Adobe Illustrator CC Tutorial - Training Taught By Experts

Create a web-optimized Illustrator document with a 960 by 560 pixel canvas using a web profile. Snap objects to a pixel grid in RGB at 72 dpi to prevent pixelization.

Learn how to navigate Adobe Illustrator like second nature by using the zoom tool, hand tool, keyboard shortcuts, and the navigator to quickly view artboards and fit to screen.

Define default measuring units in Adobe Illustrator using document setup or preferences, switching between pixels, inches, centimeters, or pica, and manage the genesis point for precise placement.

Learn how isolation mode in Adobe Illustrator CC lets you edit individual pieces inside nested groups. Double-click to isolate, gray out surrounding parts, and press escape to return.

Explore the improved swatches panel in Adobe Illustrator CC, using proxies to preview stroke and fill and switch between thumbnail and list views.

Master color management in Adobe Illustrator using the swatches panel and global versus process colors, with isolation to apply and update document-specific colors.

Organize colors in Adobe Illustrator by creating color groups in the swatches panel, saving palettes for a web site, and managing group contents for consistent color use.

Save and organize your Adobe Illustrator swatches into reusable color libraries by creating color groups, converting to global colors, and exporting as ai or ase swatch libraries.

Explore color inspiration in Adobe Illustrator using the color guide to set a base color, apply harmony rules, and explore kuler-based variations.

Explore how to create complex shapes by starting with basic shapes and combining them in Adobe Illustrator. Learn to apply fills, strokes, gradients, and patterns, and convert strokes into objects.

learn to use illustrator’s math tools, including the built-in calculator, to size ellipses precisely with expressions like 1.5x, using width, height, and basic operators.

Explore the basics of strokes and fills in Adobe Illustrator CC, learn to unite shapes into objects with Pathfinder, and master stroke options, dash lines, arrowheads, and the width tool.

Explore how open and closed paths determine filling in Adobe Illustrator, using star, line, arc, and spiral, and applying selection, direct selection, and rotate tools to shape complex objects.

Explore Illustrator's Pathfinder shape mode tools, using Unite, minus front, intersect, and exclude to combine shapes, cut holes, and create complex transparent designs with smart guides.

Explore the symbol sprayer tool in Adobe Illustrator CC to spray library symbols, then adjust size, color, and transparency with the shifter, scruncher, sizer, spinner, stainer, and screener.

Learn to use the touch type tool for micro-control of characters within text—adjust rotation, scale, baseline, color, and font. Then master the free transform tool to manipulate objects with perspective.

Learn to add, delete, and convert anchor points with the pen tool in Illustrator, understanding selection requirements, straight and smooth points, and precise point manipulation.

Master the pen tool and anchor-point workflows in Illustrator using direct selection. Align points, convert anchors, cut and join paths, and leverage the adaptive control panel.

Explore how type works in Adobe Illustrator, from point and container type to circular and curved text. Learn styling, threading, outlines, eyedropper pasting attributes, and the text touch up tool.

Master custom type containers in Illustrator by turning shapes into area text, using the area type tool, and aligning and resizing for clean reformatting.

Explore how text interacts with the eyedropper in the Adobe Illustrator CC tutorial, sampling colors, strokes, fills, and formatting, with double-click options and the alt or option key controls.