Adobe Illustrator CS
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What is CS? |
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New Features in Brief |
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What are Vector Graphics? |
| Getting Started | |
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Welcome Screen |
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Interface Essentials |
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Saving |
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Getting Assistance |
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Resetting Mac Preferences |
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Resetting PC Preferences |
| Drawing Fundamentals | |
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Basic Shapes |
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Basic Selections |
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Strokes / Fills / Colors pt. 1 |
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Strokes / Fills / Colors pt. 2 |
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The Stacking Order |
| Environment | |
| Using the Keyboard pt. 1 | |
| Using the Keyboard pt. 2 | |
| The Workspace | |
| The Toolbox | |
| Managing Palettes pt. 1 | |
| Managing Palettes pt. 2 | |
| Entering Values pt. 1 | |
| Entering Values pt. 2 | |
| Paths | |
| Line Segments | |
| The Pen Tool | |
| Drawing Curves | |
| Smooth and Corner Points | |
| Editing Paths | |
| Compound Paths | |
| Optimum Curves | |
| Rules for Optimum Curves | |
| Selecting | |
| Primary Selection Tools | |
| Magic Wand Tool | |
| Lasso Tool | |
| Select Menu pt. 1 | |
| Select Menu pt. 2 | |
| The Bounding Box and Edges | |
| Primitives | |
| Drawing Arcs | |
| Drawing Polygons | |
| Drawing Stars | |
| Drawing Spirals | |
| Drawing Lens Flares | |
| Drawing Rectangular Grids | |
| Drawing Polar Grids | |
| Drawing with the Pencil Tool | |
| Transforming | |
| Grouping | |
| Hiding and Locking | |
| Moving pt. 1 | |
| Moving pt. 2 | |
| Rotating | |
| Scaling | |
| Shearing and Reflecting | |
| Transform Palette | |
| Using Transform Each | |
| Free Transform Tool | |
| Reshape Tool | |
| Liquification Tools pt. 1 | |
| Liquification Tools pt. 2 | |
| Align Palette Pt. 1 | |
| Align Palette Pt. 2 | |
| Transform Shortcuts | |
| Cloning | |
| Type Fundamentals | |
| Point Type Tool | |
| Character Palette pt. 1 | |
| Character Palette pt. 2 | |
| Typography Shortcuts | |
| Area Type | |
| Every-Line Composer | |
| Justification Settings | |
| Tabs and Leaders | |
| No Break and Open Type | |
| Color and Outline Type | |
| Productivity | |
| Navigator Palette | |
| Document Info Palette / Hiding the Artboard | |
| Rulers | |
| Guides | |
| Smart Guides | |
| Snapping To and Saving Views | |
| Application Preferences pt. 1 | |
| Application Preferences pt. 2 | |
| Application Preferences pt. 3 | |
| Info Palette and Measure Tool | |
| Layers | |
| Clipping Masks | |
| Layers Palette | |
| Palette Options | |
| Layer Options | |
| Rearranging pt. 1 | |
| Rearranging pt. 2 | |
| New Object Targeting | |
| Dupe / Merge / Flatten | |
| Collect and Release | |
| Better Mask Management | |
| Advanced Type | |
| Text Wraps | |
| Type on a Path pt. 1 | |
| Type on a Path pt. 2 | |
| Advanced Area Type | |
| Threaded Text | |
| Find and Replace and Spelling | |
| Legacy Text | |
| Type Menu Potpourri | |
| Visual Attributes | |
| Stroke Palette | |
| Gradient Tool and Palette | |
| Swatch Palette Views | |
| Global Colors | |
| Custom Patterns | |
| Spot Colors and Merging | |
| Custom Swatch Libraries | |
| Overprinting | |
| Brushes | |
| Brush Tool and Palette | |
| Calligraphic Brushes | |
| Art Brushes | |
| Scatter Brushes | |
| Pattern Brushes | |
| Special Tools | |
| Paintbucket and Eyedropper Tools | |
| Graph Tool | |
| Gradient Meshes pt. 1 | |
| Gradient Meshes pt. 2 | |
| Blends | |
| Auto-Tracing | |
| Pathfinder Palette | |
| Envelope Distort | |
| Path Menu | |
| Scissor and Knife Tools | |
| Appearances and Styles | |
| Appearance Palette | |
| Editing Appearances pt. 1 | |
| Editing Appearances pt. 2 | |
| Appearances in the Layers Palette | |
| Graphic Styles Palette | |
| Expanding | |
| Transparency | |
| Transparency Palette | |
| Transparency Options | |
| Opacity Masks | |
| Symbolism | |
| Symbol Tools pt. 1 | |
| Symbol Tools pt. 2 | |
| External Graphics | |
| Embedding vs. Linking | |
| Link Management | |
| Effects vs. Filters | |
| Filters | |
| Effects | |
| Rasterize Settings | |
| 3D Effects | |
| 3D Space | |
| 3D Rotate | |
| 3D Extrude | |
| 3D Surface Maps pt. 1 | |
| 3D Surface Maps pt. 2 | |
| 3D Revolve | |
| 3D Lighting | |
| Saving and Printing | |
| Saving Native Formats | |
| Exporting Other Formats | |
| Saving for the Web | |
| Transparency Issues | |
| Desktop Printing | |
| High Resolution Printing | |
| Presets | |
| Final Thoughts | |
| Wrapping it Up | |
| Credits | |
| About this Author | |