Introduction
                                    
                                        Welcome to the essentials of Illustrator
                                            
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                                        Installing Illustrator
                                            
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                                1. Quick Start
                                    
                                        What are vector graphics?
                                            
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                                        Walkthrough setup
                                            
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                                        Walkthrough
                                            
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                                2. Illustrator Environment
                                    
                                        The Illustrator workspace
                                            
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                                        Panels
                                            
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                                        Panning and zooming
                                            
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                                        Using the navigator
                                            
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                                        Canvas rotation
                                            
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                                3. Selection
                                    
                                        Selecting objects
                                            
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                                        Selecting anchor points
                                            
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                                        Selecting by attributes
                                            
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                                        Saving selections
                                            
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                                        Challenge: Practice selections
                                            
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                                4. Transforms
                                    
                                        Specific Transform tools
                                            
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                                        Transform Again
                                            
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                                        Transform Each
                                            
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                                        The Free Transform tool
                                            
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                                        The Puppet Warp tool
                                            
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                                5. Creating Paths
                                    
                                        The Pen tool
                                            
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                                        The Curvature Pen tool
                                            
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                                        The Pencil tool
                                            
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                                        Eraser drawing
                                            
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                                        Improving paths
                                            
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                                        Challenge: Drawing dino
                                            
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                                6. Working with Strokes
                                    
                                        Stroke attributes
                                            
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                                        Making dashed and dotted lines
                                            
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                                        Using brushes
                                            
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                                        Making brushes
                                            
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                                        Arrowheads
                                            
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                                        Variable width strokes
                                            
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                                7. Shape and Line Tools
                                    
                                        Drawing basic shapes
                                            
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                                        Drawing polygons and stars
                                            
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                                        Drawing with the Line tools
                                            
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                                        Drawing with the Grid tools
                                            
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                                8. Arranging Elements
                                    
                                        Aligning objects
                                            
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                                        Distributing objects
                                            
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                                        Aligning points
                                            
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                                        Changing the stack order
                                            
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                                        Using Draw modes
                                            
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                                        Using layers
                                            
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                                9. Groups
                                    
                                        Working with groups
                                            
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                                        Using Isolation mode
                                            
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                                        The Group Selection tool
                                            
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                                        Using symbols
                                            
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                                10. Drawing by Construction
                                    
                                        Compound shapes and paths
                                            
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                                        Pathfinders
                                            
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                                        The Shape Builder
                                            
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                                        Live Paint
                                            
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                                        Challenge: Live Paint
                                            
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                                        Clipping masks
                                            
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                                        Using blends
                                            
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                                        Using repeats
                                            
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                                11. Color
                                    
                                        Color models in Illustrator
                                            
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                                        The Swatches panel
                                            
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                                        Global swatches
                                            
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                                        Spot colors
                                            
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                                        Using tints
                                            
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                                        Color groups
                                            
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                                        The Color Guide panel
                                            
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                                        Recoloring artwork
                                            
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                                12. Gradients
                                    
                                        Linear gradients
                                            
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                                        Radial gradients
                                            
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                                        Freeform gradients
                                            
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                                        Stroke gradients
                                            
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                                13. Patterns
                                    
                                        Creating a pattern
                                            
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                                        Transforming patterns
                                            
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                                        Making a pattern brush
                                            
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                                14. Using Grids and Guides
                                    
                                        Using grids and guides
                                            
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                                        Making guides from objects
                                            
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                                15. Transparency
                                    
                                        Blend modes
                                            
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                                        Opacity masks
                                            
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                                16. Appearances
                                    
                                        The power of appearances
                                            
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                                        The Appearance panel
                                            
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                                        Illustrator vs. Photoshop effects
                                            
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                                        Editing or removing effects
                                            
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                                        Graphic styles
                                            
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                                        The Eyedropper tool
                                            
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                                        New 3D effects
                                            
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                                17. Type
                                    
                                        Using point type
                                            
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                                        Using area type
                                            
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                                        Character options
                                            
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                                        Paragraph options
                                            
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                                        The Touch Type tool
                                            
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                                        Type on a path
                                            
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                                        Outlining type
                                            
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                                18. Using Images
                                    
                                        Placing images
                                            
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                                        Embedding images
                                            
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                                        Mask or crop images
                                            
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                                        Vectors from pixels
                                            
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                                19. Output
                                    
                                        Packaging Illustrator files
                                            
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                                        Export files
                                            
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                                        Asset Export
                                            
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                                20. Illustrator on iPad
                                    
                                        Illustrator on iPad
                                            
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