Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2,9780321337023

Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780321337023
ISBN10: 0321337026
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Pub. Date: 2005-11-10
Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
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Summary

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

Author Biography

Mordy Golding is The founder of Design Responsibly LLC, a company focused on consulting and training professionals on the Adobe Creative Suite.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiv
The Illustrator Environment
1(30)
The Welcome Screen
2(1)
Creating New Documents
3(6)
Anatomy of a Bounding Box
4(1)
Choosing a Color Mode
5(1)
Document Setup
6(3)
Living in Your Workspace
9(6)
Working with Tools and Palettes
9(2)
The Control Palette
11(2)
Custom Workspaces
13(1)
Keyboard Shortcuts
14(1)
Adobe Bridge
15(7)
Previewing Files
16(3)
Placing Files from Adobe Bridge
19(1)
Searching Files
20(2)
Viewing Documents
22(3)
Rulers and Guides
25(1)
Using Libraries (Shhhh!)
25(2)
More Templates, Please
27(2)
How to Find Help
29(2)
Vectors 101
31(38)
What Are Vector Graphics?
32(3)
Anatomy of a Vector Object
35(3)
Drawing Primitive Vector Shapes
38(5)
Closed Path Shape Tools
39(1)
Open Path Shape Tools
40(3)
Drawing by Numbers
43(1)
Applying Fills and Strokes
43(14)
Fills
44(9)
Strokes
53(4)
Text Objects
57(3)
Point Text
57(1)
Area Text
58(1)
Converting Text to Editable Vectors
59(1)
Selecting Objects
60(9)
Making Selections
61(1)
The Direct Selection Tool
62(2)
The Group Selection Tool
64(1)
Alternative Selection Techniques
65(4)
Objects, Groups, and Layers
69(30)
Understanding Appearances
70(6)
Smart Targeting
70(1)
The Appearance Palette
70(6)
Enhancing Appearances with Live Effects
76(4)
Applying a Live Effect
77(2)
Editing a Live Effect
79(1)
Using Graphic Styles
80(4)
Defining a Graphic Style
80(1)
Editing a Graphic Style
81(3)
Working with Groups
84(4)
Adding a Soft Drop Shadow to a Group
84(1)
Adjusting Opacity to a Group
85(2)
Group Isolation
87(1)
Working with Layers
88(8)
The Layers Palette
88(5)
Layers and Appearances
93(3)
Putting It All Together
96(3)
Advanced Vectors
99(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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