Illustrator 9 For Dummies

This reference shows how to create great Adobe Illustrator artwork with ease. Authored by Illustrator's product manager and foremost Illustrator expert Ted Alspach, this guide to the world's #1 professional illustration tool is packed with great information and plenty of humor. It's the fun and easy ticket to becoming an Illustrator "artiste" with out any of the pain.

Ted Alspach is the author of many books on desktop publishing and graphics, as well as hundreds of articles on related topics, including Illustrator 7 Studio Secrets, Illustrator 7 Bible, Photoshop Complete, Kai's Power Tools Studio Secrets, and Illustrator Filter Finesse. He is a contributing editor to Adobe Magazine.

Foreword

xxi

Introduction

1

(6)

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

7

(54)

Introducing the World of Illustrator

9

(22)

Following the Righteous Path

31

(14)

Doing Everyday Things with Illustrator

45

(16)

Part II: Drawing and Coloring Your Artwork

61

(138)

Shaping Up, Basically

63

(16)

Getting Your Fill of Fills and Strokes

79

(22)

Selecting and Editing Paths

101

(12)

Wielding the Mighty Pen Tool

113

(20)

Wielding the Versatile Pencil Tool

133

(12)

Creating Magnificent Brushstrokes

145

(20)

Extreme Fills and Strokes

165

(18)

Keeping Up Appearances, with Style(s)

183

(16)

Part III: Taking Your Paths to Obedience School

199

(34)

Pushing, Pulling, Poking, and Prodding

201

(16)

Organizing Efficiently

217

(16)

Part IV: Weaving Beautiful Typestries

233

(34)

Introducing Letters and Such (Type 101)

235

(18)

Studying Advanced Typography (Type 1,000,001)

253

(14)

Part V: Getting Art to Print, to the Web, and to Other Applications

267

(50)

Printing Your Masterpiece

269

(10)

Putting Your Art on the Web

279

(20)

Moving Files into and out of Illustrator

299

(18)

Part VI: The Part of Tens

317

(50)

Ten Production-Enhancing Tips

319

(12)

Ten Tantalizing Techniques

331

(26)

Ten (Or So) Ways to Customize Illustrator

357

(10)

Index

367

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Illustrator 9 For Dummies

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