gradients & Gradient Mesh (46 min)
Lesson 1: Applying a Gradient
Lesson 2: Using Swatches
Lesson 3: Using the Gradient Palette
Lesson 4: Using the Gradient Slider Bar
Lesson 5: Adding Colors
Lesson 6: Using the Gradient Tool
Lesson 7: Making Color Adjustments
Lesson 8: Using the Eye Dropper Tool
Lesson 9: Reviewing the Appearance Palette and Gradients on Strokes
Lesson 10: Expanding Appearance
Lesson 11: Creating a Gradient Mesh
Lesson 12: Expanding a Gradient Mesh
Lesson 13: Modifying Gradient Mesh Colors
Lesson 14: Modifying Gradient Mesh Points and Control Handles
Lesson 15: Applying Other Gradient Mesh Color Change
Lesson 16: Adjusting Gradient Mesh Preferences
Lesson 17: Blending Objects into the Gradient Mesh

2. Blends and Masks (34 min)
Lesson 1: Creating Simple Color Gradients
Lesson 2: Creating Custom Gradients via Blending
Lesson 3: Cropping Custom Gradient Blends
Lesson 4: Customizing Blends for Specific Shapes
Lesson 5: Creating Blends Between Two Shapes
Lesson 6: Changing the Shape of Customized Blends
Lesson 7: Masking Edges with Clipping Masks
Lesson 8: Masking the Shape of Customized Blends
Lesson 9: Changing Opacities of Clipping Mask Layers

3. Brushing with Vectors (45 min)
Lesson 1: Illustrator CS 2's Brush Tool
Lesson 2: The Brush Options Dialogue Box
Lesson 3: Extending Selected Paths
Lesson 4: Illustrator Art Brushes
Lesson 5: Editing Your Art Brush Strokes
Lesson 6: Making a Custom Art Brush
Lesson 7: Finishing Up Your Art Brush and Typing on a Path
Lesson 8: Fixing Your Text
Lesson 9: Converting Text To An Art Brush

4. Using Transparency (38 min)
Lesson 1: Assigning Different Opacity For Stroke And Fill
Lesson 2: Working With Knockout Group
Lesson 3: Creating an Opacity Mask
Lesson 4: Multiply Mode
Lesson 5: Adding Objects To Opacity Masks
Lesson 6: Opacity Mask With a Gradient
Lesson 7: Blend Mode - Multiply Mode
Lesson 8: Transpacency Palatte
Lesson 9: Blend Mode - Color Mode
Lesson 10: Making Translucent Gradient in Blend Mode
Lesson 11: Create Mask With Boundary Layer
Lesson 12: Printing Tips With Flattener Preview

5. Pre-Assembly (50 min)
Lesson 1: Introducing Live Effects
Lesson 2: Dealing with Fills and Strokes
Lesson 3: Using the Scribble Dialogue Box
Lesson 4: Managing the Appearance Palette
Lesson 5: Introducing the Transform Command
Lesson 6: Reapplying the Transform Command
Lesson 7: Modifying Stroke Attributes
Lesson 8: Changing the Transform Origin
Lesson 9: Saving and Loading Graphic Styles

6. Dynamic Type Treatments (41 min)
Lesson 1: Dynamic Effects for Objects
Lesson 2: Transform Effects and Stacking Order
Lesson 3: Text Effects, Warnings and Selection Settings
Lesson 4: Applying the Warp Effect and Editing Text
Lesson 5: Applying a Stroke and Transforming the Text
Lesson 6: Thickening the text using Path options
Lesson 7: Creating Drop shadows & Text Effects
Lesson 8: Filling Text with Color and Gradients

7. Live Trace (33 min)
Lesson 1: Reviewing Files for Live Trace
Lesson 2: Using the Live Trace Tool
Lesson 3: Applying Threshold and Minimum Area
Lesson 4: Reviewing Adjustments and View Tracing Option
Lesson 5: Reviewing Trace Settings Tracing Option
Lesson 6: Expanding Traced Items to Paths
Lesson 7: Using Tracing Options for Color
Lesson 8: Altering Swatches in Color Tracing

8. Live Paint (43 min)
Lesson 1: Live Painting Fills
Lesson 2: Live Painting Strokes
Lesson 3: Live Paint-Bucket Basics
Lesson 4: Live Painting Update On Fly
Lesson 5: Paint Bucket Tricks
Lesson 6: Live Painting Paths
Lesson 7: Leaving Isolation Mode
Lesson 8: Selecting Paths In Live Paint
Lesson 9: Selection Tool In Live Paint
Lesson 10: Layering Strokes In Live Paint
Lesson 11: Live Painting A Trace
Lesson 12: Gap Detection
Lesson 13: Close Gaps With Paths

9. Using Symbols (25 min)
Lesson 1: Introducing Symbols
Lesson 2: Accessing Symbol Libraries
Lesson 3: Manipulating and Duplicating Symbols
Lesson 4: Altering All Instances of a Symbol
Lesson 5: Replacing All Instances of a Symbol
Lesson 6: Creating Symbols
Lesson 7: Applying Symbols with the Symbol Spray Tool
Lesson 8: Modifying Symbols with Symbol Tools

10. 3D Effects (44 min)
Lesson 1: Introduction to 3D space and 3D Effects
Lesson 2: Applying and Adjusting the Extrude and Bevel effect
Lesson 3: Lighting, Shading and Gradation
Lesson 4: Mapping the Artwork onto the extruded object
Lesson 5: Modifying the object and the Mapped artwork
Lesson 6: Applying and Adjusting the Revolve Effect
Lesson 7: Using Photoshop to help with 3D Effects

11. Printing & Exporting (31 min)
Lesson 1: Setting Document Trim Size
Lesson 2: Creating Page Bleed
Lesson 3: Setting Imageable Portion of Output Page
Lesson 4: Preparing General Setup Output Settings
Lesson 5: Preparing Print Bleed Settings
Lesson 6: Preparing Printer Settings
Lesson 7: Altering Document Rasterize Settings
Lesson 8: Saving Print Settings
Lesson 9: Exporting Documents as Different File Types

12. Flash Animation (39 min)
Lesson 1: Intro To SWF Animation
Lesson 2: Animating Live Effects
Lesson 3: Exporting Flash Animations
Lesson 4: Adding Frames To Animations
Lesson 5: Creating A Symbol File
Lesson 6: Animating A Symbol
Lesson 7: Animating Between 3D Extrusions

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