Professional illustrator, television animation art director and writer Dwayne Ferguson takes you on an in-depth look at Illustrator CS5, taking you through the tools you'll need to master it quickly. The end of the course includes three fun yet practical hands-on projects. Work Files are included.
Introduction
New in Illustrator CS5 (03:29)
Drawing Tools (05:26)
Raster vs. Vector (04:52)
Interface
Document Window (04:58)
Document Profiles (05:03)
Artboards Panel (04:56)
The Tools Panel (06:47)
Menus & Panels (04:55)
Navigation (05:16)
Workspaces (05:50)
Shortcuts (05:03)
Save Documents (03:38)
Select & Measure
Selection Tools (05:57)
Stacking Order (04:29)
Group & Ungroup (04:27)
Rulers & Grids (04:51)
Crop (04:36)
Paths & Shapes
Draw Paths (05:54)
Edit Paths (06:56)
Draw Modes (03:44)
Isolation Mode (03:25)
Pathfinder (04:28)
Compound Shapes (03:33)
Shape Builder (05:21)
Beautiful Strokes
Variable Width (03:43)
Dashed Lines (03:40)
Arrowheads (02:41)
Stretch Control (03:53)
Color
Swatch Libraries (06:18)
Create Swatches (06:15)
Color Panels (05:10)
Stroke & Fill (04:39)
Live Paint (04:47)
Gradients
Gradient Tool pt. 1 (05:01)
Gradient Tool pt. 2 (03:30)
Perspective
Perspective Types (04:18)
Perspective pt. 1 (04:58)
Perspective pt. 2 (04:58)
Type
Create & Edit (05:27)
Type on a Path (04:29)
Glyphs (03:21)
Outlines (04:47)
Anti-Aliasing (03:48)
Pixel Grid Alignment (02:27)
Layers
Add & Delete (04:23)
Layer Options (04:32)
Transparency (03:53)
Blend Modes (04:01)
Template Layer (04:17)
Blends & Meshes
Create a Blend (06:18)
Gradient Mesh pt. 1 (04:55)
Gradient Mesh pt. 2 (05:51)
Gradient Mesh pt. 3 (06:08)
Masks
Opacity Masks (06:05)
Clipping Masks (04:40)
Release Masks (02:53)
Bristle & Blob Brushes
Bristle Brush pt. 1 (05:28)
Bristle Brush pt. 2 (04:42)
Blob Brush pt. 1 (04:32)
Blob Brush pt. 2 (04:55)
Art Brushes
Scatter Brushes (05:07)
Pattern Brushes (05:48)
Calligraphic Brushes (04:09)
Filters & Effects
Soft Edges (04:44)
Stylize (03:55)
Distort (05:29)
Blurs (04:21)
Shadows (03:56)
3D Tools pt. 1 (05:36)
3D Tools pt. 2 (05:50)
Transformation Tools
Transform Tools (04:15)
Alignment & Distribute (04:13)
Repeat Transform (05:44)
Symbols & Graphs
Symbol Library (02:31)
Edit & Create (05:08)
Create Graphs (05:14)
CS5 Application Integration
Work with Flash (04:29)
Work with Photoshop (05:31)
Work with InDesign (04:57)
Appearances
Attributes (02:54)
Styles (04:46)
Live Effects (02:50)
Project: Mech Logo
Project Overview (02:47)
Mech Logo Sketches (04:33)
Mech Logo Tracing pt. 1 (05:30)
Mech Logo Tracing pt. 2 (04:03)
Mech Logo Shadow (04:47)
Mech Logo Gradient (05:21)
Mech Logo 3D Version (03:22)
Mech Logo Metal (04:08)
Project: Diner
Project Overview (02:18)
Project Research (03:20)
Walls pt. 1 (06:42)
Walls pt. 2 (06:30)
Shadows & Trees (07:00)
Entrance pt. 1 (07:01)
Entrance pt. 2 (06:59)
Perspective (05:26)
Project: Cafe Menu
Project Overview (03:23)
Cafe Menu Tracing pt. 1 (06:50)
Cafe Menu Tracing pt. 2 (05:26)
Cafe Menu Color (05:47)
Cafe Menu Placement (05:47)
Cafe Menu Background (05:32)
Cafe Menu Text (06:45)
Wrap Up
Review/Final Thoughts (02:09)
Credits
About the Author (03:09)

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