Lynda.com Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Mastery

Author: Deke McClelland
Duration (hr:min): 13:13
Released on: 8/27/2009
Exercise files: Yes
Software works on: Mac and Windows

In Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Mastery, the third and final part of the comprehensive One-on-One series, author and industry expert Deke McClelland teaches how to take advantage of the wide array of dynamic effects in Illustrator CS4. Deke explores Live Trace, which converts imported images into vectors, and Live Paint, which defines interlocking shapes. Deke also covers the liquify tools, envelope-style distortions, Kuler and Live Color, symbols, and 3D effects. And for the first time, Deke addresses two of Illustrator's least-known features, pictographs and actions. Exercise files accompany the course.

Recommended prerequisites: Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals and Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Advanced.

Download Deke's customized keyboard layouts and color settings for Illustrator from the Exercise Files tab.

Topics include:

• Re-coloring traced details in Live Paint
• Liquifying outlined type
• Creating custom color harmony rules
• Warping, re-coloring, and updating symbols
• Building graphs in Illustrator
• Mapping symbols onto a 3D object
• Recording and deploying actions

Content:

Introduction - 28:33

    Welcome - 0:59 - 8.1 MB
    Installing the dekeKeys keyboard shortcuts - 8:59 - 11.0 MB
    Resetting the function keys on a Mac - 4:47 - 5.0 MB
    Installing the CS4 color settings - 4:20 - 5.5 MB
    Loading the CS4 color settings in Illustrator - 6:03 - 8.0 MB
    Loading the CS4 color settings in Bridge - 3:25 - 5.0 MB

22. Live Trace - 01:25:18

    Converting pixels to vectors - 0:52 - 14.0 MB
    Tracing an imported image - 4:43 - 5.0 MB
    Three other ways to trace - 5:45 - 7.0 MB
    Repeating a Pathfinder operation - 1:55 - 3.0 MB
    Raster and vector previews - 5:53 - 5.7 MB
    Adjusting Threshold and Min Area - 6:30 - 7.0 MB
    Tracing options: The raster functions - 6:25 - 7.0 MB
    Using the Ignore White option - 4:50 - 5.7 MB
    Tracing options: The vector functions - 7:53 - 9.0 MB
    Expanding and editing traced artwork - 3:38 - 5.0 MB
    Converting color to black-and-white - 4:46 - 7.0 MB
    Tracing full-color artwork - 7:09 - 11.0 MB
    Editing Live Trace-captured color swatches - 5:57 - 11.0 MB
    Recoloring traced details in Live Paint - 4:36 - 11.0 MB
    Tracing portrait photography - 5:34 - 7.0 MB
    Preparing a Live Trace color palette - 4:58 - 5.8 MB
    Saving a palette for use with Live Trace - 3:54 - 5.1 MB

23. Live Paint - 01:00:31

    Another way to fill, stroke, and color - 1:38 - 27.0 MB
    Creating interactions with blend modes - 4:15 - 5.0 MB
    Creating interactions with Live Paint - 4:10 - 5.0 MB
    Stroking with the Live Paint bucket - 5:02 - 5.5 MB
    Using the Live Paint selection tool - 5:29 - 7.0 MB
    Adding a path to a Live Paint group - 4:41 - 5.2 MB
    Drawing inside a Live Paint group - 3:28 - 4.0 MB
    The occasional advantage of conventional editing - 3:44 - 5.0 MB
    Combining Live Paint with a dynamic effect - 6:00 - 7.0 MB
    Fun with dynamic effects - 4:28 - 5.0 MB
    Simulating interlocking objects - 4:04 - 5.0 MB
    The jaw-dropping flexibility of Live Paint - 3:35 - 5.0 MB
    Addressing differently colored strokes - 4:50 - 5.1 MB
    Repairing improperly overlapping strokes - 5:07 - 5.8 MB

24. Liquify and Envelope - 01:23:10

    Bending and otherwise distorting - 1:28 - 24.0 MB
    Tracing a translucent image - 5:51 - 7.0 MB
    Live Type and dynamic effects - 4:17 - 5.0 MB
    Using the Warp tool - 3:15 - 5.0 MB
    Changing the Liquify Brush settings - 4:57 - 5.7 MB
    Liquify tool overview - 6:17 - 9.0 MB
    Creating a crystallized starburst - 5:14 - 12.0 MB
    Liquifying outlined type - 8:00 - 15.0 MB
    Applying an envelope-style distortion - 7:23 - 9.0 MB
    Editing enveloped text - 6:41 - 8.0 MB
    Customizing an envelope mesh - 4:39 - 5.5 MB
    Distorting a traced object - 11:05 - 15.0 MB
    Releasing and applying a mesh - 4:22 - 5.0 MB
    Stretching an embedded photo - 9:41 - 11.0 MB

25. Dynamic Effects - 02:17:37

    Commands to inspire pandemonium - 1:38 - 27.0 MB
    Introducing dynamic effects - 5:04 - 7.0 MB
    Applying and editing dynamic effects - 4:56 - 8.0 MB
    Applying and previewing a graphic style - 6:19 - 9.0 MB
    Merging graphic styles - 3:35 - 5.8 MB
    Riffing on predefined styles - 5:42 - 8.0 MB
    Saving your own graphic style - 5:55 - 8.0 MB
    Redefining a graphic style - 6:12 - 8.0 MB
    The transformative power of dynamic effects - 10:24 - 15.0 MB
    Pixel-based Photoshop effects - 7:24 - 11.0 MB
    Adjusting an effect's resolution - 8:34 - 12.0 MB
    Attributes of the Dynamic Appearance palette - 7:26 - 8.0 MB
    Introducing the Transform effect - 7:29 - 8.0 MB
    Wrapping one effect inside another - 6:10 - 7.0 MB
    Importing a custom shape from Photoshop - 4:27 - 5.7 MB
    Establishing reflective symmetry - 4:17 - 5.0 MB
    Exploiting the power of reflective symmetry - 5:43 - 7.0 MB
    Making spatial modifications - 6:51 - 11.0 MB
    Troubleshooting problem effects - 4:19 - 5.0 MB
    Creating a beveled stroke effect - 5:50 - 7.0 MB
    Adding the Pucker & Bloat effect - 8:09 - 11.0 MB
    Taking on a complex project - 3:54 - 5.0 MB
    Employing a Transform "guide" object - 7:19 - 9.0 MB

26. Live Color - 01:39:25

    The best new feature since transparency - 1:50 - 32.0 MB
    Introducing Adobe kuler - 8:06 - 9.0 MB
    Using kuler inside Illustrator - 7:11 - 8.0 MB
    Importing color groups from libraries - 3:50 - 5.0 MB
    Creating color groups from libraries - 2:44 - 4.0 MB
    Using the Color Guide palette - 7:43 - 9.0 MB
    Creating a custom harmony rule - 3:17 - 4.0 MB
    Adding and deleting swatches in a group - 4:22 - 5.0 MB
    The Color Guide Variations options - 5:58 - 7.0 MB
    Introducing the weighted Lab color wheel - 5:35 - 7.0 MB
    Using the Edit Colors dialog box - 8:23 - 11.0 MB
    Limiting a color group to spot colors - 3:43 - 5.0 MB
    Transferring groups from one illustration to another - 3:46 - 5.0 MB
    Recoloring selected artwork - 11:08 - 15.0 MB
    Using groups as color swapping tools - 5:12 - 7.0 MB
    Reassigning colors in an illustration - 8:37 - 11.8 MB
    Distilling the perfect two-color print job - 8:00 - 11.0 MB

27. Symbols - 01:14:57

    Repeat, amend, amass - 1:22 - 22.0 MB
    The power of symbols - 5:58 - 7.0 MB
    Acquiring and previewing symbols - 5:14 - 5.7 MB
    Replicating a symbol and breaking the link - 8:35 - 11.0 MB
    Warping, recoloring, and updating a symbol - 7:06 - 9.0 MB
    Replacing instances with a different symbol - 2:55 - 4.0 MB
    Exporting custom shapes from Photoshop - 9:42 - 12.8 MB
    Mass-producing symbols - 6:32 - 8.8 MB
    Loading an illustration as a symbol library - 4:11 - 5.4 MB
    Selecting all instances of a symbol - 4:49 - 5.7 MB
    Laying down a symbol set - 6:14 - 38.0 MB
    Symbolism tool overview - 4:41 - 5.7 MB
    Painting with the symbolism tools - 4:41 - 22.0 MB
    Editing selected instances - 2:57 - 5.3 MB

28. Graphs and Pictographs - 01:02:21

    The king of charting programs - 0:47 - 12.6 MB
    Illustrator's nine types of graphs - 6:14 - 7.0 MB
    Importing and graphing data - 3:54 - 4.0 MB
    Correcting and editing data - 4:04 - 4.0 MB
    Changing the Graph Type settings - 6:20 - 7.0 MB
    Changing font and color in a graph - 5:18 - 5.0 MB
    Applying dynamic effects - 4:50 - 5.0 MB
    The downside of manual adjustments - 3:01 - 4.0 MB
    Defining a graph design - 3:46 - 5.0 MB
    Creating a pictograph - 6:45 - 8.0 MB
    Removing an irremovable element - 4:47 - 5.6 MB
    Creating a symbol-based pictograph - 6:45 - 8.0 MB
    Mixing and matching graph types - 5:50 - 7.0 MB

29. 3D Effects - 01:36:55

    Probing the depths of 3D - 1:01 - 18.0 MB
    Introducing 3D in Illustrator - 7:06 - 8.0 MB
    Creating 3D type - 7:28 - 9.0 MB
    Customizing 3D type - 8:24 - 11.0 MB
    Bending 3D type with a dynamic Warp effect - 4:49 - 6.0 MB
    Adjusting angle and light - 6:16 - 7.8 MB
    Editing words of 3D type - 3:23 - 5.0 MB
    Extrude, perspective, depth, and bevel - 8:10 - 11.0 MB
    Adjusting lighting and shading - 7:52 - 9.0 MB
    Creating symbols for mapped art - 6:07 - 11.0 MB
    Mapping symbols onto a 3D object - 9:48 - 12.0 MB
    Editing symbols and nested symbols - 7:44 - 9.0 MB
    Establishing base objects for 3D Revolve - 4:46 - 5.0 MB
    Applying the 3D Revolve effect - 7:10 - 9.0 MB
    Roughing up your 3D art in Photoshop - 6:51 - 8.0 MB

30. Actions - 01:04:35

    Take action today, save effort tomorrow - 0:42 - 12.0 MB
    Introducing actions in Illustrator - 3:13 - 4.0 MB
    Creating a new action - 4:28 - 5.3 MB
    Recording a practical action - 4:40 - 7.0 MB
    The many ways to play an action - 3:54 - 7.0 MB
    Turning off dialog boxes - 3:11 - 4.0 MB
    Tweaking an action in a text editor - 10:39 - 13.0 MB
    Inserting an unresponsive menu item - 6:28 - 11.0 MB
    Recording a creative action - 7:14 - 9.0 MB
    Testing that your action works - 4:53 - 5.8 MB
    Fixing a broken action - 6:28 - 9.0 MB
    Inserting stops in a complex action - 8:45 - 12.0 MB

Conclusion - 00:23

    See ya - 0:23 - 22.0 MB