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Adobe Illustrator CS is the essential tool for designers, graphic artists, technical illustrators, business professionals, or anyone who wants to express their ideas visually in print, on the Web, or other medium. Powerful new features allow users to quickly take control of their designs and page layouts. New features include: optical kerning, global paragraph composition, and revolutionary new 3-D Effects. VTC Author Nathan Dickson begins with an introduction of basic menus, windows and drawing tools, and then moves on to cover all essential elements of Illustrator CS, making you an expert in no time at all. Take your graphic designs to a whole new level by clicking on one of the movie links below.
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Adobe Illustrator CS is the essential tool for designers, graphic artists, technical illustrators, business professionals, or anyone who wants to express their ideas visually in print, on the Web, or other medium. Powerful new features allow users to quickly take control of their designs and page layouts. New features include: optical kerning, global paragraph composition, and revolutionary new 3-D Effects. VTC Author Nathan Dickson begins with an introduction of basic menus, windows and drawing tools, and then moves on to cover all essential elements of Illustrator CS, making you an expert in no time at all. Take your graphic designs to a whole new level by clicking on one of the movie links below.

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Instructor: Nathan Dickson (more by this author)
Instruction: 154 Tutorials - Duration: 12 hrs
First Release: 2004-02-26
Compatitibility: Vista, XP, NT, 2000, 98, Mac OS9, Mac OS X 10.1+
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Free Demo Lessons

Introduction
movie image What is CS?
movie image New Features in Brief
movie image What are Vector Graphics?

Getting Started
movie image Welcome Screen
movie image Interface Essentials
movie image Saving
movie image Getting Assistance
movie image Resetting Mac Preferences
movie image Resetting PC Preferences

Drawing Fundamentals
movie image Basic Shapes
movie image Basic Selections
movie image Strokes / Fills / Colors pt. 1
movie image Strokes / Fills / Colors pt. 2
movie image The Stacking Order


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Environment
Using the Keyboard pt. 1
Using the Keyboard pt. 2
The Workspace
The Toolbox
Managing Palettes pt. 1
Managing Palettes pt. 2
Entering Values pt. 1
Entering Values pt. 2

Paths
Line Segments
The Pen Tool
Drawing Curves
Smooth and Corner Points
Editing Paths
Compound Paths
Optimum Curves
Rules for Optimum Curves

Selecting
Primary Selection Tools
Magic Wand Tool
Lasso Tool
Select Menu pt. 1
Select Menu pt. 2
The Bounding Box and Edges

Primitives
Drawing Arcs
Drawing Polygons
Drawing Stars
Drawing Spirals
Drawing Lens Flares
Drawing Rectangular Grids
Drawing Polar Grids
Drawing with the Pencil Tool

Transforming
Grouping
Hiding and Locking
Moving pt. 1
Moving pt. 2
Rotating
Scaling
Shearing and Reflecting
Transform Palette
Using Transform Each
Free Transform Tool
Reshape Tool
Liquification Tools pt. 1
Liquification Tools pt. 2
Align Palette Pt. 1
Align Palette Pt. 2
Transform Shortcuts
Cloning

Type Fundamentals
Point Type Tool
Character Palette pt. 1
Character Palette pt. 2
Typography Shortcuts
Area Type
Every-Line Composer
Justification Settings
Tabs and Leaders
No Break and Open Type
Color and Outline Type

Productivity
Navigator Palette
Document Info Palette / Hiding the Artboard
Rulers
Guides
Smart Guides
Snapping To and Saving Views
Application Preferences pt. 1
Application Preferences pt. 2
Application Preferences pt. 3
Info Palette and Measure Tool

Layers
Clipping Masks
Layers Palette
Palette Options
Layer Options
Rearranging pt. 1
Rearranging pt. 2
New Object Targeting
Dupe / Merge / Flatten
Collect and Release
Better Mask Management

Advanced Type
Text Wraps
Type on a Path pt. 1
Type on a Path pt. 2
Advanced Area Type
Threaded Text
Find and Replace and Spelling
Legacy Text
Type Menu Potpourri

Visual Attributes
Stroke Palette
Gradient Tool and Palette
Swatch Palette Views
Global Colors
Custom Patterns
Spot Colors and Merging
Custom Swatch Libraries
Overprinting

Brushes
Brush Tool and Palette
Calligraphic Brushes
Art Brushes
Scatter Brushes
Pattern Brushes

Special Tools
Paintbucket and Eyedropper Tools
Graph Tool
Gradient Meshes pt. 1
Gradient Meshes pt. 2
Blends
Auto-Tracing
Pathfinder Palette
Envelope Distort
Path Menu
Scissor and Knife Tools

Appearances and Styles
Appearance Palette
Editing Appearances pt. 1
Editing Appearances pt. 2
Appearances in the Layers Palette
Graphic Styles Palette
Expanding

Transparency
Transparency Palette
Transparency Options
Opacity Masks

Symbolism
Symbol Tools pt. 1
Symbol Tools pt. 2

External Graphics
Embedding vs. Linking
Link Management

Effects vs. Filters
Filters
Effects
Rasterize Settings

3D Effects
3D Space
3D Rotate
3D Extrude
3D Surface Maps pt. 1
3D Surface Maps pt. 2
3D Revolve
3D Lighting

Saving and Printing
Saving Native Formats
Exporting Other Formats
Saving for the Web
Transparency Issues
Desktop Printing
High Resolution Printing
Presets

Final Thoughts
Wrapping it Up

Credits
About this Author
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