Lesson 1: Getting to Know the Work Area

1. Understanding the Workspace

2. Adjusting the User Interface Brightness

3. Working with Tools Panel

4. Exploring the Control Panel

5. Working with Panels

6. Resetting and Saving your Workspace

7. Using Panel Menus

8. Changing the View of Artwork

9. Using the View Commands

10. Using the Zoom Tool

11. Scrolling Through a Document

12. Viewing Artwork

13. Navigating Multiple Artboards

14. Using the Navigator Panel

15. Understanding the Rulers

16. Arranging Multiple Documents

17. Exploring Document Groups

18. Finding Resources for Using Illustrator

Lesson 2: Selecting and Aligning

1. Selecting Objects

2. Using the Selection Tool

3. Using the Direct Selection Tool

4. Creating Selections with a Marquee

5. Creating Selections with the Magic Wand Tool

6. Selecting Similar Objects; Aligning Objects

7. Aligning Objects to Each Other

8. Aligning to a Key Object

9. Aligning Points

10. Distributing Objects

11. Aligning to the Artboard

12. Working with Groups

13. Grouping Items

14. Working in Isolation Mode

15. Adding to a Group

16. Exploring Object Arrangement

17. Arranging Objects

18. Selecting Objects Behind

19. Hiding Objects

20. Applying Selections Techniques

Lesson 3: Creating and Editing Shapes

1. Creating a New Document

2. Working with Basic Shapes

3. Understanding Drawing Modes

4. Creating Rectangles

5. Creating Rounded Rectangles

6. Creating Ellipses

7. Creating Polygons

8. Working with Draw Behind Mode

9. Creating Stars

10. Changing Stroke Width and Alignment

11. Working with Line Segments

12. Joining Paths

13. Using the Width Tool

14. Outlining Strokes

15. Combining and Editing Shapes

16. Working with the Shape Builder Tool

17. Working with Pathfinder Effects

18. Working with Shape Modes

19. Using Draw Inside Mode

20. Editing Content Drawn Inside

21. Using the Eraser Tool

22. Using Image Trace to Create Shapes

23. Cleaning up Traced Artwork

Lesson 4: Transforming Objects

1. Working with Artboards

2. Adding Artboards to the Document

3. Editing Artboards

4. Renaming Artboards

5. Reordering Artboards

6. Transforming Content

7. Working with Rulers and Guides

8. Scaling Objects

9. Reflecting Objects

10. Rotating Objects

11. Distorting Objects

12. Shearing Objects

13. Positioning Objects Precisely

14. Changing Perspective

15. Applying Multiple Transformations

16. Using the Free Distort Effect

Lesson 5: Drawing with the Pen and Pencil Tools

1. Starting with the Pen Tool

2. Creating Straight Lines

3. Creating Curved Paths

4. Building a Curve

5. Converting Smooth Points to Corner Points

6. Creating the Violin Illustration

7. Drawing Curves

8. Selecting a Curved Path

9. Drawing a Curved Path

10. Drawing a Closed Path with Curves

11. Drawing the Violin Shape

12. Creating the Strings

13. Splitting the Path

14. Adding Arrowheads

15. Creating a Dashed Line

16. Editing Curves

17. Deleting and Adding Anchor Points

18. Converting Between Smooth Points and Corner Points

19. Drawing with the Pencil Tool

20. Editing with the Pencil Tool

21. Finishing the Violin Illustration

22. Assembling the Parts

23. Painting the Artwork

Lesson 6: Color and Painting

1. Understanding Color

2. Color Modes

3. Understanding the Color Controls

4. Creating Color

5. Building and Saving a Custom Color

6. Editing a Swatch

7. Using Illustrator Swatch Libraries

8. Creating a Spot Color

9. Using the Color Picker

10. Creating and Saving a Tint of Color

11. Copying Appearance Attributes

12. Creating Color Groups

13. Working with the Color Guide Panel

14. Editing a Color Group

15. Editing Colors in Artwork

16. Working with the Kuler Panel

17. Assigning Colors to your Artwork

18. Adjusting Colors

19. Painting with Patterns

20. Applying Existing Patterns

21. Creating your Own Pattern

22. Applying a Pattern

23. Editing a Pattern

24. Working with Live Paint Regions

25. Creating a Live Paint Group

26. Editing Live Paint Regions

27. Working with Gap Options

Lesson 7: Working with Type

1. Working with Type

2. Creating Point Type

3. Creating Area Type

4. Importing a Plain Text File

5. Working with Overflow Text and Text Reflow

6. Threading Text

7. Creating Columns of Text

8. Formatting Type

9. Changing the Font Size

10. Changing the Font Color

11. Changing Additional Text Attributes

12. Working with Glyphs

13. Resizing Type Objects

14. Changing Paragraph Attributes

15. Creating and Applying Text Styles

16. Creating and Applying a Paragraph Style

17. Editing a Paragraph Style

18. Sampling Text Formatting

19. Creating and Applying a Character Style

20. Editing a Character Style

21. Reshaping Text with a Preset Envelope Warp

22. Reshaping Text with an Object Warp

23. Wrapping Text Around an Object

24. Creating Text on an Open Path

25. Creating Text on Closed Paths

26. Creating Text Outlines

Lesson 8: Working with Layers

1. Creating Layers

2. Selecting and Moving Objects and Layers

3. Duplicating Layer Content

4. Moving Layers

5. Locking Layers

6. Viewing Layers

7. Pasting Layers

8. Creating a Clipping Mask

9. Merging Layers

10. Locating Layers

11. Applying Appearance Attributes to Layers

12. Isolating Layers