Lynda.com Illustrator CS4 Getting Started

Author: Deke McClelland | Duration (hr:min): 01:56 | Language: English | 1DVD | Released on: 9/30/2008 | Exercise files: Yes | Size ( Compressed ): 159MB | Size ( After Extraction ): 236MB

Description
Even as its features multiply with each new version, the enduring popularity of Illustrator stems from its foundation as a powerful and flexible vector drawing tool. In Illustrator CS4 Getting Started, Deke McClelland provides a concise but thorough examination of core Illustrator concepts: stroke, fill, and path; scaling and rotating; layers and guides, and he demonstrates several techniques for working with type. Deke also addresses many of the new features in CS4, including the refined interface, multiple artboards, more-powerful gradients, and the Blob brush. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:

* Working with point and path text
* Selecting, isolating, and combining paths
* Reshaping paths and working with control handles
* Rounding corners
* Using Live Paint


Table Of Contents
Illustrator CS4 Getting Started
Welcome
Starting a new document
Setting up artboards
Getting around the Illustration window
Starting a drawing
Brushes and blobs
Working with text
Working with point and path text
Filling and stroking
Working with gradients
Combining paths
Selecting and isolating paths
Organizing layers
Scaling and rotating
Reshaping a path outline
Working with control handles
Pen tool basics
Drawing a custom path
Rounding off corners
Alignment and guides
Live Paint
Goodbye


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