- 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
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