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Adobe Illustrator CS4 Tutorial Video
Adobe Illustrator CS4 Tutorial Video
Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator CS4 from one of the world’s leading trainers, from the comfort of your own desk.
Adobe Illustrator CS4 Training
This unique Adobe Illustrator CS4 Tutorial Video series teaches you how to use the latest version of Adobe’s vector graphics editing software in an expert-designed, intuitive video course. Whether you’re a true beginner or someone who has worked with vector graphics before, these lessons start by introducing you to the enhanced user interface and basic functions and gradually move up to more advanced features, so that you gain a working knowledge that you can build upon as you get further in the course. And the convenient way the videos are split up allows users already familiar with the basics to easily skip ahead and pick up right where they need the most help without having to sit through needless review.
The tutorials train you by directly showing you how Illustrator CS4 works, with a full real-time view of the application that appears on screen just as it does on our own computer. And the included working files make it easy for you to follow along with the lessons, providing a degree of interactivity that not only makes things more interesting but also increases your retention of the skills.
Illustrator CS4: Designed for the Future
As the convergence of traditional and web-based media continues, Adobe has been actively working to meet the changing needs of content professionals in their Creative Suites. Offering immense versatility with their ability to seamlessly scale without compromising their integrity, vector designs have a major role in traditional companies wishing to cross-pollinate their logos and presentations across multiple formats as well as design and creative professionals wanting to simultaneously release their work onto the web and today’s mobile devices.
CS4 marks the best-integrated set of tools across its product line, and this holds particularly true for Illustrator CS4. Adding to to the excellent support for Photoshop and the video production tools centered around Adobe Premiere Pro, the software engineers at Adobe have increased integration with Flash CS4, InDesign CS4, and Adobe’s Flex 3 format. It’s now easier than ever to bring Illustrator art into InDesign layouts, even files using the new multiple page option, and edit with InDesign tools. Or perform simple copy-and-pastes between Illustrator and Flash while preserving the full properties of Illustrator files.
Aside from beefing up its integration, Illustrator CS4 also boasts many updates that simply make the program more powerful and easy to use. The new artboards feature allows you to finally work with multiple pages within one file. New tools for working with gradients and the ability to layer brush paths for more smoothly filled drafting lines are new assets in the designer’s arsenal. And the ability to use Smart Guides and work with more effects directly through the Appearance Panel increases the efficiency with which you’ll be able to get your projects done.
Adobe Illustrator CS4’s new and improved features are only as useful as you know how to use them. These unique video tutorials will make sure you can use them to their full advantage.
Add comment April 3, 2009
Adobe Illustrator CS3 Tutorial Video- Type on a Path
For users who prefer a practical hands-on approach to learning we have Adobe Illustrator CS3 Tutorial Videos. These training courses come complete with working files and show how to use Illustrator step-by-step. Adobe Illustrator CS3 Training Videos .
This Illustrator CS3 Tutorial can be downloaded in a zip file from here
Illustrator Tutorial – Type on a Path
Type can be displayed in an infinite amount of ways and Illustrator helps you to explore them with a wide range of tools. In this Adobe Illustrator Tutorial I’m going to explain how to place your type on a path, which instantly opens up a massive number of possibilities to experiment with. This Tutorial is suitable for versions CS, CS2, CS3 and CS4
To begin with, download this Allstar font and install it on your system. We’re going to use this font to simulate lettering on a car tyre. For the purposes of this tutorial I’ve illustrated a simple car tyre; a series of concentric circles and some nobbles.
Draw a circle, aligned centrally with the tyre. This is the path our type is going to flow along.
Now select the Type on a Path Tool as shown below.
Click somewhere on the circle you’ve recently created. Wherever you click is where your text is going to begin, though this can be edited later. Use the Character palette (Window > Type > Character) to select the Allstar font, choose to have it white, then type something appropriate.
Now we’re going to change the baseline of the text so that the path runs along it’s centre. With your text on a path object selected go to Type > Type on a Path > Type on a Path Options to open up the dialogue as shown below.
Choose to Align the path to the ‘Center’ and click OK. You can clearly see that the alignment of the type has changed. It will now remain vertically centred along the path regardless of the font size.
The type on a path can also be edited and repositioned in a number of ways. To demonstrate this, take your Direct Selection tool and move to one of the handles at the beginning of the text. The mouse cursor will change (
) to denote that you’re hovering over the type path handle. Click and drag it along the path and in doing so you’ll alter the starting point of your text.
Should you want to, it’s also possible to use the Direct Selection tool to flip the text on your path. Click and drag the central handle (again the mouse cursor will change). By pulling it inwards towards the centre of the circle, you’ll flip the text upside down. Note how it still remains vertically centred along the path.
So there you have it, the basis of Type on a Path. Go and play with it and you’ll uncover it’s limitless uses.
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Add comment November 13, 2008
