Illustrator 10 For Dummies

Illustrator 10 For Dummies covers the latest updates to Adobe Illustrator, including Web graphic tools and new effects you can apply to your images. The book also covers several timesaving shortcuts, creating brilliant graphics, exporting artwork to other applications, and printing your projects like a pro. Discover how to create curves, add transparency to elements, develop professional looking logos, and use layer effects. Packed with great information and plenty of humor, Illustrator 10 For Dummies is the fun and easy ticket to becoming an Illustrator expert with out any of the pain.

Ted Alspach is Group Product Manager, Illustration Products, Adobe Systems, Inc. Barbara Obermeier cowrote Photoshop 6 For Dummies and teaches computer graphics at UC Santa Barbara and Ventura College.

Foreword

v

Introduction

1

(6)

Part I: Driving People Crazy --- Illustrator's Bum Rap

7

(56)

Introducing the World of Illustrator

9

(22)

Following the Righteous Path

31

(14)

Doing Everyday Things with Illustrator

45

(18)

Part II: Drawing and Coloring Your Artwork

63

(140)

Shaping Up, Basically

65

(16)

Getting Your Fill of Fills and Strokes

81

(22)

Selecting and Editing Paths

103

(14)

Wielding the Mighty Pen Tool

117

(18)

Wielding the Versatile Pencil, Line Segment, and Arc Tools

135

(14)

Creating Magnificent Brushstrokes

149

(20)

Extreme Fills and Strokes

169

(18)

Keeping Up Appearances, with Style(s)

187

(16)

Part III: Taking Your Paths to Obedience School

203

(46)

Pushing, Pulling, Poking, and Prodding

205

(16)

Taking Images Out of the Realm of Reality

221

(14)

Organizing Efficiently

235

(14)

Part IV: Practically Speaking: Type, Print, and Files

249

(78)

Introducing Letters and Such (Type 101)

251

(16)

Printing Your Masterpiece

267

(10)

Putting Your Art on the Web

277

(32)

Moving Files into and out of Illustrator

309

(18)

Part V: The Part of Tens

327

(24)

Ten Production-Enhancing Tips

329

(12)

Ten (Or So) Ways to Customize Illustrator

341

(10)

Index

351

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Illustrator 10 For Dummies

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