Lynda.com Illustrator CS4 One on One Advanced DVD

After learning the fundamentals of drawing and reshaping paths in Adobe Illustrator CS4, the fun really begins. In Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Advanced, the second installment in the popular One-on-One series, computer graphics expert Deke McClelland explores some of Illustrator's most powerful and least understood features. He shows how to merge simple shapes to create complex ones with the Pathfinder palette and how to align paths to create schematic illustrations. Deke explains how to paint fluid, multicolor fills with blends, Gradient Mesh, and the new and improved gradient tools. He also explores seamlessly repeating tile patterns, blobs and brushes, and imported images. He wraps things up with a look at one of the deepest features in Illustrator, transparency. Exercise files accompany the training.
Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Look for the third part in the series, Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Mastery, later this year.

Software works on: Mac and Windows.
Introduction
Welcome 1:07 18.1 MB
Installing the dekeKeys keyboard shortcuts 8:59 14.8 MB
Resetting the Function keys on a Mac 4:47 5.5 MB
Installing the CS4 color settings 4:20 6.8 MB
Loading the CS4 color settings in Illustrator 6:03 10.0 MB
Loading the CS4 color settings in Bridge CS4 3:25 6.4 MB
13. Pathfinder Operations
From the simple emerges the complex 0:42 11.0 MB
Introducing Pathfinder operations 4:17 4.2 MB
Editing a compound shape 4:39 6.5 MB
Adding to a compound shape 3:11 4.1 MB
Inserting a subpath into a compound shape 3:56 5.2 MB
Expanding a compound shape 4:53 6.1 MB
Assembling primitives 4:42 6.7 MB
Preparing a template in Photoshop 7:00 9.4 MB
Uniting paths permanently 5:40 8.9 MB
Minus Front vs. Minus Back 1:55 2.3 MB
Working with compound paths 6:49 10.2 MB
When in doubt, divide 3:54 5.1 MB
Divide and Unite 3:02 4.7 MB
Open path pitfalls 5:35 8.0 MB
Strokes bad, fills good 4:38 5.8 MB
Advanced Divide and Unite 8:59 10.5 MB
Using the Crop operation 8:30 13.1 MB
Expert Divide and Unite 8:45 16.1 MB
"Ghosting" shapes with Fill Opacity 6:44 11.1 MB
Anticipating and troubleshooting 8:15 13.6 MB
Exclude and Intersect 7:24 10.6 MB
14. Align and Distribute
Familiar one moment, different the next 1:03 15.5 MB
Snapping to anchor points 6:19 6.1 MB
Aligning a group to the artboard 3:34 3.3 MB
Distributing objects on the artboard 4:16 4.1 MB
Setting the key object 4:54 4.9 MB
Distributing objects by space 3:06 3.1 MB
Distributing objects by selections 3:19 3.4 MB
Aligning point text 6:07 8.2 MB
Aligning live text vs. using outlines 4:58 5.2 MB
Aligning key letters 3:35 6.3 MB
Aligning to key objects 4:26 7.6 MB
15. Gradients and the Gradient Tool
CS4’s gradient renaissance 1:07 17.4 MB
Applying a gradient 6:00 6.5 MB
Dragging and dropping color swatches 2:55 3.4 MB
Using the Gradient palette 6:27 7.7 MB
Designing a shaded gradient 5:09 6.0 MB
Saving a gradient swatch and adding a texture 4:02 4.9 MB
Introducing the new Gradient tool 4:39 6.7 MB
Editing color stops inside a shape 3:26 4.0 MB
Setting multiple gradients to the same angle 5:00 6.9 MB
Adding and adjusting radial gradients 7:20 11.1 MB
Making a transparent gradient 7:06 8.7 MB
Adding drop shadows (a kind of gradient) 6:27 10.1 MB
Blends vs. blend modes 4:37 6.0 MB
16. Gradient Mesh
Creating freeform color flows 1:00 15.7 MB
The power of CS4's transparent gradients 10:25 15.5 MB
Creating a gradient mesh 4:30 6.0 MB
Expanding a gradient to a gradient mesh 7:40 14.8 MB
Adding and deleting rows and columns 6:13 8.8 MB
Selecting and coloring points 6:05 9.4 MB
Assigning colors with the Eyedropper tool 7:42 12.4 MB
Cool mesh editing techniques 3:56 8.0 MB
Warping and puckering a mesh 7:24 17.2 MB
Applying precise finishing touches 5:48 13.9 MB
Gradient strokes 9:45 14.8 MB
Gradient text 6:50 8.8 MB
17. Blends and Masks
The first of the dynamic functions 1:04 16.0 MB
Making a blend automatically 5:48 7.2 MB
Fixing problem blends 3:56 7.1 MB
Making a blend with the Blend tool 3:06 3.9 MB
Cloning and coloring a blended path 4:37 7.3 MB
Creating a mask 3:53 5.8 MB
Blending between translucent shapes 5:30 6.9 MB
Blending along a curve 4:34 8.0 MB
Adjusting the speed of a blend 2:58 5.9 MB
Filling and stroking a mask 4:36 6.2 MB
Creating a compound clipping mask 6:03 9.2 MB
Nesting one clipping mask inside another 6:07 9.8 MB
Ghosting nested masks and blends 3:23 5.9 MB
18. Seamlessly Repeating Tile Patterns
Patterns that repeat forever and ever 0:51 13.4 MB
Introducing tile patterns 6:36 13.6 MB
Beginning a core design 5:06 7.5 MB
Building an interlocking element 6:24 7.1 MB
Achieving precise radial symmetry 4:46 5.4 MB
Rotating duplicates around a common center 3:10 3.8 MB
Determining how a pattern repeats 9:54 21.4 MB
Coloring the core objects 5:00 8.2 MB
Identifying the rectangular tile 7:14 11.7 MB
Saving tile patterns 7:18 10.7 MB
Applying tile patterns to a shape 3:25 5.4 MB
Protecting patterns from transformations 7:36 19.9 MB
Moving patterns without paths 5:51 15.3 MB
19. Calligraphy, Blobs, and Art Brushes
Illustrator gets natural 1:15 20.0 MB
Introducing the vector painting tools 3:16 4.7 MB
Calligraphic brush options 4:03 9.2 MB
Pressure sensitivity 5:17 15.6 MB
Editing a calligraphic brush 5:53 16.8 MB
Repainting and smoothing paths 5:30 11.1 MB
Making the paintbrush behave 6:16 14.2 MB
Erasing stroked paths 3:17 6.6 MB
Painting with the new Blob brush 6:24 17.8 MB
Refining filled paths with the Eraser 4:14 10.8 MB
Painting independent paths 3:53 8.6 MB
The Selection Limits Merge options 3:20 7.2 MB
Applying and scaling an art brush 6:23 10.1 MB
Snipping a brushed path 4:55 7.3 MB
Colorizing an art brush 4:09 8.2 MB
Heaping a stroke on an art brush effect 4:32 7.9 MB
Creating a custom art brush 6:51 9.9 MB
20. Importing and Linking Images
The computer art world’s dynamic duo 1:07 17.3 MB
Copying and pasting pixels from Photoshop 7:21 9.2 MB
Linking is efficient, embedding is not 2:47 3.7 MB
Editing an image in Illustrator 7:30 13.0 MB
Filtering an image in Photoshop 6:34 9.6 MB
Adding a filter mask in Photoshop 6:25 18.7 MB
Masking a woman from the background 3:49 6.7 MB
Creating a sepia effect 6:37 9.7 MB
Adding a second gradient map layer 2:13 3.6 MB
Achieving a graphic effect with Levels 8:09 13.1 MB
Preparing an image for use in Illustrator 5:46 8.9 MB
The importance of image resolution 9:40 17.4 MB
Placing and linking images 4:43 8.1 MB
Managing linked images 6:18 9.5 MB
Integrating an image into a design 5:12 10.5 MB
A better way to wrap text 7:28 14.0 MB
Previewing the trim size 4:25 6.9 MB
Layer comps and editable text 8:42 17.3 MB
21. Using Transparency
Transparency is safe and fun 1:27 22.9 MB
Introducing the translucent composition 4:39 8.3 MB
Assigning opacity to an Appearance attribute 3:41 5.8 MB
Creating a knockout group 5:07 6.8 MB
Defining an opacity mask 7:15 11.8 MB
Using the Clip checkbox 2:41 4.3 MB
Opacity mask tips and tricks 3:20 5.4 MB
The Multiply blend mode 6:08 9.2 MB
Adding to an existing opacity mask 7:53 13.7 MB
Blending between parallel groups 7:27 12.1 MB
Creating a gradient opacity mask 4:54 7.8 MB
Employing an opposing gradient mask 7:57 12.2 MB
Combining Multiply and Screen 3:49 6.1 MB
Blend mode roundup 5:24 9.7 MB
Mixing blend modes inside a single path 3:48 7.1 MB
Blend mode and transparent gradient 3:49 6.6 MB
Masking an entire layer 7:00 9.6 MB
Combining Screen with 100K Black 7:43 12.4 MB
Knocking out a drop shadow 5:18 10.8 MB
But will it print? 3:08 2.6 MB
Working with the Flattener preview 8:44 12.2 MB
Rasterizing an illustration in Photoshop 9:16 18.9 MB
Super-rich blacks and raster effects 3:34 4.8 MB
Exporting TIFF artwork from Illustrator 7:48 15.8 MB
Conclusion
Until next time 0:57 14.4 MB

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