Getting Started |
|
|
About Classroom in a Book |
|
|
1 | (1) |
|
|
1 | (1) |
|
|
2 | (1) |
|
|
2 | (1) |
|
Copying the Classroom in a Book files |
|
|
2 | (1) |
|
To install the Classroom in a Book files |
|
|
2 | (1) |
|
Restoring default preferences |
|
|
3 | (1) |
|
To save current Illustrator preferences |
|
|
3 | (1) |
|
To delete current Illustrator preferences |
|
|
4 | (1) |
|
To restore saved preferences after completing the lessons |
|
|
4 | (1) |
|
|
4 | (2) |
|
|
6 | (1) |
|
|
7 | (1) |
What's New In Adobe Illustrator Cs6 |
|
|
Efficient, flexible interface |
|
|
8 | (1) |
|
Adjustable user interface brightness |
|
|
9 | (1) |
|
|
9 | (1) |
|
|
10 | (1) |
|
Mercury Performance System |
|
|
10 | (1) |
|
|
11 | (1) |
|
|
11 | (1) |
A Quick Tour Of Adobe Illustrator Cs6 |
|
|
|
12 | (2) |
|
|
14 | (1) |
|
|
14 | (1) |
|
|
15 | (1) |
|
|
16 | (1) |
|
Working with the Shape Builder tool |
|
|
17 | (1) |
|
Working with the Width tool |
|
|
18 | (1) |
|
Creating and editing gradients |
|
|
19 | (1) |
|
Placing Adobe Photoshop images in Illustrator |
|
|
20 | (1) |
|
|
21 | (1) |
|
Working with the Color Guide panel |
|
|
22 | (1) |
|
Creating and applying a pattern |
|
|
22 | (2) |
|
|
24 | (1) |
|
Working with drawing modes |
|
|
24 | (1) |
|
|
25 | (1) |
|
Using the Appearance panel and effects |
|
|
26 | (2) |
|
|
28 | (1) |
|
|
29 | (1) |
|
|
30 | (1) |
|
|
31 | (1) |
|
1 Getting To Know The Work Area |
|
|
|
|
32 | (2) |
|
|
34 | (2) |
|
Understanding the workspace |
|
|
36 | (1) |
|
Adjusting the user interface brightness |
|
|
37 | (1) |
|
Working with the Tools panel |
|
|
38 | (3) |
|
Exploring the Control panel |
|
|
41 | (1) |
|
|
42 | (4) |
|
Resetting and saving your workspace |
|
|
46 | (1) |
|
|
47 | (1) |
|
Changing the view of artwork |
|
|
48 | (1) |
|
|
48 | (1) |
|
|
49 | (1) |
|
Scrolling through a document |
|
|
50 | (1) |
|
|
51 | (1) |
|
Navigating multiple artboards |
|
|
52 | (3) |
|
Using the Navigator panel |
|
|
55 | (1) |
|
|
56 | (1) |
|
Arranging multiple documents |
|
|
57 | (3) |
|
Exploring document groups |
|
|
60 | (2) |
|
Finding resources for using Illustrator |
|
|
62 | (2) |
|
|
|
|
64 | (2) |
|
|
66 | (1) |
|
|
66 | (1) |
|
|
66 | (2) |
|
Using the direct selection tool |
|
|
68 | (1) |
|
Creating selections with a marquee |
|
|
69 | (1) |
|
Creating selections with the Magic Wand Tool |
|
|
70 | (1) |
|
Selecting similar objects |
|
|
71 | (1) |
|
|
72 | (1) |
|
Aligning objects to each other |
|
|
72 | (1) |
|
|
72 | (1) |
|
|
73 | (1) |
|
|
74 | (1) |
|
|
74 | (1) |
|
|
75 | (1) |
|
|
75 | (1) |
|
Working in Isolation mode |
|
|
76 | (1) |
|
|
76 | (2) |
|
Exploring object arrangement |
|
|
78 | (1) |
|
|
78 | (1) |
|
|
79 | (1) |
|
|
79 | (1) |
|
Applying selection techniques |
|
|
80 | (4) |
|
3 Creating And Editing Shapes |
|
|
|
|
84 | (2) |
|
|
86 | (1) |
|
|
86 | (2) |
|
Working with basic shapes |
|
|
88 | (1) |
|
Understanding drawing modes |
|
|
89 | (1) |
|
|
89 | (4) |
|
Creating rounded rectangles |
|
|
93 | (1) |
|
|
94 | (1) |
|
|
95 | (1) |
|
Working with Draw Behind mode |
|
|
96 | (1) |
|
|
97 | (1) |
|
Changing stroke width and alignment |
|
|
98 | (1) |
|
Working with line segments |
|
|
99 | (2) |
|
|
101 | (1) |
|
|
102 | (3) |
|
|
105 | (2) |
|
Combining and editing shapes |
|
|
107 | (1) |
|
Working with the Shape Builder tool |
|
|
107 | (2) |
|
Working with Pathfinder effects |
|
|
109 | (1) |
|
|
110 | (2) |
|
|
112 | (1) |
|
Editing content drawn inside |
|
|
113 | (2) |
|
|
115 | (1) |
|
Using Image Trace to create shapes |
|
|
116 | (2) |
|
Cleaning up traced artwork |
|
|
118 | (2) |
|
|
|
|
120 | (2) |
|
|
122 | (1) |
|
|
123 | (1) |
|
Adding artboards to the document |
|
|
123 | (1) |
|
|
124 | (3) |
|
|
127 | (1) |
|
|
128 | (1) |
|
|
129 | (1) |
|
Working with rulers and guides |
|
|
129 | (1) |
|
|
130 | (2) |
|
|
132 | (2) |
|
|
134 | (1) |
|
|
135 | (1) |
|
|
136 | (1) |
|
Positioning objects precisely |
|
|
137 | (3) |
|
|
140 | (1) |
|
Applying multiple transformations |
|
|
141 | (1) |
|
Using the Free Distort effect |
|
|
142 | (2) |
|
5 Drawing With The Pen And Pencil Tools |
|
|
|
|
144 | (2) |
|
|
146 | (1) |
|
Starting with the pen tool |
|
|
146 | (2) |
|
|
148 | (2) |
|
|
150 | (1) |
|
|
151 | (2) |
|
Converting smooth points to corner points |
|
|
153 | (3) |
|
Creating the violin illustration |
|
|
156 | (1) |
|
|
156 | (1) |
|
|
156 | (1) |
|
|
157 | (1) |
|
Drawing a closed path with curves |
|
|
158 | (1) |
|
|
159 | (2) |
|
|
161 | (1) |
|
|
162 | (1) |
|
|
162 | (2) |
|
|
164 | (1) |
|
|
165 | (1) |
|
Deleting and adding anchor points |
|
|
166 | (2) |
|
Converting between smooth points and corner points |
|
|
168 | (2) |
|
Drawing with the Pencil tool |
|
|
170 | (1) |
|
Editing with the Pencil tool |
|
|
171 | (1) |
|
Finishing the violin illustration |
|
|
172 | (1) |
|
|
172 | (2) |
|
|
174 | (2) |
|
|
|
|
176 | (2) |
|
|
178 | (1) |
|
|
178 | (1) |
|
|
179 | (1) |
|
Understanding the color controls |
|
|
179 | (3) |
|
|
182 | (1) |
|
Building and saving a custom color |
|
|
182 | (1) |
|
|
183 | (1) |
|
Using Illustrator swatch libraries |
|
|
184 | (1) |
|
|
185 | (1) |
|
|
186 | (2) |
|
Creating and saving a tint of a color |
|
|
188 | (1) |
|
Copying appearance attributes |
|
|
188 | (1) |
|
|
189 | (1) |
|
Working with the Color Guide panel |
|
|
190 | (1) |
|
|
191 | (3) |
|
Editing colors in artwork |
|
|
194 | (2) |
|
Working with the Kuler panel |
|
|
196 | (1) |
|
Assigning colors to your artwork |
|
|
197 | (2) |
|
|
199 | (1) |
|
|
200 | (1) |
|
Applying existing patterns |
|
|
200 | (1) |
|
Creating your own pattern |
|
|
201 | (2) |
|
|
203 | (1) |
|
|
204 | (1) |
|
|
205 | (1) |
|
Creating a Live Paint group |
|
|
205 | (2) |
|
Editing Live Paint regions |
|
|
207 | (2) |
|
|
209 | (3) |
|
|
|
|
212 | (2) |
|
|
214 | (1) |
|
|
215 | (1) |
|
|
215 | (1) |
|
|
216 | (1) |
|
Importing a plain text file |
|
|
217 | (1) |
|
Working with overflow text and text reflow |
|
|
218 | (1) |
|
|
219 | (1) |
|
|
220 | (1) |
|
|
221 | (2) |
|
|
223 | (1) |
|
|
224 | (1) |
|
Changing additional text attributes |
|
|
225 | (1) |
|
|
226 | (2) |
|
|
228 | (1) |
|
Changing paragraph attributes |
|
|
229 | (2) |
|
Creating and applying text styles |
|
|
231 | (1) |
|
Creating and applying a paragraph style |
|
|
231 | (1) |
|
Editing a paragraph style |
|
|
232 | (1) |
|
|
233 | (1) |
|
Creating and applying a character style |
|
|
233 | (1) |
|
Editing a character style |
|
|
234 | (1) |
|
Reshaping text with a preset envelope warp |
|
|
235 | (2) |
|
Reshaping text with an object warp |
|
|
237 | (1) |
|
Wrapping text around an object |
|
|
238 | (1) |
|
Creating text on an open path |
|
|
239 | (1) |
|
Creating text on closed paths |
|
|
240 | (2) |
|
|
242 | (2) |
|
|
|
|
244 | (2) |
|
|
246 | (2) |
|
|
248 | (1) |
|
Selecting and moving objects and layers |
|
|
249 | (2) |
|
Duplicating layer content |
|
|
251 | (1) |
|
|
251 | (2) |
|
|
253 | (1) |
|
|
254 | (3) |
|
|
257 | (1) |
|
|
258 | (1) |
|
|
259 | (2) |
|
|
261 | (1) |
|
Applying appearance attributes to layers |
|
|
261 | (3) |
|
|
264 | (2) |
|
9 Working With Perspective Drawing |
|
|
|
|
266 | (2) |
|
|
268 | (1) |
|
Understanding perspective |
|
|
268 | (1) |
|
Understanding the Perspective Grid |
|
|
269 | (1) |
|
Working with the Perspective Grid |
|
|
270 | (1) |
|
|
270 | (1) |
|
Editing the Perspective Grid |
|
|
270 | (3) |
|
Drawing objects in perspective |
|
|
273 | (2) |
|
Selecting and transforming objects in perspective |
|
|
275 | (5) |
|
Attaching content to perspective |
|
|
280 | (1) |
|
Editing planes and objects together |
|
|
281 | (5) |
|
Adding and editing text in perspective |
|
|
286 | (2) |
|
Working with symbols in perspective |
|
|
288 | (1) |
|
Adding symbols to the Perspective Grid |
|
|
288 | (1) |
|
Transforming symbols in perspective |
|
|
288 | (3) |
|
Releasing content from perspective |
|
|
291 | (1) |
|
Working with the horizontal plane |
|
|
292 | (2) |
|
10 Blending Colors And Shapes |
|
|
|
|
294 | (2) |
|
|
296 | (1) |
|
|
297 | (1) |
|
Creating and applying a linear gradient to a fill |
|
|
297 | (3) |
|
Adjusting the direction and angle of a gradient fill |
|
|
300 | (1) |
|
Applying a gradient to a stroke |
|
|
301 | (1) |
|
Editing a gradient on a stroke |
|
|
302 | (2) |
|
Creating and applying a radial gradient |
|
|
304 | (1) |
|
Editing the radial gradient colors |
|
|
304 | (3) |
|
Adjusting the radial gradient |
|
|
307 | (1) |
|
Applying gradients to multiple objects |
|
|
308 | (1) |
|
Exploring other methods for editing gradient colors |
|
|
309 | (2) |
|
Adding transparency to gradients |
|
|
311 | (2) |
|
Working with blended objects |
|
|
313 | (1) |
|
Creating a blend with specified steps |
|
|
313 | (1) |
|
|
314 | (2) |
|
Creating and editing smooth color blends |
|
|
316 | (4) |
|
|
|
|
320 | (2) |
|
|
322 | (1) |
|
|
323 | (1) |
|
Using Calligraphic brushes |
|
|
323 | (1) |
|
|
324 | (1) |
|
Using a fill color with brushes |
|
|
325 | (1) |
|
|
325 | (1) |
|
|
326 | (1) |
|
Drawing with the Paintbrush tool |
|
|
326 | (1) |
|
Editing paths with the Paintbrush tool |
|
|
327 | (2) |
|
|
329 | (1) |
|
|
330 | (1) |
|
|
331 | (1) |
|
Changing Bristle brush options |
|
|
331 | (1) |
|
Painting with a Bristle brush |
|
|
332 | (2) |
|
|
334 | (2) |
|
|
336 | (3) |
|
|
339 | (1) |
|
Changing the color attributes of brushes |
|
|
340 | (1) |
|
Changing a brush color using Tints colorization |
|
|
341 | (1) |
|
Changing the brush color using Hue Shift colorization |
|
|
342 | (2) |
|
Working with the Blob Brush tool |
|
|
344 | (1) |
|
Drawing with the Blob Brush tool |
|
|
344 | (1) |
|
Merging paths with the Blob Brush tool |
|
|
345 | (1) |
|
Editing with the Eraser tool |
|
|
346 | (4) |
|
|
|
|
350 | (2) |
|
|
352 | (1) |
|
|
353 | (1) |
|
|
353 | (2) |
|
|
355 | (1) |
|
Styling text with effects |
|
|
356 | (3) |
|
Editing shapes with a Pathfinder effect |
|
|
359 | (1) |
|
Applying the Offset Path effect |
|
|
360 | (5) |
|
|
365 | (1) |
|
Creating a revolved object |
|
|
365 | (2) |
|
Changing the lighting of a 3D object |
|
|
367 | (1) |
|
Mapping a symbol to the 3D artwork |
|
|
368 | (6) |
|
13 Applying Appearance Attributes And Graphic Styles |
|
|
|
|
374 | (2) |
|
|
376 | (1) |
|
Using appearance attributes |
|
|
377 | (1) |
|
Editing and adding appearance attributes |
|
|
377 | (2) |
|
|
379 | (1) |
|
|
380 | (1) |
|
Reordering appearance attributes |
|
|
381 | (1) |
|
Applying an appearance to a layer |
|
|
382 | (1) |
|
|
383 | (1) |
|
Creating and saving a graphic style |
|
|
383 | (1) |
|
Applying a graphic style to an object |
|
|
384 | (1) |
|
Replacing graphic style attributes |
|
|
385 | (1) |
|
Applying a graphic style to a layer |
|
|
385 | (2) |
|
Editing a graphic style applied to a layer |
|
|
387 | (1) |
|
Applying an existing graphic style |
|
|
388 | (1) |
|
Applying multiple graphic styles |
|
|
389 | (1) |
|
Applying a graphic style to text |
|
|
390 | (1) |
|
Copying and removing graphic styles |
|
|
391 | (1) |
|
|
392 | (1) |
|
Aligning content to the pixel grid |
|
|
392 | (2) |
|
|
394 | (2) |
|
Selecting and editing slices |
|
|
396 | (1) |
|
Using the Save For Web command |
|
|
396 | (4) |
|
|
|
|
400 | (2) |
|
|
402 | (1) |
|
|
403 | (1) |
|
Using existing Illustrator symbol libraries |
|
|
403 | (3) |
|
|
406 | (1) |
|
|
407 | (2) |
|
|
409 | (2) |
|
Breaking a link to a symbol |
|
|
411 | (1) |
|
|
412 | (1) |
|
Working with the Symbolism tools |
|
|
412 | (1) |
|
Spraying symbol instances |
|
|
412 | (2) |
|
Editing symbols with the Symbolism tools |
|
|
414 | (2) |
|
Copying and editing symbol sets |
|
|
416 | (2) |
|
Storing and retrieving artwork in the Symbols panel |
|
|
418 | (1) |
|
Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork |
|
|
419 | (1) |
|
Working with symbols and Flash integration |
|
|
419 | (5) |
|
15 Combining Illustrator Cs6 Graphics With Other Adobe Applications |
|
|
|
|
424 | (2) |
|
|
426 | (1) |
|
Working with Adobe Bridge |
|
|
426 | (2) |
|
|
428 | (1) |
|
Vector versus bitmap graphics |
|
|
428 | (2) |
|
|
430 | (1) |
|
|
430 | (1) |
|
Transforming a placed image |
|
|
431 | (1) |
|
Embedding a Photoshop image with layer comps |
|
|
432 | (2) |
|
Applying color edits to a placed image |
|
|
434 | (2) |
|
|
436 | (1) |
|
Applying a simple clipping mask to an image |
|
|
436 | (1) |
|
|
436 | (2) |
|
Masking an object with a shape |
|
|
438 | (1) |
|
Masking an object with multiple shapes |
|
|
438 | (2) |
|
|
440 | (1) |
|
|
441 | (2) |
|
Sampling colors in placed images |
|
|
443 | (1) |
|
|
443 | (1) |
|
|
444 | (1) |
|
|
445 | (1) |
|
Exporting a layered file to Photoshop |
|
|
446 | (1) |
|
Illustrator and Adobe InDesign, Adobe Muse, Adobe Fireworks, and Adobe Flash |
|
|
446 | (2) |
Index |
|
448 | |