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Adobe Illustrator How To...

These are the voyages of the Photoshop & Illustrator follower and student, as they continue their mission to search out cool new techniques, meaningful training and to go where they've never gone before. (Also: Adobe Illustrator Tutorials below)
You are encouraged to submit a tutorial... and share the adventure!

Latest Illustrator Tutorials

• Adobe Illustrator Scan / Trace / Vector:
  This week's tutorials look at Adobe Illustrator 10 working with the pen tool drawing and tracing Scans... maps, mapmaking, Logo Design, Drawing Curves, Pencil Tool Basics, Text Warping Tools, Vector Graphics, Turn Bitmap Images into Vector Art, and importing illustrator files
• Adobe Illustrator Strokes & Fills:
  This week we cover the very basics of Illustrator color tools, stroking and filling, as well as some items on color management and drawing October, 2004
• MORE (Illustrator) Typography Links
  This week: Clipping Paths (ilstu.edu); Text in Illustrator (UMICH.edu); OpenType Fonts: Tutorial (Adobe); Type in Illustrator (Wellesley.edu); Popular Arch Style Type Effect; Creating Special Text Effects; Live Type Effects; Vector Effects; Twists and Bends, and an interesting "Lord of the Rings" Tutorial, which is actually a Photoshop tutorial... April 12, 2004
• (Illustrator) Typography & Clipping Paths
  This week: Import Art into Illustrator (PDF), Clipping Paths (PDF), Importing & placing graphics, Resize images: Making a Poster, Presentation Friendly Slides, Revealing the Clipping Path, Compositing photos, Bitmap to Vector Art Type Fundamentals, File formats, Saving.. Two good PDF files included... April 5, 2004
• Illustrator Text & Typography
  This week: Text and Logos, text options, drop shadows, outlines,type areas and masks, warping text, text on patterns and shapes, sizes, color choices, wrapping a path around an object for that type, type-on-a-path, OpenType fonts (Adobe), the Type menu, Character/Paragraph, bold, italicized, larger or smaller, direct selection tool, transforming text, and the text pallette.. One good PDF file included... March 29, 2004
• Adobe Illustrator Strokes & Fills:
  This week we cover the very basics of Illustrator color tools, stroking and filling, as well as building swatches and color palettes. There's also several good downloadable PDF tutorials -- 19 references in all March 22, 2004
• Adobe Illustrator for Beginners:
  This week we cover the very basics of Illustrator - the interface and the tools. There's also a downloadable PDF tutorial, and an RTF file. -- 12 references in all March 15, 2004
• Illustrator -- Scanning & Tracing
  Adobe Illustrator Tutorials - Several from TechZone, * How to make a scan * various tutorials * Scanning and Tracing in Illustrator * Scanning Type Tricks (Illustrator) * Stroking for a "Road Map" Graphic * Tracing tutorial (Illustrator, Clublime) * Type in a circle in Illustrator and photoshop and more... November 10, 2003
• Illustrator -- Typography & Text Tool
  Adobe Illustrator Tutorial : LARC 440 * Paint attributes * Paths tutorials * Type in Illustrator * hints and tips * Illustrate With an Attitude * Character Palette, Text tools * Customizing Fonts * Fundamentals for Nondesigners * typeography checklist and more... November 10, 2003
• Beginning Illustrator -- Strokes & Fills
  * Creating brushes * filling and Stroking * finger dance * do's and don't's * Vectoring tutorial * Masks: Paths * How-To: Create Surreal Flowers * Anatomy of a Vector Illustration * Transforming Shapes; and assorted tips and tricks November 3, 2003

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