Introduction
A bright and confident beginning
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1. Meet the Document
Welcome to the Home screen
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Creating a new document
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Welcome to the interface
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Resizing and adding artboards
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Getting around your document
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2. Guides and Shapes
Creating snapping guidelines
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Creating custom margin guides
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Drawing geometric shapes
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Drawing straight lines
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Creating a borderless background
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3. Beautifully Smooth Lines
Drawing with the Pencil tool
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Editing a path with the Pencil tool
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Painting with the Blob Brush
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Using the Eraser tool
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Simplifying path outlines
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4. Text and Formatting
Installing fonts with Adobe Fonts
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Creating and formatting text
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Working with point type
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Creating type on a path
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Converting type to outlines
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5. Fills and Strokes
Creating color swatches
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Introducing the Appearance panel
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Filling and stroking type
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Applying variable-width strokes
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Using the Gradient tool
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Creating a radial gradient
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Creating a freeform gradient
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Using the Eyedropper tool
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6. Edit and Organize
Using the Shape Builder tool
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Copy, Flip, and Join
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Offsetting a path outline
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Groups vs. compound paths
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Select and isolate
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Creating a clipping mask
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Introducing the Layers panel
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7. Rotate, Reflect, and Scale
Using the Rotate tool
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Using the Reflect tool
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Using a Pathfinder operation
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Rotating by the numbers
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Duplicating a transformation
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Using the Scale tool
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Drawing a quick and easy penguin face
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8. Precise Path Adjustments
Reshaping any path outline
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Copy, Paste, Join, Offset
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Using the Blend tool
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Dynamic round corners
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Adjusting control handles
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Dragging curved segments
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Using the Anchor Point tool
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9. The Curvature and Pen Tools
Using the Curvature tool
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Introducing the Pen tool
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Drawing curves with the Pen
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Smooth points and cusps
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Drawing real-world paths
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10. Dynamic Effects
Applying drop shadows
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Editing a dynamic effect
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Creating a perfect dotted outline
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Using the Transform effect
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Automatically tracing a photograph
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Expanding a traced image
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11. Live Paint
Introducing Live Paint
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Editing a Live Paint object
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Creating interwoven path outlines
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Live Paint and gradients
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