Adobe Illustrator CS6 : digital classroom / AGI Creative Team, [revisions and writing Greg Heald, original writing by Jennifer Smith].

Includes index.

Table of Contents

About Digital Classroom 1 (8)
Prerequisites 1 (1)
System requirements 1 (1)
Starting Adobe Illustrator CS6 2 (1)
Resetting Adobe Illustrator CS6 3 (1)
preferences
Loading lesson files 4 (1)
Working with the video tutorials 5 (1)
Setting up for viewing the video tutorials 6 (1)
Viewing the video tutorials with the 6 (1)
Adobe Flash Player
Additional resources 7 (2)
Lesson 1 Adobe Illustrator CS6 Jumpstart
Starting up 9 (1)
The project 10 (2)
Setting up the artboard 12 (1)
Creating the background shape 13 (1)
Combining shapes 14 (1)
Sampling a color 15 (1)
Applying a fill and stroke 16 (1)
Creating the smaller combined shape 17 (1)
Applying color and effects 18 (1)
Cloning the small shape 19 (2)
Aligning and distributing the shapes 21 (1)
Adding Text 22 (2)
Applying the Warp effect 24 (1)
Adding text to the small shape areas 25 (3)
Distorting a shape 28 (1)
Importing an image 29 (1)
Adding lines of text 30 (5)
Self study 35 (1)
Review 35 (2)
Lesson 2 Getting to Know the Workspace
Starting up 37 (1)
Opening Illustrator 38 (1)
Exploring the new interface 39 (1)
Choosing a workspace 40 (1)
Opening a file 41 (1)
The document window 42 (1)
Using Artboards 43 (1)
Navigating multiple artboards 43 (1)
Using the Artboards panel 44 (2)
Creating New Artboards 46 (1)
Switching screen modes 47 (1)
Changing your view 48 (1)
Preview versus Outlines 48 (1)
Zooming and scrolling 49 (4)
Scrolling with the Hand tool 53 (1)
Changing views with the Navigator panel 54 (1)
The Tools panel 55 (1)
Using tools and panels 56 (4)
The Control panel 60 (1)
Moving the Control panel 61 (1)
Panel groups and the dock 62 (3)
Custom workspaces 65 (1)
Saving workspaces 65 (1)
Using the Manage Workspaces dialog box 66 (1)
Customizing keyboard shortcuts 67 (1)
Default shortcuts 67 (1)
Custom shortcuts 68 (2)
Saving shortcut sets 70 (1)
Deleting shortcut sets 71 (1)
Self study 71 (1)
Review 72 (1)
Lesson 3 Illustrator CS6 Essentials
Starting up 73 (1)
Using the shape tools 74 (2)
Repositioning and visually resizing the 76 (1)
rectangle
Finding or changing the shape's 77 (1)
dimensions using the Transform panel
Rotating and shearing using the Transform 78 (1)
panel
Constraining a shape 79 (1)
Entering exact dimensions 80 (2)
Selecting artwork 82 (1)
Helpful keyboard shortcuts for selections 82 (1)
The selection tools 82 (5)
Using shape and transform tools to create 87 (1)
artwork
Using the transform tools 87 (2)
Adding a fill color 89 (1)
Entering a shape size in the Transform 90 (1)
panel
Viewing in Outline view 91 (1)
Rotating the shape 91 (2)
Changing the color of the triangles 93 (1)
Using layers when building an illustration 94 (1)
Creating a new blank layer 95 (1)
Cutting and pasting objects 95 (2)
Creating bubbles 97 (1)
Cloning the bubble group 98 (1)
Repeating a resize transform 99 (2)
Moving objects from one layer to another 101(1)
Self study 102(1)
Review 102(1)
Lesson 4 Adding Color
Starting up 103(1)
Basics of the Appearance panel 104(1)
Changing colors 105(1)
Adding Effects 106(2)
Creating a colorful illustration 108(1)
Using Live Paint 108(3)
Converting the artwork to a Live Paint 111(1)
group
Applying Live Paint to the group 112(1)
Adding a symbol to your artwork 113(2)
Expanding the symbol 115(1)
Saving swatches 115(2)
What is a Global Color? 117(1)
Selecting the Same color 117(2)
Saving a set of colors as a group 119(1)
Creating a color group from selected 119(1)
colors
Using the Color panel 120(2)
Adding Pantone (Spot) Colors 122(1)
Adding Pantone colors 123(2)
Self study 125(1)
Review 125(2)
Lesson 5 Working with the Drawing Tools
Starting up 127(1)
Working with the Pen tool 128(1)
Drawing straight lines 129(2)
Drawing curved lines 131(2)
Drawing hinged curves 133(1)
Drawing curved lines to straight lines 134(1)
Drawing straight lines to curved lines 135(1)
Tracing images 136(1)
Placing an image as a template 137(3)
Placing an image using Image Trace 140(4)
Working with the new Image trace option 144(2)
Other drawing tools 146(1)
Using the Line Segment and Arc tools 146(2)
Using the Pencil, Smooth, and Path Eraser 148(2)
tools
Using the Eraser tool 150(1)
Editing existing paths 150(1)
Adding and removing points 150(2)
Refining a curve 152(1)
Cutting and joining paths 153(2)
Combining shapes using the Shape Builder 155(3)
tool
Combining the shapes 158(1)
Subtracting with the Shape Builder tool 158(2)
Creating the fish eyes 160(2)
Self study 162(1)
Review 162(1)
Lesson 6 Exploring Additional Color Options
Starting up 163(1)
Taking a look at the finished illustration 164(2)
Adding tonal values with gradients 166(2)
Customizing an existing gradient 168(1)
Saving the Gradient 169(1)
Applying a second instance of the gradient 170(1)
Using the Gradient panel 171(3)
Updating a gradient 174(1)
Creating and using patterns 175(1)
Creating a bounding box 176(1)
Applying the pattern 177(1)
Editing a pattern fill 178(3)
Locating existing patterns 181(3)
Finishing up the illustration 184(2)
Creating a Color Group 186(1)
Using the Color Guide 187(4)
Self study 191(1)
Review 191(2)
Lesson 7 Working with and Formatting Text
Starting up 193(1)
Formatting type 194(3)
Paragraph formatting 197(2)
Formatting imported type 199(3)
Paragraph and character styles 202(3)
Editing styles 205(3)
Advanced techniques with text 208(1)
Text on a path 208(1)
Warping text 209(2)
Text in a shape 211(1)
Creating outlines 212(2)
Check spelling 214(1)
Find and Replace 215(1)
Self study 216(1)
Review 216(1)
Lesson 8 Organizing your Illustrations with
Layers
Starting up 217(1)
Getting to know the Layers panel 218(2)
Using layers to organize your 220(1)
illustrations
Using the Layers panel to make selections 221(1)
Creating new layers and moving items 222(3)
between layers
Paste Remembers Layers 225(1)
Template layers 226(2)
Self study 228(1)
Review 228(1)
Lesson 9 Working with Symbols
Starting up 229(1)
Cleaning out the symbol library 230(1)
Creating symbols 231(1)
Editing symbols 232(3)
Importing a symbol library 235(1)
Using the symbolism tools 236(7)
Editing nested symbols 243(1)
Replacing symbols 244(1)
Saving symbol libraries 245(1)
Self study 246(1)
Review 246(1)
Lesson 10 Using Effects and Transparency
Starting up 247(1)
Working with the Appearance panel and 248(1)
effects
Applying effects 249(2)
Editing effects 251(2)
Using graphic styles 253(1)
Creating and saving graphic styles 254(2)
Applying and modifying graphic styles 256(1)
Working with object transparency 256(1)
Working with multiple opacities 257(1)
Working with blending modes 258(2)
Saving and importing graphic styles 260(1)
Applying graphic styles to layers and 261(2)
symbols
Self study 263(1)
Review 263(2)
Lesson 11 Exporting and Saving Files
Starting up 265(1)
Saving using the Al file format 266(1)
Saving an illustration with layers 267(1)
Make a template layer 267(1)
Using the Transform Effect 268(1)
Duplicating a Stroke 269(2)
Saving different versions of the logo 271(1)
onto separate layers
Expanding appearance 271(1)
Save the first version 272(1)
Using Live Paint 272(1)
Using the Color Guide panel 273(1)
Saving the third version 273(1)
Using Recolor Artwork 274(2)
Saving a layered PDF 276(2)
Integration with other applications 278(1)
Exporting for Photoshop 278(1)
Integrating with InDesign 278(1)
Integrating with Flash 278(1)
Integrating with Microsoft Expression 278(1)
Blend (XAML)
Integrating with Premiere and After 278(1)
Effects
Saving as EPS 278(2)
Save for Web 280(2)
Making a Flash animation 282(3)
Exporting a Flash animation 285(3)
Self study 288(1)
Review 288(1)
Lesson 12 Advanced Blending Techniques
Starting up 289(1)
Using the Blend Tool 290(4)
Applying a gradient 294(2)
Applying Radial Gradients 296(2)
Applying gradients using Illustrator's 298(3)
Gradient Mesh options
Adjusting the Mesh 301(1)
Revisiting Blend Options 302(3)
More mesh work 305(2)
Overlapping images 307(3)
Applying a gradient mesh using the Mesh 310(4)
tool
Finishing up with the Mesh tool and 314(2)
automatically adding a Highlight
Using the Symbol Tools 316(4)
Creating a symbol 320(2)
Modifying a Symbol's appearance 322(4)
Self study 326(1)
Review 326(1)
Lesson 13 Adobe Illustrator CS6 New Features
Starting up 327(1)
64-bit support 328(1)
New Look and Feel 328(1)
Changing the User Interface brightness 329(1)
Image Trace 330(2)
Using the new Pattern Options panel 332(1)
Applying gradients to strokes 333(1)
Reviewing new panel enhancements 334(1)
Appendix Adobe Illustrator Tools 335(2)
Keyboard shortcuts 337