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Illustrator CC One-on-One: Fundamentals

Illustrator CC One-on-One: Fundamentals

with Deke McClelland

 


Learn to create elegant, optimized graphics with Adobe Illustrator and industry-pro Deke McClelland's patented One-on-One path to mastery—now updated for Illustrator Creative Cloud. This installment introduces the basic features of Illustrator CC: sizing and arranging artboards; accessing panels, menus, and tools; and creating your first illustrations with line art, shapes, and type. This includes manipulating paths with the Pen tool; painting, grouping, and coloring objects; and placing and adjusting text. Deke shows you how to select fonts, create hanging indents, and tweak the kerning and leading of your text. You'll also learn to trace images you've imported into Illustrator and scale, rotate, and duplicate artwork.

Deke will add new videos as new features for Illustrator CC are revealed, ensuring you'll always be up to date on the latest tools.
Topics include:
  • Creating new documents
  • Moving, modifying, and resizing artboards
  • Drawing with the line tools
  • Drawing geometric shapes
  • Auto-tracing an image
  • Rotating and duplicating objects
  • Grouping and stacking
  • Erasing and painting selected paths
  • Using the Shape Builder tool
  • Reflecting across an angled axis
  • Placing and flowing text
  • Previewing and assigning fonts
  • Adjusting type size
  • Creating and applying paragraph styles
  • Using the Glyphs panel
  • Inserting and removing anchor points with the Pen tool

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author
Deke McClelland
subject
Design
software
Illustrator CC
level
Beginner
duration
10h 4m
released
Jul 19, 2013

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Deke McClelland

Deke McClelland

Deke McClelland is one of the most respected experts in the business, with more than 30 industry awards to his name. He has been creating books, magazine articles, and videos on Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign since each of those programs first hit the market. Deke has written more than 80 books, translated into 24 languages, with more than four million copies in print. He has also recorded 2,000 hours of video training, which have garnered millions of views. Today, Deke creates the One-on-One book and video series. His full-color books include the best-selling Adobe Photoshop CS5 One-on-One, Adobe Illustrator CS5 One-on-One, and Adobe InDesign CS5 One-on-One. He also creates the comprehensive Photoshop CS5 One-on-One and Illustrator CS5 On-on-One video series for lynda.com. Deke's other lynda.com videos include Photoshop Sharpening Images, Photoshop Mastering Lab Color, and Photoshop Channels & Masks, all of which have received industry awards. Deke lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his two sons. To ask questions, find answers, and discover weekly tips and tricks, visit www.deke.com.
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