Illustrator Regatta Artwork

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Adobe Illustrator CC: The Professional Portfolio Project 2: Regatta Artwork Drawing Complex Artwork Coloring and Painting Artwork Exporting PDF Files

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Adobe Illustrator CC: The Professional Portfolio

Project 2: Regatta Artwork

Drawing Complex ArtworkColoring and Painting ArtworkExporting PDF Files

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Vector PathsClick to create a pointClick and drag to create point with handlesClick again to create another point and connecting segment

Smooth SymmetricalSmooth AsymmetricalCorner

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Editing Vector PathsDirect Selection toolPen tool variationsControl panel

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Editing Vector Paths (cont’d)Pen tool variationsContext sensitivity

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Editing Vector Paths (cont’d)Reshape line segmentsAnchor Point or Direct Selection tool

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PastingDuplicate existing objectsRemove selected objectsMove objects from one file to another

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Showing & HidingObject>Hide submenuObject>Show All

Layers panel sublayers

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Locking & UnlockingObject>Lock submenuObject>Unlock All

Layers panel sublayers

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Shape Builder toolSeparate or merge areas from overlapping shapesOption/Alt accesses Erase modeFill and stroke colors

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Blob Brush toolCreate filled shapes out of brush strokes

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Drawing ModesTools panel buttons Draw Normal

Draw Behind

Draw Inside

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CMYK vs. RGBRGB = additive colorCMYK = subtractive color

GamutColor shift

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Defining SwatchesNameTypeModeColor make-up

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Global ColorsSpecial icon in Swatches panelEasy tint of process buildsUniversal changes

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GradientsGradient panelGradient toolGradient Annotator

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Pathfinder panelCombine multiple shapes into oneCut shapes out of other shapesOption/Alt-click a shape mode to create a compound path

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Save as PDFFile>Save AsSuite-wide presets