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How to Do Everything with Adobe Illustrator CS

ISBN: 0072230924
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 175

Authors: David Karlins

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• How to Do Everything with Illustrator CS
• Introduction
• How Is this Book Organized?
• Who Is this Book Written For?
• Part I: Prepare Your Illustrator Project
• Chapter 1: Introducing Illustrator CS and Its Interface
• Get Your Hands Around Illustrator s Curves
• Get Around in Illustrator
• Use Illustrator s Toolbox
• Identify Tools in Illustrator
• Use New Features in Illustrator CS
• Chapter 2: Set Up Your Project
• Set Up a New Document
• Customize Preferences
• Control the Status Bar Display
• Turn on Grids and Snap Options
• Navigate Your Page
• Proper Setup Saves Time
• Chapter 3: Import Artwork
• Import Art
• Choose Between Importing and Linking
• Place Artwork in Your Document
• Trace Imported Bitmaps
• Use an Imported Bitmap as a Non-printing Tracing Layer
• Organize Bitmaps with the Links Palette
• Part II: Draw Objects
• Chapter 4: Draw with the Pencil and Brush Tools
• Draw with the Pencil Tool
• Edit Drawings with the Pencil Tool
• Edit Anchor Points with the Direct Selection Tool
• Draw Straight Lines and Curves
• Draw with Paintbrushes
• Define Strokes and Fills
• Chapter 5: Work with Shapes
• Draw Rectangles
• Draw Ellipses and Circles
• Draw Polygons and Stars
• Space Out with the Flare Tool
• Combine Objects with the Pathfinder Tools
• Cut with Knife and Scissors
• Chapter 6: Draw with the Pen Tool
• Pens and Paths
• Draw Line Segments with the Pen Tool
• Manipulate Control Points
• Add or Delete Anchor Points
• Change Anchor Types
• Edit with the Pen Tool
• Manage Paths
• Chapter 7: Scale, Skew, and Rotate
• Change Objects with a Bounding Box
• Resize and Reshape with the Free Transform Tool
• Resize Precisely with the Scale Tool
• Rotate Objects Precisely
• Use More Transform Tools
• Part III: Add Type
• Chapter 8: Create and Edit Text
• Create Text
• Get Text from Somewhere Else
• Edit Text
• Choose Fonts and Characters
• Chapter 9: Format Type
• Define Stroke and Fill for Type
• Format Paragraphs
• Define Type Styles
• Convert Text to Outlines
• Chapter 10: Flow Text
• Link Text Boxes
• Automatically Lay Out Type
• Shape Text
• Create Vertical Type
• Part IV: Work with Drawings
• Chapter 11: Combine and Arrange Objects
• Take Advantage of Smart Guides
• Group Objects
• Align Objects
• Arrange Objects Front and Back
• Chapter 12: Create Blends
• Set Blend Options
• Generate a Blend
• Blend Between Defined Anchors
• Bend a Blend
• Blend Groups
• Tweak Blends
• Chapter 13: Clip with Masks
• Make a Clipping Mask
• Edit a Mask
• Use Type as a Mask
• Release a Mask
• Crop Bitmaps with Masks
• What About Other Kinds of Masking?
• Chapter 14: Trip Out with Effects and Filters
• Use Illustrator s Effects
• Create 3-D Effects
• Apply Filters
• Chapter 15: Bend with Envelopes and the Liquify Tools
• Distort with Envelopes
• Apply a Gradient Mesh
• Warp with the Liquify Tools
• Part V: Manage Fills
• Chapter 16: Manage Colors and Gradients
• Create Gradient Fills
• Chapter 17: Adjust Transparency
• Make an Object Partially Transparent
• Use Blending Modes
• Clip with Opacity Masks
• Set Transparency Options
• Chapter 18: Use Brushes and Pattern Fills
• Apply Pattern Swatches
• Create Pattern Swatches
• Use Brush Patterns
• Create Your Own Brush Patterns
• Share Custom Fills and Brushes
• Chapter 19: Work with Bitmap Art in Illustrator
• Work with Bitmaps
• Edit Bitmaps in Illustrator
• Apply Effects and Filters
• Part VI: Use Layers and Styles
• Chapter 20: Arrange Illustrations with Layers
• Look at Layers
• Create Layers
• Use Layers to Organize Your Work
• Set Transparency with Layers
• Use Scanned Artwork as a Template Layer
• Select Layer Objects
• Chapter 21: Apply Graphic Styles, Symbols, and Actions
• Use Graphic Styles
• Use Actions
• Use Swatches to Save Work
• Use Symbols
• Part VII: From Illustrator to Print and Web
• Chapter 22: Print Illustrations
• Preview Print Colors on Your Monitor
• Print on Your Own Printer
• Export to Other File Formats
• Prepare Files for Commercial Color Printing
• Create Crop Marks
• Service Bureau Dos and Don ts
• Chapter 23: Prepare Illustrations for the Web
• Configure Illustrator for Web Graphics
• Save Images as Web-Compatible Raster Files
• Add Web Attributes to Illustrations
• Export to Web-Friendly Vector Formats
• Create HTML Web Pages in Illustrator
• Save to PDF Format
• Index
• Index_B
• Index_C
• Index_D
• Index_E
• Index_F
• Index_G
• Index_H
• Index_I
• Index_J
• Index_K
• Index_L
• Index_M
• Index_N
• Index_O
• Index_P
• Index_Q
• Index_R
• Index_S
• Index_T
• Index_U
• Index_V
• Index_W
• Index_X
• Index_Y
• Index_Z
• List of Figures
• List of Sidebars