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Adobe Illustrator 8 Tutorial
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Drawing Objects
Chapter Overview
Circles and Rectangles Tools:
• Polygon
• Spiral
• Star
• Autotrace
Masks
Colour
Chapter Overview Colour Palette
Swatches
Colour Liaries
How to Import Swatches
Eyedropper and Paintbucket Tools
Global Colour Changes
Colour Filters
Hard and Soft Mix
Changing Objects Tools Explained:
• Free Transform
• Shear
• Reflect
• Scale
• Rotate
Transform Each and Again
Twirl Tool and Filter
Brushes
Chapter Overview and Paintush Tool
Pattern and Scatter Brush
Scatter Brush Liaries
Art Brush
Moving Objects
Stacking Order Explained
Group Selection Tool
Move Command in Illustrator
Aligning and Distributing
Using the Measure Tool
Guides & Measuring
Chapter Overview
Guide Objects and Grids - Lesson 1
Guide Objects and Grids - Lesson 2
Measuring - Best Practices
Text
Character Attributes
Text Commands Overview
Further Character Attributes
Text Box in Illustrator
Paragraph Attributes
How to Import and Export Text
Creating Outlines
Correctly Transform Text
How to Link Text Blocks
Text Wraps Overview
Inserting Text on a Path
Vertical Text
Tab Ruler
Placing Images
Chapter Overview
Linking versus Embedding
How to Trace Images
Colourize Bitmap Images
How to Mask Images
Filters Explained
Using the Links Palette
Blends & Gradients
Gradient Tool & Palette
How to Modify Gradients
Blend Shapes and Colours - Lesson 1
Blend Shapes and Colours - Lesson 2
Mesh Gradient Tool
Patterns
Chapter Overview
Fill and Path Pattern - Lesson 1
Fill and Path Pattern - Lesson 2
Geometric and Irregular Patterns - Lesson 1
Geometric and Irregular Patterns - Lesson 2
Filters
Mix Hard and Soft
How to Adjust Colours Using Filters
Colour Filters Overview
Using the Free Distort Filter
Drop Shadows and Arrows Explored
Rounded Corners
Object Mosaic
Rasterize in Illustrator
Zig Zag Filter Explained
Scribble and Tweak
Punk and Bloat
Roughen
Twirling
Working Efficiently
Chapter Overview and Creating Crop Marks
Registration Colour
Allocating Ram
Easter Egg and Adobe Illustrator 8 Tutorial Wrap Up
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