Illustrator CC 2019 One-on-One Fundamentals

Release date:2019, March 22

Duration:18 h 29 m

Author:Deke McClelland

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Introduction 001 The most comprehensive Illustrator training 002 A few important items before you begin

01. Working with Documents 003 A first look at Illustrator 004 Opening from the Windows desktop 005 Opening from the Macintosh Finder 006 Introducing the Start screen 007 Creating a new document 008 The units of design – Points and picas 009 The Advanced document settings 010 Activate missing fonts 011 Modifying your new document 012 Saving your changes 013 Closing open documents on the PC 014 Closing open documents on the Mac

02. Working with Artboards 015 Pages of any size, at any angle 016 Using the Artboard tool 017 Undo, Redo, and Revert 018 Selecting multiple artboards 019 Creating and duplicating artboards 020 Five ways to resize artboards 021 Introducing the Artboards panel 022 Navigating between artboards 023 Aligning and distributing artboards 024 Automatically tidying up your artboards 025 Artboards and rulers

03. Getting Around 026 Navigating your artwork 027 Zooming in and out 028 Using the more precise Zoom tool 029 Zooming on a selection (or not) 030 Animated zooming and GPU Performance 031 Scrolling (or panning) a document 032 Specifying a custom zoom level 033 Working with multiple open documents 034 Customizing your panels (important!) 035 Saving your custom panels as a workspace 036 Cycling between screen modes 037 Trim view presentation mode

04. Drawing Lines 038 Now, we draw 039 Creating center guides 040 Using the Line Segment tool 041 Straight lines and the bounding box 042 Duplicating and extending 043 Using the Move command 044 Introducing the Scissors tool 045 Joining your line segments 046 Using the Arc tool 047 Using the Rectangular Grid tool 048 Using the Polar Grid tool 049 Using the Spiral tool 050 Adding a circular end to a spiral 051 Adjusting the curvature of an arc 052 Centering all artwork on an artboard

05. Drawing Shapes 053 And now, we draw better 054 Creating a time-saving template 055 Using the Ellipse tool 056 Live ellipses and pies 057 Drawing two perfectly aligned circles 058 Creating compound paths 059 Using the Rectangle tool 060 The dynamic round corner controls 061 Adding some simple reflections 062 Rotating your artwork into position 063 Using the Polygon and Star tools 064 Working with live polygons 065 Creating the perfect five-pointed star 066 Repeating stars in alternating rows 067 Introducing the Group Isolation mode 068 Adding a drop shadow to a layer 069 Using the crazy Flare tool 070 The top-secret tilde key trick

06. Color and Swatches 071 How color works 072 The color modes – RGB vs. CMYK 073 Hue, saturation, and brightness 074 Selecting a color from the spectrum 075 Creating and applying swatches 076 Working with global swatches 077 Searching swatches by name 078 Auto-deleting and adding swatches 079 Using the Eyedropper tool 080 Loading swatches from another document

07. Strokes, Dashes, and Arrows 081 The rick world of strokes 082 Adjusting the line weight 083 How strokes align to path outlines 084 Caps, joins, and miter limit 085 Making practical use of caps and joins 086 Dashes and arrowheads 087 Variable-width strokes 088 Numerically adjusting Width points 089 Custom aligning strokes to paths 090 Creating a custom Width Profile 091 Creating a classic round-dotted outline 092 Drawing a quick-and-dirty gear 093 Combining multiple strokes 094 Offsetting strokes to simulate depth

08. Creating and Formatting Type 095 Text at its best 096 Placing and flowing text 097 Converting between area and point type 098 Modifying the text frame 099 Creating custom margins guides 100 Changing the font and type style 101 Introducing variable fonts 102 Paragraph alignment 103 Type size and leading 104 Dialing in custom variable styles 105 Creating your own custom italics 106 Kerning characters of type 107 Roman hanging punctuation 108 Filling and stroking text

09. Building Custom Paths 109 Join and the Shape Builder 110 Using the Join command 111 Using the Join tool 112 Object _ Path _ Outline Stroke 113 Using the Shape Builder tool 114 More ways to use the Shape Builder 115 Creating a real-world project 116 Creating an inset reflection 117 Coloring a path with the Shape Builder 118 Sculpting with variable-width strokes 119 Converting text to path outlines 120 Gap detection and path splitting 121 Drawing with the Shaper tool 122 Combining paths with the Shaper tool 123 Editing paths inside a Shaper group

10. Using the Pencil Tol 124 A world-leading freeform drawing tool 125 Drawing freeform path outlines 126 The Smooth tool and Path Eraser 127 Extending and connecting paths 128 Drawing straight and perpendicular lines 129 Creating a tracing template 130 Combining the Pencil with a drawing tablet 131 Coloring your Pencil tool art

11. Painting and Erasing 132 The best tools for painting 133 Painting with the Blob Brush 134 Fusing path outlines together 135 Introducing the Eraser tool 136 Reassigning keyboard shortcuts 137 Merging selected paths 138 Releasing compound paths 139 Erasing and smoothing lumps 140 Painting with a few simple clicks 141 Reducing the roundness value 142 Painting with a drawing tablet

12. Using the Curvature Tool 143 Drawing a path one point at a time 144 Drawing with the Curvature tool 145 Working with smooth and corner points 146 Creating and editing open path outlines 147 Tracing a photographic detail 148 Adding a basic textured fill 149 Shape-building a castle wall 150 A first look at gradients 151 Editing a shape with the Curvature tool 152 A first look at object blends 153 Duplicating and scaling a complex object 154 Drawing a custom letterform 155 Creating a rippling line segment 156 Adding a piece of vector-based clipart

13. Using the Pen Tool 157 The one tool that can draw anything 158 Creating corner points 159 Adding and deleting anchor points 160 How smooth points work 161 Drawing smooth points 162 Drawing cusp points 163 Using the Anchor Point tool 164 Real-world drawing with the Pen tool 165 Drawing a very complex path outline 166 Copying and repurpose path segments 167 Drawing a lot with very few points 168 Creating dimension with shadows 169 Shading the eye, ear, and nose 170 Drawing smoothly waving path outlines

14. Drawing with Round Corners 171 Making corners smooth 172 The round corner widget 173 Rounding off corner points 174 Changing the corner type 175 Rounding characters of type 176 Absolute vs. relative rounding 177 Drawing with rounded rectangles 178 Drawing an iPhone 179 Decorating an iPhone screen 180 Drawing a leather smartphone case 181 Colorizing a line art template 182 Turning corners into organic curves 183 Reshaping rounded paths

15. Making Screen Graphics 184 Saving for devices and the web 185 Aligning objects to the pixel grid 186 Aligning objects as you draw or modify them 187 Aligning text to the pixel grid 188 Introducing the Save for Web command 189 Scaling your art to suit its destination 190 For devices and presentations, use PNG 191 Saving an 8-bit graphic 192 Saving a JPEG image 193 Saving vector-based SVG files 194 Assigning a copyright 195 Using the Export for Screens command 196 Using the Asset Export panel 197 Asset export time-saving tricks

Conclusion 198 Until next time

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