Essentials for Design Adobe Illustrator CS 2 - Level 1 Book

Chapter 1 -- Taking a Tour of Adobe Illustrator CS2
Lesson 1: The Illustrator Welcome Screen
Lesson 2: Creating and Opening Documents and Templates
Lesson 3: Saving Documents
Lesson 4: Printing Documents
Lesson 5: Using the Toolbox
Lesson 6: Using Palettes
Lesson 7: Using Rulers
Lesson 8: The Grid and Guides
Chapter 2 -- The Working Environment
Lesson 1: Document Anatomy
Lesson 2: Document Setup
Lesson 3: Setting Up Workspaces
Lesson 4: Preferences That Govern How You Work
Lesson 5: Preferences That Enhance Performance
Lesson 6: File Handling and the Clipboard
Chapter 3 - The Drawing Tools
Lesson 1: Drawing Geometric Shapes
Lesson 2: Drawing Lines
Lesson 3: Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool
Lesson 4: Drawing Curves with the Pen Tool
Lesson 5: Modifying Paths
Lesson 6: Editing Paths
Lesson 7: Painting Paths
Chapter 4 - Selecting Object and Groups
Lesson 1: The Select Menu
Lesson 2: The Magic Wand Tool
Lesson 3: The Direct Selection Tool
Lesson 4: The Group Selection Tool
Lesson 5: The Lasso Tool
Lesson 6: Selecting with the Layers Palette
Lesson 7: Optional Selection Methods
Chapter 5 - Painting Objects
Lesson 1: CMYK and RGB Color Modes
Lesson 2: The Swatches Palette
Lesson 3: The Color Palette
Lesson 4: Painting Techniques
Lesson 5: Creating and Modifying Gradients
Lesson 6: The Live Paint Bucket Tool
Lesson 7: Working with Patterns
Chapter 6 - Working with Type
Lesson 1: Creating Text Elements
Lesson 2: Character Control
Lesson 3: Paragraph Formatting
Lesson 4: Paragraph and Character Styles
Lesson 5: ApplyingType to Paths
Lesson 6: Wrapping Text Around Graphics
Lesson 7: Importing, Exporting, and Linking Text
Lesson 8: Converting Type to Outlines
Chapter 7 - Working with Objects
Lesson 1: Transforming Objects
Lesson 2: Alternate Transformation Options
Lesson 3: Distorting Objects
Lesson 4: Path Operations
Lesson 5: Positioning Objects
Lesson 6: Aligning and Distributing Objects
Chapter 8 -- Using and Managing Images
Lesson 1: Placing External Images
Lesson 2: Managing Images with the Links Palette
Lesson 3: Rasterizing Objects
Lesson 4: Filters for Raster Objects
Lesson 5: Clipping Masks and Compounding
Chapter 9 - Printing and Publishing Your Documents
Lesson 1: Printing Composites from Illustrator
Lesson 2: Printing Separations from Illustrator
Lesson 3: Spot Color Separations
Lesson 4: Creating a Bleed
Lesson 5: Saving Artwork for the Web
Lesson 6: Using Acrobat Portable Document Format
Lesson 7: Using Encapsulated PostScript
Task Guide
File Guide
Glossary
Index