Program 1: Discovering Illustrator

Chapter 1: Introducing Illustrator (37 min)
1. Using the Welcome Screen
2. Introducing Vector Based Paths
3. Working with Layers in Illustrator
4. Introducing Anchor Points
5. Creating a New Document
6. Repositioning and Adjusting View
7. Saving the Document
8. Utilizing Illustrator Startup Documents

Chapter 2: The Bridge (29 min)
1. Intro to Bridge and The Bridge Center in CS
2. Finding Folders and The Thunbnail View
3. Opening, Moving and Previewing Bridge Files
4. Preview, Filtering and Rating Options
5. Orgainizing Files using Preferences
6. Deleting, Duplicating, Moving files in Bridge
7. Renaming Sorting and Batch Renaming files
8. Presenting a slide show from the Bridge

Chapter 3: Workspace & Navigation (36 min)
1. Setting Up Preferences
2. Using Color Settings
3. Configuring Pallettes & Workspaces
4. Using Navigation

Chapter 4: Symetrical Shapes (40 min)
1. Setting Palette Options and Using Transparacy
2. A Look at the Shape Tools. Creating a Circle
3. Aligning Circle Shapes
4. Creating Star Shapes
5. Creating Rectangle Shapes
6. Using the Flip Tool to Mirror Shapes
7. Combining Shapes
8. Tilde Key Function

Chapter 5: Fill, Stroke and Color (55 min)
1. Introduction to Fill and Stroke
2. An Overview of the Color Pallette
3. The Color Spectrum Bar and Dialing in colors
4. Black vs. Rich Black in the Color Palette
5. CMYK vs. RGB
6. Creating and Saving new Color Swatches
7. Filling and Arranging Objects in a document
8. Modifying and Arranging the Stroke of an Object
9. Display Artifacts and Stroke Pallete options
10. Creating a fill Pattern

Chapter 6: Transforming Paths (60 min)
1. Introducing Path Transformations
2. Duplicating Objects
3. Moving Objects in Increments
4. Using the Reshape Tool
5. Moving Paths
6. Using the Offset Path Dialogue Box
7. Working with Swatches
8. Grouping Paths
9. Using the Scale Tool
10. Using the Rotate Tool
11. Rotating Multiple Objects
12. Advanced Rotate Options

Chapter 7: Using the Powerful Pen Tool (48 min)
1. Using Bridge
2. Creating a Tracing Template
3. Drawing with the Pen Tool
4. Modifying a Path
5. Using and Editing Spline Curves
6. Using Beziér Curves
7. Creating a Cusp Point
8. Modifying and Converting Beziér Curves
9. Cutting, Extending, and Closing Paths
10. Filling Paths

Chapter 8: Selecting Points and Paths (59 min)
1. Strokes and Fills
2. Appearance Palate - Transform And Tweak
3. Working With Layers - Uzz Character
4. Making Use of the Join Command
5. Locked Layers
6. Making Center Points
7. Intro To Pathfinder - Intersect Shape Areas
8. Precision Filling Selection
9. Various Selection Commands & Methods
10. Various Scaling Methods
11. Lacemaking Using Shape Tool - Rotate & Fill
12. Merging Strokes & Fills With Compound Path
13. Lacemaking Using Direction Handles & Anchor Points
14. Pucker & Bloat

Chapter 9: Pathfinder Operations (40 min)
1. Touring the Project
2. An Introduction to the Pathfinder Operations
3. Working with the Pathfinder Palete
4. Comparing Pathfinder Behaviors
5. Joining Paths and the Miter Limit
6. Croping, Uniting and Arranging
7. Selectiing and Deselecting Paths
8. Fill Options and other pathfinder operations

Chapter 10: Liquify & Envelope (33 min)
1. Preparing an Image for Liquify & Envelope
2. Using the Warp Tool to Liquify
3. Using the Envelope Functions
4. Editing Enveloped Content
5. Liquify with Live Trace

Chapter 11: Creating and Formatting Type (50 min)
1. Importing Text into Illustrator
2. Selecting Text for Reformatting
3. Moving Text to a New Text Container
4. Reformatting Text with the Paragraphs Pallet
5. Altering Text Font and Size
6. Moving Text and Altering Line Spacing
7. Copying Text Formats

Program 2: Treasures from the Object Orient

Chapter 1: Gradients & Gradient Mesh (46 min)
1. Applying a Gradient
2. Using Swatches
3. Using the Gradient Palette
4. Using the Gradient Slider Bar
5. Adding Colors
6. Using the Gradient Tool
7. Making Color Adjustments
8. Using the Eye Dropper Tool
9. Reviewing the Appearance Palette and Gradients on Strokes
10. Expanding Appearance
11. Creating a Gradient Mesh
12. Expanding a Gradient Mesh
13. Modifying Gradient Mesh Colors
14. Modifying Gradient Mesh Points and Control Handles
15. Applying Other Gradient Mesh Color Change
16. Adjusting Gradient Mesh Preferences
17. Blending Objects into the Gradient Mesh

Chapter 2: Blends and Masks (34 min)
1. Creating Simple Color Gradients
2. Creating Custom Gradients via Blending
3. Cropping Custom Gradient Blends
4. Customizing Blends for Specific Shapes
5. Creating Blends Between Two Shapes
6. Changing the Shape of Customized Blends
7. Masking Edges with Clipping Masks
8. Masking the Shape of Customized Blends
9. Changing Opacities of Clipping Mask Layers

Chapter 3: Brushing with Vectors (45 min)
1. Illustrator CS 2's Brush Tool
2. The Brush Options Dialogue Box
3. Extending Selected Paths
4. Illustrator Art Brushes
5. Editing Your Art Brush Strokes
6. Making a Custom Art Brush
7. Finishing Up Your Art Brush and Typing on a Path
8. Fixing Your Text
9. Converting Text To An Art Brush

Chapter 4: Using Transparency (38 min)
1. Assigning Different Opacity For Stroke And Fill
2. Working With Knockout Group
3. Creating an Opacity Mask
4. Multiply Mode
5. Adding Objects To Opacity Masks
6. Opacity Mask With a Gradient
7. Blend Mode - Multiply Mode
8. Transpacency Palatte
9. Blend Mode - Color Mode
10. Making Translucent Gradient in Blend Mode
11. Create Mask With Boundary Layer
12. Printing Tips With Flattener Preview

Chapter 5: Pre-Assembly (50 min)
1. Introducing Live Effects
2. Dealing with Fills and Strokes
3. Using the Scribble Dialogue Box
4. Managing the Appearance Palette
5. Introducing the Transform Command
6. Reapplying the Transform Command
7. Modifying Stroke Attributes
8. Changing the Transform Origin
9. Saving and Loading Graphic Styles

Chapter 6: Dynamic Type Treatments (41 min)
1. Dynamic Effects for Objects
2. Transform Effects and Stacking Order
3. Text Effects, Warnings and Selection Settings
4. Applying the Warp Effect and Editing Text
5. Applying a Stroke and Transforming the Text
6. Thickening the text using Path options
7. Creating Drop shadows & Text Effects
8. Filling Text with Color and Gradients

Chapter 7: Live Trace (33 min)
1. Reviewing Files for Live Trace
2. Using the Live Trace Tool
Lesson 3: Applying Threshold and Minimum Area
4. Reviewing Adjustments and View Tracing Option
5. Reviewing Trace Settings Tracing Option
6. Expanding Traced Items to Paths
7. Using Tracing Options for Color
8. Altering Swatches in Color Tracing

Chapter 8: Live Paint (43 min)
1. Live Painting Fills
2. Live Painting Strokes
3. Live Paint-Bucket Basics
4. Live Painting Update On Fly
5. Paint Bucket Tricks
6. Live Painting Paths
7. Leaving Isolation Mode
8. Selecting Paths In Live Paint
9. Selection Tool In Live Paint
10. Layering Strokes In Live Paint
11. Live Painting A Trace
12. Gap Detection
13. Close Gaps With Paths

Chapter 9: Using Symbols (25 min)
1. Introducing Symbols
2. Accessing Symbol Libraries
3. Manipulating and Duplicating Symbols
4. Altering All Instances of a Symbol
5. Replacing All Instances of a Symbol
6. Creating Symbols
7. Applying Symbols with the Symbol Spray Tool
8. Modifying Symbols with Symbol Tools

Chapter 10: 3D Effects (44 min)
1. Introduction to 3D space and 3D Effects
2. Applying and Adjusting the Extrude and Bevel effect
3. Lighting, Shading and Gradation
4. Mapping the Artwork onto the extruded object
5. Modifying the object and the Mapped artwork
6. Applying and Adjusting the Revolve Effect
7. Using Photoshop to help with 3D Effects

Chapter 11: Printing & Exporting (31 min)
1. Setting Document Trim Size
2. Creating Page Bleed
3. Setting Imageable Portion of Output Page
4. Preparing General Setup Output Settings
5. Preparing Print Bleed Settings
6. Preparing Printer Settings
7. Altering Document Rasterize Settings
8. Saving Print Settings
9. Exporting Documents as Different File Types

Chapter 12: Flash Animation (39 min)
1. Intro To SWF Animation
2. Animating Live Effects
3. Exporting Flash Animations
4. Adding Frames To Animations
5. Creating A Symbol File
6. Animating A Symbol
7. Animating Between 3D Extrusions