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Introduction to Illustrator CS3 with Karl Hill

Introduction to Illustrator CS3 provides users with the knowledge and practice they need to create artwork, and prepare
documents for print with Adobe Illustrator CS3. In addition to learning key concepts, users also learn best
practices for creating and publishing Illustrator projects.

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Course Outline

Lesson 1 - Introducing Illustrator CS3

What is Illustrator?
Illustrator's Menus
Tools Panel - Selection Tools
Tools Panel - Drawing Tools pt.1
Tools Panel - Drawing Tools pt.2
Transformation, Symbol, and Graph Tools
Gradients, Blends, Crop Tools
Control Panel
Working with Panels
Controlling the Workspace
Artwork Views
Multiple Document Views
Workspace Helpers
Time Travel - Undo and Redo
Workspace Preferences

Lesson 2 - Working with Documents and Artwork

Document Navigation Basics
Adobe Bridge
Illustartor Documents and Templates
Importing Artwork into Illustrator

Lesson 3 - Creating Artwork

Strokes and Fills
Creating Lines
Drawing Arcs
Drawing Spirals
Rectangular Grids
Polar Grids
Creating Geometric Shapes
Rounded Rectangles
Creating Ellipses
Creating Polygons
Creating Stars
Working with Flares
Working with the Pencil Tool
Working with the Brush Tool
Creating Grids

Lesson 4 - Editing Shapes

Selection and Direct Selection Tools
Editing Paths, Anchor Points, and Lines
Path Eraser, Smooth, and Eraser Tools
Splitting Paths
Joining and Averaging Paths
Simplifying, Offsetting, and Outlining Strokes

Lesson 5 - Pen Tool and Live Trace

Vector Path Basics
Creating Curved Paths
Creating Corner Points on Paths
Working with Curves
Adding an Removing Anchor Points
Converting Anchor Points
Using Live Trace Presets
Convert Live Trace Objects

Lesson 6 - Working with Symbols and Color

Symbol Basics
Create, Saving, and Editing Symbols
Working with Color
Working with Swatches
Color Groups
Working with Live Color
Color Management
Painting - Fills and Strokes
Painting - Using Brushes
Painting - Working with Gradients
Transparency & Blending Modes
Working with Appearances

Lesson 7 - Transforming Artwork

Using Effects and Filters pt.1
Using Effects and Filters pt.2
Working with Patterns
Working with Meshes
Transforming and Reshaping pt.1
Transforming and Reshaping pt.2
Liquifying Artwork
Combining Artwork
Cutting and Dividing Artwork pt.1
Cutting and Dividing Artwork pt.2
Blending

Lesson 8 - 3D Artwork & Positioning Artwork

Working with 3D Objects
Revolving Shapes to 3D
Select, Group, and Align Artwork pt.1
Select, Group, and Align Artwork pt.2
Align and Distribute Artwork

Lesson 9 - Layers and Type

Working with Layers
Type Basics
Text Thread Basics
Formatting and Editing Type
Glyphs, Smart Punctuation, Open Type
Export Type
Using Find Features
Find Font

Lesson 10 - Saving, Exporting, Compressing, and Printing

Save for Web
Creating Web Pages from Illustrator
Export to Photoshop and Flash
Working with Graphs
Printing
Saving & Exporting Artwork