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Course Overview
All-new Adobe
Illustrator CS3 software is an essential tool for anyone who needs
to express ideas visually in print, on the Web, and in any other
medium. With powerful new 3D features, advanced typographical
controls, smooth Adobe Portable Document Format, PDF, integration,
enhanced printing options, and faster performance, this powerful
upgrade from helps you explore your creative vision
and efficiently publish your artwork anywhere. This course is
required to prepare for the Adobe Certified Expert, ACE,
certification exam.
Job Profile Graphic Designers, Web
Design
Course Outline
A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator
Getting started
Creating a basic blend
Creating a symbol
Creating a clipping mask
Using the align feature
Using the pathfinder feature
Creating a clipping mask
Using the new 3-D effect
Cloning the crayon
Changing the color of the crayon
Applying transparency
Creating the crescent shape
Adding live effects
Lesson 1 Getting to Know the
Work Area
Getting started
Viewing artwork
Changing the view of artwork
Using Adobe online services
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Lesson 2 Selection Basics
Getting started
Using the Selection tool
The Direct Selection tool
Exploring on your own
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Lesson 3 Creating Basic
Shapes
Getting started
Setting up the document
Using basic shape tools
Drawing the pencil shape
Drawing the piece of stationery
Drawing with the Rectangular Grid tool
Decorating the stationery border
Tips for drawing polygons, spirals, and stars
Painting the logo
Copying and scaling shapes
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Lesson 4 Drawing with
the Pen tool
Getting started
Creating straight lines
Creating curved paths
Building a curve
Curves and corner anchor points
Creating the pear illustration
Editing curves
Finishing the pear illustration
Exploring on your own
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5 Painting
Getting started
Filling with color
Stroking with color
Building custom swatches
Copying paint attributes
Copying appearance attributes
Saturating a color
Painting with patterns and gradients
Painting with a Pattern brush
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Lesson 6 Applying
Transparency and Blending Modes
Getting started
Changing the opacity of an object
Changing the blending modes
Isolating the blending
Using an opacity mask
Editing an opacity mask
Exploring on your own
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Review answers Lesson 7 Working with Layers
Getting started
Creating layers
Locking layers
Viewing layers
Pasting layers
Creating clipping masks
Merging layers
Applying appearance attributes to layers
Exploring on your own
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Review answers Lesson 8 Transforming
Objects
Getting started
Scaling objects
Rotating objects
Distorting objects
Shearing objects
Positioning objects precisely
Reflecting objects
Changing the perspective
Using the Free Transform tool
Making multiple transformations
Exploring on your own
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Lesson 9 Working with
Placement and Order of Objects
Getting started
Creating custom guides
Creating the vector logo
Applying the warp and pathfinder features
Arrangement and object order
Putting the logo together
Exploring on your own
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Lesson 10 Applying
Appearance Attributes, Styles, and Effects
Getting started
Using appearance attributes
Copying, applying, and removing styles and appearances
Saving and printing files with transparency effects
Exporting and importing flattening settings
Exploring on your own
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Review answers Lesson 11 Working with type
Getting started
Adding type to a document
Sampling type
Changing the character size
Reshaping text with an envelope
Creating columns of type
Changing character attributes of placed text
Changing paragraph attributes
Saving and Using Styles
Wrapping type around a graphic
Typing along a path
Creating type outlines Creating type masks
Saving your file for electronic distribution
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Lesson 12 Blending Shapes and Colors
Getting started
Creating a gradient fill
Adjusting the direction of the gradient blend
Adding colors to a gradient
Creating smooth-color blends
Blending intermediate steps
Modifying the blend
Combining blends with gradients
Exploring on your own
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Review answers Lesson 13 Working with
Symbols
Getting started
Creating a symbol
Using the Symbolism tools
Editing symbols
Updating a symbol
Using the Symbols palette as a database
Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork
Exploring on your own
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Lesson 14 Working with
Brushes and Scribbles
Applying brushes to paths
Getting started
Using Art brushes
Using Scatter brushes
Applying a scatter brush to paths
Changing the color attributes of brushes
Using a fill color with brushes
Using Calligraphic brushes
Using Pattern brushes
Creating brushes
Applying the Scribble effect
Exploring on your own
Using a brush library
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Lesson 15 Creating Airbrush
Effects
Getting started
Setting Smart Guides preferences
Painting with the Mesh tool
Applying colors to the mesh
Highlighting a mesh object
Editing mesh points
Reflecting mesh objects
Modifying mesh lines
Warping a mesh
Applying transparency to a mesh
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Lesson 16 Combining
Illustrator Graphics and
Photoshop Images
Combining artwork
Vector versus bitmap graphics
Getting started
Placing an Adobe Photoshop file
Duplicating a placed image
Adjusting color in a placed image
Masking an image
Sampling colors in placed images
Replacing a placed image
Exporting a layered file to Photoshop
Exploring on your own
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