Illustrator CC 2017 One-on-One Mastery
With Deke McClelland
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Duration: 16h 43m
Skill level: Advanced
Released: 11/9/2017
Course details
Adobe Illustrator—the powerful vector-based drawing program—offers functionality that you can leverage to create striking, unique works of art. In this course—the third in a comprehensive training series by industry expert Deke McClelland—learn essential Illustrator concepts, in a logical order, on a schedule that works best for you. Learn new shortcuts, how to customize the toolbox, advanced blend mode tricks, how to construct seamlessly repeating patterns, and how to create symbols and custom arrowheads. Deke also covers the logo-making features in Illustrator, the Libraries and Actions panels, applying 3D effects, and more. Each chapter should leave you with a new set of skills—and a sense of accomplishment.
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Contents
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Becoming a lean, mean, illustration machine1m 23s
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Installing my dekeKeys shortcuts on the PC8m 57s
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Installing my dekeKeys shortcuts on the Mac7m 24s
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Welcome to the dekeKeys PDF docs6m 41s
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Touring your new keyboard shortcuts12m 23s
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Restoring or customizing shortcuts7m 8s
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Tool, transparency, and panel shortcuts9m 34s
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A few pro-level Preferences settings10m 1s
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Selecting and editing with more control10m 40s
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Customizing the Illustrator toolbox8m 4s
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The many forms of transparency2m 11s
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Adjusting the opacity—now with shortcuts6m 41s
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The A-list blend modes: Multiply and screen6m 41s
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The other modes: Overlay through luminosity9m 14s
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My dekeKeys blend mode shortcuts6m 24s
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The effect of color space on blend modes8m 14s
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A few advanced blend mode tricks7m 19s
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Applying blend modes in the Appearance panel9m 58s
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Creating auto-inverting type with Difference7m 54s
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Carving dynamic holes with Knockout Group8m 36s
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Knockout Group and dynamic attributes5m 2s
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Using the Isolate Blending option6m 47s
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Introducing the opacity mask8m 17s
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Putting an opacity mask into use10m 17s
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Applying blend modes to entire layers8m 3s
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Adding Photoshop pixels to an opacity mask9m 59s
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Finishing up the tattooed face7m 36s
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Exporting transparency to Photoshop12m 22s
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Painting with path outlines1m 11s
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Introducing the Brushes panel6m 11s
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Applying and editing a calligraphic brush7m 2s
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Scaling and colorizing art brushes7m 4s
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Applying and customizing scatter brushes6m 25s
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Formatting and editing brush type4m 30s
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Designing your own custom art brush7m 53s
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Creating and testing your art brush6m 23s
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Refining a brush to fit ends and corners5m 27s
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Expanding, filling, and stroking a brush7m 53s
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Type on a path vs. text as an art brush7m 43s
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Distorting art type with the Width tool10m 3s
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Infusing your artwork with a pattern5m 30s
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Painting with bristle brushes8m 50s
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Patterns are for everyone2m 25s
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Introducing the automated Pattern Editor7m 18s
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The three tile types: Grid, Brick, and Hex6m 22s
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Undoing and canceling unwanted edits7m 32s
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Creating a new pattern from an existing one6m 39s
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The better way to duplicate a pattern6m 3s
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Planning out a more complex pattern6m
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Creating a single perfectly waving line9m 12s
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Duplicating and blending your waves8m 1s
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Cropping a tile inside a clipping mask5m 59s
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Riffing off a complex pattern6m 58s
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Constructing a seamless denim pattern8m 53s
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Making your denim pattern look like denim7m 52s
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Creating a pattern brush with auto corners10m 1s
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Creating custom Start and End tiles14m 3s
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Putting a hex pattern to good use6m 55s
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If only Photoshop had this feature1m 26s
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Introducing gradient mesh6m 43s
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Using the dedicated Mesh tool6m 32s
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Creating a basic gradient mesh12m 25s
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Isolating a mesh object7m 49s
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Deleting unwanted and invisible mesh points5m 28s
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Releasing a gradient mesh3m 57s
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Converting mesh points from cusp to smooth7m 27s
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Sharpening or smoothing color transitions8m 31s
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Assigning a mesh to a bendy shape9m 7s
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Converting a linear gradient to a mesh8m 55s
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Converting a radial gradient to a mesh13m 8s
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Painting soft objects with gradient mesh7m 43s
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Combining a mesh with a compound path11m 24s
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Expressing surface contours with a mesh7m 14s
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Painting contoured highlights7m 43s
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Blending multiple mesh objects6m 6s
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Using gradient mesh to cast shadows8m 43s
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The benefits of using symbols2m 6s
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Introducing symbols and instances7m 31s
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Creating and naming symbols9m 22s
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Creating and replacing instances4m 13s
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Working with dynamic symbols9m 43s
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Dynamic symbols and backward compatibility2m 34s
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Dynamic symbols and dynamic effects9m 6s
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Introducing 9-slice scaling5m 16s
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Adjusting the guides for 9-slice scaling5m 52s
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Acquiring, trading, and previewing symbols8m 51s
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Using symbols as stand-ins for master pages10m 57s
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Advanced symbol modifications7m 18s
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Editing the top-secret Arrowheads.ai file9m 19s
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Designing custom arrowheads11m 16s
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Saving your arrowhead designs as symbols8m 3s
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Designing tinted arrowheads16m 55s
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Saving tinted arrowheads as symbols6m 55s
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Editing an existing arrowhead10m 42s
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The pleasures and pitfalls of graphs1m 35s
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Graphing numerical data6m 52s
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Importing a tab-limited spreadsheet5m 26s
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Modifying data to create a category axis3m 46s
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Reformatting text and numerical values5m 39s
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Adjusting the Graph Type settings7m 41s
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Creating and applying a Graph Design10m 2s
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Setting the Column Type to Repeating3m 54s
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Recreating a graph at the proper size7m 51s
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Customizing your legend7m 11s
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Logo-making features in Illustrator1m 38s
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Making a logo from one character of type8m 38s
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Creating a logo of interwoven rings11m 48s
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Weaving your rings into a larger ring8m 16s
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Whittling your paths with the Scissors tool9m 25s
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Gradient type and dynamic strokes6m 29s
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Using the Touch Type tool6m 17s
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Two ways to warp type7m 2s
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Creating letter-shaped gradients8m 17s
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Painting reflections onto letterforms6m 31s
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Save more time, be more creative1m 55s
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Introducing the Libraries panel6m 31s
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Managing, restoring, and sharing libraries4m 38s
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Sharing character and paragraph styles6m 30s
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Placing and editing library assets6m 48s
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Updating a logo across multiple documents8m 22s
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Sharing an asset with InDesign or Photoshop7m 11s
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Creating and using color themes2m 42s
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Introducing the Actions panel5m 31s
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Recording a custom, multistep action5m 28s
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Four ways to play back an action4m 23s
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The five advantages to 3D in Illustrator1m 49s
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Introducing the three kinds of 3D in Illustrator7m
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Working in 3D space: Pitch, yaw, and roll4m 30s
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Lighting and shading a 3D object5m 43s
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Beveling the edges of a 3D extrusion3m 44s
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Creating live, editable 3D type8m 42s
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Adding cast shadows to 3D type5m 34s
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Understanding the 3D Revolve effect7m 56s
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Using 3D Revolve to create a soda can9m
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Mapping a logo or other art onto a 3D object8m 15s
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Enhancing 3D artwork with faux 3D effects9m 59s
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Combining a stroke with 3D Revolve10m 9s
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What’s included
- Practice while you learn 1 exercise file
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