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Adobe Illustrator 9 Tutorials
Adobe Illustrator 9 Tutorials
Author Name   Rachel Caplan
Total Movies   107
Duration   3 Hours

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Adobe Illustrator is preferred by designers, graphic artists, technical illustrators, wed designers, and business professionals. In Illustrator tutorial, Rachel Caplan guides you through the basics of Illustrator 9, then leads you into the more technical territory by showing you how to modify objects, the use of gradients, scribbling. Learn all about symbols and all other aspects of vector art including svg output format in this Adobe Illustrator tutorial.

This training course is designed for fast learning and covers all the fundamental points of the application, all cds work on a mac or pc and no application is needed.


The links below are free Adobe Illustrator 9 tutorials. To watch the entire contents of this training course please purchase the CD or subscribe to the Online University


Basics
  Introduction
 Raster vs. Vector
 Basic Interface
 The Toolbox
 Palettes
 Hand & Zoom tool
 Custom Views
 Navigator Palette
 Document Set Up
 Saving/Exporting Files
 Preferences
 Rulers & Guides/Grids
 Selection Tools
 Grouping Objects
 Locking & Hiding
 Arranging Objects

New Features
  Flash & SVG Output/Release to Layers
 Pixel Preview
 Instant Drop Shadows; Glows & Live Shapes
 Convert to Shape

Drawing Objects
  Drawing Rectangles
 Drawing Ellipses
 Polygons
 Stars
 Spirals
 Masks
 Opacity Masks

Drawing Paths
 Bezier Paths
Anchor Points
Pencil Tool

Editing Paths
 Adding & Deleting Anchor Points
Reshape Tool
Smooth & Erase Tool
Scissors Tool & Knife Tool
Joining Paths

Color
 Color Palette/Libraries
Swatches Palette
Transparency Palette
Eyedropper Tool
Paint Bucket Tool

Fills & Strokes
 Applying a Fill
Gradient Fills
Gradient Mesh Tool
Pattern Fills
Stroke Palette
Offset; Outline & Path

Painting
 Brushes Palette
Paintbrush Tool
Calligraphic Brush
Scatter Brush
Art Brush
Pattern Brush

Transformations
 Scaling & Rotating
Reflect
Shear
Free Transform Tool
Transform Each
Align Palette
Blend Tool
Pathfinder Palette
Duplicate; Transform & Again
Transform Palette

Text
 Point Text
Area Text
Linking Text Blocks
Text on a Path
Vertical Text
Character Palette
Paragraph Palette
Tab Palette
MM Palette
Converting Text to Outlines
Text as Mask
Change Case & Find Font
Punctuation and Spelling

Filters
 Free Distort
Punk & Bloat
Roughen
Scribble and Tweak
Twirl
Zig Zag
Rasterize
Arrows
Feather
Round Corners
Trim Marks

Vector Filters
 Adjust Colors
Object Mosaic
Pen & Ink
Photo Crosshatch
Blending Objects
Overprint Black
Saturate

Placing Images
 Placing Raster Images
Linking and Embedding
Links Palette
Auto Trace Tool

Actions
 Actions Window
Creating Actions

Web Graphics
 Web Palette
Assigning URL's to Objects
Web File Formats
Saving Images for the Web
Working with Animation

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