A

• Access Brush Libraries icon, 136
• accessing
  • panels, 11–12
  • Pattern libraries, 222
  • presets, 17
• actions, playing, 352–353
• actual path, 238
• Add Anchor Point tool, 111
• adding
  • anchors, 111–112
  • code snippets to SVG graphics, 328–329
  • colors to Swatches panel, 186–187
  • symbols to documents, 159–162
  • tools to Basic toolbar, 10
• additive color, 16
• additive process, 172
• adjusting
  • appearance of objects in layers, 99
  • baseline shift on aligned type, 282–283
  • display of swatches, 187–188
  • properties for artboards, 22–23
  • settings, 19
• Adobe Color
  • styling with themes, 182–185
  • website, 182
• Adobe Creative Cloud, 285
• Adobe Illustrator Draw, importing sketches from, 37–38
• Adobe PDF file format, 27
• Adobe Stock Images, 248
• Advanced toolbar, 10
• AI file format, 27
• Align panel, 85–87
• aligned type, changing baseline shift on, 282–283
• aligning
  • objects, 82–87
  • with SmartGuides, 85
• Alt key, 55, 56, 113
• Anchor Point tool
  • about, 103
  • adding anchors, 111–112
  • deleting anchors, 111–112
  • editing curves with, 107–109
• anchors
  • adding, 111–112
  • deleting, 111–112
  • editing, 104–107
  • moving, 104–105
  • selecting, 72–73, 104–105
• animating, with Puppet Warp tool, 129–131
• Appearance panel, 242–244
• applying
  • art brushes, 146–148
  • brushes to paths, 136–148
  • color
    • from Control panel, 179–180
    • to Live Paint edges, 191
    • from Properties panel, 179–180
    • from Tools panel, 177–178
  • effects
    • about, 240–242
    • to SVGs, 314–324
    • to type on paths, 284
  • gradients
    • about, 200–201
    • to strokes, 201
    • from swatch library, 200–201
  • isometric effects to shapes, 66–68
  • layers in the real-world, 99–100
  • patterns
    • about, 222–225
    • to fills, 223–224
    • to strokes, 224–225
    • to text, 225
  • shape properties from Control Panel, 52–54
  • SVG filters, 321–324
  • SVG-compatible workflows, 310–311
  • transparency
    • about, 214–220
    • effects to SVG, 318–320
    • to SVGs, 314–324
• apps, getting type from, 258–259
• Area Type Options dialog, 267–268
• Area Type tool, 268–270
• area types
  • about, 255
  • converting to/from point type, 274
  • editing, 256–260
  • generating boxes, 256–258
  • laying out in columns, 267–268
  • placing in paths, 268–270
  • scaling, 263–264
  • for screens, 256
  • shaping, 268–272
  • styling, 260–265
• arranging
  • content on layers, 96–97
  • effects, 244
  • objects
    • about, 87
    • in layers, 92–95
  • panels, 11–12
• Art Brush Options dialog, 147–148
• art brushes
  • about, 138
  • applying, 146–148
  • designing, 146–148
• Artboard Options dialog, 21
• Artboard tool, 20–21
• artboards
  • batch-exporting, 294
  • changing properties for, 22–23
  • defined, 15
  • defining, 20–23
  • deploying, 20–27
  • moving, 21–22
  • resizing, 21–22
  • size of, 18–19
  • using for multidimensional projects, 23–27
  • using for output, 29
• artistic fashion designers, 339–340
• artwork
  • about, 31
  • mapping, 247
  • placing, 32–37
  • preparing for SVG output, 312–314
• aspect ratio, 207
• assets, using for output, 29
• asterisk cursor, 120

B

• Backspace key, 71
• baseline shift
  • about, 263
  • changing on aligned type, 282–283
• Basic toolbar
  • about, 10
  • showing, 71
• batch-exporting artboards, 294
• Bleed option, 19
• Blend tool, 213
• blending modes, 215–217
• blends
  • about, 212
  • removing, 213
  • setting options, 213
  • working with, 213–214
• Blob Brush tool, drawing filled paths with, 124–126
• Blob Brush Tool Options dialog, 125–126
• Brick Offset option, 235
• Bristle Brush library, 139–141
• Bristle Brush Options dialog, 142–143
• bristle brushes
  • about, 138
  • editing, 139–144
• brush libraries, navigating, 137–138
• brushes
  • about, 133–135
  • applying to paths, 136–148
  • bristle
    • about, 138
    • editing, 139–144
  • calligraphic
    • about, 138
    • creating, 144–146
  • copying, 141–144
  • creating, 139–155
  • editing, 141–144
  • painting with, 133–155
  • pattern
    • about, 138
    • creating, 151–155
  • using with drawing tablets, 155
• Brushes panel, 136–137, 138
• building
  • area type boxes, 256–258
  • brushes, 139–155
  • calligraphic brushes, 144–146
  • combination anchors with Pen tool, 109–111
  • complex shapes, 58–63
  • compound paths, 58–59
  • curved anchors with Pen tool, 109–111
  • documents, 16–19
  • dynamic symbols, 163–164
  • ellipses, 48
  • freeform line gradients, 210–211
  • graphics with basic shapes, 44–52
  • guides from rulers, 347–348
  • layers, 345–346
  • line segments, 50–51
  • Live Paint groups, 188–195
  • pattern brushes, 151–155
  • patterns, 226–227
  • point type, 276–277
  • polygons, 49–50
  • rectangles, 46–48
  • shapes
    • about, 45–46
    • with Shape Builder tool, 127–129
    • with Shaper tool, 127–129
  • stars, 49–50
  • straight anchors with Pen tool, 109–111
  • SVG for the web, 339
  • SVGs with scalable, searchable type, 324–329
  • template layers, 90–92
  • waveforms, 114–116

C

• Calligraphic Brush Options dialog, 145–146
• calligraphic brushes
  • about, 138
  • creating, 144–146
• canvas, 20
• cataloging line/shape tools, 51
• Center icon, 54
• changing
  • appearance of objects in layers, 99
  • baseline shift on aligned type, 282–283
  • display of swatches, 187–188
  • properties for artboards, 22–23
  • settings, 19
• Character panel, 262–263, 280
• character rotation, 263
• Character Style Options dialog, 264–265
• character styles, 264–265
• cheat sheet (website), 3
• Check Spelling dialog, 260
• checking spelling, 260
• Chong, Sae Nan (author)
  • Illustrator 10: Mastering Artistic Design, 340
• choosing
  • anchors, 72–73, 104–105
  • between Control and Properties panel, 13
  • effects, 240–242
  • within groups, 73
  • objects, 69–77
  • paths, 55, 72–73
  • RGB color for screens, 175–176
  • shape anchors, 55
  • shapes, 54–55
  • with tools, 70–75
  • type font/style, 260–262
• clicking, Shape tool and, 46–51
• clipping masks
  • with opacity masks, 218–220
  • using, 35–37
• closed paths, converting open paths to/from, 106–107
• close-path cursor, 120
• CMYK color, 16, 173
• code snippets, adding to SVG graphics, 328–329
• collapsing panels, 12
• color
  • about, 171
  • adding to Swatches panel, 186–187
  • additive, 16
  • applying
    • from Control panel, 179–180
    • to Live Paint edges, 191
    • from Properties panel, 179–180
    • from Tools panel, 177–178
  • CMYK, 16, 173
  • configuring grayscale, 177
  • defining for print, 172–175
  • Live Paint faces, 190
  • managing of strokes/fills, 177–180
  • merging with gradients, 198–211
  • Pantone, 174–175
  • print, 16, 172–177
  • RGB, 16, 175–176
  • screen, 172–177
  • spot, 174–175
  • subtractive, 16
  • web safe, 16, 176
• Color blending effect, 217
• Color Burn blending effect, 216
• Color Dodge blending effect, 216
• Color Guide Options dialog, 182
• Color Guide panel, 180–182
• Color Guides, 180–185
• color mode, 18–19
• Color panel, 178
• color swatches
  • changing display of, 187–188
  • managing, 185–188
• Color Themes, 180–185
• columns, laying out area type in, 267–268
• combination anchors, creating with Pen tool, 109–111
• combining shapes
  • about, 59–63
  • with Shape Builder tool, 128–129
• communicating with printers, 30
• complex shapes, building, 58–63
• compound paths, creating, 58–59
• configuring grayscale, 177
• constrained straight-segments cursor, 120
• content, organizing on layers, 96–97
• context-sensitive, 12
• contorting point type, 278–280
• Control panel
  • applying
    • color from, 179–180
    • shape properties from, 52–54
  • changing artboard properties with, 22–23
  • using, 12–14
• controlling
  • color of strokes/fills, 177–180
  • color swatches, 185–188
  • effects, 242–247
  • linked files, 33
  • Live Paint faces/edges, 192–195
  • opacity, 215
  • raster objects in SVGs, 331–332
  • sets of sprayed symbols, 168
  • symbols, 162
• Convert to Shape (Effect menu), 240
• converting
  • area type to/from point type, 274
  • open paths to/from closed paths, 106–107
  • type to an outline, 286
• Copies option, 235
• copying
  • brushes, 141–144
  • shapes, 54–55
• Create New button, 17
• creating
  • area type boxes, 256–258
  • brushes, 139–155
  • calligraphic brushes, 144–146
  • combination anchors with Pen tool, 109–111
  • complex shapes, 58–63
  • compound paths, 58–59
  • curved anchors with Pen tool, 109–111
  • documents, 16–19
  • dynamic symbols, 163–164
  • ellipses, 48
  • freeform line gradients, 210–211
  • graphics with basic shapes, 44–52
  • guides from rulers, 347–348
  • layers, 345–346
  • line segments, 50–51
  • Live Paint groups, 188–195
  • pattern brushes, 151–155
  • patterns, 226–227
  • point type, 276–277
  • polygons, 49–50
  • rectangles, 46–48
  • shapes
    • about, 45–46
    • with Shape Builder tool, 127–129
    • with Shaper tool, 127–129
  • stars, 49–50
  • straight anchors with Pen tool, 109–111
  • SVG for the web, 339
  • SVGs with scalable, searchable type, 324–329
  • template layers, 90–92
  • waveforms, 114–116
• Crop Marks (Effect menu), 240
• cropping
  • placed images, 351–352
  • rasters, 35
• Cubism, 43
• cursor states (Pencil tool), 120
• Curvature tool
  • about, 113
  • drawing curves, 122–124
  • editing curves, 122–124
• curved anchors, creating with Pen tool, 109–111
• curves
  • drawing with Curvature tool, 122–124
  • editing
    • with Anchor Point tool, 107–109
    • with Curvature tool, 122–124
• customizing toolbars, 10

D

• Darken blending effect, 216
• Define Perspective Grid dialog, 65
• Define Perspective Grid options dialog, 65
• defining
  • artboards, 20–23
  • color for print, 172–175
  • raster dimensions, 295
  • raster resolution, 295–296
  • SVG-friendly environment, 308–311
  • transparency, 215–217
• Delete Anchor Point tool, 111
• Delete Brush icon, 137
• Delete button, 136
• Delete key, 58, 71
• deleting
  • anchors, 111–112
  • blends, 213
• deploying artboards, 20–27
• designing art brushes, 146–148
• dialogs
  • Area Type Options, 267–268
  • Art Brush Options, 147–148
  • Artboard Options, 21
  • Blob Brush Tool Options, 125–126
  • Bristle Brush Options, 142–143
  • Calligraphic Brush Options, 145–146
  • Character Style Options, 264–265
  • Check Spelling, 260
  • Color Guide Options, 182
  • Define Perspective Grid, 65
  • Define Perspective Grid options, 65
  • Document Setup, 310
  • Eraser Tool Options, 127
  • Format Settings, 299
  • Gap Options, 192–193
  • Line Segment Tool Options, 50
  • Microsoft Word Options, 34–35, 351
  • New Brush, 149
  • New Document, 17–18
  • New Swatch, 186
  • Options, 28, 259
  • Paintbrush Tool Options, 135
  • Path Options, 284
  • Pencil Tool Options, 122
  • Photoshop Import Options, 349
  • Rectangle, 46–48
  • Save for Web (Legacy), 300–301
  • Scale, 228
  • Scatter Brush Option, 149–150
  • Smart Punctuation, 260
  • Symbolism Options, 167
  • 3D Extrude & Bevel Options, 67
• Difference blending effect, 216
• digital development, saving SVGs for, 332–333
• dimensions, 16–17
• Direct Selection tool
  • building complex shapes, 58
  • drawing shapes with perspective, 66
  • moving anchors, 105
  • rotating selected shapes, 56
  • rounding rectangles, 57
  • selecting
    • anchors, 72–73, 104, 106
    • objects, 70–75
    • paths, 55, 72–73
• Distort and Transform (Effect menu), 240
• Divide icon, 59
• Divide tool, 63
• docking panels, 11
• Document Setup dialog, 310
• documents
  • adding symbols to, 159–162
  • creating, 16–19
  • preparing for four-color printing, 173–174
  • setting options for, 18
• drawing
  • curves with Curvature tool, 122–124
  • filled paths with Blob Brush tool, 124–126
  • marquee, 72
  • with Pen tool, 109–116
  • with Pencil tool, 118–121
  • shapes
    • interactively, 51–52
    • with perspective, 63–66
  • technical, 342
• drawing tablets, using brushes with, 155
• drop shadow effect, 244
• dynamic symbols
  • about, 161, 163
  • creating, 163–164
  • instances, 164–166

E

• editing
  • anchors, 104–107
  • area types, 256–260
  • bristle brushes, 139–144
  • brushes, 141–144
  • curves
    • with Anchor Point tool, 107–109
    • with Curvature tool, 122–124
  • effects, 243–244
  • Live Paint edges, 190–191
  • Live Paint groups, 193–194
  • objects
    • as groups, 78–79
    • within groups, 79–81
  • placed objects, 350
  • point type, 276–277
• Effect menu, 238–239, 240–241
• effects
  • about, 237
  • applying
    • about, 240–242
    • to SVGs, 314–324
    • to type on paths, 284
  • choosing, 240–242
  • drop shadow, 244
  • editing, 243–244
  • Effect menu, 238–239, 240–241
  • expanding, 244–246
  • managing, 242–247
  • ordering, 244
  • Photoshop, 239–240
• ellipses, generating, 48
• embedding
  • files, 32–34
  • linked files, 33–34
• enabling
  • automatic spell-checking, 260
  • Illustrator, 8–9
  • Touch Type tool, 280
• EPS file format, 27
• Eraser tool, 127
• Eraser Tool Options dialog, 127
• erasing, with Eraser tool, 127
• Exclusion blending effect, 217
• expanding effects, 244–246
• Export As option, 296
• Export for Screens option, 296
• exporting
  • about, 27
  • files, 29
  • hybrid graphics, 293
  • options for, 293–296
  • PNGs, 297–300
  • quickly, 290–292
  • raster files, 289–303
  • saving before, 294
  • saving vs., 311–312
  • to specific raster formats, 297–303
  • SVGs, 329–333
  • SVGs for screens, 330–331
  • TIFFs, 301–303
• Eyedropper tool, 186

F

• Fidelity settings, 122
• files
  • Adobe PDF, 27
  • AI, 27
  • embedding, 32–34
  • EPS, 27
  • exporting, 29
  • linked, 32–34
  • Photoshop, 349–350
  • placing multiple, 348–349
  • raster
    • cropping, 35
    • exporting, 289–303
    • managing objects in SVGs, 331–332
    • tracing images, 38–41
  • reducing size with symbols, 313–314
  • saving, 27–29
  • SVG/SVG (Compressed), 27
  • TIFF
    • about, 293
    • exporting, 301–303
  • Word, 351
• filled paths, drawing with Blob Brush tool, 124–126
• fills
  • applying
    • patterns to, 223–224
    • transparency, 215
  • managing color of, 177–180
• filters, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), 240, 321–324
• flowing type between boxes, 272–274
• fonts
  • sharing, 285
  • type, 260–262
• Format Settings dialog, 299
• formats, file, 27–28
• formatting paragraphs, 266–267
• four-color printing, preparing documents for, 173–174
• freeform gradients
  • about, 198
  • using, 209–211

G

• Gap Options dialog, 192–193
• gaps, setting, 192–193
• generating
  • area type boxes, 256–258
  • brushes, 139–155
  • calligraphic brushes, 144–146
  • combination anchors with Pen tool, 109–111
  • complex shapes, 58–63
  • compound paths, 58–59
  • curved anchors with Pen tool, 109–111
  • documents, 16–19
  • dynamic symbols, 163–164
  • ellipses, 48
  • freeform line gradients, 210–211
  • graphics with basic shapes, 44–52
  • guides from rulers, 347–348
  • layers, 345–346
  • line segments, 50–51
  • Live Paint groups, 188–195
  • pattern brushes, 151–155
  • patterns, 226–227
  • point type, 276–277
  • polygons, 49–50
  • rectangles, 46–48
  • shapes
    • about, 45–46
    • with Shape Builder tool, 127–129
    • with Shaper tool, 127–129
  • stars, 49–50
  • straight anchors with Pen tool, 109–111
  • SVG for the web, 339
  • SVGs with scalable, searchable type, 324–329
  • template layers, 90–92
  • waveforms, 114–116
• Global Edit icon, 76
• Global Edit mode, 75–77
• Gradient Annotator, 208–209
• Gradient Mesh tool, 210
• Gradient panel, 203
• gradients
  • applying
    • about, 200–201
    • to strokes, 201
    • from swatch library, 200–201
  • freeform
    • about, 198
    • using, 209–211
  • linear
    • about, 198
    • using, 201–206
  • merging colors with, 198–211
  • radial
    • about, 198
    • using, 207–208
  • transforming with Gradient Annotator, 208–209
  • types of, 198
• graphic styles, saving, 246–247
• Graphic Styles panel, 246
• graphics, 44–52. See also lines; shapes
• grayscale, configuring, 177
• grids, locating objects with, 82–85
• Group Selection tool, 70, 73, 79–80
• grouping
  • objects, 77–81
  • panels, 12
• groups
  • editing
    • objects as, 78–79
    • objects within, 79–81
  • isolating, 80–81
  • selecting objects within, 73
• guides
  • defined, 82
  • generating from rulers, 347–348
  • locating objects with, 82–85
  • using shapes for, 346–347

H

• handles, on anchors, 107
• Hard Light blending effect, 216
• harmony rules, 180
• headlines, sizing, 263
• Height option, 19
• hiding panels, 11
• Hopkins, Bruce K, (author)
  • Illustrator Gone Wild, 340
• horizontal scaling, 263
• Hue blending effect, 217
• hybrid graphics, exporting, 293

I

• icons
  • Access Brush Libraries, 136
  • Center, 54
  • Delete Brush, 137
  • Divide, 59
  • explained, 2–3
  • Global Edit, 76
  • Libraries Panel, 136
  • Link Corner Radius Values, 48
  • New Artboard, 21
  • New Brush, 137
  • New Swatch, 186
  • Options of Selected Objects, 137
  • Out of Gamut, 178
  • Remember, 2
  • Remove Brush Stroke, 136
  • Tip, 2
  • view in browser, 333
  • Warning, 3
• Illustrator, 8–9. See also specific topics
• Illustrator 10: Mastering Artistic Design (Chong and Seo), 340
• Illustrator CC Digital Classroom (Smith), 343
• Illustrator Gone Wild (Hopkins and Karlins), 340
• Image Trace panel, 39–41
• importing
  • Photoshop files, 349–350
  • sketches from Adobe Illustrator Draw, 37–38
  • SVG filters, 323–324
  • Word files, 351
• indentation, 266
• instances, for dynamic symbols, 164–166
• interface
  • about, 7–8
  • accessing panels, 11–12
  • arranging panels, 11–12
  • Control panel, 12–14
  • customizing toolbars, 10
  • launching Illustrator, 8–9
  • Properties panel, 12–14
• Internet resources
  • Adobe Color, 182
  • Adobe products, 38
  • cheat sheet, 3
  • Cubism, 43
  • exporting, 297
  • motorcycle artwork, 307
  • official documentation, 338
  • online tutorials, 342
  • shortcut keys, 353
  • SVG filters, 324
  • for this book, 337–338
  • UpPrinting.com, 30
• isolating
  • groups, 80–81
  • objects, 77–81
• isometric effects, applying to shapes, 66–68

J

• JPEGs, optimizing, 300–301
• justification, 266

K

• Karlins, David (author)
  • Illustrator Gone Wild, 340
• kerning, 262

L

• Lasso tool, 70, 73–74
• lassoing objects, 73–74
• launching
  • automatic spell-checking, 260
  • Illustrator, 8–9
  • Touch Type tool, 280
• layers
  • about, 89–90
  • applying in the real-world, 99–100
  • changing appearance of objects in, 99
  • generating, 345–346
  • organizing
    • content on layers, 96–97
    • documents with, 89–100
    • objects in, 92–95
  • renaming, 91
  • styling with, 97–99
  • targeting, 98
  • template, 90–92
• Layers panel
  • about, 79
  • arranging objects in, 97
  • locating objects in, 96
• laying out area type in columns, 267–268
• Learn tab, 9
• Libraries Panel icon, 136
• Lighten blending effect, 216
• Line Segment tool, 50
• Line Segment Tool Options dialog, 50
• line segments, generating, 50–51
• line spacing, 266
• linear gradients
  • about, 198
  • using, 201–206
• lines, 43–44
• Link Corner Radius Values icon, 48
• linked files
  • about, 32–34
  • embedding, 33–34
  • managing, 33
• Links panel, 33–34
• Live Paint
  • controlling
    • edges, 192–195
    • faces, 192–195
  • creating groups, 188–195
  • editing groups, 193–194
  • merging groups, 188–195
• Live Paint Selection tool, 70, 190–191
• locating objects, 82–85, 96
• lossy, 297
• Luminosity blending effect, 217

M

• Macs, saving profiles on, 18
• Magic Wand tool, 70–71, 74–75
• magnetic boundaries, 82
• Make Mask button, 218
• managing
  • color of strokes/fills, 177–180
  • color swatches, 185–188
  • effects, 242–247
  • linked files, 33
  • Live Paint faces/edges, 192–195
  • opacity, 215
  • raster objects in SVGs, 331–332
  • sets of sprayed symbols, 168
  • symbols, 162
• mapping
  • artwork, 247
  • 3D effects, 248–252
• marquees
  • defined, 54
  • drawing, 72
• masks, clipping
  • with opacity masks, 218–220
  • using, 35–37
• measurement, units of, 16
• measuring, with rulers, 82–83
• merging
  • colors with gradients, 198–211
  • Live Paint groups, 188–195
• Microsoft Word Options dialog, 34–35, 351
• modes
  • blending, 215–217
  • color, 18–19
  • Global Edit, 75–77
  • Pencil tool, 120–121
• modifying
  • appearance of objects in layers, 99
  • baseline shift on aligned type, 282–283
  • display of swatches, 187–188
  • properties for artboards, 22–23
  • settings, 19
• Move Tile with Art option, 235
• moving
  • anchors, 104–105
  • artboards, 21–22
  • patterns
    • about, 230
    • within shapes, 230–231
  • shapes, 54–55
  • type on paths, 283–284
• multidimensional projects, using artboards for, 23–27
• Multiply blending effect, 216
• multi-segment path, 50

N

• Name option, 18
• navigating brush libraries, 137–138
• New Artboard icon, 21
• New Brush dialog, 149
• New Brush icon, 137
• New Document dialog, 17–18
• New Swatch dialog, 186
• New Swatch icon, 186
• Nielsen, Chris, 307
• Normal blending effect, 216
• Number of artboards option, 19

O

• objects
  • about, 197–198
  • aligning, 82–87
  • changing appearance of in layers, 99
  • editing
    • as groups, 78–79
    • within groups, 79–81
    • placed, 350
  • grouping, 77–81
  • isolating, 77–81
  • locating
    • about, 82–85
    • in Layers panel, 96
  • merging colors with gradients, 198–211
  • organizing
    • about, 87
    • in layers, 92–95
    • in Layers panel, 97
  • overlapping, 215
  • scaling
    • separately patterns and, 229
    • together patterns and, 228
  • selecting, 69–77
  • spacing, 82–87
  • wrapping type around, 270–272
• Ochavo, Lydia, 30
• official documentation, 338
• online tutorials, 342
• opacity, managing, 215
• Opacity link, 53
• opacity masks, clipping with, 218–220
• Open button, 9
• open paths, converting to/from closed paths, 106–107
• optimizing
  • JPEGs, 300–301
  • type functionality, 326–328
• Option key, 55, 56, 113
• options
  • blends, 213
  • Control panel, 13–14
  • exporting, 293–296
  • for patterns, 233–238
  • Pencil tool, 121
  • Properties panel, 13–14
  • raster output, 296–297
  • setting for documents, 18
  • Symbol Sprayer tool, 167
• Options dialog, 28, 259
• Options of Selected Objects icon, 137
• organizing
  • content on layers, 96–97
  • effects, 244
  • objects
    • about, 87
    • in layers, 92–95
  • panels, 11–12
• orientation, of blends, 213
• origin point, 47
• Out of Gamut icon, 178
• outlining type, 286
• outputting SVGs with transparent backgrounds, 315–318
• Overlap option, 235
• overlapping objects, 215
• Overlay blending effect, 216

P

• Paintbrush tool, 135
• Paintbrush Tool Options dialog, 135
• painting, with brushes, 133–155
• panels
  • accessing, 11–12
  • Control
    • applying color from, 179–180
    • applying shape properties from, 52–54
    • changing artboard properties with, 22–23
    • using, 12–14
  • Layers
    • about, 79
    • arranging objects in, 97
    • locating objects in, 96
  • Properties
    • applying color from, 179–180
    • changing artboard properties with, 22–23
    • using, 12–14
    • viewing, 242
• Pantone color, 174–175
• Paragraph panel, 266–267
• paragraphs, formatting, 266–267
• Path Options dialog, 284
• Path Type tool, 281–284
• path-continuation cursor, 120
• Pathfinder
  • about, 59–63
  • option (Effect menu), 240
• paths
  • actual, 238
  • applying
    • brushes to, 136–148
    • effects to type on, 284
  • converting open to/from closed, 106–107
  • moving type on, 283–284
  • placing
    • area type in, 268–270
    • text in, 34–35
    • type on, 281–284
  • selecting, 55, 72–73
  • simplifying for screen output, 312–313
• pattern brushes
  • about, 138
  • creating, 151–155
• Pattern libraries, accessing, 222
• patterns
  • about, 221
  • applying
    • about, 222–225
    • to fills, 223–224
    • to strokes, 224–225
    • to text, 225
  • creating, 226–227
  • moving
    • about, 230
    • within shapes, 230–231
  • options for, 233–238
  • rotating, 230
  • scaling
    • separately objects and, 229
    • together objects and, 228
  • stacking, 231–233
  • transforming, 227–233
• Pen tool
  • about, 50, 103
  • drawing with, 109–116
  • shortcuts, 112–113
  • waveforms, 113–116
• Pencil tool
  • about, 113
  • drawing with, 118–121
  • modes, 120–121
  • setting
    • options, 121
    • pencil curve smoothness, 118–119
• Pencil Tool Options dialog, 122
• perspective, drawing shapes with, 63–66
• Perspective Grid Selection tool, 63–66
• Perspective Grid tool, 63–66
• Perspective Selection tool, 71
• Photoshop effects, 239–240
• Photoshop files, importing, 349–350
• Photoshop Import Options dialog, 349
• pixels, 16
• placed images, cropping, 351–352
• placing
  • area type in paths, 268–270
  • artwork, 32–37
  • multiple files, 348–349
  • text in shapes/paths, 34–35
  • type on paths, 281–284
• playing actions, 352–353
• PNGs, exporting, 297–300
• point type
  • about, 275
  • contorting, 278–280
  • converting area type to/from, 274
  • creating, 276–277
  • editing, 276–277
  • how it works, 275–276
  • rotating, 279–280
  • scaling, 278–279
• Polygon tool, 49
• polygons, generating, 49–50
• preparing
  • artwork for SVG output, 312–314
  • documents for four-color printing, 173–174
• preset symbols, 158
• presets, using, 17–18
• Preview option, 19
• print color
  • about, 16
  • screen color vs., 172–177
• printing
  • about, 27
  • communicating with printer, 30
• productivity, tips for, 345–353
• Profile option, 18
• profiles, saving, 18
• proofing tools, 259–260
• properties
  • artboard, 22–23
  • shape, 52–54
• Properties panel
  • applying color from, 179–180
  • changing artboard properties with, 22–23
  • using, 12–14
  • viewing, 242
• Puppet Warp tool, animating with, 129–131

R

• radial gradients
  • about, 198
  • using, 207–208
• raster dimensions, 295
• Raster Effects option, 19
• raster files
  • cropping, 35
  • exporting, 289–303
  • managing objects in SVGs, 331–332
  • tracing images, 38–41
• raster formats, exporting to specific, 297–303
• raster graphics, 293
• raster output options, 296–297
• raster resolution, 18–19, 295–296
• Rasterize (Effect menu), 240
• Recent tab, 18
• Rectangle dialog, 46–48
• rectangles
  • generating, 46–48
  • rounding, 48, 57–58
• reducing file size with symbols, 313–314
• Release to Layers option, 345–346
• Remember icon, 2
• Remove Brush Stroke icon, 136
• removing
  • anchors, 111–112
  • blends, 213
• renaming layers, 91
• rescaling shapes, 55–56
• reshaping shapes, 54–58
• resizing artboards, 21–22
• resources, 337–343
• resources, Internet
  • Adobe Color, 182
  • Adobe products, 38
  • cheat sheet, 3
  • Cubism, 43
  • exporting, 297
  • motorcycle artwork, 307
  • official documentation, 338
  • online tutorials, 342
  • shortcut keys, 353
  • SVG filters, 324
  • for this book, 337–338
  • UpPrinting.com, 30
• Revolve effect, 250
• RGB color, 16, 175–176
• Rotate tool, 230
• rotating
  • patterns, 230
  • point type, 279–280
  • shapes, 56–57
• Rounded Rectangle tool, 57
• rounding rectangles, 48, 57–58
• rulers
  • generating guides from, 347–348
  • locating objects with, 82–85
  • measuring with, 82–83

S

• Saturation blending effect, 217
• Save a Copy option, 236
• Save for Web (Legacy) dialog, 300–301
• Save for Web (Legacy) option, 296
• Saved tab, 18
• saving
  • about, 27
  • before exporting, 294
  • exporting vs., 311–312
  • files, 27–29
  • graphic styles, 246–247
  • profiles, 18
  • SVGs, 329–333
  • SVGs for digital development, 332–333
• Scalable Vector Graphics (SVGs)
  • about, 305–306
  • adding code snippets to, 328–329
  • applying
    • effects to, 314–324
    • transparency effects to, 318–320
    • transparency to, 314–324
  • creating
    • with scalable, searchable type, 324–329
    • for the web, 339
  • defining SVG-friendly environment, 308–311
  • exporting, 329–333
  • managing raster objects in, 331–332
  • outputting with transparent backgrounds, 315–318
  • preparing artwork for output, 312–314
  • role of, 306–312
  • saving, 329–333
  • saving for digital development, 332–333
• Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) filters
  • about, 240
  • applying, 321–324
  • importing, 323–324
• Scale dialog, 228
• Scale tool, 227
• scaling
  • area type, 263–264
  • patterns
    • and object simultaneously, 229
    • and objects together, 228
  • point type, 278–279
• Scatter Brush Option dialog, 149–150
• scatter brushes, 138, 149–150
• Screen blending effect, 216
• screen color
  • choosing RGB for, 175–176
  • print color vs., 172–177
• screens
  • area types for, 256
  • exporting SVGs for, 330–331
  • simplifying paths for output, 312–313
• segment, 50
• Select menu, 70, 75–77
• Select Object, 75
• selecting
  • anchors, 72–73, 104–105
  • between Control and Properties panel, 13
  • effects, 240–242
  • within groups, 73
  • objects, 69–77
  • paths, 55, 72–73
  • RGB color for screens, 175–176
  • shape anchors, 55
  • shapes, 54–55
  • with tools, 70–75
  • type font/style, 260–262
• Selection tool
  • about, 66
  • dragging text, 284
  • moving patterns within shapes, 231
  • rotating shapes, 56
  • selecting
    • objects, 70–75, 71–72
    • shapes using, 54
    • type placed on paths, 283
• Seo, Hyun Sook (author)
  • Illustrator 10: Mastering Artistic Design, 340
• setting(s)
  • blend options, 213
  • changing, 19
  • gaps, 192–193
  • options for documents, 18
  • pencil curve smoothness, 118–119
  • Pencil tool options, 121
  • Symbol Sprayer tool options, 167
• shape anchors, selecting, 55
• Shape Builder tool
  • combining shapes with, 128–129
  • creating shapes, 127–129
• Shape link, 54
• Shape tool, 46–51
• Shaper tool
  • about, 48
  • creating shapes, 127–129
• shapes. See also specific shapes
  • about, 43–44
  • applying
    • isometric effects to, 66–68
    • properties from Control Panel, 52–54
  • building graphics with basic, 44–52
  • combining
    • about, 59–63
    • with Shape Builder tool, 128–129
  • copying, 54–55
  • creating
    • with Shape Builder tool, 127–129
    • with Shaper tool, 127–129
  • drawing
    • interactively, 51–52
    • with perspective, 63–66
  • generating, 45–46
  • moving
    • about, 54–55
    • patterns within, 230–231
  • placing text in, 34–35
  • rescaling, 55–56
  • reshaping, 54–58
  • rotating, 56–57
  • selecting, 54–55
  • using for guides, 346–347
• shaping area types, 268–272
• sharing fonts, 285
• Shift key, 55, 56
• shortcut keys, 353
• shortcuts (Pen tool), 112–113
• showing Basic toolbar, 71
• simplifying paths for screen output, 312–313
• Size option, 19
• Size Tile to Art option, 235
• sizing headlines, 263
• sketches, importing from Adobe Illustrator Draw, 37–38
• Smart Guides
  • about, 56
  • aligning with, 85
• Smart Punctuation dialog, 260
• Smith, Jennifer (author)
  • Illustrator CC Digital Classroom, 343
• Smooth blends, 212
• Smooth tool, 122
• Soft Light blending effect, 216
• spacing
  • blends, 213
  • objects, 82–87
• spell check, 260
• Spicoli, Jeff, 61
• spot color, 174–175
• spraying symbols, 166–168
• stacking patterns, 231–233
• Star tool, 49
• stars, generating, 49–50
• Start a New File Fast section, 9
• static symbols, 161
• Step blends, 212
• straight anchors, creating with Pen tool, 109–111
• straight-segments cursor, 120
• Stroke link, 53
• strokes
  • applying
    • gradients to, 201
    • patterns to, 224–225
    • transparency, 215
  • managing color of, 177–180
• style, font, 260–262
• style tiles, 341
• styling
  • with Adobe color themes, 182–185
  • area types, 260–265
  • with layers, 97–99
  • with Touch Type tool, 280–281
• Stylize (Effect menu), 241
• subtractive color, 16
• subtractive process, 172
• SVG Code button, 333
• SVG Filters (Effect menu), 241
• SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) filters
  • about, 240
  • applying, 321–324
  • importing, 323–324
• SVG-compatible workflows, applying, 310–311
• SVGs (Scalable Vector Graphics)
  • about, 305–306
  • adding code snippets to, 328–329
  • applying
    • effects to, 314–324
    • transparency effects to, 318–320
    • transparency to, 314–324
  • creating
    • with scalable, searchable type, 324–329
    • for the web, 339
  • defining SVG-friendly environment, 308–311
  • exporting, 329–333
  • managing raster objects in, 331–332
  • outputting with transparent backgrounds, 315–318
  • preparing artwork for otuput, 312–314
  • role of, 306–312
  • saving, 329–333
  • saving for digital development, 332–333
• SVG/SVG (Compressed) file format, 27
• swatch library, applying gradients from, 200–201
• Swatches panel, 185–188
• Symbol Sprayer tool, 166–168
• Symbolism Options dialog, 167
• symbols
  • about, 157
  • adding to documents, 159–162
  • dynamic
    • about, 161, 163
    • creating, 163–164
    • instances, 164–166
  • managing, 162
  • managing sets of sprayed, 168
  • preset, 158
  • rationalizing workflow with, 158–162
  • reducing file size with, 313–314
  • spraying, 166–168
  • static, 161
• Symbols panel, 159–162

T

• Tab key, 11
• targeting layers, 98
• technical drawing, 342
• template layers, 90–92
• text
  • applying patterns to, 225
  • placing in shapes/paths, 34–35

• 3D (Effect menu), 240
• 3D effects, mapping, 248–252
• 3D Extrude & Bevel Options dialog, 67
• TIFF files
  • about, 293
  • exporting, 301–303
• Tile Type option, 234–235
• Tip icon, 2
• toggling toolbars, 10
• toolbars
  • Basic
    • about, 10
    • showing, 71
  • customizing, 10
• tools
  • Add Anchor Point, 111
  • Anchor Point
    • about, 103
    • adding anchors, 111–112
    • deleting anchors, 111–112
    • editing curves with, 107–109
  • Area Type, 268–270
  • Artboard, 20–21
  • Blend, 213
  • Blob Brush, 124–126
  • Curvature
    • about, 113
    • drawing curves, 122–124
    • editing curves, 122–124
  • Delete Anchor Point, 111
  • Direct Selection
    • building complex shapes, 58
    • drawing shapes with perspective, 66
    • moving anchors, 105
    • rotating selected shapes, 56
    • rounding rectangles, 57
    • selecting anchors, 72–73, 104, 106
    • selecting objects, 70–75
    • selecting paths, 55, 72–73
  • Divide, 63
  • Eraser, 127
  • Eyedropper, 186
  • Gradient Mesh, 210
  • Group Selection, 70, 73, 79–80
  • Lasso, 70, 73–74
  • Line Segment, 50
  • Live Paint Selection, 70, 190–191
  • Magic Wand, 70–71, 74–75
  • Paintbrush, 135
  • Path Type, 281–284
  • Pen
    • about, 50, 103
    • drawing with, 109–116
    • shortcuts, 112–113
    • waveforms, 113–116
  • Pencil
    • about, 113
    • drawing with, 118–121
    • modes, 120–121
    • setting options, 121
    • setting pencil curve smoothness, 118–119
  • Perspective Grid, 63–66
  • Perspective Grid Selection, 63–66
  • Perspective Selection, 71
  • Polygon, 49
  • Puppet Warp, 129–131
  • Rotate, 230
  • Rounded Rectangle, 57
  • Scale, 227
  • selecting objects with, 70–75
  • Selection
    • about, 66
    • dragging text, 284
    • moving patterns within shapes, 231
    • rotating shapes, 56
    • selecting objects, 70–75, 71–72
    • selecting shapes using, 54
    • selecting type placed on paths, 283
  • Shape, 46–51
  • Shape Builder
    • combining shapes with, 128–129
    • creating shapes, 127–129
  • Shaper
    • about, 48
    • creating shapes, 127–129
  • Smooth, 122
  • Star, 49
  • Symbol Sprayer, 166–168
  • Touch Type
    • activating, 280
    • styling with, 280–281
  • Type, 258
  • Unite, 63
• Tools panel, applying color from, 177–178
• Touch Type tool
  • activating, 280
  • styling with, 280–281
• tracing raster images, 38–41
• tracking, 263
• Transform link, 54
• transforming
  • gradients with Gradient Annotator, 208–209
  • patterns, 227–233
• transparency
  • applying
    • about, 214–220
    • to SVGs, 314–324
  • defining, 215–217
• transparency blending modes, 215–217
• transparency effects, applying to SVG, 318–320
• Transparency Grid, 315–318
• Tremblay, Jean-Claude (editor), 341–342
• tutorials, online, 342
• Type tool, 258
• type(s)
  • applying effects to on paths, 284
  • area
    • about, 255
    • converting to/from point type, 274
    • editing, 256–260
    • generating boxes, 256–258
    • laying out in columns, 267–268
    • placing in paths, 268–270
    • scaling, 263–264
    • for screens, 256
    • shaping, 268–272
    • styling, 260–265
  • choosing font/style, 260–262
  • converting to an outline, 286
  • creating SVGs with Scalable, searchable, 324–329
  • flowing between boxes, 272–274
  • moving on paths, 283–284
  • optimizing functionality of, 326–328
  • outlining, 286
  • placing on paths, 281–284
  • point
    • about, 275
    • contorting, 278–280
    • converting area type to/from, 274
    • creating, 276–277
    • editing, 276–277
    • how it works, 275–276
    • rotating, 279–280
    • scaling, 278–279
  • wrapping around objects, 270–272

U

• Unite tool, 63
• units of measurement, 16
• Units option, 19
• UpPrinting.com (website), 30

V

• vector graphics, 16–17, 293
• vertical scaling, 263
• View all Presets link, 17
• view in browser icon, 333
• viewing
  • Color Guide panel, 180
  • Properties panel, 242

W

• Wacom tablet, 37, 141
• Warning icon, 3
• Warp (Effect menu), 241
• waveforms
  • creating, 114–116
  • Pen tool, 113–116
• web, creating SVGs for the, 339
• web safe color, 16, 176
• websites
  • Adobe Color, 182
  • Adobe products, 38
  • cheat sheet, 3
  • Cubism, 43
  • exporting, 297
  • motorcycle artwork, 307
  • official documentation, 338
  • online tutorials, 342
  • shortcut keys, 353
  • SVG filters, 324
  • for this book, 337–338
  • UpPrinting.com, 30
• Width option, 19
• Windows, saving profiles in, 18
• Word files, importing, 351
• workflow, rationalizing with symbols, 158–162
• workspace, 11
• wrapping type around objects, 270–272
• WYSIWYG design platform, 109