Ten Ton Illustrator CS4 Essentials
Ten Ton Illustrator CS4 Essentials, by Geoff Blake
Platform: Mac & PC
Format: DVD-ROM; Online
6 hours
Level: Beginner to intermediate
Release Date: Aug 2010
Project Files: Included
Purchase the DVD $99
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Product Description
Come along for a journey into an amazing world of vector-based artwork, tools, and commands in Ten Ton Illustrator! Hosted by award-winning veteran software trainer, designer, and artist Geoff Blake, you’ll learn tricks, techniques, and go-arounds to achieve brilliant results, artistic effects, and stunning visuals. Whether you’re preparing work for print, the web, or beyond, you’ll gain the skills necessary to stay competitive in todays marketplace using the world’s leading vector graphics editor, Adobe Illustrator!
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Welcome To Ten Ton Illustrator!
- Ready To Get Going With Illustrator?
- Who The Heck Is Geoff Blake?
- What’s On The DVD And How All This Works
Chapter 1: Let’s Get Up And Running With Illustrator!
- Getting A New Document Set Up
- Touring The Toolbox And Menus
- A Look At The Application Bar And Panels
- Making Illustrator Our Own: Customizing Workspaces And Keyboard Shortcuts
- Gettin’ Settin’ Preferences
- Getting Around Within A Document
- Using Rulers, Guides And Grids
- Setting Document Color Modes And The New Artboard Tool
Chapter 2: The Fundamentals: Drawing And Transforming Objects!
- Let’s Draw Some Rectangles And Squares
- And Now For Ovals And Circles
- Creating Polygons And Stars
- Drawing Lines, Arcs And Grids
- Tracing Out A Placed Image
Chapter 3: Gettin’ Handy With The Selection Tools!
- Using Illustrator’s Selection Tool
- Precise Selections With The Direct Selection Tool
- Selecting With The Lasso Tool
- Using The Magic Wand Tool
- Check Out These Advanced Selection Techniques
- Saving And Reloading Selections
Chapter 4: Managing Shapes And Artwork!
Chapter 5: Are Ya Ready For Color?
- Applying Fills And Strokes
- Loading In Additional Swatch Libraries
- Copying Fills And Strokes With The Eyedropper Tool
- Mixing Up And Saving Out Custom Colors
- Using Pantone And Web-Safe Colors
- Creating And Using Gradients
- Working With Symbols In Illustrator
Chapter 6: What Illustrator’s All About: Gettin’ Down With Paths!
- Illustrator’s Pencil, Eraser And Smooth Tools
- The Pen Tool, Part One: Creating Straight Paths
- The Pen Tool, Part Two: Creating Curved Paths
- The Pen Tool, Part Three: Creating Combination Paths
- Inking A Penciled Drawing
- Manipulating Paths And Anchor Points
- Creating Cool Artistic Brush Effects
Chapter 7: Learnin’ About Layers!
- Setting Up Layers
- Understanding How It Works: Layers, Sublayers And Isolation Mode
- Creating Layouts With Multiple Versions
- Moving Objects Between Layers
- Duplicating Your Layers
- Applying Transparency And Blending Modes
Chapter 8: Let’s Add In Some Text!
- Creating Artistic And Paragraph Text
- Importing Text Into Illustrator
- Applying Formatting To Text
- Creating And Editing Paragraph Styles
- Creating A Bulleted List And Inserting Special Characters
- Wrapping Text Around Shapes And Objects
- Creating Type On A Path
- Super-Cool Type Effects
Chapter 9: Getting Your Work Out Of Illustrator!
- Saving Your Artwork
- Exporting To Different File Formats
- Saving Your Work For The Web
- Printing And Saving Artwork To Adobe PDF
Chapter 10: Wrappin’ Up Ten Ton Illustrator!
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