This course is the third in a four-part series devoted to mastering the premiere graphics creation application, Adobe Illustrator. Industry pro Deke McClelland takes a project-based learning approach to the key features in Illustrator CC, including Recolor Artwork, transparency, masks, blend modes, strokes and fills, and dynamic effects. The course also covers techniques for creating custom gradients, designing logos, generating photorealistic neon text, and wrapping type around objects. Plus, Deke shows how to call up the most essential features by organizing your workspace and employing time-saving keyboard shortcuts, how to manage the color settings, and how to adjust a few settings to make the program work even better.

Topics include:

• Installing dekeKeys, Deke's free custom keyboard shortcuts
  
• Understanding the color-managed workflow
  
• Creating a multicolor blend
  
• Establishing a clipping mask
  
• Blending different levels of opacity
  
• Combining a letterform with a path outline
  
• Warping logo type around a circle
  
• Adding neon blur and bokeh in Photoshop
  
• Mixing and matching color harmonies
  
• Recoloring artwork
  
• Working with the Calligraphic, Scatter, and Art Brushes
  
• Creating translucency
  
• Editing attributes in the Appearance panel
  
• Adjusting and updating dynamic effects

Adding shortcuts and adjusting preferences (48s)
Introducing my custom keyboard shortcuts (10m 1s)
Installing my dekeKeys shortcuts on Windows (5m 21s)
Installing my dekeKeys shortcuts on the Mac (4m 58s)
Remapping your Macintosh OS shortcuts (3m 10s)
Adjusting a few key Preferences settings (9m 7s)
Understanding the color-managed workflow (10m 34s)
Establishing the optimal color settings (8m 32s)
Creating color settings in Photoshop (3m 34s)

Illustrator's oldest dynamic functions (1m 17s)
Creating a multicolor blend (7m 12s)
Establishing a clipping mask (5m 40s)
Reinstating the colors of a clipping path (8m 1s)
Editing individual blended paths (4m 44s)
Adjusting the number of steps in a blend (7m 15s)
Fixing problems with the Blend tool (4m 2s)
Blending different levels of opacity (4m 45s)
Editing the spine of a blend (5m 3s)
Adding a custom spine to any blend (5m 5s)
Advanced blending and masking techniques (6m 18s)
Blending between entire groups (3m 2s)
Adjusting the speed of a blend (3m 21s)
Rotating objects in 3D space (5m 36s)

Illustrator's logo-making features (1m 10s)
Customizing a single character of type (5m 25s)
Combining a letterform with a path outline (7m 48s)
Creating logo type along an open path (5m 3s)
Creating logo type around a closed circle (3m 57s)
Vertical alignment, orientation, and spacing (5m 18s)
Warping logo type around a circle (6m 56s)
Creating a classic neon type effect (5m 39s)
Adding random neon brightness fluctuations (5m 19s)
Creating neon "block-outs" between letters (7m 44s)
Adding neon blur and bokeh in Photoshop (8m 5s)

Generating colors using harmony rules (1m 32s)
Introducing the Color Guide panel (5m 16s)
The twenty-three color harmony rules, diagrammed (8m 16s)
Mixing and matching color harmonies (5m 59s)
Color groups and custom harmony rules (6m 18s)
Working in the Edit Colors dialog box (7m 4s)
Expanding on an existing harmony rule (6m 51s)
Constraining colors to a predefined library (5m 4s)

Changing lots of colors all at once (1m 3s)
Introducing the Recolor Artwork command (4m 58s)
Recoloring with the help of swatch groups (4m 35s)
Changing the color-assignment order (6m 44s)
Reducing the number of colors in your art (5m 7s)
Applying tints and shades of a single swatch (5m 37s)
Recoloring artwork that contains gradients (4m 41s)
Collecting and creating themes in Kuler (5m 52s)
Recoloring artwork based on a Kuler theme (7m 5s)

Painting with path outlines (1m 12s)
Introducing the Brushes panel (4m 25s)
Applying and editing a calligraphic brush (7m 34s)
Applying and scaling an art brush (6m 12s)
Applying and editing a scatter brush (5m 31s)
Formatting and scaling brushed text (5m 45s)
Designing a custom art brush (7m 35s)
Creating (or replacing) an art brush (6m 42s)
Refining a brush to fit ends and corners (4m 11s)
Expanding, filling, and stroking a brush (7m 4s)
Type on a path vs. text as an art brush (8m 16s)
Distorting text with the Width tool (8m 49s)
Infusing your artwork with a tile pattern (3m 13s)

The many forms of transparency (1m 49s)
Creating translucency with the Opacity value (4m 21s)
Darken, Multiply, and Color Burn (6m 15s)
Lighten, Screen, and Color Dodge (5m 8s)
Overlay, Soft Light, Hard Light, Difference, and Exclusion (4m 59s)
Hue, Saturation, Color, and Luminosity (5m 12s)
Combining the effects of multiple blend modes (6m 42s)
Isolating blending and Knockout Group (7m 37s)
Combining blend modes with dynamic effects (7m 25s)
Exporting transparency from Illustrator (9m 7s)

The Layers panel for dynamic attributes (1m 10s)
Applying attributes in the Appearance panel (6m 15s)
Creating depth using translucent strokes (5m 37s)
Adding, layering, and offsetting strokes (6m 12s)
Duplicating entire groups of attributes (7m 55s)
Turning stacked strokes into editable paths (5m 43s)
Simplifying a multistroke effect (6m 31s)
Applying the Convert to Shape effect (7m 47s)
Adding aligned patterns and shadows (8m 16s)
Drawing with arrowheads and angled strokes (8m 49s)
Employing overlapping gradient strokes (8m 25s)
Drawing circular stroke elements (10m 13s)
Outlining an entire multistroke effect (8m 39s)
Creating seamless wood grain in Photoshop (8m 12s)

The best features in Illustrator (1m 48s)
Repeating a series of transformations (6m 18s)
Adjusting and updating a dynamic effect (6m 37s)
Applying a stroke to an entire layer (6m 24s)
Improving the performance of drop shadows (5m 40s)
Applying a single effect multiple times (6m 10s)
Creating an intricate Spirograph pattern (7m 10s)
Adding scalloped edges with Pucker & Bloat (4m 40s)
Applying a dynamic Pathfinder to a layer (3m 56s)
Creating beveled ornaments (6m 50s)
Creating a sculptural type effect (6m 0s)
Subtracting editable text from a path (7m 6s)
Editing text inside a dynamic effect (4m 25s)

Never remember anything again, ever (1m 28s)
The pixel-based Effect Gallery (3m 53s)
Copying effects from one layer to another (4m 44s)
Introducing the Graphic Styles panel (4m 11s)
Correcting previews in the Effect Gallery (4m 36s)
Adjusting the resolution of your effects (4m 0s)
Combining and saving graphic styles (4m 35s)

Two powerful graphics programs combine forces (1m 10s)
Creating a perfectly centered star shape (6m 52s)
Precisely scaling concentric circles (7m 47s)
Adding reflective highlights with the Flare tool (6m 23s)
Two ways to rasterize vector art for Photoshop (7m 37s)
Importing vector art as a Smart Object (6m 47s)
Creating a lens flare effect in Photoshop (7m 56s)
Photographic texture and brushed highlights (6m 26s)
Modifying a vector Smart Object in Illustrator (6m 33s)
Converting Illustrator paths to shape layers (6m 27s)
Assign layer effects to native shape layers (5m 55s)
Completing a work of photorealistic art (3m 46s)

Until next time (57s)

Дик МакКлелланд (Deke McClelland) - один из наиболее уважаемых экспертов отрасли по продуктам Adobe. Он пишет книги, статьи и создает обучающие видео по программам Photoshop, Illustrator и InDesign с момента их появления на рынке. Диком написано более 80 книг, переведенных на 24 языка, записано около 2000 часов обучающих видео. Его книги становятся бестселлерами, а видео набирают миллионы просмотров.

1. Lynda.com - Illustrator CC One-on-One: Fundamentals
2. Lynda.com - Illustrator CC One-on-One: Intermediate
3. Lynda.com - Illustrator CC One-on-One: Advanced
4. Lynda.com - Illustrator CC One-on-One: Mastery

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