Illustrator CS5 One-on-One Advanced

Introduction
Welcome
Linking AI and EPS files to Illustrator
Installing the dekeKeys keyboard shortcuts
Remapping Mac OS shortcuts
Installing the Best Workflow color settings
The color settings explained
Preserve Numbers vs. embedded profiles
 
13. Live Trace
Converting pixels to vectors
Tracing an imported image
Other ways to trace
Raster and vector previews
Threshold, Min Area, and Max Colors
Tracing options: The raster functions
Using the Ignore White option
Tracing options: The vector functions
Expanding traced artwork
Sketching and drawing for Illustrator
Editing scanned line art
Adding contrast and color
Live Trace and resolution
Expanding and separating paths
Scaling and editing traced art
 
14. Gradients and the Gradient Tool
Gradients are good
Assigning a gradient fill
Using the gradient annotator
Editing multiple gradients
Establishing symmetrical gradients
Creating a radial gradient
Adjusting the midpoint skew
Mixing gradients with blend modes
Making a transparent gradient
Drop shadows and dynamic effects
Assigning a gradient to editable text
Editing text that includes dynamic effects
Assigning a gradient to a stroke
 
15. Blends and Masks
The earliest dynamic functions
The gradient-intensive illustration
Creating a multi-color blend
Establishing a clipping mask
Reinstating the mask colors
Editing blended paths
Adjusting the number of blended steps
Using the Blend tool
Blending between levels of opacity
Editing the path of the blend
Adding a custom path of the blend
Placing one mask inside another
Blending groups and adjusting the speed
Rotating objects in 3D space
Creating custom perspective guides
 
16. Repeating Tile Patterns
What's old is new again
Introducing tile patterns
Determining the points of intersection
Extending paths from the intersections
Crafting symmetrical subpaths
The final flawed subpaths
Reconciling misaligned paths
Completing the core path outline
Making a symmetrical modification
Adjusting the interior elements
Coloring paths and testing the interlock
Establishing a rectangular tile
Defining a tile pattern
Creating a few color variations
Protecting patterns from transformations
Transforming patterns without paths
 
17. Live Paint and Intersecting Objects
Filling and stroking virtual areas
Introducing Live Paint
Stroking with the Live Paint Bucket tool
Using the Live Paint Selection tool
Adding a path to a Live Paint group
Building a classic Celtic knot
Constructing the base objects
Weaving one object into another
Creating a path that overlaps itself
Painting a path that overlaps itself
Creating knots inside knots
Adding gradients and depth
 
18. Advanced Type Effects
Dynamic effects and OpenType
Applying a dynamic effect to type
Creating a basic bevel effect
Building up a multi-stroke effect
Best practices for 3D type
Applying a "path wiggler" to type
Drop shadows and Raster Effects settings
Duplicating attributes and effects
Editing type with dynamic effects
Ligatures, swashes, ordinals, and fractions
Small caps and the Glyphs panel
Warping text and increasing resolution
 
19. Advanced Color and Harmonies
A world of colors at your beck and call
Customizing a letterform to make a logo
Creating a custom drop shadow effect
Introducing the Color Guide panel
Harmonies and Color Guide settings
Lifting harmony rules from color groups
Harmony layouts and the Lab color wheel
Working inside the Edit Color dialog box
Limiting a color group to spot colors
Recoloring selected artwork
Recoloring with custom color groups
Swapping colors with the Color Bars feature
Using the options in the Assign panel
Moving color groups between documents
Distilling your artwork to one spot-color ink
Recoloring artwork that contains gradients
 
20. Working with Symbols
How symbols work
The power of symbols
Creating new symbols
Enabling CS's new 9-slice scaling
Adjusting your 9-slice scaling guides
Previewing and acquiring symbols
Finding a symbol and creating an instance
Duplicating and replacing instances
Breaking a symbol link and envelope fidelity
Distorting and expanding a symbol
Updating an existing symbol definition
Recoloring a symbol definition
Applying a basic "local" color adjustment
Applying a more elaborate local color adjustment
Laying down a random symbol set
The eight symbolism tools
Editing selected instances
 
21. Illustrator and Photoshop
Illustrator needs Photoshop
Two ways to place a pixel-based image
Working with linked images
Linking versus embedding
Stroking and blending an image
Adding a clipping mask and page curl
Creating a blended border effect
Rasterizing your artwork in Photoshop
Saving a flat raster file from Photoshop
Restoring cropped border elements
Copying and pasting into Photoshop
Working with Photoshop Smart Objects
Adding a pixel-based layer effect
Editing a Vector Smart Object in Illustrator
Creating and placing a transparent image
 
22. Real-World Blending
The many forms of transparency
Real-world blending modes
Exporting transparency from Illustrator
Opacity and blending modes
The Darken and Lighten modes
The Contrast, Inversion, and HSL modes
Blending modes in action
Creating a knockout group
Confirming the viability of your artwork
Introducing the opacity mask
Making an opacity mask
Drawing inside an opacity mask
Creating a gradient opacity mask
Adding an opacity mask to a single object
 
Conclusion
Until next time