本教程是由Lynda机构出品的Illustrator CS6 一对一中级教程，时长：11小时9分，教程使用软件：Illustrator CS6，大小：1.88 GB，MOV视频格式，附工程源文件，作者：Deke McClelland，官方发布时间：2012年11月21日，语言：英语。。

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Lynda.com Illustrator CS6 One-on-One Intermediate

Join author and industry expert Deke McClelland as he teaches you how to take advantage of the next level of dynamic features in Adobe Illustrator CS6. This installment of his Illustrator CS6 One-on-One series starts by showing you how to effectively manage layers, clipping groups, and swatches, so that you can easily swap out colors and content. Deke then explains how to create customized strokes and patterns and build complex gradients with transparency and dynamic effects, and then apply these features to paths, groups, and editable text to create professional-quality artwork. He also highlights some of the most popular features in Illustrator: Live Paint and all ten of its Pathfinder operations. The final chapters show how to prepare your projects for print and save them for distribution on the web.

Topics include:

Creating layers, sublayers, and groups

Lifting a color and creating a swatch

Assigning colors to paths inside groups

Adjusting the stacking order

Using the Width tool to adjust line weight

Masking a pattern inside a background

Assigning and modifying a gradient fill

Creating a radial gradient

Drawing a linear spiral with the Polar Grid tool

Adding a credible 3D cast shadow

Contouring with the Blob Brush and Eraser

Creating and painting an overlapping path

Placing Photoshop images in Illustrator files

Previewing and printing documents

Optimizing documents for the web