Setting Up Preferences
Using Color Settings
Configuring Pallettes and Workspaces
Using Navigation

Setting Palette Options and Using Transparacy
A Look at the Shape Tools. Creating a Circle
Aligning Circle Shapes
Creating Star Shapes
Creating Rectangle Shapes
Using the Flip Tool to Mirror Shapes
Combining Shapes
Tilde Key Function

Assigning Different Opacity For Stroke And Fill
Working With Knockout Group
Creating an Opacity Mask
Multiply Mode
Adding Objects To Opacity Masks
Opacity Mask With a Gradient
Blend Mode - Multiply Mode
Transpacency Palatte
Blend Mode - Color Mode
Making Translucent Gradient in Blend Mode
Create Mask With Boundary Layer
Printing Tips With Flattener Preview

Dynamic Effects for Objects
Transform Effects and Stacking Order
Text Effects, Warnings and Selection Settings
Applying the Warp Effect and Editing Text
Applying a Stroke and Transforming the Text
Thickening the text using Path options
Creating Drop shadows and Text Effects
Filling Text with Color and Gradients

Using Bridge
Creating a Tracing Template
Drawing with the Pen Tool
Modifying a Path
Using and Editing Spline Curves
Using Bezier Curves
Creating a Cusp Point
Modifying and Converting Beziar Curves
Cutting, Extending, and Closing Paths
Filling Paths

Strokes and Fills
Appearance Palate - Transform And Tweak
Working With Layers - Uzz Character
Making Use of the Join Command
Locked Layers
Intro To Pathfinder - Intersect Shape Areas
Precision Filling Selection
Various Selection Commands and Methods
Various Scaling Methods
Merging Strokes and Fills With Compound Path

Touring the Project
An Introduction to the Pathfinder Operations
Working with the Path finder Palette
Comparing Pathfinder Behaviors
Joining Paths and the Miter Limit
Croping, Uniting and Arranging
Selectiing and Deselecting Paths
Fill Options and other pathfinder operations

Preparing an Image for Liquify and Envelope
Using the Warp Tool to Liquify
Using the Envelope Functions
Editing Enveloped Content
Liquify with Live Trace

Importing Text into Illustrator
Selecting Text for Reformatting
Moving Text to a New Text Container
Reformatting Text with the Paragraphs Pallet
Altering Text Font and Size
Moving Text and Altering Line Spacing
Copying Text Formats

Applying a Gradient
Making Color Adjustments
Using the Eye Dropper Tool
Reviewing the Appearance Palette and Gradients on Strokes
Expanding Appearance
Creating a Gradient Mesh
Applying Other Gradient Mesh Color Change
Adjusting Gradient Mesh Preferences

Creating Simple Color Gradients
Creating Custom Gradients via Blending
Cropping Custom Gradient Blends
Customizing Blends for Specific Shapes
Creating Blends Between Two Shapes
Changing the Shape of Customized Blends
Masking Edges with Clipping Masks
Masking the Shape of Customized Blends
Changing Opacities of Clipping Mask Layers

Illustrator Brush Tool
The Brush Options Dialogue Box
Extending Selected Paths
Illustrator Art Brushes
Editing Your Art Brush Strokes
Making a Custom Art Brush
Finishing Up Your Art Brush and Typing on a Path
Fixing Your Text
Converting Text To An Art Brush

Introduction to Fill and Stroke
An Overview of the Color Pallette
The Color Spectrum Bar and Dialing in colors
Black vs. Rich Black in the Color Palette
CMYK vs. RGB
Creating and Saving new Color Swatches
Filling and Arranging Objects in a document
Modifying and Arranging the Stroke of an Object
Display Artifacts and Stroke Pallete options
Creating a fill Pattern

Introducing Path Transformations
Duplicating Objects
Moving Objects in Increments
Using the Reshape Tool
Moving Paths
Using the Offset Path Dialogue Box
Working with Swatches
Grouping Paths
Using the Scale Tool
Using the Rotate Tool
Rotating Multiple Objects
Advanced Rotate Options

Introducing Path Transformations
Duplicating Objects
Moving Objects in Increments
Using the Reshape Tool
Moving Paths
Using the Offset Path Dialogue Box
Working with Swatches
Grouping Paths
Using the Scale Tool
Using the Rotate Tool
Rotating Multiple Objects Advanced Rotate Options

Introducing Symbols
Accessing Symbol Libraries
Manipulating and Duplicating Symbols
Altering All Instances of a Symbol
Replacing All Instances of a Symbol
Creating Symbols. Applying Symbols with the Symbol Spray Tool
Modifying Symbols with Symbol Tools

Introduction to 3D space and 3D Effects
Applying and Adjusting the Extrude and Bevel effect
Lighting, Shading and Gradation
Mapping the Artwork onto the extruded object
Modifying the object and the Mapped artwork
Applying and Adjusting the Revolve Effect
Using Photoshop to help with 3D Effects