- Copyright
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Credits
- Preface
- I. Illustrator Basics
- 1. What's New in Illustrator CS4?
- 1.1. Multiple Artboards
- 1.2. Welcome to the New and Improved Appearance Panel
- 1.3. Dropdowns (and Popups) Aplenty
- 1.4. Align Points Like They're Objects
- 1.5. Smart Guides That Are Really Smart
- 1.6. The Blob Brush Tool
- 1.7. Color Separations Preview
- 1.8. Color Blindness Preview
- 1.9. Gradient Enhancements
- 1.10. No More Filter Menu!
- 1.11. Summary
- 2. Understanding Illustrator's Desktop
- 2.1. Picasso Meets Illustrator: Getting Started
- 2.2. Working with Illustrator's Interface
- 2.3. Navigating Around Your Document
- 2.4. Using Illustrator's Modes
- 2.5. Using the Edit Commands
- 2.6. Summary
- 3. Working with Illustrator Documents
- 3.1. Setting Up a New Document
- 3.2. Modifying the Setup of a Document
- 3.3. Artboards
- 3.4. Opening and Closing Illustrator Files
- 3.5. Saving Files
- 3.5.1. Using the Save As command
- 3.5.2. Understanding the Save a Copy command
- 3.5.3. Reverting to the last saved version
- 3.5.4. Saving for Web & Devices option
- 3.5.5. Understanding file types and options
- 3.5.6. Using Illustrator's compatibility options
- 3.5.7. Saving as Illustrator EPS
- 3.5.8. Saving files as Adobe PDF
- 3.5.9. Saving files in SVG
- 3.6. Using the Export Command
- 3.7. Placing Art
- 3.8. Placing Photoshop Art in Illustrator: Understanding Vectors and Pixels
- 3.9. Working with Document and File Information
- 3.10. Summary
- 4. Understanding Drawing and Painting Techniques
- 4.1. Working with Paths
- 4.2. Drawing Paths with Illustrator Tools
- 4.2.1. Using the Pencil tool
- 4.2.2. Working with the Smooth tool
- 4.2.3. Erasing with the Path Eraser tool
- 4.2.4. Drawing with the Pen tool
- 4.2.4.1. Drawing straight lines with the Pen tool
- 4.2.4.2. Closing paths with the Pen tool
- 4.2.4.3. Drawing curves with the Pen tool
- 4.2.4.4. Closing curved paths with the Pen tool
- 4.2.4.5. Working with curved corner points
- 4.2.4.6. Combination corner points
- 4.2.4.7. Using basic Pen tool drawing techniques
- 4.2.5. Using the various line tools
- 4.2.6. Using the Paintbrush tool
- 4.2.7. Using brushes
- 4.2.8. Using the Calligraphic brush
- 4.2.9. Creating with the Scatter brush
- 4.2.10. Working with the Art brush
- 4.2.11. Creating tiles using the Pattern brush
- 4.2.12. Making a custom brush
- 4.2.13. Understanding colorization tips
- 4.2.14. Checking out the Brush libraries
- 4.3. Summary
- 5. Creating Objects, Graphs, and Symbols
- 5.1. Making Basic Shapes
- 5.1.1. Drawing shapes from their centers
- 5.1.2. Drawing symmetric shapes
- 5.1.3. Drawing shapes at an angle
- 5.1.4. Drawing rectangles using the Rectangle tool
- 5.1.5. Defining properties with the Rectangle dialog box
- 5.1.6. Drawing rounded rectangles and squares
- 5.1.7. Using the Round Corners command to round straight corners
- 5.1.8. Rounding corners backward
- 5.1.9. Drawing ellipses
- 5.1.10. Creating polygons
- 5.1.11. Seeing stars
- 5.2. Working with the Flare Tool
- 5.3. Filling and Stroking Shapes
- 5.4. Creating and Embellishing Graphs and Charts
- 5.5. Creating Flowcharts, Diagrams, and Site Maps
- 5.6. Using Symbols
- 5.7. Summary
- 5.1. Making Basic Shapes
- 6. Learning How to Select and Edit
- 6.1. Selecting a Path for Editing
- 6.1.1. Understanding the selection methods
- 6.1.2. Deciding which selection tool to use
- 6.1.3. Selecting, moving, and deleting entire paths
- 6.1.4. Using different selection options
- 6.1.4.1. Select Inverse
- 6.1.4.2. Select Same Blending Mode
- 6.1.4.3. Select Same Fill & Stroke
- 6.1.4.4. Select Same Fill Color
- 6.1.4.5. Select Same Opacity
- 6.1.4.6. Select Same Stroke Color
- 6.1.4.7. Select Same Stroke Weight
- 6.1.4.8. Select Same Style
- 6.1.4.9. Select Same Symbol Instance
- 6.1.4.10. Select Same Link Block Series
- 6.1.4.11. Select Object All on Same Layers
- 6.1.4.12. Select Object Direction Handles
- 6.1.4.13. Select Object Brush Strokes
- 6.1.4.14. Select Object Clipping Masks
- 6.1.4.15. Select Object Stray Points
- 6.1.4.16. Select Object Text Objects
- 6.1.4.17. Select Flash Dynamic Text
- 6.1.4.18. Select Flash Input Text
- 6.1.5. Keeping and labeling a selection
- 6.1.6. Custom paint style selections
- 6.2. Editing Paths in Illustrator
- 6.2.1. Editing with anchor points
- 6.2.2. The Add Anchor Points function
- 6.2.3. Removing anchor points
- 6.2.4. Simplifying paths by removing anchor points
- 6.2.5. Splitting paths
- 6.2.6. Sectioning and repeating paths
- 6.2.7. Reshaping paths
- 6.2.8. Cleaning up a path
- 6.2.9. Offsetting a path
- 6.2.10. Outlining a path
- 6.2.11. Aligning and distributing points
- 6.2.12. Joining
- 6.3. Converting Anchor Points
- 6.4. Converting Smooth Points
- 6.5. Using Illustrator's Pathfinder Functions
- 6.5.1. Setting the Pathfinder options
- 6.5.2. Adding to a shape
- 6.5.3. Subtracting from a shape
- 6.5.4. Intersecting and excluding shapes
- 6.5.5. Using the Expand button
- 6.5.6. Dividing paths
- 6.5.7. Trimming paths
- 6.5.8. Merging paths
- 6.5.9. Cropping paths
- 6.5.10. Outlining paths
- 6.5.11. Using Minus Back
- 6.5.12. Trapping
- 6.6. Summary
- 6.1. Selecting a Path for Editing
- 7. Understanding Color, Gradients, and Mesh
- 7.1. Working with the Swatches Panel
- 7.1.1. Using the color swatches
- 7.1.2. Using the Swatches popup menu
- 7.1.3. Using other swatch libraries
- 7.1.4. Using color space options in the Color panel
- 7.1.5. Using the Color Ramp
- 7.1.6. Working with gamut
- 7.1.7. Spot colors
- 7.1.8. Applying colors with the Color panel
- 7.1.9. Transferring color from one object to another
- 7.2. Using Transparency
- 7.2.1. Defining transparency between objects, groups, and layers
- 7.2.2. Working with opacity
- 7.2.3. Using blending modes
- 7.2.4. Isolating blending
- 7.2.5. Knocking out a group
- 7.2.6. Using opacity, clipping, and invert masks
- 7.2.7. Viewing the transparency grid
- 7.2.8. Printing and flattening
- 7.2.9. Transparency and type
- 7.2.10. Separating transparent objects
- 7.2.11. 3-D, symbols, and transparency
- 7.3. Creating Gradients
- 7.4. Adding Realism with Mesh
- 7.5. Summary
- 7.1. Working with the Swatches Panel
- 1. What's New in Illustrator CS4?
- II. Putting Illustrator to Work
- 8. Using Illustrator to Organize Objects
- 8.1. Locking and Hiding Objects
- 8.2. Understanding Object Stacking Order
- 8.3. Creating and Deconstructing Groups
- 8.4. Layering Your Artwork
- 8.5. Working with Templates in Illustrator
- 8.6. Using Align and Distribute
- 8.7. Measuring an Image
- 8.8. Working with Grids
- 8.9. Using Guides
- 8.10. Measuring for Printing
- 8.11. Summary
- 9. Working with Type
- 9.1. Understanding Fonts
- 9.2. Understanding Basic Type Menu Commands
- 9.3. Using the Type Tools
- 9.4. Creating Individual Type
- 9.5. Placing Area Type in a Rectangle
- 9.6. Working with Type Areas
- 9.7. Creating Area Type
- 9.8. Placing Type on a Path
- 9.9. Selecting Type
- 9.10. Editing Type
- 9.11. Using the Type Panels
- 9.11.1. Working with the Character panel
- 9.11.1.1. Changing fonts and styles
- 9.11.1.2. Measuring type
- 9.11.1.3. Changing type size
- 9.11.1.4. Adjusting the leading
- 9.11.1.5. Kerning and tracking
- 9.11.1.6. Using vertical scale and horizontal scale
- 9.11.1.7. Using baseline shift
- 9.11.1.8. Using character rotation
- 9.11.1.9. Using text underlining and strikethrough
- 9.11.1.10. Understanding the language barrier
- 9.11.1.11. More multinational options
- 9.11.2. Working with the Paragraph panel
- 9.11.3. Working with the OpenType panel
- 9.11.4. Working with the Tabs panel
- 9.11.1. Working with the Character panel
- 9.12. Using Advanced Type Functions
- 9.12.1. Threading text
- 9.12.2. Unthreading text
- 9.12.3. Fitting a headline
- 9.12.4. Finding and replacing text
- 9.12.5. Finding fonts
- 9.12.6. Checking spelling
- 9.12.7. Changing case
- 9.12.8. Using Smart Punctuation
- 9.12.9. Adding rows and columns
- 9.12.10. Showing hidden characters
- 9.12.11. Changing type orientation
- 9.12.12. Updating legacy text
- 9.12.13. Exporting and placing
- 9.13. Creating Outlines
- 9.14. Understanding Other Type Considerations
- 9.15. Summary
- 10. Using Creative Strokes and Fills with Patterns
- 10.1. Using Creative Strokes
- 10.2. Creating Perfect Patterns
- 10.2.1. Using the default patterns
- 10.2.2. Creating custom patterns
- 10.2.3. Understanding pattern backgrounds and boundaries
- 10.2.4. Making seamless patterns
- 10.2.5. Creating symmetrical patterns
- 10.2.6. Creating line patterns and grids
- 10.2.7. Using diagonal-line and grid patterns
- 10.2.8. Using transparency and patterns together
- 10.2.9. Transforming patterns
- 10.3. Summary
- 11. Applying Transformations and Distortions
- 12. Using Path Blends, Compound Paths, and Masks
- 12.1. Understanding the Difference between Blends and Gradients
- 12.2. Creating Path Blends
- 12.3. Defining Linear Blends
- 12.4. Working with Blend Options
- 12.4.1. Using the Blend option
- 12.4.2. Blending multiple objects
- 12.4.3. Editing a blended object
- 12.4.4. Releasing a blend
- 12.4.5. Expanding blends
- 12.4.6. Replacing the spine
- 12.4.7. Reversing the spine
- 12.4.8. Reversing front to back
- 12.4.9. Using nonlinear blends
- 12.4.10. Finding end paths for linear blends
- 12.4.11. Calculating the number of steps
- 12.4.12. Creating radial blends
- 12.5. Making a Color Blend
- 12.6. Creating Shape Blends
- 12.7. Using Compound Paths
- 12.8. Finding Path Directions
- 12.9. Using Clipping Masks
- 12.10. Summary
- 13. Using Live Trace
- 14. Using Live Paint
- 8. Using Illustrator to Organize Objects
- III. Mastering Illustrator
- 15. Working with Graphic Styles and Effects
- 15.1. Understanding How Graphic Styles Work
- 15.1.1. Using the Appearance panel
- 15.1.1.1. Editing and adding strokes and fills
- 15.1.1.2. Duplicating and removing items
- 15.1.1.3. Clearing an appearance
- 15.1.1.4. Reducing to basic appearance
- 15.1.1.5. Showing and hiding Appearance panel attributes
- 15.1.1.6. Setting New Art preferences
- 15.1.1.7. Viewing thumbnails
- 15.1.1.8. Redefining graphic styles
- 15.1.2. Working with the Graphic Styles panel
- 15.1.1. Using the Appearance panel
- 15.2. Using Effects
- 15.2.1. Understanding 3-D effects
- 15.2.2. Using Convert to Shape effects
- 15.2.3. Distorting and transforming effects
- 15.2.4. Creating Path effects
- 15.2.5. Understanding the Rasterize effect
- 15.2.6. Stylizing effects
- 15.2.7. Using SVG Filters effects
- 15.2.8. Warp effects
- 15.2.9. Creating Photoshop effects
- 15.3. Summary
- 15.1. Understanding How Graphic Styles Work
- 16. Creating 3-D in Illustrator
- 17. Customizing and Automating Illustrator
- 17.1. Who's Responsible for Illustrator?
- 17.2. Customization Options
- 17.3. Changing Preferences
- 17.3.1. Altering the Keyboard Increment option
- 17.3.2. Using the Constrain Angle option
- 17.3.3. Changing the Corner Radius option
- 17.3.4. Adjusting the General options
- 17.3.4.1. Use Precise Cursors
- 17.3.4.2. Show Tool Tips
- 17.3.4.3. Anti-aliased Artwork
- 17.3.4.4. Select Same Tint %
- 17.3.4.5. Append [Converted] Upon Opening Legacy Files
- 17.3.4.6. Disable Auto Add/Delete
- 17.3.4.7. Use Japanese Crop Marks
- 17.3.4.8. Transform Pattern Tiles
- 17.3.4.9. Scale Strokes & Effects
- 17.3.4.10. Use Preview Bounds
- 17.3.4.11. Reset All Warning Dialogs
- 17.3.5. Changing the Selection & Anchor Display options
- 17.4. Changing Preferences for Type
- 17.4.1. The Size/Leading option
- 17.4.2. The Baseline Shift option
- 17.4.3. The Tracking option
- 17.4.4. The Type Object Selection by Path Only option
- 17.4.5. The Show Asian Options option
- 17.4.6. The Show Font Names in English option
- 17.4.7. Setting the Number of Recent Fonts option
- 17.4.8. Choosing a Font Preview size
- 17.4.9. Enable Missing Glyph Protection
- 17.4.10. Use Inline Input for Non-Latin text
- 17.5. Using Units & Display Performance
- 17.6. Changing Guides & Grid Preferences
- 17.7. Adjusting Smart Guides
- 17.8. Adjusting Slices Preferences
- 17.9. Changing Hyphenation
- 17.10. Adjusting the Plug-Ins & Scratch Disks
- 17.11. Customizing the User Interface
- 17.12. Customizing the File Handling & Clipboard
- 17.13. Setting the Appearance of Black Options
- 17.14. Altering Placement and Tools Panel Value Preferences
- 17.15. Adding Keyboard Customization
- 17.16. Knowing What You Can't Customize
- 17.17. Using Actions
- 17.17.1. Using a Default Action
- 17.17.2. Creating a new action
- 17.17.3. Creating a new set
- 17.17.4. What is recordable?
- 17.17.5. Duplicating and deleting an action
- 17.17.6. Starting and stopping recording
- 17.17.7. Inserting a menu item
- 17.17.8. Inserting a stop
- 17.17.9. Action Options
- 17.17.10. Playback Options
- 17.17.11. Inserting a selected path
- 17.17.12. Selecting an object
- 17.17.13. Clearing, resetting, loading, replacing, and saving actions
- 17.18. Summary
- 15. Working with Graphic Styles and Effects
- IV. Getting Art Out of Illustrator
- 18. Understanding PostScript and Printing
- 19. Creating Web Graphics
- 19.1. Designing for the Web versus Designing for Print
- 19.2. Illustrator and the Web — the Basics
- 19.3. Optimizing and Saving Web Graphics
- 19.4. Creating Vector Graphics for the Web
- 19.5. Understanding Web Slicing
- 19.6. Object-Based Web Slicing
- 19.7. Getting Interactive
- 19.8. Using Data-Driven Graphics to Streamline Design Work
- 19.9. Summary
- 20. Illustrator Workflow
- A. Shortcuts in Illustrator CS4
IN THIS PART
Chapter 8 Using Illustrator to Organize Objects
Chapter 9 Working with Type
Chapter 10 Using Creative Strokes and Fills with Patterns
Chapter 11 Applying Transformations and Distortions
Chapter 12 Using Path Blends, Compound Paths, and Masks
Chapter 13 Using Live Trace
Chapter 14 Using Live Paint
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