Course: FUNDAMENTALS

Chapter 1 (Making a Document)

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Welcome to One-on-One
The Welcome screen
Creating a new document
Advanced document controls
Saving a custom New Document Profile
Changing the document setup
Special artboard controls
Accepting artboard changes
Saving a document
Closing a document

Chapter 2 (Opening and Organizing)

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0201 Opening an illustration
0202 Modifying an illustration
0203 Saving changes
0204 Introducing Adobe Bridge
0205 The all-important file type associations
0206 Navigating inside Bridge
0207 Previewing and collecting
0208 Using workspaces
0209 Customizing a workspace
0210 Cool Bridge tricks
Chapter 3 (Setup and Navigation)
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Preferences color settings and workspaces

Keyboard increments
Scratch disks
Changing the user interface and settings (video not working)
Best workflow color settings
Synchronizing settings across CS4
Working inside tabbed windows
Organizing palettes
Saving a custom workspace
Zooming and panning
Using the Zoom tool
Navigating the artboards
Nudging the screen image
Scroll-wheel tricks
Cycling between screen modes

Chapter 4 (Basic Line Art)

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The Wedjat (or Eye of Horus)

The line tools
Introducing layers
Creating ruler guides
Creating custom guides
Snap-to points
Organizing guides
Making a tracing template
Drawing a line segment
Drawing a continuous arc
Drawing a looping spiral
Cutting lines with the Scissors tool

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Joining open paths

Aligning and joining points
Drawing concentric circles
Cleaning up overlapping segments

Chapter 5 (Geometric Shapes)

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The anatomy of a shape

Meet the shape tools
The traceable Tonalpohualli
Drawing circles
Enhanced Smart Guides
Aligning to a key object
Creating polygons and stars
Using the Measure tool
The Select Similar and Arrange commands
Rectangles and rounded rectangles
The amazing constraint axes
Grouping and ungrouping
Flipping and duplicating
Combining simple shapes into complex ones
Cutting and connecting with Scissors and Join
Tilde-key goofiness

Chapter 6 (Fill Stroke and Color)

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The ingredients of life

Fill and Stroke settings
Transparency grid and paper color
The None attribute
Color libraries and sliders
Industry-standard colors
Using CMYK for commercial output
Using RGB for the web
Color palette tips and tricks
Creating and saving color swatches
Trapping gaps with rich blacks
Filling and stacking shapes
Dragging and dropping swatches
Paste in Front Paste in Back
Filling shapes inside groups
Pasting between layers
Joins caps and dashes
Fixing strokes and isolating edits
Creating a pattern fill

Chapter 7 (Editing and Transforming)

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The power of transformations

From primitive to polished art
Using the Blob brush
Resizing the brush and erasing
Selection limits and methods of merging
Cloning and auto-duplicating
Customizing keyboard shortcuts
Moving by the numbers
Using the Reshape tool
Modifying aligning and uniting paths
Using the Offset Path command
Styling and eyedropping

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Making a black-and-white template

Scale and clone
Enlarge and stack
Positioning the origin point
Using the Rotate tool
Using the Reflect tool
Series rotation (aka power duplication)
Rotating by the numbers
Transforming the tile patterns

Chapter 8 (Working with Type)

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Next-generation text wrangling

Placing a text document
Creating a new text block
Working with point text
Selecting the perfect typeface
Scaling and positioning type
Leading tracking and lots of shortcuts
Adjusting pair kerning
Eyedropping formatting attributes
Flowing text from one block to another
Creating and applying a paragraph style
Rendering the text in graphite
Creating a scribbly drop shadow
Advanced formatting and bullets
Setting Area Type options
Justification and the Every-line Composer
OpenType and ligatures
Fractions numerals and ordinals
Swashes and small caps
The amazing Glyphs palette

Chapter 9 (Using the Pen Tool)

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Points are boys handles are girls

Placing an image as a tracing template
Drawing a straight-sided path
Moving adding and deleting points
Drawing spline curves with Round Corners
Smooth points and Bezier curves
Defining a cusp between two curves
Replicating and reshaping segments
Converting anchor points
Deleting stray anchor points
Separating and closing paths
Eyedropping template colors

Chapter 10 (Selecting and Enhancing)

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Paths never rest

Exploring the Appearance palette
Snip and Spin
Adding a center point
Keeping shape intersections
Lifting fills and selecting through shapes
Saving and recalling selections
Rotating is a circular operation
Lassoing and scaling points
Using the Transform Each command

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Using the Magic Wand tool

Eyedropping live effects
Merging strokes with a compound path
Selecting and scaling independent segments
Scalloped edges with Pucker and Bloat
Expand before you merge

Chapter 11 (Printing a Document)

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The new pleasures of printing

Outlines and artboards in CS4
Setting trim size and bleed
Creating custom dynamic crop marks
Working with the Separations Preview palette
Trapping an object with an overprint stroke
Placing multiple artboards into InDesign
Working with the Print Tiling tool
Setting the General Print options
Setting printer marks
PostScript-only output and graphics
The Color Management options
Adjusting the Flattener settings
Setting the Raster Effects resolution

Chapter 12 (Exporting to the Web and Elsewhere)

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Illustrator does pixels

Illustrator PDF and Save As formats
Saving an illustration for the web
Saving a continuous-tone JPEG image
Saving a high-contrast GIF graphic
The versatile PNG format
Saving a scaleable Flash (SWF) graphic

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Opening and placing an Illustrator file in Photoshop

Exporting a layered PSD from Illustrator
Exporting to Microsoft Office and Powerpoint
Sharing with InDesign Flash and Photoshop

Conclusion
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Course: MASTERY
Introduction
00_01LA_Intro
00_02_installdekekeys
00_03_functionkeysonMac
00_04_InstallColor
00_05_loadcolorAI
00_06_loadcolorBridge
Chapter 13 (Pathfinder Operations)
13_00LA_Intro
13_01_intropathfinderops
13_02_editcompoundshape
13_03_addtocompoundshape

13_04_insertsubpathcomp
13_05_expcompshape
13_06_assembleprimitives
13_07_preparetemplateinPs
13_08_unitepermanently
13_09_minusfrontvsback
13_10_compoundpaths
13_11_whenindoubtdivide
13_12_divide_unite
13_13_openpathpitfalls
13_14_strokebadfillgood
13_15_advdivide_unite
13_16_thecropop
13_17_expertdivide_unite
13_18_fillopacity
13_19_anticipate_troubles
13_20_exclude_intersect
Chapter 14 (Align and Distribute)
14_00LA_Intro
14_01_snapanchorpoints
14_02_aligngrouptoartboard
14_03_distributetoartwork
14_04_setkeyobject
14_05_distributebyspace
14_06_distributebyselection
14_07_alignpointtext
14_08_alignlivetextvsoutlines
14_09_alignkeyletters
14_10_aligntokeyobjects
Chapter 15 (Gradients and the Gradient Tool)
15_00LA_Intro
15_01_applygradient
15_02_drag_dropswatches
15_03_gradientpalette
15_04_designshadedgradient
15_05_saveswatchaddtexture
15_06_intronewgradienttool
15_07_editcolorstopsinshape
15_08_multigradssameangle
15_09_add_adjustradialgrad
15_10_maketransparentgrad
15_11_adddropshadows
15_12_blendvsblendmode
Chapter 16 (Gradient Mesh)
16_00LA_Intro
16_01_poweroftransgrads
16_02_creategradientmesh
16_03_expandgradient
16_04_adddelrowscolumns
16_05_select_colorpoints
16_06_colorwitheyedropper
16_07_meshedittechniques (not working)
16_08_warp_pucker
16_09_finishingtouches (not working)

16_10_gradientstrokes
16_11_gradienttext (not working)
Chapter 17 (Blends and Masks)
17_00LA_Intro
17_01_makeblendauto
17_02_fixproblemblends
17_03_makeblendwithtool (not working)
17_04_clone_colorblendpath
17_05_createamask
17_06_blendtranslucent
17_07_blendalongacurve
17_08_speedofblend
17_09_fill_strokemask
17_10_compoundclipmask
17_11_nestmaskinanother
17_12_ghostnestedmasks
Chapter 18 (Seamlessly Repeating Tile Patterns)
18_00LA_Intro
18_01_introtilepatterns
18_02_begincoredesign (not working)
18_03_buildinterlockelement (not working)
18_04_precisesymmetry
18_05_centerrotateduplicate
18_06_howpatternrepeats
18_07_colorthecoreobjects (not working)
18_08_identifyrectangulartile (not working)
18_09_savetilepatterns
18_10_applytilepatterns (not working)
18_11_protectyourpatterns
18_12_movepatternswopaths (not working)
Chapter 19 (Calligraphy, Blobs, and Art Brushes)
19_00LA_Intro
19_01_intropaintingtools (not working)
19_02_callibrushoptions
19_03_pressuresensitivity (not working)
19_04_editcalligraphicbrush
19_05_repaintextendsmooth (not working)
19_06_makebrushbehave (not working)
19_07_erasingstrokedpaths
19_08_paintwithblobbrush (not working)
19_09_refinewitheraser
19_10_paintindeppaths (not working)
19_11_selectionlimitsmerge
19_12_apply_scaleartbrush
19_13_snipbrushedpath (not working)
19_14_colorizeartbrush
19_15_heapstrokeonartbrush
19_16_createcustomartbrush
Chapter 20 (Importing and Linking Images)
20_00LA_Intro
20_01_copy_pastefromPshop (not working)
20_02_linkefficientembednot

20_03_editimageinAI
20_04_filterimageinPs (not working)
20_05_addfiltermask
20_06_maskwomanfrombg (not working)
20_07_achievesepiaeffect (not working)
20_08_2ndgradientmaplayer
20_09_graphiceffectwlevels
20_10_prepareimageforAI (not working)
20_11_imageresolution
20_12_place_linkimage (not working)
20_13_managelinkedimages (not working)
20_14_intimageintodesign
20_15_abetterwaytowraptext (not working)
20_16_trimpreviewtrick
20_17_layercomps_editext
Chapter 21 (Using Transparency)
21_00LA_Intro (not working)
21_01_translucentcomp
21_02_opacitytoattribute
21_03_knockoutgroup
21_04_defineopacitymask
21_05_usetheclipcheckbox
21_06_opacitymasktips
21_07_multiplyblendmode
21_08_addtoopacitymask
21_09_blendbetweengroups (not working)
21_10_gradientopacitymask
21_11_createopposingmask
21_12_combmulti_screen (not working)
21_13_blendmoderoundup
21_14_blendinsidepath
21_15_blendmode_transgrad
21_16_maskentirelayer
21_17_screenwith100Kblack
21_18_knockoutdropshadow
21_19_yeahbutwillitprint (not working)
21_20_flattenerpreview (not working)
21_21_rasterizeinPhotoshop
21_22_surichblack_rasterFX (not working)
21_23_exportTIFFfromAI
Conclusion
22_00LA_Intro
Course MASTERY
Introduction
00_01_MM01_intro_LA
00_02_SC01_installdekekeys
00_03_SC01_functionkeysonMac
00_04_SC01_InstallColor
00_05_SC01_loadcolorAI
00_06_SC01_loadcolorBridge
Chapter 22 (Live Trace)

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22_01_SC01_traceimportedimage
22_02_SC01_threeotherwaystotrace
22_03_SC01_repeatpathfinderop
22_04_SC01_raster_vectorpreviews
22_05_SC01_threshold_minarea
22_06_SC01_traceopsraster
22_07_SC01_ignorewhite
22_08_SC01_traceopsvector
22_09_SC01_expand_edittracedart
22_10_SC01_convertcolortoBW
22_11_SC01_tracefullcolorart
22_12_SC01_edittracedcolorswatches
22_13_SC01_recolorinlivepaint
22_14_SC01_traceportraitphotog
22_15_SC01_preparecustomtracepalette
22_16_SC01_savepaletteforlivetrace
Chapter 23 (Live Paint)
23_00_LA01_intro_LA
23_01_SC01_interactblendmodes
23_02_SC01_interactwithlivepaint
23_03_SC01_strokewithLPbucket
23_04_SC01_LPselectiontool
23_05_SC01_addpathtoLPgroup
23_06_SC01_drawinsideLPgroup
23_07_SC01_advantageconvedit
23_08_SC01_livepaint_liveFX
23_09_SC01_funwithdynamicFX
23_10_SC01_simulateinterlockrings
23_11_SC01_jawdropflexibilityofLP
23_12_SC01_workdiffcolorstrokes
23_13_SC01_repairoverstrokes
Chapter 24 (Liquify and Envelope)
24_00_LA01_intro_LA
24_01_SC01_tracetranslucentimage
24_02_SC01_workwitheditabletype
24_03_SC01_usethewarptool
24_04_SC01_liquifybrushsettings
24_05_SC01_liquifytooloverview
24_06_SC01_crystallizedstarburst
24_07_SC01_liquifyoutlinedtype
24_08_SC01_envelopestyledisortion
24_09_SC01_editenvelopedtext
24_10_SC01_customizeenvelopemesh
24_11_SC01_distortlivetraceobj
24_12_SC01_release_applymesh
24_13_SC01_stretchembeddedphoto
Chapter 25 (Dynamic Effects)
25_00_LA01_intro_LA
25_01_SC01_introdynamicFX
25_02_SC01_apply_editFX
25_03_SC01_apply_previewstyle
25_04_SC01_mergegraphicstyles
25_05_SC01_riffonpredefinedstyle

25_06_SC01_saveyourownstyles
25_07_SC01_redefinegraphicstyle
25_08_SC01_transformativepower
25_09_SC01_pixelbasedeffects
25_10_SC01_adjustFXresolution
25_11_SC01_dynamappearattributes
25_12_SC01_introtransformeffect
25_13_SC01_wraponeeffectinsideanother
25_14_SC01_customshapefromPs
25_15_SC01_estabreflectsymmetry
25_16_SC01_exploitreflectsymmetry
25_17_SC01_spacialmodifications
25_18_SC01_troubleshooteffect
25_19_SC01_createbeveledstrokest
25_20_SC01_applypucker_bloat
25_21_SC01_takeoncomplexproject
25_22_SC01_employguideobject
Chapter 26 (Live Color)
26_00_LA01_intro_LA
26_01_SC01_introadobekuler
26_02_SC01_usekulerinsideAI
26_03_SC01_importgroupsfromlibraries
26_04_SC01_creategroupsfromartwork
26_05_SC01_colorguidepalette
26_06_SC01_customharmonyrule
26_07_SC01_delete_addingroup
26_08_SC01_colorguidevariations
26_09_SC01_weightedLabcolorwheel
26_10_SC01_editcolorsdialogbox
26_11_SC01_limitgrouptospotcolors
26_12_SC01_transfercolorgroups
26_13_SC01_recolorselectedartwork
26_14_SC01_switchcolorsforgroup
26_15_SC01_reassigncolors
26_16_SC01_distill2colorjob
Chapter 27 (Symbols)
27_00_LA01_intro_LA
27_01_SC01_powerofsymbols
27_02_SC01_acquire_previewsymbols
27_03_SC01_replicate_breaklink
27_04_SC01_warprecolor_updatesymbol
27_05_SC01_replacewithdiffsymbol
27_06_SC01_exportcustomshapes
27_07_SC01_massproducesymbols
27_08_SC01_loadillustrationaslibrary
27_09_SC01_duplicatesymbol
27_10_SC01_laydownsymbolset
27_11_SC01_symbolmodtooloverview
27_12_SC01_paintwithsymbolism
27_13_SC01_editselectedinstances
Chapter 28 (Graphs and Pictographs)
28_00_LA01_intro_LA
28_01_SC01_typesofgraphs
28_02_SC01_import_graphdata

28_03_SC01_correct_editdata
28_04_SC01_graphtypesettings
28_05_SC01_changefont_color
28_06_SC01_applydynamiceffects
28_07_SC01_downmanualadjusts
28_08_SC01_definegraphdesign
28_09_SC01_createpictograph
28_10_SC01_rem_unremovable_el
28_11_SC01_symbolbasedpictograph
28_12_SC01_mix_matchgraphtypes
Chapter 29 (3D Effects)
29_00_LA01_intro_LA
29_01_SC01_intro3DinAI
29_02_SC01_create3Dtype
29_03_SC01_customize3Dtype
29_04_SC01_bend3Dtypewithdynamwarp
29_05_SC01_adjustangle_light
29_06_SC01_editwordsof3Dtext
29_07_SC01_extrudeperspectivedepth_bevel
29_08_SC01_adjustlight_shade
29_09_SC01_symbolsformappedart
29_10_SC01_mapsymbolsonto3Dart
29_11_SC01_editsymbols_nestedsymbols
29_12_SC01_establishobjsforrevolve
29_13_SC01_apply3Drevolve
29_14_SC01_roughup3DartinPs
Chapter 30 (Actions)
30_00_LA01_intro_LA
30_01_SC01_introactionsinAI
30_02_SC01_createnewaction
30_03_SC01_recordaction
30_04_SC01_manywaystoplayaction
30_05_SC01_turnoffdialogboxes
30_06_SC01_tweakactionintexteditor
30_07_SC01_insertmenuitem
30_08_SC01_recordcreativeaction
30_09_SC01_testthatactionworks
30_10_SC01_fixbrokenaction
30_11_SC01_insertstopsincomplexaction
Chapter 30 (Conclusion)
31 00. See Ya