Author
Tony Harmer
Released
11/6/2019- Navigating the Illustrator interface
- Making selections
- Drawing lines and shapes
- Working with swatches and other color tools
- Creating strokes and fills
- Saving selections
- Aligning and distributing objects
- Transforming objects
- Building with compound paths and shapes
- Drawing with the Pen, Pencil, and Eraser tools
- Creating gradients
- Turning artwork into patterns
- Working with the Appearance panel
- Creating and editing type
- Embedding, cropping, and tracing images
- Working with artboards
- Customizing Illustrator
- Exporting artwork
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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- [Tony] Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard in vector drawing, and with it, you can create icons, logos, charts, maps, technical drawings, fashion drawings, and many more things besides. It's an incredibly versatile software with a wealth of possibilities. We're going to cover the essential features that will get you up and running with Illustrator, and hopefully having a lot of fun on the way. My name is Tony Harmer, and I'm a professional illustrator with tons of experience in introducing this amazing software to new users like you, and upskilling experienced users too. So let's dive in and get learning.
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Introduction
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How to send feedback1m 4s
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1. Quick Start Exercise
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Walkthrough setup2m 15s
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Walkthrough4m 5s
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2. The Illustrator Environment
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Touring the interface3m 11s
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The Toolbox2m 24s
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Panels3m 23s
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The Properties panel3m 11s
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Panning and zooming4m 7s
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Using the Navigator2m 22s
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3. Selection
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The Selection tool2m 36s
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The Direct Selection tool3m 36s
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4. Shape and Line Drawing Tools
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Drawing basic shapes3m 24s
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Drawing polygons and stars3m 43s
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Drawing with the Line tools4m 58s
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Drawing with the Grid tools2m 27s
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5. Color
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Color models in Illustrator4m 57s
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The Swatches panel4m 26s
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Global swatches3m 32s
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Spot colors3m 31s
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Using tints2m 52s
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Color groups2m 34s
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The Color Guide panel2m 43s
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6. Strokes
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Stroke attributes3m 21s
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Creating dashed lines2m 10s
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Creating dotted lines1m 48s
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Creating arrowheads2m 3s
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Variable width strokes3m 8s
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7. More on Selections
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The Lasso tool2m 28s
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The Magic Wand2m 22s
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Saving selections3m 7s
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8. Alignment, Distribution, and Stacking
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Aligning objects1m 57s
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Aligning points1m 30s
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Distributing objects3m 5s
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Using key objects3m 7s
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Changing the stacking order2m 54s
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Using the draw modes2m 55s
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9. Groups
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Working with groups2m 59s
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The Group Selection tool3m 9s
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Using Isolation Mode2m 12s
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10. Layers
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Using layers4m 4s
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11. Transforms
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Using Transform Again2m 38s
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Transforms as an effect2m 27s
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12. Drawing by Construction
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Compound Paths and Shapes3m 58s
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The Pathfinder panel3m 19s
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The Shape Builder4m 40s
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Clipping masks5m 38s
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13. Drawing Tools
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The Pen tool6m 30s
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The Curvature Pen tool3m 26s
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The Shaper tool3m 33s
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The Pencil tool5m 2s
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Drawing with the Eraser tool4m 36s
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Improving paths3m 53s
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14. Using Guides and Grids
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Creating and removing guides2m 48s
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Making guides from objects2m 53s
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15. Gradients
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Linear gradients3m 39s
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Radial gradients3m 52s
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Freeform gradients3m 56s
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Gradients on strokes3m 11s
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16. Patterns
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Creating a pattern4m 2s
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Pattern strokes3m 21s
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Transforming patterns2m 28s
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17. Symbols
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Static symbols4m 27s
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Dynamic symbols3m 55s
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18. Blends, Blending, and Transparency
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Using blends3m 46s
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Replacing a blend spine3m 2s
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Using blending modes4m 50s
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Using opacity masks2m 43s
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19. Appearances
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The power of appearances1m 53s
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The Appearance panel4m 53s
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Illustrator effects5m 14s
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Photoshop effects5m 53s
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Editing or removing effects2m 59s
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Graphic styles3m 49s
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The Brush tool1m 20s
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20. Type
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Using point type4m 6s
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Using area type4m 41s
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Character options4m 55s
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Paragraph options3m 31s
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The Touch Type tool4m 14s
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Using Type on a Path5m 44s
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Outlining type1m 26s
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21. Images in Illustrator
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Placing images1m 40s
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Embedding images1m 52s
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Cropping images2m 18s
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22. Pixels to Vectors
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Using Image Trace3m 48s
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23. Modifying Artwork
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Recolor artwork3m 14s
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The Puppet Warp tool2m 35s
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24. Artboards
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Working with artboards3m 25s
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Arranging artboards2m 25s
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25. Output
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Packaging Illustrator files2m 41s
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Export as other file types2m 38s
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Asset Export3m 5s
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Legacy Save for Web1m 26s
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PDF files and Illustrator2m 31s
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26. Efficiency in Illustrator
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Creating your own workspaces2m 17s
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Keyboard shortcuts2m 44s
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Custom views1m 37s
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Custom toolboxes2m 19s
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27. Beyond Illustrator
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Exporting an ASE1m 9s
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Conclusion
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Next steps43s
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