Illustrator CS5 - Advanced Training View a tutorial on this topic

Platform: PC

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Take your knowledge of Adobe® Illustrator® CS5 to the expert level in this online training series. You'll learn helpful tips and tricks for Live Trace and Live Paint. Work with the Pathfinder Panel, create and manipulate blends and set your work apart with powerful 3D effects. Plus, discover many of the exciting new features of Illustrator including variable-width strokes, perspective drawing and the all-new Bristle Brush tool!
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Key # Length
1. preview Tracing on template layers 90129 1:28
2. preview Tracing raster images with Live Trace pt. 1 90130 1:34
3. locked Tracing raster images with Live Trace pt. 2 90131 2:01
4. locked Expanding traced art 90132 0:38
5. locked Converting a tracing object into a Live Paint group 90133 0:40
6. locked Using Live Paint to color intersecting paths 90134 2:37
7. locked Drawing new paths into an existing Live Paint group 90135 1:27
8. locked Changing Live Paint Bucket options 90136 2:29
9. locked Setting Gap Options and Detection 90137 2:14
10. locked Expanding Live Paint groups into objects 90138 1:02
11. locked Releasing Live Paint objects 90139 0:39
12. locked Selecting paths using the Live Paint Selection tool 90140 1:37
Key # Length
1. locked Using symbol instances 90141 1:25
2. locked Expanding a symbol instance 90142 0:50
3. locked Switching between Symbol tools 90143 0:45
4. locked Spraying and shifting symbols 90144 1:48
5. locked Scrunching, sizing, and spinning symbols 90145 2:27
6. locked Staining and screening symbols 90146 2:10
7. locked Applying graphic styles to symbols 90147 1:35
8. locked Releasing a symbol set 90148 0:40
Key # Length
1. locked Uniting objects using the Pathfinder panel 90149 1:06
2. locked Subtracting portions of objects using the Pathfinder Panel 90150 1:20
3. locked Intersecting paths using the Pathfinder panel 90151 0:41
4. locked Excluding portions of objects using the Pathfinder panel 90152 1:02
5. locked Using Divide on the Pathfinder panel 90153 0:57
6. locked Using Trim on the Pathfinder panel 90154 1:01
7. locked Using Merge on the Pathfinder panel 90155 1:32
8. locked Using Crop on the Pathfinder panel 90156 1:13
9. locked Using Outline on the Pathfinder panel 90157 0:50
10. locked Using Minus Back on the Pathfinder panel 90158 0:40
Key # Length
1. locked Converting text to editable vectors 90159 0:54
2. locked Setting tabs 90160 1:09
3. locked Defining and using Paragraph styles 90161 1:20
4. locked Creating a text thread pt. 1 90162 1:44
5. locked Creating a text thread pt. 2 90163 0:39
Key # Length
1. locked Creating a simple blend 90164 0:44
2. locked Creating a complex blend 90165 1:59
3. locked Editing a blend pt. 1 90166 1:21
4. locked Editing a blend pt. 2 90167 2:05
5. locked Setting a path for a blend 90168 1:27
6. locked Releasing a blend to layers 90169 1:17
Key # Length
1. locked Setting an offset to the axis of a revolved object 90170 1:46
2. locked Creating a Gradient Mesh object pt. 1 90171 2:18
3. locked Creating a Gradient Mesh object pt. 2 90172 1:11
4. locked Creating an envelope using Make with Top 90173 0:57
5. locked Creating an envelope using Make with Mesh 90174 0:59
6. locked Creating an envelope using Make with Warp 90175 1:02
Key # Length
1. locked Creating a basic graph 90176 1:55
2. locked Customizing how a graph's data is displayed 90177 1:21
3. locked Customizing the design of a graph 90178 1:31
Key # Length
1. locked Setting Layers Panel options 90179 1:20
2. locked Creating and editing an Opacity mask 90180 2:22
3. locked Creating a Clipping mask 90181 1:25
4. locked Using Isolation mode to edit symbols 90182 1:17
5. locked Creating multiple artboards 90183 1:27
6. locked Editing and deleting artboards 90184 1:21
7. locked Setting Smart Guide preferences 90185 2:05
Key # Length
1. locked Selecting objects with similar style, appearance and attributes 90186 1:07
2. locked Previewing graphic styles 90187 0:55
3. locked Merging a new graphic style to an existing one 90188 0:27
4. locked Combining spot and process colors 90189 1:57
5. locked Using palettes from Adobe Kuler 90190 1:14
6. locked Recoloring artwork using the Color Guide panel 90191 1:47
7. locked Recoloring artwork using Live Color 90192 1:41
8. locked Creating a new color group 90193 1:35
9. locked Editing colors in a color group 90194 1:12
10. locked Reducing the number of colors using presets 90195 1:15
11. locked Reducing the number of colors using Custom options 90196 2:07
12. locked Using the Separations Preview panel 90197 1:12
Key # Length
1. locked Creating variable-width strokes 90198 1:31
2. locked Using perspective drawing 90199 1:36
3. locked Using the Bristle Brush 90200 1:19
Tutorial series by Nick Tieri
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