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If you have access to the Exercise Files for this course, you might find it…easier to copy them to your computer desktop as I've done here or anywhere you'd…like where they will be easily accessible.…The top folder contains subfolders for each chapter which themselves contain…the Exercise Files.…If you do not have access to these files, you can still follow along with your…own files, or just sit back, and watch as I proceed through the course.…
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Author
Mordy Golding
Released
5/10/2011
In this installment of Illustrator Insider Training, Mordy Golding shows experienced Illustrator users how to create transparency effects and ensure reliable printing results. This course reviews the history of vector transparency and covers features such as knockout groups, opacity masks, and transparency flattening. Mordy also shows how to establish a safe workflow when placing Illustrator graphics containing transparency in PostScript, PDF, and InDesign files. A free worksheet is included with the course.
Topics include:
- Understanding how transparency works across the Adobe applications
- Deconstructing the Transparency panel
- Adding transparency to gradients
- Understanding how overprints and knockouts work
- Using a gradient or complex appearance as an opacity mask
- The rules of transparency flattening
- Working with complex regions
- Understanding the relationship between flattening and stacking order
- Creating and sharing flattener presets
- Saving PDF files and using the PDF/X standards
Skill Level Intermediate
2h 50m
Duration
118,615
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 6s
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1. Core Transparency Concepts
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2. Applying Transparency
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3. Using Opacity Masks
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What is an opacity mask?3m 37s
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Creating an opacity mask6m 44s
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Editing an opacity mask5m 31s
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4. Transparency Flattening
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5. Establishing a Safe Workflow
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Saving PDF files4m 41s
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Using the PDF/X standards4m 36s
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Conclusion
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Next steps34s
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