Getting Started With Illustrator Cc

A step-by-step guide to mastering Adobe’s flagship vector graphics editor!

What you'll learn
Create eye-popping vector artwork and successfully navigate within Adobe Illustrator
Master the fundamentals of vector artwork and Adobe Illustrator
See how to create, organize, and edit your vector objects
Create and format text, including type along a path
Apply non-destructive special effects like shadows, 3D effects, and more
Learn how to pull your artwork out of Illustrator and into other graphic file formats
Requirements
Access to a copy of Adobe Illustrator
Description
In Getting Started With Illustrator CC, award-winning veteran trainer Geoff Blake walks you through the fundamentals of Adobe's flagship vector graphics editor. You'll start with the basics: Understanding vector artwork and how it differs from raster images, and how to navigate through and customize Illustrator's interface. Then, it's on to making precise, masterful selections with Illustrator's variety of commands and tools. Next, you'll create and manage your own vector artwork, and learn how to scale, align, and adjust your objects with ease. Typography, including handing text objects and create text along a path comes next, followed by more advanced Illustrator techniques like special effects, Pathfinders, and exporting your work into a variety of file formats. All this and more awaits in Getting Started With Illustrator CC!

Overview

Section 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1 Welcome, Here's What We'll Learn

Lecture 2 Understanding Raster & Vector Graphics

Lecture 3 A Crash Course In Graphic File Formats

Section 2: Getting Comfortable in the Illustrator Environment

Lecture 4 Opening, Creating & Working With Multiple Documents

Lecture 5 A Tour Of The Illustrator Interface

Lecture 6 Customizing The Illustrator Environment

Lecture 7 Saving Saving Interface Workspaces

Lecture 8 Zooming and Navigation Techniques

Lecture 9 Using Illustrator's Outline Mode

Section 3: Working With Selections

Lecture 10 Using the Selection Tool

Lecture 11 Using the Direct Selection Tool

Lecture 12 Free-Handing Selections With The Lasso Tool

Lecture 13 Selecting Objects Based On Colour

Lecture 14 Advanced Selection Techniques

Lecture 15 Saving & Reloading Selections

Section 4: Drawing Shapes & Paths

Lecture 16 Drawing Rectangles & Squares

Lecture 17 Drawing Ovals & Circles

Lecture 18 Drawing Rounded Rectangles, Polygons & Stars

Lecture 19 Drawing Lines, Arcs & Grids

Lecture 20 Drawing With The Pencil Tool (And Erasing Mistakes)

Lecture 21 Understanding Vector Paths

Lecture 22 Introducing Illustrator Brushes

Lecture 23 Using The Blob Brush

Section 5: Managing Objects

Lecture 24 Moving And Duplicating Objects

Lecture 25 Rotating, Reflecting, And Transforming Shapes

Lecture 26 Precisely Transforming And Positioning Objects

Lecture 27 Precise Positioning Using The Transform Panel

Lecture 28 Automatically Calculating In The Transform Panel

Lecture 29 Controlling Stacking Order

Lecture 30 Grouping And Ungrouping Objects

Lecture 31 Locking And Hiding

Lecture 32 Aligning And Spacing Objects Apart

Lecture 33 Aligning To A Key Object

Section 6: Working With Colour

Lecture 34 Methods For Applying Fills And Strokes

Lecture 35 Setting Stroke Options

Lecture 36 Creating A Dashed Outline Effect

Lecture 37 Exploring Illustrator's Swatch Libraries

Lecture 38 Mixing And Saving Custom Colours

Lecture 39 Creating, Saving, And Using Custom Gradients

Lecture 40 Filling Objects With Patterns

Lecture 41 Copying Fills And Strokes

Section 7: Working With Type

Lecture 42 Creating Point And Area Type

Lecture 43 Importing Large Amounts Of Text

Lecture 44 Formatting Text

Lecture 45 Area Type Options

Lecture 46 Creating Type on a Path

Lecture 47 Converting Text To Shapes

Section 8: Going Further With Illustrator

Lecture 48 Introducing Layers

Lecture 49 Using Illustrator's Pathfinders

Lecture 50 Applying Special Effects

Lecture 51 Exploring The Appearance Panel

Section 9: Saving & Exporting Your Work

Lecture 52 Saving Your Work In Different File Formats

Lecture 53 Saving Your Work For The Web

Section 10: Wrapping Up

Lecture 54 Where to Go From Here

Section 11: Bonus Material

Lecture 55 Bonus Lecture

This introductory course on Illustrator is meant for those looking to get up and running quickly with Adobe's flagship vector editor