Offering an unparalleled combination of creative freedom and productivity, Adobe Illustrator 10 is preferred by designers, graphic artists, technical illustrators, and business professionals. Andrew Hathaway will guide you through Illustrator 10 in this Virtual Training Company tutorial, beginning with an introduction to the basic menus, windows, and drawing tools. He will teach you about layers, colors and gradients, text, and much more. You will also learn how to use the exciting new features of Illustrator 10, including distort tools, symbols, envelope warp, and object-based slicing. See what you can learn today by simply clicking one of the topics below.
Intro
Intro Whats New Vector vs. Raster Artboard Menu / Window Basics Navigating Palettes Tools Palette Pen Tool Techniques
Pen Tool / Anchor Points Creating Basic Shapes Direction Lines / Handles Convert Anchor Point Tool Finishing and Selecting Paths Direct Selection Tool Basic Concepts & Techniques
Selecting Objects Lasso Tool Assigning Fill and Stroke Assigning Colors Preferences Keyboard Shortcuts Stacking Order Group Selection Tool Magic Wand Tool Bounding Box
Shape & Line Tools
Shape Tool Basics
Rounded Corner Rectangle
Polygon and Stars
Flare Tool
Line and Arc Tools
Grid Creation Tool
Paintbrush Tool
Pencil & Smoothing Tool
Transform Tools
Rotate Tool
Reflect Tool
Twist Tool
Shear & Scale Tools
Reshape Tool
Liquify Tools
Free Transform Tool
Creative Tools
Symbol Basics
Symbolism Tool Controls
Symbolism Tools
Creating Symbols
Graphs
Mesh Tool
Gradient Tool
Paintbucket & Eyedropper
Blend Tool & Options
Knife & Scissors Tool
Auto Trace Tool
Using the Art Brush
Creating Custom Brushes
The Scatter Brush
Layers & Appearance
Layer Basics
Layer Options
Selecting Objects / Layers
Appearance Basics
Assigning Appearance
Managing Appearances
Styles Palette
Filter Effects
Transparency
Transparency Palette
Isolating Blending Modes
Opacity Masks
Transparency Options
Compound Path
Stroke / Gradient / Color
Stroke Palette
Stroke Options
Gradient Palette
Color Palette Basics
Swatches
Custom Swatch Libraries
Overprint Option
Color Filters
Effects and Filters
Hatch Effects
Photo Cross Hatch
Roughen / Scribble
Transform, Twist, Zigzag
Stylize Options
Warp
Pathfinder
Rasterize
Bitmap Filters
Object Menu
Arrange & Transform
Group/Hide/Expand
Path Options
Envelope Distort
Type and Text
Text Tool
Area Type Tool
Text on a Path
Blocks & Wraps
Manipulating Containers
Rows & Columns
Paragraph Palette
Create Outlines
Productivity
View Menu
Ruler & Guides
Grids
Snap to Point
Links
Actions
Align Palette
Exporting to .psd
Slice Tool
Saving / Printing
Flattening
Separation Setup
Illustrator Format
Saving PDF
EPS and SVG
PSD and SWF