Introduction to
Illustrator

• Creating a new Illustrator Document File
• Save Document
• Page tool

The Pen Tools

• Pen Tool a introduction
• Convert the anchor point
• Additional and
  sub anchors
• Joining the anchors

Selections

• Selection tool
• Direct & Group selection
• Selection lassos
• Selecting stray points
• Magic wand selection

The Pencil Tools

• Basic pencil tool
• Smooth tool
• Eraser tool

Slicing for the Web

• creating slices
• slice options
• optimizing slices

Stroke

• Introduction to stroke
• Capitals and joining
• Dashed line & Scaling

Type

• The type tool, Path & Vertical
• Block & Wraptext
• Rows and columns
• Missing font & font attributes
• Creating outlines
• Spell checking
• Character palette

Shape Objects

• Rectangle tool
• Rounded rectangle tool
• Ellipse tool
• Polygon tool
• Star tool
• Flare tool
• Spaz modifier

Transformations

• Scale tool
• Rotation tool
• Rotating
  a pattern
• Reflect tool
• Twist tool
• Reshape tool

Line Tools

• Line segment tool
• Arc & Spiral tool
• Rectangular grid tool
• Polar grid tool

Applying Color

• A Introduction to Exciting colors
• Color picker Tool
• Color & Swatches palette

The Brush Tool

• Paintbrush introduction
• Calligraphic brush
• Art & Pattern brush
• Loading and saving brushes

Smart Guides & Rulers

• rulers introduction
• creating & smart guides
• extruding text
• smart guide options
• grids
• measure and info tools

Transparency & Masking

• Object opacity
• Targeted transparency
• Transparency clipping
• Transparency masking
• Knockout group
• Blending modes

Enveloping & Meshes

• Introduction to envelopes
• Using the warp
• Using the mesh
• Utilizing the top object
• Text distortions
• Envelope options

Gradients

• Gradients introduction
• Editing gradients
• Gradient libraries

The Blend Tool

• Blending Tool
• Blending multiple objects

Saving for the Web

• Viewing for the web
• Saving for Web
• Sizing images
• Saving as jpeg
• Matting a jpeg
• Saving as gif
• Making a glossy gif
• Gradients and gif
• Saving as swf

Filters

• Filter introduction
• Creating trim marks
• Pen and ink Filters

Scissor Tool

• Scissor tool
• Knife tool

Charts & Graphs

• Creating graphs
• Changing the
  graph type
• Coloring graphs
• Styling type
• Column designs
• Value divisions
• Design markers
• Other line graphs

Appearance & Styles

• Introduction to Styles
• Multiple strokes and fills
• Converting effect to shape
• Group appearance
• The text bug
• Distort and transform
• Offset path effect
• Pathfinder effects
• Rasterizing
• Document rasterization
• Stylize & Pixeleffects
• Warp effects
• Moving and linking styles
• Sticky styles
• Reducing and clearing styles
• Making and saving styles
• Over-riding character color

Symbols & Symbol

• Symbol introduction
• Creating custom symbols
• Building blocks
• Symbol sprayer & stainer
• Symbol shifter tool
• Symbol scruncher

Image & Photoshop Integration

• Placing images
• linking
• Photoshop layers
• Type for Photoshop
• Photoshop shapes

Variables Palette

• Variables & linked images
• Style & graph variables

Image Maps

• Creating image maps
• Saving and previewing

Layers & Grouping

• Introduction to layers
• Organizing layers
• Selecting & Grouping
• Duplicating layers
• Sub-layers
• Collect and flatten
• Templates & Placing paths