Lynda.com - Illustrator CS6 Essential Training

Adobe Illustrator can be used to accomplish many different design tasks, from illustration to app development. This course demonstrates core concepts and techniques that can be applied to any workflow—for print, the web, or building assets that will find their way into other applications. Author Justin Seeley explains the elements that make up vector graphics (paths, strokes, and fills) while showing how to use each of the drawing tools, and demonstrates how to combine and clean up paths and organize them into groups and layers. The course also covers text editing, working with color, effects, and much more.

• Understanding vector graphics


• Creating and setting up files for print or web destinations


• Selecting and transforming objects on the page


• Creating spot colors


• Applying fills, strokes, and gradients to artwork


• Adjusting appearances and effects


• Working with anchor points and paths


• Drawing with the Pen tool


• Creating text


• Managing layers


• Creating and using symbols


• Printing, saving, and exporting artwork