- Set up your art board > file > new document
- Move Tool, Node Tool, Pen Tool, View Tool, Zoom Tool
- Arrange the panels > view > studio
- Set up your own panels > view > studio presets
- Build your shapes > shape tools (on the side)
- Modify your shapes > with Toolbar (on top)
- Make your own category > Toolbar (on top)
- Create your own (shape) preset > Toolbar (on top)
- Create your Fill and Stroke colors (HSL Color Wheel)
- Modify the opacity > (HSL Color Wheel)
- Use the Eye dropper to select colors
- Modify the Stroke > Dashed line
- Create your own object – using a Fill and Stroke color
- Modify the shape with the Appearance Panel
- Add additional strokes in the the Appearance Panel
- Modify the Stroke > using the ERASE setting
- Create rounded rectangles and circles
- Set your own RGB HEX colors
- Align your objects with the Alignment possibilities
- Create a Document Color Palette or import another version
- Create first icon illustration > Hyppo
- Use the colors in the Document Palette (Swatches)
- Mirror your objects with the Transform possibilities
- Create curves and nodes > Layer > Convert to curves
- Create second icon illustration > Mouse
- Flip horizontal, rotate and transform the objects
- Draw with the pencil tool
- Adjust the stroke width (cap and join)
- Create third icon illustration > Chicken
- Arrange shapes to front / back using the layers panel
- Select multiple objects with the Shift-Key
- Rotate, shear and mirror possibilities
- Combine your objects as a compound path > alt key + „Add“ Geometry (non-destructive)
- Group your objects – ungroup your objects > see layer panel (non-destructive)
- Work with the Artistic Text Tool
- Use the Fill Tool to apply gradients
- Use the Effects Panel to add Effects
- Change the Opacity in the gradient
- Work with the Frame Text Tool
- Insert Filler Text
- Expand Field to edit the Filler Text
- Place text from another Text document
- Create a Character Style for your title
- Make a Paragraph Style for your main text
- Build a Character Style INSIDE a paragraph
- Know what a „based on“ style is used for
- Place and resize an image
- Add on a new shape
- Crop the image inside a the new shape
- Use the „Lock Children“ option
- Work with the Guides Manager
- Set your own vertical and horizontal guidelines
- Change the Origin Point in your ruler
- Create your own flyer with an image and text
- Add on a gradient with 2 colors
- Rotate frame text 90 degrees with the shift-key
- Use Shift / Return to make a line break (soft return)
- Export a print PDF with crop-marks and bleed
- Add a new Layer and using the Lock possibility
- Pen tool: Pen Mode, Smart Mode, Polygon Mode
- Use the Pressure options in the Stroke Panel
- Draw with the Rubber Band mode
- Explore the Node Tool and its possibilities
- Delete and smooth Nodes
- Adjust the curves by altering the handles
- View > View Mode > Split and Outline View
- Work in the Pixel Persona
- Use the Selection Brush Tool
- Adjust the selection with the Refine Panel
- Fix the Layer Mask with the Paint Brush Tool
- Work with 2 Art Boards with Mask Layers
- Alter Masks with Brushes in the Pixel Persona
- Change colors with Adjustments in the Pixel Persona
- Group objects and using the Transformation Panel
- Explore the Pencil Tool and its options
- Add on Vector Brush Strokes
- Create a Clipping Path (Mask)
- Work with Appearance and Opacity options
- Select > Select Same > Fill Colour
- Work with the Transparency Tool
- Pixel Persona > Flood Fill Tool
- File > Save History With Document
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