Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2

, by Golding, Mordy

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ISBN: 9780321337023 | 0321337026
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/10/2005

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Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2 is the definitive guide to learning industrial-strength techniques using Adobe Illustrator.

Introduction

xiv

The Illustrator Environment

(30)

The Welcome Screen

(1)

Creating New Documents

(6)

Anatomy of a Bounding Box

(1)

Choosing a Color Mode

(1)

Document Setup

(3)

Living in Your Workspace

(6)

Working with Tools and Palettes

(2)

The Control Palette

(2)

Custom Workspaces

(1)

Keyboard Shortcuts

(1)

Adobe Bridge

(7)

Previewing Files

(3)

Placing Files from Adobe Bridge

(1)

Searching Files

(2)

Viewing Documents

(3)

Rulers and Guides

(1)

Using Libraries (Shhhh!)

(2)

More Templates, Please

(2)

How to Find Help

(2)

Vectors 101

(38)

What Are Vector Graphics?

(3)

Anatomy of a Vector Object

(3)

Drawing Primitive Vector Shapes

(5)

Closed Path Shape Tools

(1)

Open Path Shape Tools

(3)

Drawing by Numbers

(1)

Applying Fills and Strokes

(14)

Fills

(9)

Strokes

(4)

Text Objects

(3)

Point Text

(1)

Area Text

(1)

Converting Text to Editable Vectors

(1)

Selecting Objects

(9)

Making Selections

(1)

The Direct Selection Tool

(2)

The Group Selection Tool

(1)

Alternative Selection Techniques

(4)

Objects, Groups, and Layers

(30)

Understanding Appearances

(6)

Smart Targeting

(1)

The Appearance Palette

(6)

Enhancing Appearances with Live Effects

(4)

Applying a Live Effect

(2)

Editing a Live Effect

(1)

Using Graphic Styles

(4)

Defining a Graphic Style

(1)

Editing a Graphic Style

(3)

Working with Groups

(4)

Adding a Soft Drop Shadow to a Group

(1)

Adjusting Opacity to a Group

(2)

Group Isolation

(1)

Working with Layers

(8)

The Layers Palette

(5)

Layers and Appearances

(3)

Putting It All Together

(3)

Advanced Vectors

(48)

Drawing and Editing Freeform Vectors

100

(16)

A Pen Tool for Everyone

100

(1)

Mastering the Pen Tool

100

(9)

Adding and Deleting Anchor Points

109

(2)

Drawing with the Pencil Tool

111

(3)

Using the Reshape Tool

114

(1)

Cutting Paths with the Scissors and Knife Tools

115

(1)

Creating Compound Paths

116

(1)

Advanced Path Editing

117

(8)

Working with the Join and Average Commands

119

(1)

Using the Outline Stroke Command

120

(1)

Exploring the Offset Path Function

121

(1)

Simplifying Vector Paths

122

(2)

Using the Split Into Grid Feature

124

(1)

Removing Unnecessary Elements with the Clean Up Feature

125

(1)

Introducing the Live Paint Feature

125

(8)

Using Live Paint to Color Paths

126

(5)

Using Live Paint to Edit Paths

131

(2)

Exploring the Pathfinder Palette

133

(4)

Combining Shapes with Shape Modes

134

(2)

Changing Paths with Pathfinders

136

(1)

Aligning and Distributing Objects

137

(2)

Making Transformations

139

(8)

Using the Bounding Box

140

(1)

Living by the Numbers with the Transform Palette

141

(1)

Working with the Transformation Tools

142

(2)

Transforming Multiple Objects at Once

144

(1)

Exploring the Power of the Transform Again Feature

145

(2)

Brushes, Symbols, and Masks

147

(34)

Unleashing the Power of Brushes

148

(12)

Illustrator's Brush Quartet

148

(2)

Applying Brush Strokes

150

(2)

Defining a Calligraphic Brush

152

(1)

Defining a Scatter Brush

153

(2)

Defining an Art Brush

155

(1)

Defining a Pattern Brush

156

(3)

Modifying Brush Strokes

159

(1)

Expanding Brush Art

159

(1)

Saving Space and Time with Symbols

160

(10)

Working with Symbols and Instances

160

(4)

Having Fun with the Symbolism Tools

164

(6)

Achieving Photorealism with Gradient Mesh

170

(3)

Creating and Editing a Gradient Mesh Object

171

(2)

Looking Behind the Mask

173

(8)

Creating Clipping Masks

174

(1)

Organized Masking with Layer Clipping Masks

175

(1)

Seeing Through Objects with Opacity Masks

176

(5)

Typography

181

(30)

Global Text Support with Unicode

182

(1)

The Way of the Font

182

(6)

Introducing Open Type

184

(3)

Finding Glyphs and Fonts

187

(1)

The Find Font Dialog

188

(1)

Specifying Character and Paragraph Options

188

(5)

The Character Palette

189

(2)

The Paragraph Palette

191

(1)

Setting Tabs

191

(2)

Defining Text Styles

193

(1)

Working with Area Type

194

(4)

Creating and Editing Text Threads

194

(3)

Area Type Options

197

(1)

Achieving Perfect Alignment

197

(1)

Putting Type on a Path

198

(5)

Path Text Options

201

(2)

Wrapping Text Around Objects

203

(1)

Editing Text

204

(2)

Using Find and Replace

204

(1)

Displaying Invisible Characters

205

(1)

Checking Spelling

205

(1)

Legacy Text and Backward Compatibility

206

(5)

Opening Legacy Illustrator Files in Illustrator CS2

206

(3)

Saving Illustrator CS2 Files to Illustrator Legacy Versions

209

(2)

3D and Other Live Effects

211

(74)

Combining Features and Effects

212

(1)

Deconstructing the Effect Menu

212

(5)

Is It Vector, or Is It Raster?

213

(1)

Massaging Pixels in Illustrator

214

(3)

3D: A Whole New World

217

(43)

Looking Inside the 3D Effect in Illustrator

219

(5)

Applying the 3D Extrude & Bevel Effect

224

(16)

Applying the 3D Revolve Effect

240

(10)

Applying the 3D Rotate Effect

250

(1)

Mapping Artwork to 3D Surfaces

251

(5)

What If . . . You Add Transparency to 3D?

256

(2)

What If . . . You Blend 3D Objects?

258

(1)

What If . . . You Apply a 3D Effect to a Graph?

259

(1)

Convert to Shape: Change Is Good

260

(2)

Applying the Convert to Shape Effect

260

(1)

What If . . . You Apply the Convert to Shape Effect to Text?

261

(1)

Distort & Transform: The Power of Change

262

(4)

Distortion Effects

263

(1)

Transform Effect

264

(2)

Paths: Drawing Outside the Lines

266

(1)

Pathfinder: Complex Shapes

266

(2)

What If . . . You Combine Offset Path and Pathfinder Effects on a Text Object?

267

(1)

Rasterize: Vectors That Act Like Pixels

268

(2)

What If . . . You Apply the Rasterize Effect to a Raster Image?

269

(1)

Stylize: Now You're Stylin'!

270

(7)

The Add Arrowheads Effect

270

(1)

The Feather Effect

271

(1)

The Inner Glow and Outer Glow Effects

271

(1)

The Round Corners Effect

272

(1)

The Scribble Effect

273

(2)

What If . . . You Apply the Scribble Effect to Multiple Fills?

275

(2)

SVG Filters: Technical Effects

277

(1)

Warp: Controlled Distortion

278

(2)

What If . . . You Apply the Warp Effect to 3D Text?

279

(1)

Applying Photoshop Effects

280

(5)

A Gallery of Effects

283

(1)

CMYK Need Not Apply

284

(1)

Mixing It Up: Working with Vectors and Pixels

285

(38)

Placing Raster-Based Files

286

(4)

Ways to Place an Image

286

(4)

Working with Placed Images

290

(2)

Manual Tracing with Template Layers

291

(1)

Managing Placed Images

292

(6)

Additional Links Palette Functionality

294

(2)

Faster Access to Image Settings with the Control Palette

296

(2)

Live Trace: Converting Rasters to Vectors

298

(16)

Tracing an Image

298

(5)

Exploring the Live Trace Preview Options

303

(3)

Tweaking to Get the Perfect Trace

306

(7)

Editing Live Trace Paths

313

(1)

Rasterize: Turning Vectors into Rasters

314

(3)

Working with Adobe Photoshop

317

(6)

Going from Illustrator to Photoshop

317

(3)

Going from Photoshop to Illustrator

320

(3)

Graphs, Distortion, and Blends

323

(38)

Putting the ``Art'' in Chart

324

(13)

The Anatomy of a Graph

325

(1)

Creating a Graph in Illustrator

326

(1)

Choosing a Graph Type

327

(4)

Specifying Graph Data

331

(2)

Customizing Graphs

333

(3)

Raising the Bar with Graphs

336

(1)

Working with Tools of Mass Distortion

337

(13)

Painting with Distortion: The Liquify Tools

337

(3)

Getting into Shape: Envelope Distortion

340

(10)

Creating Transitions with Blends

350

(8)

Creating a Blend

353

(1)

Editing a Blend

354

(2)

Releasing and Expanding Blends

356

(2)

Adding Pizzazz with the Flare Tool

358

(3)

Creating a Vector Lens Flare

358

(3)

Illustrator and the Web

361

(26)

Design Considerations for the Web

362

(1)

The Attributes of Web Graphics---Color, Quality, and File Size

363

(6)

Understanding and Using Web-Safe Colors

364

(1)

Maximizing Image Quality on the Web

365

(2)

Using Compression to Reduce File Size

367

(2)

Optimizing Web Graphics

369

(15)

Creating Web Slices

369

(3)

Using the Save for Web Feature

372

(3)

Choosing the Right Image File Type

375

(6)

Specifying Additional Image Settings

381

(3)

Efficient Web Design

384

(1)

Adding Interactivity and Creating Animations

384

(3)

Creating Image Maps

385

(1)

Animation: Making It Move

386

(1)

Prepress and Printing

387

(30)

Printing from Illustrator

388

(12)

The General Print Panel

388

(2)

The Setup Print Panel

390

(2)

The Marks and Bleed Print Panel

392

(2)

The Output Print Panel

394

(3)

The Graphics Print Panel

397

(1)

The Color Management Print Panel

398

(1)

The Advanced Print Panel

399

(1)

Defining Print Presets

400

(1)

The Truth About Transparency

400

(13)

Understanding Transparency Flattening

401

(9)

Does My File Contain Transparency?

410

(3)

Printing with Confidence

413

(1)

Understanding Overprints

413

(4)

Why Overprint?

414

(1)

Limitations with Overprints

415

(1)

Previewing Overprints

416

(1)

Saving and Exporting Files

417

(40)

Saving Files from Illustrator

418

(37)

The Native Illustrator (.ai) Format

418

(4)

The Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) Format

422

(4)

The Portable Document Format (.pdf)

426

(16)

The Scalable Vector Graphics (.svg, .svgz) Format

442

(3)

Exporting Files from Illustrator

445

(1)

The Bitmap (.bmp) Format

445

(1)

The Targa (.tga) Format

446

(1)

The Portable Network Graphic (.png) Format

446

(1)

The AutoCAD Drawing (.dwg) and AutoCAD Interchange File (.dxf) Formats

447

(2)

The Windows Metafile (.wmf) and Enhanced Metafile (.emf) Formats

449

(1)

The Macromedia Flash (.swf) Format

450

(2)

The Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg) Format

452

(1)

The Macintosh PICT (.pct) Format

453

(1)

The Adobe Photoshop (.psd) Format

453

(1)

The Tagged Image File Format (.tif)

454

(1)

Text Format (.txt)

454

(1)

Choosing File Formats Based on Workflow

455

(2)

Print Workflows

455

(1)

Web Workflows

456

(1)

Other Workflows

456

(1)

Appendix A: Automation with Illustrator

457

(6)

Taking Advantage of Automation in Illustrator

458

(2)

Actions

458

(2)

Scripting

460

(1)

Automation and Releasing Final Files

460

(3)

Cleaning Up Messy Files

460

(1)

Generating a List of Used Items

461

(1)

Collecting Necessary Support Files

462

(1)

Appendix B: Moving from FreeHand to Illustrator

463

(32)

Getting Your Feet Wet

464

(4)

Understanding Features vs. Understanding Principles

464

(4)

First Steps: Learning the User Interface

468

(4)

Multiple Pages, Where Art Thou?

468

(1)

Working With Rulers, Grids, and Guides

469

(3)

Walk This Way: Working with Objects

472

(7)

Using Marquee Selections

473

(2)

Applying Transformations

475

(1)

Text Objects

476

(1)

Combining Paths (Pathfinders)

476

(2)

Working with Composite Paths (Compound Paths)

478

(1)

Healthy Jogging: Drawing and Editing Paths

479

(9)

Multiple Tools, Not Multiple Clicks

480

(3)

``Bottoms Up'' Selection

483

(1)

Understanding Path Handling Conventions

484

(4)

Bungee Jumping: Entering a Sea of New Functionality

488

(6)

Aligning and Distributing Objects

488

(1)

Employing Round Corners

489

(1)

Expanding Strokes

489

(1)

Automation with Illustrator

490

(1)

Exploring Illustrator's Live Features

490

(4)

Taking the Leap of Faith

494

(1)

Appendix C: Application Preferences

495

(16)

The General Panel

496

(4)

The Type Panel

500

(2)

The Units & Display Performance Panel

502

(1)

The Guides & Grid Panel

503

(1)

The Smart Guides & Slices Panel

504

(2)

The Hyphenation Panel

506

(1)

The Plug-ins & Scratch Disks Panel

506

(1)

File Handling & Clipboard Panel

507

(2)

The Appearance of Black Panel

509

(2)

Index

511

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Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials