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Advanced Adobe Illustrator CS4 Tutorial Video

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Chapter 1: NAVIGATING ILLUSTRATOR

Using Adobe Bridge
Exploring Built-in Templates & Libraries
Locating Existing New Document Profiles & Creating Your Own
Advanced Guide Features
Using Artboards
Setting Up Workspaces & Panels

Chapter 2: ADVANCED PATH TECHNIQUES

Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool
Using the Refect Tool
Making Joins
Outlining a Stroke
Using the Transform Again Command
Using the Arrange Commands & Clipping Masks

Chapter 3: DRAWING & REDRAWING

Using Layers & Guides to Redraw a Logo
Using Outline Mode to Redraw a Hand-Drawn Image

Chapter 4: BLENDS & MESHES

Blending Paths with the Specified Steps Option
Blending Paths with the Smooth Color Option
Designing Web Buttons with the Blend Tool & Gradients
Colorizing with Gradients
Working with Gradient Meshes

Chapter 5: TRANSPARENCY

Colorize an Image with the Color Blend Mode
Using the Color Guide, Transform & Transparency Panels
Creating an Opacity Mask with a Radial Gradient
Using the Multiply Blend Mode

Chapter 6: CREATING PATTERNS

Defining a Pattern
Scaling & Replacing a Pattern
Redefining an Existing Illustrator Pattern
Making a Pattern from an Illustration

Chapter 7: WORKING WITH TYPE

Adding Point & Area Type
Placing Type from Other Documents
Using the Glyphs Panel
Setting Tabs
Creating Paragraph & Character Styles
Converting Text to Outlines
Putting an Image inside of Text

Chapter 8: WORKING WITH IMAGES

Linking vs. Embedding Images
Using a Clipping Mask to Make a Cutout
Creating a Clipping Mask between Two Layers
Importing an Adobe Photoshop Path

Chapter 9: COLOR MANAGEMENT

The Swatches Panel vs. the Color Panel
Adding & Deleting Colors from the Swatches Panel
Making Selections Based on Same Attributes
Creating a Global Color
Making & Saving a Gradient
Creating, Applying & Modifying a Gradient Graphic Style

Chapter 10: USING THE LIQUIFY & ENVELOPE TOOLS

Using the Liquify Tools to Distort Vectors
Warping Text Using the Envelope Distort Command
Conforming Text to the Shape of an Object Using Envelope Distort

Chapter 11: CREATING SYMBOLS

Defining & Redefining a Symbol
Using the Symbol Tools
Saving Symbol Sets

Chapter 12: CREATING & USING BRUSHES

Defining a Custom Scatter Brush
Defining an Art Brush
Using the Transform Panel & Defining a Pattern Brush
Defining a Pattern Brush to Make a Border
Using the Blob Brush Tool

Chapter 13: 3D EFFECTS

Using 3D Revolve
Making & Editing 3D Type
Mapping a Symbol to a Sphere Using 3D Revolve
Mapping Objects to a Cube Using 3D Extrude & Bevel

Chapter 14: USING LIVE TRACE

Adjusting Tracing Options
Exploring Live Trace Presets

Chapter 15: USING LIVE PAINT

Painting a Traced Object
Using Gap Detection
Using Live Paint Instead of Pathnder

Chapter 16: LIVE EFFECTS & GRAPHIC STYLES

Using Transform Eects
Saving & Applying a Graphic Style

Chapter 17: LIVE COLOR

Using Adobe KulerÃ�ï¿½ to Colorize an Object
Recoloring Artwork

Chapter 18: CREATING & FORMATTING GRAPHS

Creating a 3D Pie Chart
Defining a Column Graph
Placing Designs into the Columns

Chapter 19: ILLUSTRATOR ACTIONS

Defining a New Illustrator Action
Running an Action Using the Batch Command

Chapter 20: EXPLORING EXPORT OPTIONS

Exporting to QuarkXPress
Smart Objects & Photoshop
Exporting to Adobe InDesign
Exporting a Layered PDF File
Using the Flattener Preview
Color Blindness Preview Modes
Using Separations Preview
Using the Document Bleed

Chapter 21: CREATING FLASH ANIMATIONS

Animating with Layers
Animating with Blends
Credits

Advanced Illustrator CS4 Tutorial Info

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With Total Training for Adobe Illustrator CS4: Advanced, you'll learn all the secrets that illustrators use everyday to create vector artwork faster and more accurately. You'll discover all the new and exciting features inside of Illustrator CS4 as well as techniques to help you master things such as patterns, clipping paths, and 3D objects. You'll even learn how to build a Flash animation inside of Illustrator. This series is just want you need to take your Illustrator skills one step further and help you to stay competitive in today's job market!. Close »

Instructor : Robert Underwood

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