Offering an unparalleled combination of creative freedom and productivity, Adobe Illustrator is preferred by designers, graphic artists, technical illustrators, and business professionals. In this Virtual Training Company tutorial, Rachel Caplan guides you through the basics of Illustrator 9, then leads you into the more technical territory by showing you how to modify objects, the use of gradients, scribbling and tweaking, and more. By clicking one of the subjects below, you can start the learning process right away.
BasicsIntroductionRaster vs. VectorBasic InterfaceThe ToolboxPalettesHand && Zoom toolCustom ViewsNavigator PaletteDocument Set UpSaving/Exporting FilesPreferencesRulers && Guides/GridsSelection ToolsGrouping ObjectsLocking && HidingArranging ObjectsNew FeaturesFlash && SVG Output/Release to LayersPixel PreviewInstant Drop Shadows; Glows && Live ShapesConvert to ShapeDrawing ObjectsDrawing RectanglesDrawing EllipsesPolygonsStarsSpiralsMasksOpacity MasksDrawing PathsBezier Paths
Anchor Points
Pencil Tool
Editing PathsAdding && Deleting Anchor Points
Reshape Tool
Smooth && Erase Tool
Scissors Tool && Knife Tool
Joining Paths
ColorColor Palette/Liaries
Swatches Palette
Transparency Palette
Eyedropper Tool
Paint Bucket Tool
Fills && StrokesApplying a Fill
Gradient Fills
Gradient Mesh Tool
Pattern Fills
Stroke Palette
Offset; Outline && Path
PaintingBrushes Palette
Paintush Tool
Calligraphic Brush
Scatter Brush
Art Brush
Pattern Brush
TransformationsScaling && Rotating
Reflect
Shear
Free Transform Tool
Transform Each
Align Palette
Blend Tool
Pathfinder Palette
Duplicate; Transform && Again
Transform Palette
TextPoint Text
Area Text
Linking Text Blocks
Text on a Path
Vertical Text
Character Palette
Paragraph Palette
Tab Palette
MM Palette
Converting Text to Outlines
Text as Mask
Change Case && Find Font
Punctuation and Spelling
FiltersFree Distort
Punk && Bloat
Roughen
Scribble and Tweak
Twirl
Zig Zag
Rasterize
Arrows
Feather
Round Corners
Trim Marks
Vector FiltersAdjust Colors
Object Mosaic
Pen && Ink
Photo Crosshatch
Blending Objects
Overprint Black
Saturate
Placing ImagesPlacing Raster Images
Linking and Embedding
Links Palette
Auto Trace Tool
ActionsActions Window
Creating Actions
Web GraphicsWeb Palette
Assigning URLs to Objects
Web File Formats
Saving Images for the Web
Working with Animation
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