What the Shift, Control, Option & Alt Keys Do.

What the Smart Guides Do and How They Help.

How to Keep Objects Proportional in Size.

What Are the Different Ways of Selecting?.

What’s the Difference Between Stroke vs.

What Are Stroke and Fill – What Do They Mean?.

How to Set or Change Colors, or Go Back to B&W.

What’s the Difference Between the Profiles?.

Choosing the Document Profile: What Type of Art?.

How to Open/Create a New Document or Template.

Creating Artwork Even if You Don’t Draw.

How Illustrator Is Different from Photoshop.

So if you’re an Illustrator pro, you probably know a lot of this – but if you’re just getting started with Illustrator then this is what you would want to know how to do, the first ten things.Īnd here’s what you’ll learn in this tutorial – there’s a lot! Now let’s dig in and see how to get started, for brand new Illustrator users – assuming that you’ve had very little experience with the tool, or are even opening it for the first time. Earlier Terry did similar introductory primers for Photoshop, Lightroom, and InDesign – and now it’s Illustrator’s turn. Adobe Evangelist Terry White has a great new training session out showing you how to get started achieving immediate and productive results using new Illustrator CS6… This 42-minute class covers all the basics and walks through how to accomplish the top 10 techniques that beginners always want to know how to do.

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