1
00:00:00.05 --> 00:00:03.02
- [Instructor] So as I was
saying in my live-action intro,

2
00:00:03.02 --> 00:00:06.01
Illustrator CC is a work in progress,

3
00:00:06.01 --> 00:00:08.02
meaning that Adobe updates the program

4
00:00:08.02 --> 00:00:11.03
every few months or so, which
is generally a great thing

5
00:00:11.03 --> 00:00:13.07
because it provides us
with a constant stream

6
00:00:13.07 --> 00:00:15.08
of the latest and greatest technology

7
00:00:15.08 --> 00:00:18.02
in the world of graphic design.

8
00:00:18.02 --> 00:00:19.09
But it presents a challenge where teaching

9
00:00:19.09 --> 00:00:22.00
the program is concerned, because it means

10
00:00:22.00 --> 00:00:23.06
that what you see in my videos,

11
00:00:23.06 --> 00:00:26.05
and what you see on your
screen, may sometimes be

12
00:00:26.05 --> 00:00:28.03
ever so slightly different.

13
00:00:28.03 --> 00:00:30.06
For example, with the most recent editions

14
00:00:30.06 --> 00:00:33.01
of Illustrator CC, Adobe has tinkered

15
00:00:33.01 --> 00:00:35.03
with the program's onscreen appearance.

16
00:00:35.03 --> 00:00:38.09
That is to say, they very
modestly revamped the interface.

17
00:00:38.09 --> 00:00:41.05
Which frankly presented us
with one of two options,

18
00:00:41.05 --> 00:00:43.08
re-record literally hundreds of movies,

19
00:00:43.08 --> 00:00:45.08
or offer you this movie upfront,

20
00:00:45.08 --> 00:00:48.04
in which I explain the
very few differences

21
00:00:48.04 --> 00:00:49.07
that you might encounter.

22
00:00:49.07 --> 00:00:52.00
Not surprisingly, we went with the latter.

23
00:00:52.00 --> 00:00:53.09
In other words, I'm going to introduce you

24
00:00:53.09 --> 00:00:57.00
to the new interface
right now, right up front.

25
00:00:57.00 --> 00:00:59.02
And truly, this is minor stuff,

26
00:00:59.02 --> 00:01:01.04
but after all the purpose of this course

27
00:01:01.04 --> 00:01:04.06
is to make you a lean,
mean illustrating machine.

28
00:01:04.06 --> 00:01:06.04
And so I'm going to err on the side

29
00:01:06.04 --> 00:01:09.01
of being as thorough as humanly possible.

30
00:01:09.01 --> 00:01:13.00
So the first thing you'll notice
is the so-called flat tools

31
00:01:13.00 --> 00:01:16.02
which differ slightly from
their previous appearance.

32
00:01:16.02 --> 00:01:19.03
Specifically notice the
two arrow tools up here

33
00:01:19.03 --> 00:01:21.07
at the top of the tool
box, which Illustrator

34
00:01:21.07 --> 00:01:26.00
calls the selection tool and
the direct selection tool.

35
00:01:26.00 --> 00:01:27.06
Why don't I call them that?

36
00:01:27.06 --> 00:01:31.08
Because they look like arrows,
one black and one white.

37
00:01:31.08 --> 00:01:34.05
Their keyboard shortcuts V and A,

38
00:01:34.05 --> 00:01:36.08
were selected specifically
because the letters

39
00:01:36.08 --> 00:01:40.00
are pointy like arrows,
and the cool kids call them

40
00:01:40.00 --> 00:01:43.06
the arrow tools, even inside
the hallowed walls of Adobe.

41
00:01:43.06 --> 00:01:46.06
All right, but that aside,
these two arrow icons,

42
00:01:46.06 --> 00:01:50.01
they used to have stems,
but now their stems

43
00:01:50.01 --> 00:01:52.08
have been lopped off,
both where the tool icons

44
00:01:52.08 --> 00:01:56.00
are concerned and for
the cursors, as well.

45
00:01:56.00 --> 00:01:58.03
Now these guys right here, the pen tool

46
00:01:58.03 --> 00:02:00.06
and the curvature tool, they pretty much

47
00:02:00.06 --> 00:02:02.02
look the way they've always looked.

48
00:02:02.02 --> 00:02:05.03
However, you'll notice if
you select the pen tool,

49
00:02:05.03 --> 00:02:07.05
that the cursor is now black.

50
00:02:07.05 --> 00:02:10.00
Now, between you and me,
I think the new cursor

51
00:02:10.00 --> 00:02:11.05
looks like it's been set on fire

52
00:02:11.05 --> 00:02:13.00
and rescued from an ash heap,

53
00:02:13.00 --> 00:02:16.01
however it works the same as it ever did.

54
00:02:16.01 --> 00:02:18.04
Now this guy is the Shaper tool,

55
00:02:18.04 --> 00:02:20.05
which is an interesting, if minor tool,

56
00:02:20.05 --> 00:02:23.01
that I discuss at the end of chapter nine.

57
00:02:23.01 --> 00:02:25.02
If you click and hold on the Shaper tool,

58
00:02:25.02 --> 00:02:27.02
you'll see that it shares a fly-out menu,

59
00:02:27.02 --> 00:02:29.01
along with the pencil tool,

60
00:02:29.01 --> 00:02:32.00
which is a major tool
that I discuss at length

61
00:02:32.00 --> 00:02:33.06
throughout Chapter 10.

62
00:02:33.06 --> 00:02:36.08
In Chapter 11, I talk
about the eraser tool,

63
00:02:36.08 --> 00:02:38.06
which used to look like a pink pearl,

64
00:02:38.06 --> 00:02:41.02
and now I guess looks
like a mechanical eraser.

65
00:02:41.02 --> 00:02:44.04
But again, it works the
same as it ever has.

66
00:02:44.04 --> 00:02:46.08
All right, I'll switch
back to the black arrow,

67
00:02:46.08 --> 00:02:49.06
which is your main editing
tool in Illustrator,

68
00:02:49.06 --> 00:02:53.01
and I'll click on this big
white arrow to select it.

69
00:02:53.01 --> 00:02:55.08
And notice the word Opacity over here

70
00:02:55.08 --> 00:02:58.00
in the properties panel.

71
00:02:58.00 --> 00:02:59.01
It's a hotlink, and if you click on it,

72
00:02:59.01 --> 00:03:01.00
it pops up a sub-panel.

73
00:03:01.00 --> 00:03:03.05
The only difference, these
hotlinks used to be orange,

74
00:03:03.05 --> 00:03:04.07
and now they're white.

75
00:03:04.07 --> 00:03:07.05
To hide the pop-up panel,
just press the Enter key,

76
00:03:07.05 --> 00:03:10.00
that's the Return key on the Mac.

77
00:03:10.00 --> 00:03:12.00
Now notice these numerical fields,

78
00:03:12.00 --> 00:03:14.06
such as the one representing
the line weight.

79
00:03:14.06 --> 00:03:17.04
Initially they look
dark, but they light up

80
00:03:17.04 --> 00:03:19.03
as soon as you click inside them.

81
00:03:19.03 --> 00:03:20.06
And here's a fun trick.

82
00:03:20.06 --> 00:03:23.02
If you hover your cursor over a value,

83
00:03:23.02 --> 00:03:25.07
and you scrub with the
scroll wheel on your mouse,

84
00:03:25.07 --> 00:03:28.04
move it up or down, that is to say,

85
00:03:28.04 --> 00:03:32.09
you'll increase or decrease
the value in increments of one.

86
00:03:32.09 --> 00:03:36.09
If you add the Shift key, you'll
scrub in increments of 10.

87
00:03:36.09 --> 00:03:40.01
Either up or down, as you can see here.

88
00:03:40.01 --> 00:03:42.09
And this works with a
magic mouse or a track pad,

89
00:03:42.09 --> 00:03:44.03
anything that scrolls.

90
00:03:44.03 --> 00:03:46.05
So there's something for you to try out.

91
00:03:46.05 --> 00:03:50.02
All right, now let's say I go
ahead and close this document,

92
00:03:50.02 --> 00:03:53.08
at which point Illustrator
invites me to save my changes.

93
00:03:53.08 --> 00:03:57.07
Adobe has modified these
dialogue boxes ever so slightly,

94
00:03:57.07 --> 00:04:00.02
including rounding off the buttons.

95
00:04:00.02 --> 00:04:02.06
All right, so trivial
stuff, but there it is.

96
00:04:02.06 --> 00:04:05.02
For my part, I'm just going to cancel out.

97
00:04:05.02 --> 00:04:07.09
And then, here's something
that's not different,

98
00:04:07.09 --> 00:04:09.01
nor is it trivial,

99
00:04:09.01 --> 00:04:11.04
but you should know
about it right up front.

100
00:04:11.04 --> 00:04:14.09
Let's say something isn't
looking right on your screen,

101
00:04:14.09 --> 00:04:18.01
or your artwork isn't looking
the way it does in my videos.

102
00:04:18.01 --> 00:04:21.04
Then one thing to try is
to go up to the View menu

103
00:04:21.04 --> 00:04:25.09
and choose this command
right here, Preview on CPU.

104
00:04:25.09 --> 00:04:27.05
If that doesn't solve the problem,

105
00:04:27.05 --> 00:04:30.06
or if stranger things
happen, like a menu command

106
00:04:30.06 --> 00:04:34.00
goes missing or the program
is just plain misbehaving,

107
00:04:34.00 --> 00:04:37.08
then don't panic, just
re-set the Preferences.

108
00:04:37.08 --> 00:04:41.05
And the way you do that on the
PC is to go to the File menu

109
00:04:41.05 --> 00:04:45.03
and choose the Exit command
in order to quit the program,

110
00:04:45.03 --> 00:04:48.06
then you want to restart
Illustrator while immediately

111
00:04:48.06 --> 00:04:51.02
pressing and holding, very
important that you keep

112
00:04:51.02 --> 00:04:54.08
those keys down, Control + Shift + Alt,

113
00:04:54.08 --> 00:04:57.08
so all three of the major modifier keys.

114
00:04:57.08 --> 00:05:00.00
And you just want to
keep holding those keys

115
00:05:00.00 --> 00:05:02.06
until either you're asked to
give Illustrator permission

116
00:05:02.06 --> 00:05:05.06
to modify a file, or
you just see the program

117
00:05:05.06 --> 00:05:07.02
eventually start up.

118
00:05:07.02 --> 00:05:09.04
On a Mac, again you want
to Quit the program,

119
00:05:09.04 --> 00:05:11.05
but you do so by choosing the Quit command

120
00:05:11.05 --> 00:05:14.00
from the File menu, and
then, again you're going

121
00:05:14.00 --> 00:05:16.08
to restart Illustrator,
while immediately pressing

122
00:05:16.08 --> 00:05:21.08
and holding these modifier
keys, Command + Shift + Option,

123
00:05:21.08 --> 00:05:24.04
which are the major modifier
keys that are at work

124
00:05:24.04 --> 00:05:28.00
inside Illustrator and other
Creative Cloud programs.

125
00:05:28.00 --> 00:05:30.00
All right, so hopefully
you'll never have to do that,

126
00:05:30.00 --> 00:05:33.01
but it's worth knowing that
it's an option, just in case.

127
00:05:33.01 --> 00:05:35.05
Otherwise, it should
all be smooth sailing,

128
00:05:35.05 --> 00:05:38.01
especially now that you're
poised to begin your journey

129
00:05:38.01 --> 00:05:41.04
of the world's most powerful
vector-based drawing program,

130
00:05:41.04 --> 00:05:45.08
with Illustrator CC 2018, one-on-one.