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The Illustrator Environment
- Touring the interface
- Scaling the interface
- The Toolbox
- Panels
- The Properties panel
- Panning and zooming
- Using the Navigator
Selection
- The Selection tool
- The Direct Selection tool
- Drawing Tools
- Basic Drawing Tools
- Drawing Exercise, Coloring
- Drawing assistance tools
- Draw Inside, Pen Tool
- Pen Tool exercise
- Pen Tool alternatives
- Curvature Tool
- Distort and Transform tools
- Symmetrical drawing
- Concentric drawing techniques
- Manual tracing exercise
Color
- Color models in Illustrator
- The Swatches panel
- Global swatches
- Spot colors
- Using tints
- Color groups
- The Color Guide panel
Strokes
- Stroke attributes
- Creating dashed lines
- Creating dotted lines
- Creating arrowheads
- Variable width strokes
More on Selections
- The Lasso tool
- The Magic Wand
- Saving selections
Alignment, Distribution, and Stacking
- Aligning objects
- Aligning points
- Distributing objects
- Using key objects
- Changing the stacking order
- Using the draw modes
Groups
- Working with groups
- The Group Selection tool
- Using Isolation Mode
Layers
- Using layers
- Targeting objects using layers
Transforms
- Using the specific Transform tools
- Using the Free Transform tool
- Using Transform Again
- The Transform Each command
- Transforms as an effect
Drawing by Construction
- Compound Paths and Shapes
- The Pathfinder panel
- The Shape Builder
- Clipping masks
Drawing Tools
- The Pen tool
- The Curvature Pen tool
- The Shaper tool
- The Pencil tool
- Drawing with the Eraser tool
- Improving paths
Using Guides and Grids
- Creating and removing guides
- Making guides from objects
Gradients
- Linear gradients
- Radial gradients
- Freeform gradients
- Gradients on strokes
Patterns
- Creating a pattern
- Pattern strokes
- Transforming patterns
Symbols
- Static symbols
- Dynamic symbols
Blends, Blending, and Transparency
- Using blends
- Replacing a blend spine
- Using blending modes
- Using opacity masks
Appearances
- The power of appearances
- The Appearance panel
- Illustrator effects
- Photoshop effects
- Editing or removing effects
- Graphic styles
- The Eyedropper tool
Brushes
- Calligraphic Brushes
- Scatter Brushes
- Art Brushes
- Bristle Brushes
- Pattern Brushes
- Image Brushes
Type
- Character formatting
- Paragraph formatting
- Using Text styles
- Fonts
- Variable and SVG Fonts (New in CC 2018)
- Touch Type
- Type on a Path
- Type and Shapes
- Warp Text
3D Type
- Create Outlines from Text
- Image within Text
- Text Wrap
- Type Exercise
Image
- Working with Images
- Preparing simple images for tracing
- Preparing complex images for tracing
- Image Trace
- Improving and Coloring traced images
Pixels to Vectors
- Using Image Trace
- Using Photoshop with Image Trace
Modifying Artwork
- Recolor artwork
- The Puppet Warp tool
Artboards
- Working with artboards
- Arranging artboards
Export & Integration
- Packaging Illustrator files
- Export as other file types
- Asset Export
- Legacy Save for Web
- PDF files and Illustrator
- Saving work for Print
- Saving work for Web
- Export for Screens
- Integration with Bridge
Efficiency in Illustrator
- Creating your own workspaces
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Custom views
- Custom toolboxes
New Features in Adobe Illustrator 2020
- Simplify Path
- Delete Anchor Point Tool update
- Faster Effects
- Recolor Freeform Gradients
- Auto Spell Check
- Background Save