Creating transparent art
Displaying transparency
Transparency and simple objects
Transparency within groups
Transparency and layers
Applying transparency to individual object attributes
Using transparency knockouts
Isolating blending modes
Working with opacity masks
Flattening transparency
Page isolated blending options
Page knockout group options
Flattening transparent artwork
Flattener preview options
Understanding flattener presets
Creating, saving and loading custom flattener presets
Guidelines for successful output
Creating your own brushes
Creating a Calligraphic brush
Creating a Scatter brush
Creating an Art brush
Creating Pattern brushes
Using Colourisation methods
Creating Brush libraries
Expanding brushes
Advanced use of symbols
When to use symbols
Placing symbol instances
Placing instance sets
Controlling the symbol sprayer tool
Using the Symbolism tools
Creating symbols
Managing symbols
Creating symbol libraries
Creating custom 3D shapes
Creating 3D type
Using lighting effects
Wrapping symbols around 3D artwork
Imported images
The different bitmap file formats and when to use them
Placing vs embedding images
Using the Links palette
Rasterizing vector artwork
Document Raster Effect settings
Applying bitmap filters
Applying bitmap effects
Using the filter gallery
Questions and answers
Filters and effects
The difference between filters and effects
An overview of the Illustrator and Photoshop filters
An overview of the Illustrator and Photoshop effects
Using the Scribble effect
Using the Transform effect to create complex transformations
The Appearance palette
Advanced painterly effects
Creating blends
Editing blends
Creating irregular blends
Creating gradient meshes
Applying colour to meshes
Manipulating gradient meshes
Saving time with styles
Applying styles
Creating and modifying styles
Unlinking styles
Using style libraries
Compound paths and shapes
Compound shapes and compound paths
Making and releasing compound paths
Controlling transparency
Editing compound paths
Using clipping masks
Creating a clipping mask
Releasing a clipping mask
Modifying your mask
Preparing for web delivery
Slicing artwork
Creating and deleting slices
Creating manual slices
Using the Save for Web options
Creating Shockwave animations
Creating high resolution PDFs
Creating multi-page PDFs
Global PDF export options
Preparing for print
Cleaning up your files
Producing colour separations
Advanced printing issues
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