Illustrator CC 2017 One-on-One Fundamentals
With Deke McClelland
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Duration: 17h 30m
Skill level: Beginner
Released: 3/3/2017
Course details
Design and create amazing works of art using the powerful vector-based drawing program—Adobe Illustrator. This comprehensive training is the first in a series of three courses by industry pro Deke McClelland. Learn how to create multipage documents with artboards; how to draw anything you can imagine with the Pen, Pencil, and Curvature tools; and how to start adding color to your artwork with swatches. Deke also covers drawing shapes, adjusting strokes, formatting text, and painting digitally, with or without a tablet. Each chapter should leave you with a new set of skills—and a sense of accomplishment.
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Contents
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A first look at Illustrator50s
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Opening from the Windows desktop6m 8s
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Opening from the Macintosh Finder8m 7s
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The Start screen and Recent Files panel5m 49s
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Creating a new document5m 20s
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Points, picas, and other units6m 14s
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The advanced document settings6m 43s
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Modifying your new document6m 2s
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Saving your changes7m 46s
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Closing open documents on the PC4m 36s
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Closing open documents on the Mac6m 6s
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Pages of any size, at any angle1m 3s
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Using the Artboard tool8m 6s
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Undo, Redo, and Revert3m 16s
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Deleting and scaling artboards7m 6s
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Creating and duplicating artboards9m 5s
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Artboard tips and tricks4m 46s
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Introducing the Artboard panel8m 50s
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Autoarranging artboards6m 41s
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Artboards and rulers7m 26s
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Navigating your artwork43s
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Zooming in and out5m 59s
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Using the more precise Zoom tool6m 10s
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Animated zooming and GPU Performance7m 43s
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Scrolling (or panning) a document4m 6s
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Specifying a custom zoom level4m 18s
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Working with multiple open documents5m 49s
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Panels and workspaces (important!)9m 45s
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Cycling between screen modes6m 38s
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Now, we draw44s
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Creating center guides8m 3s
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Using the Line Segment tool6m 55s
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Drawing straight lines5m 25s
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Duplicating and extending5m 19s
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Using the Move command5m 19s
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Introducing the Scissors tool4m 20s
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Joining your line segments5m 23s
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Using the Arc tool6m 45s
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Using the Rectangular Grid tool7m 52s
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Using the Polar Grid tool3m 29s
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Using the Spiral tool7m 31s
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Adding a circular end to a spiral4m 42s
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Adjusting the curvature of an arc6m 7s
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Centering all artwork on an artboard3m 46s
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And now, we draw better43s
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Creating a time-saving template5m 18s
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Using the Ellipse tool7m 45s
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Live ellipses and pies4m 44s
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Drawing two perfectly aligned circles8m 22s
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Creating compound paths7m 1s
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Using the Rectangle tool5m 40s
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The dynamic round corner controls7m 39s
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Adding some simple reflections7m 49s
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Rotating your artwork into position6m 19s
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Using the Polygon and Star tools6m 8s
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Working with live polygons7m 3s
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Creating the perfect 5-pointed star6m 10s
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Repeating stars in alternating rows6m 23s
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Introducing the Group Isolation mode7m 12s
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Adding a drop shadow to a layer2m 54s
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Using the crazy Flare tool6m 19s
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The top-secret tilde key trick3m 53s
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How color works1m 7s
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The color modes: RGB vs. CMYK8m 7s
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Hue, saturation, and brightness4m 56s
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Selecting a color from the spectrum ramp5m
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Creating and applying swatches6m 30s
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Working with global swatches5m 43s
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Searching swatches by name5m 1s
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Auto-deleting and adding swatches4m 43s
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Using the Eyedropper tool5m 8s
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Loading swatches from another document4m 18s
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The rich world of strokes43s
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Adjusting the line weight4m 42s
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How strokes align to path outlines6m 45s
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Caps, joins, and miter limit6m 25s
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Making practical use of caps and joins6m 7s
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Dashes and arrowheads7m 24s
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Variable-width strokes5m 58s
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Numerically adjusting Width Points5m 25s
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Custom aligning strokes to paths3m 21s
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Creating a custom Width Profile7m
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Creating a classic round-dotted outline3m 25s
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Drawing a quick-and-dirty gear7m 6s
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Combining multiple strokes4m 18s
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Offsetting strokes to simulate depth6m 8s
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Text at its best1m 2s
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Setting up page margins7m 54s
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Placing and flowing text5m 34s
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Creating multicolumn text frames5m 41s
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The Smart Punctuation command4m 8s
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Working with point type7m 4s
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Formatting display text7m 39s
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Fitting headline and optical kerning7m 55s
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Formatting body copy5m 59s
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Creating a drop cap3m 39s
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Wrapping text around a graphic7m 37s
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Resolving widows and orphans4m 49s
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Finding a character with the Glyphs panel8m 37s
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Creating a paragraph style7m 6s
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Redefining a paragraph style6m 48s
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Creating type on a path7m 47s
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Using Join and the Shape Builder1m 12s
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Using the Join command6m 26s
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Using the Join tool4m 16s
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Using the Shape Builder tool5m 1s
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More ways to use the Shape Builder6m 20s
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Creating a real-world project6m 4s
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Creating an inset reflection6m 32s
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Coloring a path with the Shape Builder5m 31s
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Sculpting with variable-width strokes4m 42s
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Converting text to path outlines7m 29s
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Gap detection and path splitting6m 26s
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Drawing with the Shaper tool5m 31s
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Combining paths with the Shaper tool8m 20s
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Editing paths inside a Shaper Group6m 50s
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The world’s best freeform drawing tool1m 4s
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Drawing freeform path outlines5m 12s
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The Smooth tool and Path Eraser3m 1s
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Extending and connecting paths3m 23s
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Drawing straight and perpendicular lines3m 26s
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Creating a tracing template3m 28s
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Combining the Pencil with a drawing tablet7m 21s
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Coloring your Pencil tool art6m 28s
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The best tools for painting1m 27s
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Painting with the Blob Brush6m 9s
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Fusing path outlines together4m 33s
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Introducing the Eraser tool7m 7s
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Reassigning keyboard shortcuts3m 51s
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Merging selected paths4m 58s
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Releasing compound paths6m 7s
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Erasing and smoothing lumps6m 13s
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Painting with a few simple clicks3m 26s
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Reducing the roundness value7m 8s
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Painting with a drawing tablet6m 48s
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Drawing one point at a time1m 46s
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Drawing with the Curvature tool4m 17s
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Working with smooth and corner points3m 23s
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Curvature tool curiosities4m 32s
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Creating quick smooth shapes6m 29s
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Tracing a custom path outline6m 19s
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Drawing slender, organic forms5m 22s
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Adding line art embellishments5m 44s
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Creating a paint-splattered background3m 38s
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The tool that can draw anything2m 21s
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Creating corner points6m 55s
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How smooth points work6m 51s
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Drawing smooth points7m 55s
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Creating cusp points6m 34s
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Using the Anchor Point tool5m 32s
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Real-world drawing with the Pen tool8m 18s
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Drawing perspective edges5m 48s
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Drawing a few distress marks10m 1s
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Drawing a long perspective shadow6m 13s
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Getting smooth results from smooth points8m 4s
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Giving a letter a 3D beveled edge5m 33s
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Combining curved and straight segments8m 21s
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A preview of round corners9m 26s
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Making corners smooth1m 7s
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The round corner widget3m 44s
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Rounding off corner points4m 54s
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Changing the corner type3m 37s
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Rounding characters of type6m 15s
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Absolute vs. relative rounding7m 27s
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Drawing with rounded rectangles6m 2s
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Drawing an iPhone9m
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Decorating an iPhone screen6m 37s
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Drawing a leather smart phone case7m 7s
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Colorizing a line art template3m 52s
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Turning corners into organic curves6m 50s
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Reshaping rounded paths9m 40s
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Saving for devices and the web1m 56s
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Aligning objects to the pixel grid4m 58s
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Aligning objects as you draw or modify them7m 51s
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Aligning text to the pixel grid5m 11s
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Introducing the Save for Web command6m 36s
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Scaling your art to suit its destination7m 26s
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For devices and presentations, use PNG5m 6s
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Saving an 8-bit graphic6m 32s
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Saving a JPEG image5m 10s
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Saving vector-based SVG files3m 48s
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Assigning a copyright3m 7s
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Using the Export for Screens command5m 58s
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Using the Asset Export panel4m 42s
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What’s included
- Practice while you learn 1 exercise file
- Test your knowledge 15 quizzes
- Learn on the go Access on tablet and phone
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