Adobe Illustrator CS2

Disc 1: Discovering Illustrator

• Using the Welcome Screen
• Introducing Vector Based Paths
• Working with Layers in Illustrator
• Introducing Anchor Points
• Creating a New Document
• Repositioning and Adjusting View
• Saving the Document
• Utilizing Illustrator Startup Documents

• Intro to Bridge and The Bridge Center in CS
• Finding Folders and The Thunbnail View
• Opening, Moving and Previewing Bridge Files
• Preview, Filtering and Rating Options
• Orgainizing Files using Preferences
• Deleting, Duplicating, Moving files in Bridge
• Renaming Sorting and Batch Renaming filesPresenting a slide show from the Bridge

• Setting Up Preferences
• Using Color Settings
• Configuring Pallettes & Workspaces
• Using Navigation

• Setting Palette Options and Using Transparacy
• A Look at the Shape Tools. Creating a Circle
• Aligning Circle Shapes
• Creating Star Shapes
• Creating Rectangle Shapes
• Using the Flip Tool to Mirror Shapes
• Combining Shapes
• Tilde Key Function

• Introduction to Fill and Stroke
• An Overview of the Color Pallette
• The Color Spectrum Bar and Dialing in colors
• Black vs. Rich Black in the Color Palette
• CMYK vs. RGB
• Creating and Saving new Color Swatches
• Filling and Arranging Objects in a document
• Modifying and Arranging the Stroke of an Object
• Display Artifacts and Stroke Pallete options
• Creating a fill Pattern

• Introducing Path Transformations
• Duplicating Objects
• Moving Objects in Increments
• Using the Reshape Tool
• Moving Paths
• Using the Offset Path Dialogue Box
• Working with Swatches
• Grouping Paths
• Using the Scale Tool
• Using the Rotate Tool
• Rotating Multiple Objects
• Advanced Rotate Options

• Using Bridge
• Creating a Tracing Template
• Drawing with the Pen Tool
• Modifying a Path
• Using and Editing Spline Curves
• Using Beziér Curves
• Creating a Cusp Point
• Modifying and Converting Beziér Curves
• Cutting, Extending, and Closing Paths
• Filling Paths

• Strokes and Fills
• Appearance Palate – Transform And Tweak
• Working With Layers – Uzz Character
• Making Use of the Join Command
• Locked Layers
• Making Center Points
• Intro To Pathfinder – Intersect Shape Areas
• Precision Filling Selection
• Various Selection Commands & Methods
• Various Scaling Methods
• Lacemaking Using Shape Tool – Rotate & Fill
• Merging Strokes & Fills With Compound Path
• Lacemaking Using Direction Handles & Anchor Points
• Pucker & Bloat

• Touring the Project
• An Introduction to the Pathfinder Operations
• Working with the Pathfinder Palete
• Comparing Pathfinder Behaviors
• Joining Paths and the Miter Limit
• Croping, Uniting and Arranging
• Selectiing and Deselecting Paths
• Fill Options and other pathfinder operations

• Preparing an Image for Liquify & Envelope
• Using the Warp Tool to Liquify
• Using the Envelope Functions
• Editing Enveloped Content
• Liquify with Live Trace

• Importing Text into Illustrator
• Selecting Text for Reformatting
• Moving Text to a New Text Container
• Reformatting Text with the Paragraphs Pallet
• Altering Text Font and Size
• Moving Text and Altering Line Spacing
• Copying Text Formats

Disc 2: Treasures from the Object Orient

• Applying a Gradient
• Using Swatches
• Using the Gradient Palette
• Using the Gradient Slider Bar
• Adding Colors
• Using the Gradient Tool
• Making Color Adjustments
• Using the Eye Dropper Tool
• Reviewing the Appearance Palette and Gradients on Strokes
• Expanding Appearance
• Creating a Gradient Mesh
• Expanding a Gradient Mesh
• Modifying Gradient Mesh Colors
• Modifying Gradient Mesh Points and Control Handles
• Applying Other Gradient Mesh Color Change
• Adjusting Gradient Mesh Preferences
• Blending Objects into the Gradient Mesh

• Creating Simple Color Gradients
• Creating Custom Gradients via Blending
• Cropping Custom Gradient Blends
• Customizing Blends for Specific Shapes
• Creating Blends Between Two Shapes
• Changing the Shape of Customized Blends
• Masking Edges with Clipping Masks
• Masking the Shape of Customized Blends
• Changing Opacities of Clipping Mask Layers

• Illustrator CS 2’s Brush Tool
• The Brush Options Dialogue Box
• Extending Selected Paths
• Illustrator Art Brushes
• Editing Your Art Brush Strokes
• Making a Custom Art Brush
• Finishing Up Your Art Brush and Typing on a Path
• Fixing Your Text
• Converting Text To An Art Brush

• Assigning Different Opacity For Stroke And Fill
• Working With Knockout Group
• Creating an Opacity Mask
• Multiply Mode
• Adding Objects To Opacity Masks
• Opacity Mask With a Gradient
• Blend Mode – Multiply Mode
• Transpacency Palatte
• Blend Mode – Color Mode
• Making Translucent Gradient in Blend Mode
• Create Mask With Boundary Layer
• Printing Tips With Flattener Preview

• Introducing Live Effects
• Dealing with Fills and Strokes
• Using the Scribble Dialogue Box
• Managing the Appearance Palette
• Introducing the Transform Command
• Reapplying the Transform Command
• Modifying Stroke Attributes
• Changing the Transform Origin
• Saving and Loading Graphic Styles

• Dynamic Effects for Objects
• Transform Effects and Stacking Order
• Text Effects, Warnings and Selection Settings
• Applying the Warp Effect and Editing Text
• Applying a Stroke and Transforming the Text
• Thickening the text using Path options
• Creating Drop shadows & Text Effects
• Filling Text with Color and Gradients

• Reviewing Files for Live Trace
• Using the Live Trace Tool
• Applying Threshold and Minimum Area
• Reviewing Adjustments and View Tracing Option
• Reviewing Trace Settings Tracing Option
• Expanding Traced Items to Paths
• Using Tracing Options for Color
• Altering Swatches in Color Tracing

• Live Painting Fills
• Live Painting Strokes
• Live Paint-Bucket Basics
• Live Painting Update On Fly
• Paint Bucket Tricks
• Live Painting Paths
• Leaving Isolation Mode
• Selecting Paths In Live Paint
• Selection Tool In Live Paint
• Layering Strokes In Live Paint
• Live Painting A Trace
• Gap Detection
• Close Gaps With Paths

• Introducing Symbols
• Accessing Symbol Libraries
• Manipulating and Duplicating Symbols
• Altering All Instances of a Symbol
• Replacing All Instances of a Symbol
• Creating Symbols
• Applying Symbols with the Symbol Spray Tool
• Modifying Symbols with Symbol Tools

• Introduction to 3D space and 3D Effects
• Applying and Adjusting the Extrude and Bevel effect
• Lighting, Shading and Gradation
• Mapping the Artwork onto the extruded object
• Modifying the object and the Mapped artwork
• Applying and Adjusting the Revolve Effect
• Using Photoshop to help with 3D Effects

• Setting Document Trim Size
• Creating Page Bleed
• Setting Imageable Portion of Output Page
• Preparing General Setup Output Settings
• Preparing Print Bleed Settings
• Preparing Printer Settings
• Altering Document Rasterize Settings
• Saving Print Settings
• Exporting Documents as Different File Types

• Intro To SWF Animation
• Animating Live Effects
• Exporting Flash Animations
• Adding Frames To Animations
• Creating A Symbol File
• Animating A Symbol
• Animating Between 3D Extrusions