Including more than 10 hours of video tutorials, the course comes complete with lesson files. Experienced instructor Chad Chelius presents a comprehensive introduction to InDesign, including best practices as well as fundamental layout and document styling …
Including more than 10 hours of video tutorials, the course comes complete with lesson files. Experienced instructor Chad Chelius presents a comprehensive introduction to InDesign, including best practices as well as fundamental layout and document styling concepts. Topics covered include working with text, graphics, and objects. Chad explores InDesign in a real-world layout workflow that includes assembling books, creating alternate layouts, preflighting files, creating final output as PDFs or ePubs, and much more.
Lesson Files
About Adobe Illustrator
Welcome 00:02:26
What is Illustrator used for? 00:01:48
Understanding the difference between raster and vector 00:01:44
Working with the exercise files 00:01:00
Getting Familiar With Illustrator
The Adobe Illustrator interface 00:04:39
Working with and understanding panels 00:05:58
Creating a custom Tools panel 00:04:15
Defining custom keyboard shortcuts 00:04:42
Work efficiently with custom workspaces 00:03:59
Sharing your settings 00:03:31
Working with Documents
Creating your first document 00:04:20
Using and creating a new document profile 00:06:28
Using and creating Illustrator templates 00:05:04
Working with Artboards 00:05:03
Working With multiple Artboards 00:08:08
Saving an Illustrator file 00:04:35
Using Adobe Comp 00:07:56
Saving for the Web 00:08:06
Using Adobe Bridge 00:05:16
Getting Around in Illustrator
Navigating Illustrator documents with new performance enhancements 00:07:02
Illustrator viewing modes 00:05:26
Using Screen modes 00:03:59
Creating multiple views of artwork 00:05:30
Working with Objects in Illustrator
Selecting objects using the basic Selection tools 00:06:31
Selecting objects using advanced selection techniques 00:07:07
Understanding Isolation Mode 00:04:19
Creating Guides and using Smart Guides 00:07:58
Understanding Stroke and Fill properties 00:04:21
Adjusting Stroke properties 00:06:26
Drawing in Illustrator
Drawing with the Shape tools 00:07:57
Live Shapes and Live Corners 00:07:27
Drawing with the Shaper tool 00:06:58
Reshaping segments with the Anchor Point tool 00:04:06
Exploring the Line tools 00:10:34
Drawing with the new Pencil tool 00:05:39
Drawing straight line segments with the Pen tool 00:08:05
Drawing curved line segments with the Pen tool 00:08:09
Drawing with the Curvature tool 00:06:26
Drawing with the Blob Brush tool 00:07:43
Understanding stacking order 00:04:50
Understanding the Layers panel 00:08:11
Using Drawing modes 00:04:51
Modifying Paths in Illustrator
Splitting paths 00:04:32
Joining paths 00:05:14
Using the Pathfinder panel 00:05:24
Using the Shapebuilder tool 00:05:03
Creating a Compound Path 00:05:26
Creating a Clipping mask 00:06:21
Creating an Opacity mask 00:06:08
Fun with blends 00:08:41
Using Offset Path and Outline Stroke 00:03:44
Transforming objects 00:08:13
The Width tool 00:06:25
Aligning and distributing objects 00:08:37
Working With Color
The Color Panel and Color Picker 00:04:32
Creating swatches 00:08:53
Creating color groups 00:04:16
Working With gradients 00:06:28
Creating a pattern swatch 00:09:15
Recoloring artwork 00:08:25
Using the Edit Colors commands 00:03:44
Adobe Color 00:08:16
Using Live Paint 00:08:30
Working With Type
Type Basics 00:05:09
Taking advantage of TypeKit 00:03:49
Getting to know the Type tools 00:05:41
Formatting type 00:09:04
Working With Area type 00:06:36
Using character and paragraph styles 00:07:47
Using Envelope Distort 00:08:45
Converting text to outlines 00:04:15
Working With Symbols
Understanding how symbols work 00:04:19
Creating and using symbols 00:07:12
Working with dynamic symbols 00:05:02
Using the Symbolism tools 00:07:49
Drawing With Brushes
Drawing with and applying brushes 00:06:05
Creating a Calligraphic brush 00:06:20
Creating a Scatter brush 00:06:27
Creating an Art brush 00:06:03
Creating a Pattern brush 00:05:52
Creating a Bristle brush 00:07:24
Appearance and Effects
Understanding appearances 00:04:53
Effects and the Appearance panel 00:05:51
Creating 3D effects 00:10:05
Creating Charts and Graphs
Creating a graph 00:05:46
Editing a graph 00:05:38
Creating a 3D graph 00:03:07
Working With Images
Placing images 00:05:06
Working with embedded images 00:03:24
Packaging files 00:04:13
Using Image Trace 00:07:44
Using Adobe Stock 00:05:29
Working with Creative Cloud Libraries
Creating a new CC Library 00:03:46
Adding Objects to CC Libraries 00:04:14
Adding Styles to CC Libraries 00:04:42
Adding Colors to CC Libraries 00:03:09
Sharing and Exporting
Sharing Creative Cloud Libraries 00:06:14
Extracting CSS code from your designs 00:10:53
Exporting to SVG 00:04:00
Sharing your artwork on Behance 00:04:03