- [Instructor] Just a few words before we begin.
You will need to have a knowledge of Illustrator basics
in order to get the most from this course.
Of course, you can always pause and rewind the video
if you missed a step.
Each of the effects that I'm demonstrating stands alone
and you can just dip in and out of this course as necessary.
The choice of type is essential.
Some effects will only work on a particular style of font,
and perhaps, even with a particular selection of characters.
All the fonts that I'm using are available on Adobe Fonts.
Where possible, the effects are non-destructive,
meaning that the type remains live and editable.
But sometimes this just isn't possible,
and when it isn't, make sure to keep a copy of your type
before converting to outlines.
Some of the conventions that I'm using.
I begin each of the movies showing the finished state
and then move to a second, sometimes third, art board
where we have the work in progress.
So make sure you're familiar
with moving between art boards in Illustrator.
I'm using the Essentials Classic workspace.
So if you want your workspace to look like mine,
you should choose that too.
And the document color space is set to RGB
just because we're viewing these on screen.
All right, let's begin.