Creative Integration with Photoshop CS4 and Illustrator

Both of these applications are amazing by themselves, but once you begin to integrate features form each you will see a world of possibilities open up. In this course we will cover the numerous ways you can utilize the strengths of both Photoshop and Illustrator to be more efficient and more creative

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Corey Barker

Release Date: 2009-03-03

Lessons

Introduction

<p>Welcome to the course. Corey talks about what he will be teaching in these videos</p>

Duration: 0 mins 30 seconds

Setting Up Color Preferences

<p>It is important to maintain color consistency between applications</p>

Duration: 4 mins 2 seconds

Difference Between Raster and Vector

<p>Learn the differences between these two types of graphics to get a better idea of each program&#039;s strengths</p>

Duration: 4 mins 35 seconds

Using Artboards and Templates

<p>Illustrator now has the ability to work on multiple artboards in a single document</p>

Duration: 11 mins 6 seconds

Importing and Exporting

<p>Importing and exporting multi-layered documents</p>

Duration: 7 mins 15 seconds

Copying and Pasting

<p>This lesson covers methods of transferring art and files between applications</p>

Duration: 8 mins 54 seconds

Transferring Color Sets

<p>Transferring color information between Photoshop and Illustrator</p>

Duration: 11 mins 3 seconds

Exploring Presets, Part 1

<p>Not everything has to be created from scratch. There are hundreds of presets to help you out</p>

Duration: 10 mins 37 seconds

Exploring Presets, Part 2

<p>Using preset brushes to create your designs</p>

Duration: 8 mins 14 seconds

Photoshop Effects in Illustrator

<p>Users can apply a number of Photoshop filters and effects to your artwork in Illustrator</p>

Duration: 7 mins 20 seconds

Using Live Trace

<p>The Live Trace tool is a multi-purpose tool that has a lot of uses</p>

Duration: 10 mins 43 seconds

Working with Text Objects

<p>Creating and transferring text and text objects in both Photoshop and Illustrator</p>

Duration: 10 mins 38 seconds

Masking and Transparency

<p>This lesson covers the basics of masking and selections</p>

Duration: 8 mins 37 seconds

Warped Integration

<p>Starting in Illustrator, we&#039;re going to take a graphic and turn it into a brush</p>

Duration: 9 mins 38 seconds

Inside Live Effects

<p>This Illustrator tool is helpful when creating complex graphics</p>

Duration: 6 mins 3 seconds

Editable 3D Text via Smart Objects

<p>Getting a little more advanced with 3D effects</p>

Duration: 11 mins 18 seconds

More Shape Effects

<p>Start a project in Illustrator before eventually moving it over to Photoshop</p>

Duration: 8 mins 41 seconds

Creating Custom Patterns

<p>Using preset shapes to create custom patterns</p>

Duration: 10 mins 32 seconds

Exploration: Realistic Diamond Plate

<p>Creating a diamond pattern using live effects</p>

Duration: 8 mins 27 seconds

Conclusion

<p>Hope you learned a lot and enjoyed the course. Have fun!</p>

Duration: 0 mins 26 seconds