What’s New in Adobe Illustrator CC
o Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Creative Cloud
o Touch Type tool
o Images in brushes
o Text improvements
o Image enhancements
o CSS extraction
o On-art Free Transform
o Package files
o Other enhancements
A Quick Tour of Adobe® Illustrator® CC
o Sync settings using Adobe Creative Cloud
o Creating a new document
o Drawing shapes
o Applying color
o Editing strokes
o Creating shapes using the Shape Builder tool
o Creating and editing gradients
o Working with layers
o Working with the Width tool
o Creating a pattern
o Working with symbols
o Working with the Appearance panel
o Creating a clipping mask
o Working with brushes
o Working with type
o Working with perspective
o Placing images in Illustrator
o Using Image Trace
o Working with Effects
Getting to Know the Work Area
o Understanding the workspace
o Adjusting the user interface brightness
o Working with the Tools panel
o Exploring the Control panel
o Working with panels
o Editing panel groups
o Resetting and saving your workspace
o Using panel menus
o Changing the view of artwork
o Using the view commands
o Using the Zoom tool
o Scrolling through a document
o Viewing artwork
o Navigating multiple artboards
o Using the Navigator panel
o Arranging multiple documents
o Finding resources for using Illustrator
Selecting and Aligning
o Selecting objects
o Using the Selection tool
o Using the Direct Selection tool
o Creating selections with a marquee
o Creating selections with the Magic Wand tool
o Selecting similar objects
o Selecting in Outline mode
o Aligning objects
o Aligning objects to each other
o Aligning to a key object
o Aligning anchor points
o Distributing objects
o Aligning to the artboard
o Working with groups
o Grouping items
o Working in Isolation mode
o Creating a nested group
o Exploring object arrangement
o Arranging objects
o Selecting objects behind
o Hiding and locking objects
Creating and Editing Shapes
o Creating a new document
o Working with basic shapes
o Understanding drawing modes
o Creating rectangles
o Creating rounded rectangles
o Creating ellipses
o Creating polygons
o Working with Draw Behind mode
o Creating stars
o Changing stroke width and alignment
o Working with line segments
o Joining paths
o Using the Width tool
o Outlining strokes
o Combining and editing shapes
o Working with the Shape Builder tool
o Working with Pathfinder effects in the Pathfinder panel
o Working with shape modes in the Pathfinder panel
o Using the Draw Inside mode
o Editing content drawn inside
o Using the Eraser tool
o Using Image Trace to create shapes
o Cleaning up traced artwork
Transforming Objects
o Working with artboards
o Adding artboards to the document
o Resizing artboards
o Editing document setup options
o Renaming artboards
o Reordering artboards
o Transforming content
o Working with rulers and guides
o Scaling objects
o Reflecting objects
o Rotating objects
o Distorting objects with effects
o Shearing objects
o Positioning objects precisely
o Positioning with Smart Guides
o Transforming with the Free Transform tool
o Applying multiple transformations
Drawing with the Pen and Pencil Tools
o Exploring the Pen tool
o Selecting paths
o Constraining lines
o Introducing curved paths
o Drawing a curve with the Pen tool
o Drawing a series of curves with the Pen tool
o Converting smooth points to corner points
o Combining curves and straight lines
o Drawing the ice cream
o Drawing half of the ice cream dish
o Finishing the ice cream dish
o Editing curves
o Deleting and adding anchor points
o Converting between smooth points and corner points
o Cutting with the Scissors tool
o Creating a dashed line
o Cutting with the Knife tool
o Adding arrowheads
o Drawing with the Pencil tool
o Editing with the Pencil tool
Color and Painting
o Understanding color
o Exploring color modes
o Understanding the main color controls
o Working with color
o Applying an existing color
o Creating and saving a custom color as a swatch
o Creating a copy of a swatch
o Editing a swatch
o Creating and editing a global swatch
o Using the Color Picker to create color
o Using Illustrator swatch libraries
o Creating a spot color
o Creating and saving a tint of a color
o Adjusting colors
o Copying appearance attributes
o Creating a color group
o Working with color in the Color Guide panel
o Editing a color group in the Edit Colors dialog box
o Editing colors in artwork
o Assigning colors to your artwork
o Painting with patterns
o Applying existing patterns
o Creating your own pattern
o Applying your pattern
o Editing your pattern
o Working with Live Paint
o Creating a Live Paint group
o Painting with the Live Paint Bucket tool
o Adding to and modifying a Live Paint group
Working with Type
o Working with type
o Creating point type
o Creating area type
o Converting between area and point type
o Importing a plain text file
o Working with overflow text and text reflow
o Threading text
o Creating columns of text
o Formatting type
o Changing font family and font style
o Changing font size
o Changing font color
o Changing additional text attributes
o Modifying text with the Touch Type tool
o Changing paragraph attributes
o Working with glyphs
o Resizing and reshaping type objects
o Creating and applying text styles
o Creating and applying a paragraph style
o Editing a paragraph style
o Creating and applying a character style
o Editing a character style
o Sampling text formatting
o Warping text
o Reshaping text with a preset envelope warp
o Editing the envelope warp
o Working with type on a path
o Creating type on a path
o Editing type on a path options
o Wrapping text around an object
o Creating text outlines
Working with Layers
o Understanding layers
o Creating layers
o Selecting and moving objects and layers
o Duplicating layer content
o Moving layers
o Locking layers
o Viewing layers
o Pasting layers
o Creating a clipping mask
o Merging layers
o Locating layers
o Applying appearance attributes to layers
o Isolating layers
Working with Perspective Drawing
o Understanding the perspective grid
o Working with the perspective grid
o Using a preset grid
o Adjusting the perspective grid
o Drawing objects in perspective
o Selecting and transforming objects in perspective
o Duplicating content in perspective
o Moving objects in a perpendicular direction
o Bringing content into perspective
o Drawing with no active grid
o Adding and editing text in perspective
o Moving a plane to match an object
o Adding symbols to the perspective grid
o Editing symbols in perspective
o Grouping content in perspective
o Releasing content from perspective
o Working with the Blob Brush tool
o Drawing with the Blob Brush tool
o Merging paths with the Blob Brush tool
o Editing with the Eraser tool
Applying Effects
o Using live effects
o Applying an effect
o Editing and deleting effects
o Styling text with effects
o Editing shapes with a Pathfinder effect
o Applying an effect to convert a shape
o Applying a Stylize effect
o Applying the Offset Path effect
o Applying Distort & Transform
o Applying Photoshop effects
o Working with 3D effects
o Applying an Extrude & Bevel effect
o Applying a Revolve effect
o Applying the same effect to multiple objects
Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles
o Using the Appearance panel
o Editing appearance attributes
o Adding another stroke
o Adding another fill
o Reordering appearance attributes
o Applying an appearance attribute to a layer
o Using graphic styles
o Applying an existing graphic style
o Creating and applying a graphic style
o Updating a graphic style
o Applying a graphic style to a layer
o Editing the layer’s graphic style formatting
o Applying multiple graphic styles
o Scaling strokes and effects
o Applying a graphic style to text
o Saving content for the web
o Aligning content to the pixel grid
o Slicing content
o Selecting and editing slices
o Using the Save For Web command
o Creating CSS code
o Setting up your design for generating CSS
o Working with character styles and CSS code
o Working with graphic styles and CSS code
o Copying CSS
o Exporting CSS
o Working with Symbols
o Using existing Illustrator symbol libraries
o Creating symbols
o Editing a symbol
o Replacing symbols
o Breaking a link to a symbol
o Editing symbol options
o Working with the Symbolism tools
o Spraying symbol instances
o Editing symbols with the Symbolism tools
o Copying and editing symbol sets
o Storing and retrieving artwork in the Symbols panel
o Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork
o Working with symbols and Adobe Flash® integration
Combining Illustrator CC Graphics with Other Adobe Applications
o Working with Adobe Bridge CC
o Combining artwork
o Understanding vector versus bitmap graphics
o Placing image files
o Placing an image
o Transforming a placed image
o Placing a Photoshop image with Show Import Options
o Placing multiple images
o Applying color edits to images
o Masking an image
o Applying a simple clipping mask to an image
o Editing a mask
o Masking an object with a shape
o Masking an object with multiple shapes
o Creating an opacity mask
o Editing an opacity mask
o Sampling colors in placed images
o Finding link information
o Embedding and unembedding images
o Replacing a linked image
o Packaging a file
o Exploring Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Muse™, Adobe Fireworks®, and Adobe Flash
