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04. Back To The Basics: Generating Geometric Shapes

• 0401 Introduction

• 0402 Creating Rectangles

• 0403 Working With Ellipses And Polygons

• 0404 Tricks With Stars And Flares

• 0405 Additional Geometric Shapes

• 0406 Illustrator's Hidden Math Feature

• 0407 QuickTip: Tricks With The Tilde Key

• 0408 QuickTip: Creating Rounded Corners

05. Generating Fills, Strokes, Patterns, And Gradients

• 0501 Introduction

• 0502 Working With The Illustrator Swatches Panel

• 0503 Adding Solid-Color Fills To An Object

• 0504 Cool Color With Kuler

• 0505 Working With Illustrator Patterns

• 0506 Creating Custom Patterns

• 0507 Modifying Existing Patterns

• 0508 Fun With Illustrator Strokes

• 0509 Tricks With Illustrator Gradients

• 0510 Adding Custom Colors To The Swatches Panel

• 0511 Using Global Colors

06. Transforming An Illustrator Object

• 0601 Introduction

• 0602 Transform With Rotate And Scale

• 0603 Working With The Transform Panel

• 0604 Understanding The Transform Each Command

• 0605 Creating A Reflection

• 0606 Using The Free Transform Tool

07. Working With The Layers Panel

• 0701 Introduction

• 0702 The Illustrator Layers Panel

• 0703 Organizing A Complex Project

• 0704 Layer Options

• 0705 Layer Panel Options

• 0706 Copying Using The Layers Panel

• 0707 Opacity And Blending Modes

• 0708 Merging And Flattening Layers

08. Working With Adobe Illustrator Text

• 0801 Introduction

• 0802 Creating A Type Container

• 0803 Working With Point Type

• 0804 Converting Objects To Type Containers

• 0805 Creating Type On A Path

• 0806 Utilizing The Character Panel

• 0807 Formatting Text With The Paragraph Panel

• 0808 Getting Efficient With With Styles

• 0809 Working With Threaded Text

09. More On Text

• 0901 Introduction

• 0902 The Magical Eyedropper Tool And Type

• 0903 Placing Text On A Circle

• 0904 Working With Tabs And Glyphs

• 0905 Converting Type To Outlines

10. Working With Pen And Point

• 1001 Introduction

• 1002 Pen Tool Fundamentals

• 1003 Manipulating Pen Objects

• 1004 Combining Paths To Create Objects

• 1005 Creating A Mask

11. Working With Illustrators Pencil And Brush Tools

• 1101 Introduction

• 1102 The Illustrator Pencil Tool

• 1103 Using A Calligraphic Brush

• 1104 Creating A Calligraphic Brush

• 1105 The Amazing Symbol Sprayer Tool

• 1106 Illustrator's Scatter Brush

• 1107 Tricks With Illustrator Brushes

12. Find Your Own Path With Pathfinder

• 1201 Introduction

• 1202 Unite And Minus Front

• 1203 Intersect And Exclude

• 1204 Divide And Trim

• 1205 Merge And Crop

• 1206 Outline And Minus Back

13. Getting Creative With Masks

• 1301 Introduction

• 1302 Basics Of Clipping Masks

• 1303 Clipping Masks And Text

• 1304 Clipping Masks And Compound Paths

• 1305 Opacity Masks And Gradients

• 1306 More On Opacity Masks

• 1307 QuickTip: Adjusting An Opacity Mask

14. Working With Warps, Envelopes, And Meshes

• 1401 Introduction

• 1402 Working With The Width And Warp Tools

• 1403 Twirl Pucker And Bloat Tools

• 1404 Scallop Crystalize And Wrinkle Tools

• 1405 The Envelope Distort Features

• 1406 The Amazing Mesh Tool

• 1407 Controlling A Mesh With Global Swatches

• 1408 QuickTip: Fine Tuning The Width Tool

15. Getting Creative With Illustrator Effects

• 1501 Introduction

• 1502 Setting Effects Options

• 1503 Controlling And Moving Effects

• 1504 Controlling Effects With The Appearance Panel

• 1505 Converting Effects To Pixels

• 1506 Svg Effects, And The Effects Gallery

16. Working With Graphic Styles

• 1601 Introduction

• 1602 Graphic Styles 101

• 1603 Applying Graphic Styles

• 1604 Merging Graphic Styles

• 1605 Creating Custom Graphic Styles

• 1606 Saving Graphic Style Libraries

17. Moving Into The Third Dimension

• 1701 Introduction

• 1702 Working With Extrude And Bevel

• 1703 Generating Chrome Text

• 1704 Working With Revolve

• 1705 Creating A Revolve Bottle

• 1706 Generating A 3D Ribbon

• 1707 Using The Rotate Option

18. Adobe Illustrator And Animation

• 1801 Introduction

• 1802 Frame-By-Frame Animation

• 1803 Animation With The Blend Tool

• 1804 Animations On A Path

• 1805 Fading Text Animation

• 1806 Pulsing Text Animation

• 1807 Creating An Animated GIF

19. Working With Templates And Actions

• 1901 Introduction

• 1902 Working With Illustrator Templates

• 1903 Creating An Action

• 1904 Saving Time With Batch Processing

20. Heading Out To The World Wide Web

• 2001 Introduction

• 2002 Web Format Basics

• 2003 Modifying Color For The Web

• 2004 Slicing Images For Efficiency And Beyond

• 2005 Creating A Navigation Bar

• 2006 Moving From Illustrator To Flash

21. From Raster To Vector With The Amazing Live Trace

• 2101 Introduction

• 2102 Working With Livetrace

• 2103 Livetrace Features

• 2104 Editing Livetrace Objects

• 2105 Creating Custom Presets

• 2106 Generating Custom Swatch Libraries

• 2107 A Peek Into The Future

22. Live Paint, And The Shape Builder Tool

• 2201 Introduction

• 2202 Working Through Live Paint

• 2203 The Shape Builder Tool

• 2204 Live Trace And Live Paint

• 2205 Live Paint And Gap Detection

• 2206 Working With Kuler Color

• 2207 Modifying A Color Set Using Live Color

23. Illustrator Integration And Export Options

• 2301 Introduction

• 2302 Saving An Illustrator Document

• 2303 Converting Illustrator To Photoshop

• 2304 Working With InDesign And The TIF Format

• 2305 The Universal Portable Document File

• 2306 Moving Beyond Illustrator With EPS

24. Printing, Exporting, And Saving Your Illustrator Artwork

• 2401 Introduction

• 2402 Working With Bleeds

• 2403 Text To Outlines, And Other Print Options

• 2404 Working With Multiple Art Boards

• 2405 Transparency Flattener Preset Options

• 2406 Moving To Powerpoint And The WWW

• 2407 Using Save And Save As

• 2408 Goodbye