PART1: Introduction
  • The Exercise Files
The welcome screen
  • Getting started
  • Using one of the workspaces
  • The Welcome Screen Quiz
The interface
  • Touring the interface
  • Understanding dockers
  • The Interface Quiz
Getting started
  • Setting up the page
  • Using rulers, grids and guidelines
  • Navigating a multi-page document
  • Master Layer and Page Numbering
  • Understanding File Formats
  • Starting with a template
  • Getting Started Quiz
Workspace
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • The Keyboard Shortcuts Quiz
The Toolbox
  • Using the Pick Tool
  • Zoom Tool and Hand Tool
  • Creating a basic shape
  • The Toolbox Quiz 1
  • Using connector lines
  • Outlines and Corner Control (part 1)
  • Outlines and Corner Control (part 2)
  • Interactive Drop Shadow
  • Interactive Contour
  • The Blend Tool
  • The Distort Tool
  • The Envelope Tool
  • The Extrude Tool
  • Interactive Transparency
  • The Eyedropper Tool
  • The Toolbox Quiz 2
Understanding Color
  • Color Palettes
  • Understanding Color Quiz
Working with objects
  • Weld, Trim and Intersect
  • Weld, Trim and Intersect Exercises
  • Weld, Trim and Intersect Exercises Solution
  • Working with Objects Quiz 1
  • Grouping and Ungrouping
  • Aligning Objects
  • Aligning Objects Exercises
  • Aligning Objects Exercises Solution
  • Working with Objects Quiz 2
  • Setting the order
  • Setting the order Exercises
  • Setting the order Exercises Solution
Working with fonts
  • Understanding Font Types
  • Installing fonts
  • Types of text
  • Working with Fonts
  • Business Card Exercise
  • Business Card Exercise Solution
Working with bitmaps
  • Importing bitmaps
  • Cropping and resizing images
  • Working with bitmaps Quiz
PART 2: Exploring the curves
  • Free Hand
  • 2-Point Line Tool
  • Bezier Tool
Node editing enhancements
  • Shape Tool
  • Cusp, Smooth and Symmetrical
  • Adding and removing nodes
  • Cleaning up lines after welding
  • Combine and Break apart
  • Joining nodes
  • Convert to curve
Image to vector
  • Why to convert an image to a vector?
  • Convert image to Vector - The easy way
  • Convert image to Vector - The hard way
  • Convert image to Vector - Pepsi logo
  • Convert image to Vector - Apple logo
  • Convert image to Vector - Carrefour logo
  • Convert image to Vector - Motorola logo
  • Convert image to Vector - Batman logo
More text editing
  • Linking paragraph text
  • Editing individual characters
  • Powerclip
  • Text in columns
  • Wrapping text with an object
  • Text along a Path
Desktop publishing
  • Converting Text to Curves
  • Adding Bleed
  • Finding and Replacing Colors
  • Converting an Image to 300DPI
  • Printing the flyer
What's next