Illustrator CS3 - Essentials (Program Details)
COURSE OUTLINE
Lesson 1: WELCOME TO ILLUSTRATOR CS3 (19 min)
1. Vectors vs. Pixels
2. Understanding Points, Paths, Fills & Strokes
3. Exploring the New Welcome Screen
4. Opening an Existing Document
5. Saving & Closing Documents
Lesson 2: THE ILLUSTRATOR INTERFACE (37 min)
1. Using the Menu Bar & Status Bar
2. Working with the Tool Box
3. Using the Control Palette
4. Using the Palette Dock
5. Saving & Loading Workspaces
6. Setting Preferences
7. Zooming & Panning a Document
8. Working with the Layers Palette
Lesson 3: CREATING & COLORING OBJECTS (46 min)
1. Working with Rulers, Guides & Grids
2. Drawing Rectangles & Ovals
3. Selecting & Deleting Objects
4. Duplicating Objects
5. Dividing an Object
6. Drawing Polygons & Stars
7. Drawing Lines, Arcs, Spirals & Grids
8. Changing Fills & Strokes
9. Changing Opacity & Using the Eyedropper Tool
10. Using the Colour Palette
11. Understanding Live Colour
Lesson 4: MANIPULATING OBJECTS (26 min)
1. Using Simple Transformations
2. Rotating Objects
3. Using the Transform Menu
4. Shearing & Reflecting Objects
5. Using the Transform Each Command
6. Aligning & Distributing Objects
7. Distorting Objects
Lesson 5: DRAWING IN ILLUSTRATOR (19 min)
1. Freeform Drawing with the Pencil Tool
2. Drawing with Brushes
3. Tracing a Template
4. Using Live Trace
Lesson 6: USING THE PEN TOOL (18 min)
1. Understanding Anchor Points
2. Drawing Straight Lines
3. Drawing Curves
4. Working with Curved Corner Points
5. Working with Combination Corner Points
6. Converting Anchor Points
Lesson 7: WORKING WITH POINTS & PATHS (27 min)
1. Using the Direct Selection Tool
2. Transforming Points & Path Segments
3. Splitting & Joining Paths
4. Aligning Points
5. Adding & Removing Points
6. Using the Pathfinder Palette
7. Final Comments & Credits
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