Introduction to basic bitmap tools

Introduction to vector illustration tools

• Using the line tool
  • Drawing a line
  • Selecting the line
  • Moving the line
  • Moving the line end points
  • Setting the line color
  • Setting the line height
  • Setting the line style
• Using the rectangle tool
  • Creating a rectangle
  • Creating a perfect square
  • Setting the rectangle fill color
  • Changing the rectangle stroke color
• Using the polygon tool
  • Drawing a star
    • Setting the point thickness
  • Drawing a polygon
• Using paint bucket tool
  • Filling a shape with color
• Using the gradient tool
  • Creating a color linear gradient fill
  • Manipulating a a gradient fill
  • Creating a radial gradient fill

Using the transform tool

• Resizing objects
• Scaling objects
• Rotating objects
• Skewing objects

Using the Selection & Sub-selection tools

• Objects
  • Selecting an object
  • Moving an object
• Paths
  • Selecting a path
• Points
  • Selecting a point on a path
  • Moving points on a path
  • Adding points on a path
  • Deleting points on a path
  • Converting a corner point to an anchor point

Drawing shapes freehand

• The pen tool
  • Drawing straight lines with the pen tool
  • Drawing a curved line with the pen tool
• Drawing irregular shapes freehand
  • Removing points with the pen tool
  • Creating regular shapes from freehand drawings
• Optimizing drawn shapes

Basic Vector Art

• Drawing bubbles
• Drawing a glass orb logo
• Drawing a web 2.0 button in flash
• Drawing a cartoon character