Adobe Illustrator 10 CD Training (CBT) Course

"If you want to get the most out of this powerful application then this is the Illustrator 10 tutorial for you.
Through 109 audio-visual movies author Andrew Hathaway will take you through the basics and the more advanced aspects of Illustrator including some great hints, tips and techniques which are demonstrated along the way."

Intro
Illustrator 10 tutorial overview
what's new in version 10
vector versus raster
menu and window basics
the artboard
the navigating and tools palettes

Pen Tool Techniques
pen tool and anchor points
the creation of some basic shapes
more on the anchor tool
finish and select paths
the direct selection tool

Basic Concepts & Techniques
how to select objects
the lasso tool in illustrator
how to assign fill & stroke
how to assign colours
preferences
some keyboard shortcuts
stacking order
the group selection tool
the magic wand tool
the bounding box explored

The Shape & Line Tools
the basics of these tools
producing a rounded cornered rectangle
polygon & stars
the flare tool
other tools:
• line and arc
• grid creation
• pencil and smoothing
• paintbrush tool

Transform Tools
• the rotate
• reflect
• twist
• reshape
• liquify and free transform tools (all described)

Creative Tools
some symbol basics
symbolism tools and their controls
creation of the symbols
graphs
paint bucket tool
the meshing and gradient tool
the eyedropper tool in illustrator
the blend tool and options
knife and scissors tool
the auto trace tool
working with the art brush
create custom brushes

Layers & Appearance
some layer basics and options
select objects and layers
some appearance basics
how to manage appearances
the styles palette and filter effects

Transparency
the palette
the isolation of the blending modes
options for transparency & masks
the compound path

Stroke, Gradient and Colour
the stroke palette and options
gradient palette
some of the colour palette basics
the swatches
custom swatch libraries
the overprint option
colour filters

Effects and Filters
chapter overview
hatch effects
the photo cross hatch
roughen and scribble
transform, twist and zigzag
the stylize options
warp
using the pathfinder
rasterize and bitmap filters

Object Menu
arrange and transform
group, hide and expand
some path options
the envelope distort

Type and Text
the text and area type tool
text on a path
wraps
blocks
manipulating containers
rows and columns in illustrator
paragraphs
creating outlines

Productivity
the view menu
ruler and guides
grids and snap to point
links and actions
align palette
exporting to .psd
the slice tool

Saving / Printing
flattening
separation set up
the illustrator format
saving a PDF, PSD and SWF, EPS and SVG