Illustrator CS6 101

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Adobe Illustrator is one of the mainstays of any professional digital graphic
designer’s toolkit. Join internationally-acclaimed author and MPV trainer Iain
Anderson from exotic Brisbane, Australia, as he cheerfully and expertly guides
you through the basics of what you need to know to get working with Adobe
Illustrator CS6.

Iain kicks off this Illustrator tutorial by showing you how to work with basic
Lines and Shapes, but quickly delves deeper by demonstrating the advanced
attributes of Strokes, Fills and Gradients. In a very short time, you will
have a thorough understanding of the intrinsic power of these components.

Iain then moves on to show you the power of the Pen tool. Along the way, he
also shares many of his special Pen tricks on how to best modify Bézier Paths.

While creating drawing objects is important, anyone who has used a traditional
eraser shield knows how important precise erasing techniques can be. Iain
shows you his favorite Illustrator tricks and shows you the tools you need for
accurate erasing and deleting. With these methods, you will be able to
partially or completely erase and edit drawing objects with ease and
confidence.

When it comes time to organizing your graphic art work, Iain’s expert advice
on good Grouping and Layering practices in Illustrator will make your life a
lot easier and get you working faster. He goes in-depth in this area and will
make you an expert organizer in no time.

Next, Iain shows you how to Transform objects. He demonstrates a variety of
techniques that use both the basic tools as well as the more advanced and
powerful commands and functions available in Illustrator CS6.

Since Text is such a critical part of creating most illustrations, Ian then
discusses and demonstrates the uses of point text, paragraph text as well as
how to place text along a curving path. In this section, you'll also find out
how easy and fast it is to convert text items to Outlines so you can apply all
the techniques you have learned to these new graphical objects.

To cap the tutorial off nicely, Iain puts it all together in a “mini-project”
that shows you how to apply everything you’ve learned up to this point by
producing a simple but professional logo design.

Table of contents:

1. Overview

2. Introducing the Interface

3. Document Setup Basics

4. Basic Tools

5. Lines

6. Shapes

7. Fills

8. Strokes

9. Advanced Strokes

10. Gradients

11. Recap

12. the Pen Tool and Bezier Paths

13. Pen Tips & Tricks

14. Erasing and Deleting

15. Grouping and Layers - Part 1

16. Grouping and Layers - Part 2

17. Transforming with Tools

18. Advanced Transforms

19. Text Basics

20. Type on a Path

21. Converting to Outlines

22. Make a Logo Recap

23. Saving and Exporting

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Feb. 15, 2013

Illustrator CS6 101

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