Год выпуска: 2010 Производитель: Lynda.com Автор: Mordy Golding Язык: Английский Продолжительность: 10:37:00 Файлы примеров: присутствуют
Описание:
На протяжение всего курса автор Mordy Golding раскрывает основные понятия и методы, которые применяют в работе с Illustrator CS5, связанные с дизайном печатной продукции, разработок для веб или любых других. Курс включает в себя подробное описание всех элементов программы, применяемых в работе с векторной графикой и демонстрирует примеры работы с ними. В курсе будет продемонстрирована техника работы со слоями, объектами документа, редактированием текста, работа с цветами, эффектами и многое другое. В курс включены файлы примеров.
Описание курса:
- Создание нового документа - Использование сетки, линейки и направляющих - Выбор деталей объектов - Рисование и редактирование векторов с помощью инструментов перо и карандаш - Создание комбинированных векторных объектов - Работа с текстовыми объектами - Применение эффектов - Создание цветовых групп - Трансформирование, вращение и изменение размера работ - Импортирование графических объектов - Работа с масками - Печать, сохранение и экспорт работ
Содержание курса:
0. Introduction
- Welcome - What is Illustrator CS5? - Using the exercise files
1. Key Concepts
- What are vector graphics? - Path and appearance - Stacking
2. Creating New Documents
- The Welcome screen - Creating files for print - Creating files for the screen - Using prebuilt templates - Adding XMP metadata - Exploring the panels - Using the Control panel - Using workspaces
3. Working with Documents
- Navigating within a document - Using rulers and guides - Using grids - Using the bounding box - Using Smart Guides - The Hide Edges command - Various preview modes - Creating custom views - Locking and hiding artwork
4. Making Selections
- Using the basic selection tools - Using the Magic Wand tool - Using the Lasso tool - Selecting objects by attribute or type - Saving and reusing selections - Selecting artwork beneath other objects - Exploring selection preferences
5. Drawing and Editing Paths
- The importance of modifier keys - Drawing closed path primitives - Drawing open path primitives - Understanding anchor points - Drawing straight paths with the Pen tool - Drawing curved paths with the Pen tool - Drawing freeform paths with the Pencil tool - Smoothing and erasing paths - Editing anchor points - Joining and averaging paths - Simplifying paths - Using Offset Path - Cleaning up errant paths
6. Building Shapes
- The Draw Inside and Draw Behind modes - Creating compound paths - Creating compound shapes - Using the Shape Builder tool - Using Pathfinder functions - Splitting an object into a grid - Using the Blob Brush and Eraser tools
7. Working with Text
- Creating point text - Creating area text - Applying basic character settings - Applying basic paragraph settings - Creating text threads - Setting text along an open path - Setting text along a closed path - Converting text into paths
8. Quick Project: Building a Logo
- Create a logo mark - Add type to your logo
9. Applying Appearances and Effects
- Using the Appearance panel - Targeting object attributes - Adding multiple attributes - Applying Live Effects - Expanding appearances - Appearance panel settings - Copying appearances - Saving appearances as graphic styles
10. Using Color in Illustrator
- Applying color to artwork - Creating process and global process swatches - Creating spot color swatches - Loading PANTONE and other custom color libraries - Organizing colors with Swatch Groups - Finding color suggestions with the Color Guide panel - Loading the Color Guide with user-defined colors
11. Applying Fills and Strokes
- Creating gradients with the Gradient panel - Modifying gradients with the Gradient Annotator - Applying and manipulating pattern fills - Defining your own custom pattern fills - Applying basic stroke settings - Creating strokes with dashed lines - Adding arrowheads to strokes - Creating variable-width strokes - Working with width profiles - Turning strokes into filled paths
12. Using Groups and Layers
- Creating and editing groups - Adding attributes to groups - The importance of using layers - Using and "reading" the Layers panel
13. Managing Multiple Artboards
- Creating and using multiple artboards - Modifying artboards with the Artboards panel - Copy and paste options with Artboards
14. Transforming and Positioning Art
- Moving and copying artwork - Scaling or resizing artwork - Rotating artwork - Reflecting and skewing artwork - Using the Free Transform tool - Repeating transformations - Performing individual transforms across multiple objects - Aligning objects and groups precisely - Distributing objects and spaces between objects
15. Working with Images
- Placing pixel-based content into Illustrator - Managing images with the Links panel - Converting pixels to paths with Live Trace - Making Live Trace adjustments - Controlling colors in Live Trace - Using Photoshop and Live Trace together
16. Working Efficiently with Symbols
- Managing repeating artwork with symbols - Modifying and replacing symbol instances - Using the Symbol Sprayer tool
17. Working with Masks
- Cropping photographs - Clipping artwork with masks - Clipping the contents of a layer - Defining masks with soft edges
18. Drawing in Perspective
- Defining a perspective grid - Drawing artwork in perspective - Moving flat art onto the perspective grid
19. Printing, Saving, and Exporting
- Printing your Illustrator document - Saving your Illustrator document - Creating PDF files for clients and printers - Exporting Illustrator files for use in Microsoft Office - Exporting Illustrator files for use in Photoshop - Exporting artwork for use on the web - Exporting high-resolution raster files
