illustrator introduction

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Course Outline - Continued

• Live Trace
  • Automatically tracing artwork
  • Adjusting LiveTrace results
  • Converting LiveTrace objects
    
  Painting Tools
• Manipulating stroke options
• Painting with the Paintbrush
• Introducing blends
• Introducing the Gradient mesh
• Creating multiple fills and strokes on a single object
• Overview of Symbols
  
• Live Paint
  • Creating LivePaint groups
  • Painting LivePaint objects
  • Detecting gaps
  • Path editing with LivePaint
• Productivity Tools
• Editing the artboard size
• Using guides and smart guides
• Creating custom guides
• Positioning elements
• Using the Align palette
• Using layers
• Creating template layers
• Transform Tools
  • Using the Transform tools
  • The Reshape tool
  • Using the Transform panel
  • Introducing the Liquify tools
  • Basic Envelope distortions
• Producing Complex Objects
• Creating compound shapes
• Creating compound paths
• Expanding compound shapes
• Creating Text
• Using the Character panel
• Using the Paragraph panel
• Creating outlines from text
• Type on a path
  
• Creating Text
• Saving Illustrator files
• Creating Adobe PDF files
• Exporting Files fromIllustrator