Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Mastery
With Deke McClelland
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Duration: 13h 5m
Skill level: Advanced
Released: 1/28/2011
Course details
In Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Mastery, the third and final part of the comprehensive Illustrator One-on-One series, author and industry expert Deke McClelland shows how to take advantage of the wide array of dynamic effects in Illustrator CS5. Deke explores Illustrator's powerful Gradient Mesh feature, great for creating photorealistic airbrushing effects. He also covers graphic styles, the liquify tools, envelope-style distortions, the new Bristle Brushes, 3D text, and perspective drawing. Exercise files accompany the course.
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Contents
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My favorite features in all of Illustrator1m 21s
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Introducing the Transform effect5m 30s
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Repeating the last effect you applied4m 51s
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Applying multiple passes of a single effect5m 21s
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The wonders of editing dynamic artwork7m 13s
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Applying effects inside effects5m 11s
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Assigning an effect to an entire layer5m 42s
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Building a complex bevel effect5m 44s
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Placing artwork as a Photoshop Smart Object4m 55s
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Editing that Smart Object in Illustrator4m 21s
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Rotating continuously overlapping objects5m 34s
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Adjusting a dynamic transformation origin6m 21s
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Vector vs. raster effects5m 46s
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Introducing the Scribble effect5m 23s
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Copying effects between layers4m 20s
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Introducing Graphic Styles6m 50s
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Controlling the Filter Gallery preview2m 28s
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Document Raster Effects Settings4m 31s
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Combining and saving styles4m 32s
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Airbrushing with points and handles1m 45s
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Introducing the gradient mesh6m 10s
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Working with the Mesh tool6m 12s
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Lifting colors from a tracing template5m 47s
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Finessing the colors of mesh points4m 17s
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Creating a mesh with the Mesh tool7m 19s
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Adding a gradient mesh to a circle4m 37s
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Adding a gradient mesh to a slender shape8m 7s
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Creating soft and sharp transitions6m 56s
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Converting a linear gradient to a mesh7m 29s
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Editing a linear gradient mesh5m 6s
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Converting a radial gradient to a mesh8m 19s
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Editing a radial gradient mesh8m 15s
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Creating credible cast shadows5m 32s
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The best of static and dynamic adjustments58s
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Adding wings to a horse in Photoshop6m 52s
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Introducing the Warp tool6m 29s
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Brush size, Detail, and Simplify8m 24s
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The Twirl, Pucker, and Bloat tools6m 13s
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The Scallop, Crystallize, and Wrinkle tools5m 55s
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Creating a mind-blowing custom starburst4m 29s
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Introducing Envelope Distort5m 21s
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Editing the contents of an envelope5m 20s
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Warping an envelope mesh5m 20s
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Liquifying the contents of an envelope7m 7s
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Creating and editing an envelope mesh7m 59s
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Blending an envelope into a background4m 35s
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Outlines along a path1m 13s
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Weaving a pattern throughout an illustration6m 24s
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Introducing the Brushes panel4m 21s
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Applying and editing a calligraphic brush8m 28s
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Applying and scaling art brushes6m 6s
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Applying and editing a scatter brush5m 29s
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Formatting and scaling brushed text5m 40s
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Editing the path outlines of an art brush6m 1s
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Replacing an existing art brush6m 46s
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Creating and refining an art brush8m 3s
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Tiling pattern vs. pattern brushes5m 12s
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Creating a pattern brush8m 20s
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Designing the perfect side pattern7m 1s
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Start, end, and corner tiles8m 58s
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Expanding and filling brush outlines6m 49s
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Text brushes vs. type on a path6m 55s
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Combining a text brush with the Width tool8m 43s
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Introducing the bristle brushes5m 43s
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Adjusting the hairs in a bristle brush5m 24s
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Charts can be beautiful1m 17s
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Adding a gradient mesh to a complex path8m 9s
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Importing and graphing data5m 22s
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Switching between the kinds of graphs6m 8s
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Changing the Graph Type settings8m 7s
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Correcting and editing data6m 51s
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Selecting and coloring graph elements6m 29s
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Making nuanced changes to a graph8m 6s
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The pitfalls of manual adjustments8m 45s
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Creating and applying graph designs6m 27s
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Making a basic pictograph6m 47s
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Assembling sliding graph designs8m 33s
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Making last-minute tweaks and edits5m 37s
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Composing and customizing a graph5m 44s
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Perspective is all about real life1m 44s
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Assembling an isometric projection8m 5s
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Introducing Illustrator's Perspective Grid6m 8s
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Drawing a basic perspective cube8m 1s
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One-point, two-point, and three-point perspective8m 25s
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Creating automatically scaling box labels4m 41s
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Setting up a Perspective Grid6m 45s
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Perspective Grid tips and tricks6m 39s
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Drawing and editing a perspective shape5m 20s
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Shifting between planes on the fly5m 24s
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Creating a freeform shape in perspective7m 8s
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Working with perspective symbols8m 57s
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Matching perspective with the Shear tool2m 50s
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Rendering an off-plane path in perspective5m 7s
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Replicating symbols in perspective8m 12s
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Mass-modifying perspective instances2m 56s
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Adding and editing perspective text5m 37s
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Duplicating perpendicular shapes7m 17s
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Adjusting multiple shapes on a single plane4m 48s
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Creating a perspective column9m 23s
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Duplicating a series of perspective paths3m 20s
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Just another dynamic effect1m 10s
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Introducing the 3D Revolve effect5m 1s
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The 3D Revolve settings7m 24s
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Fixing 3D rendering problems6m 32s
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Establishing symbols for 3D art6m 50s
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Mapping symbols onto 3D surfaces6m 14s
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Adjusting shading and light6m 25s
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Toning down 3D art in Photoshop5m 43s
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Adding a photographic texture7m 36s
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Converting from Illustrator paths to Photoshop masks4m 50s
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Making 3D droplets in Photoshop5m 58s
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Unifying textures with Smart Filters5m 48s
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Creating 3D type with Extrude & Bevel6m 44s
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Coloring and correcting extruded edges9m 14s
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Take action today, save effort tomorrow33s
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Introducing the Actions panel4m 16s
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Initiating a new action5m 32s
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Recording a practical action4m 56s
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Four ways to play an action4m 27s
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Streamlining by disabling dialog boxes5m 48s
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Editing an action set in a text editor7m 20s
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Inserting an unresponsive menu item6m 16s
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Match-processing a folder of files5m 42s
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Recording a transformation sequence6m 10s
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Editing and troubleshooting an action5m 6s
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Recording actions within actions7m 21s
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What’s included
- Practice while you learn 2 exercise files
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