| | Copyright |
| | Acknowledgments |
| | About the Authors |
| | Introduction |
| | | The idea behind this book |
| | | Is this book for you? |
| | | Is this book for Mac or Windows, or both? |
| | | How to use this book |
| | Chapter 1. Basic Training: Basic Tips You Can't Live Without |
| | | Make Yourself Famous |
| | | Additional Content |
| | | More Additional Content |
| | | Wacom Pen Tablets Work in Illustrator Too |
| | | Ongoing Feedback |
| | | Timing Is Everything |
| | | The Ever-Changing Palette |
| | | Quick Delete from Palettes |
| | | Locking and Unlocking Guides |
| | | Choose the Best Selection Tool for the Job |
| | | Direct Selection Secret |
| | | Quick Selection Tool |
| | | Hide Bounding Box |
| | | Quick Move Dialog |
| | | Selecting the Next Object Below |
| | | Create by Measure |
| | | Position Shapes as You Draw |
| | | Drawing Curves More Easily |
| | | Simplifying a Path |
| | | Select None |
| | | Everything Else But |
| | | What Happens When You Can't See an Object? |
| | | Even It Out |
| | | Reflect vs. Flip |
| | | Tool Preferences |
| | | Name a Swatch |
| | | Reset the Default Fill and Stroke Colors |
| | | Color Picker |
| | | Hide or Show Multiple Layers Easily |
| | | Filters vs. Effects? |
| | | Edit Existing Patterns and Symbols |
| | | Use Text Import Options |
| | | Scale Text Frame But Not Text |
| | | Multiple Glyph Choices |
| | | Effecting a Stroke or a Fill |
| | | Transform Again |
| | | Create Your Own Crop Marks |
| | | Open a Template |
| | | Make Your Own Template |
| | | Save for Microsoft Office |
| | | View Actions in Button Mode |
| | | "Hidden" Keyboard Commands |
| | Chapter 2. The View: Viewing, Doing, Undoing, and More |
| | | How Many Undos? |
| | | Actual Size, Fit in Window |
| | | Really Fit in Window |
| | | Switching Between Multiple Open Windows |
| | | Default Workspace to the Rescue! |
| | | Your Own Personal Workspace |
| | | Give Your Custom Workspace a Shortcut |
| | | Control Bar Getting in Your Way? |
| | | Palette Shortcuts and Control Palette All in One |
| | | Center That Guide |
| | | Center Guides Automatically |
| | | Change Guide Direction |
| | | Make Guides from Objects |
| | | Lock a Guide to an Object |
| | | Change Locked Guide into a Path |
| | | Lock Everything Else |
| | | Get a New Perspective on Guides |
| | | Auto Add Rulers to Every New Document |
| | | Measure from Where You Want |
| | | Reset the Rulers |
| | | Change Ruler Measurement |
| | | Measure the Way You Want |
| | | Multiple Tools? |
| | | Your Logo Ready Anytime |
| | | Simulate Paper Color |
| | | Show/Hide Center Point |
| | | Angled Grid |
| | | Everything You Wanted to Know About… |
| | | Get Object Info |
| | | Actions Within Actions |
| | | Save That View |
| | | Two Views, One Document |
| | | Pinpoint in the Navigator |
| | | Hide and Show Palettes |
| | | Change Your Mind in Mid-Zoom |
| | | The One-Slide Slide Show |
| | | Remember One Palette Shortcut |
| | | Zoom Tool Shortcut |
| | | Hand Tool Shortcut |
| | | Keep Only Selected Objects |
| | | Be Precise |
| | | Front and Center |
| | | Seeing Red |
| | | Add the Unrecordable |
| | | Hide Your Guides in One Click |
| | | Free Resources |
| | | Back To Basics |
| | | Don't Squint, Click |
| | | New Document the Same as Last Time |
| | | Reset the Page |
| | | Change Tools Quickly |
| | | Multiple Pages? |
| | Chapter 3. Tool Time: Creating in Illustrator CS2 |
| | | Photo Inside of Type |
| | | Start with a Font |
| | | Mapping Made Easy |
| | | Find Your Favorite Logo? |
| | | Change Star Shape, Part One |
| | | Change Star Shape, Part Two |
| | | Send Up a Flare |
| | | Permanent Pathfinder |
| | | Spray On, Spray Off |
| | | Years in Graph Data |
| | | That's Out of One Hundred |
| | | Edit Graph Designs |
| | | Sliding Graph Designs |
| | | Drag-and-Drop Instead of Copy-and-Paste |
| | | Change Tool Settings on the Fly |
| | | Make Your Own Spirograph |
| | | Convert to Shape |
| | | Let the Blend Tool Do the Math |
| | | More Blending |
| | | Yet More Blending |
| | | Bend the Blend |
| | | Shapes Around a Circle |
| | | Change the Blend |
| | | Outline Stroke |
| | | Live Trace Not Working How You'd Like? Try This |
| | | Is Live Trace Still Not Working How You'd Like? Take It a Step Further |
| | | Viewing Reference Photos When Using the Mesh Tool |
| | | Gradient Brushes |
| | | Divide Objects Below |
| | | Change Grids on the Fly |
| | | Live Interlocking Objects |
| | | Live Interlocking Objects, Part 2 |
| | | Creating Wireframes |
| | | Add to a Shape to Create a Shape |
| | | Move Points as You Draw |
| | | Auto Add/Delete Getting in Your Way |
| | | Multiple Objects as a Mask |
| | | Round Those Corners |
| | | Same Width and Height |
| | | Changing Arcs |
| | | Close a Path Automatically |
| | | Preserve Brush Stroke Options |
| | | Disable Auto Add/Delete |
| | | Split into Grid |
| | | The Perfect Star |
| | | Target Practice |
| | | Opacity Masks |
| | | Vintage Texture Effect |
| | Chapter 4. Nip/Tuck: Selecting, Editing, and Transforming |
| | | Save a Selection |
| | | Reshape Paths by Drawing |
| | | Reshape Paths by Painting? |
| | | Editing a Type Path |
| | | Cut or Add a Point |
| | | Join vs. Average & Join |
| | | Average and Join in One Step |
| | | The True Center |
| | | Bigger or Smaller a Bit at a Time |
| | | Scale Tool Cloning |
| | | Keep Proportions |
| | | Quick Flip |
| | | Liquify Brush Size |
| | | Select Same, Again |
| | | Select Color from Swatches |
| | | Selecting Groups |
| | | Selecting Mesh Points Easily |
| | | Selecting Multiple Mesh Points Easily |
| | | Let Illustrator Calculate It for You |
| | | Editable Transformations |
| | | Rotate with Care |
| | | Rotation by the Numbers |
| | | Repeat Last Pathfinder |
| | | Transform by Number |
| | | Free Transform |
| | | Pick The Best Transformation |
| | | Select Behind |
| | | New Stroke Options in Illustrator CS2 |
| | | Scale Strokes & Effects |
| | | Odd Numbers |
| | | Move and Copy |
| | | Straight Cuts |
| | | Move It by Measure |
| | | Draw and Smooth |
| | | Simplify Path |
| | | Magic Wand Not Working |
| | | Copy While Transforming |
| | | Transform Again and Send to Back |
| | | Transform Again, Again |
| | | Aligning the Fast Way |
| | | Align to a Specific Object |
| | | Convert Dashed Stroke to Outline |
| | | Make a Mesh with Text |
| | | Drag-and-Drop |
| | | The Missing Twist Tool |
| | Chapter 5. Different Strokes: Colors, Swatches, Fills, and Strokes |
| | | Your Colors, Every Time |
| | | Slightly Lighter, Somewhat Darker |
| | | Grab Only the Color |
| | | Make Your Own Patterns |
| | | Transform Just the Pattern |
| | | Color the Opposite |
| | | Use Global Color |
| | | Borrow Some Color |
| | | Persistent Swatches |
| | | Color from Anywhere |
| | | Gradient Palette Shortcut |
| | | One-Color Gradient |
| | | Color Stop |
| | | Duplicate a Color Stop |
| | | Swap Stops |
| | | Use a Swatch as a Stop |
| | | Quick Stroke Change |
| | | Change Color Modes in the Color Palette |
| | | Use Multiple Strokes in Appearance |
| | | Round Joins |
| | | Apply Sampled Colors |
| | | Change Live Paint Behavior |
| | | Same Color Again |
| | | Fill and Stroke from the Keyboard |
| | | None in a Hurry |
| | | Want the Opposite? |
| | | Make a Spot Color |
| | | Complementary Colors |
| | | Invert the Color |
| | | Replace One Swatch with Another |
| | | Grayscale or Color Gray |
| | | Find a Color |
| | | Grayscale Print from a Color File |
| | | Save Swatch Libraries |
| | | Expand a Gradient |
| | | Test Page |
| | | Fade to Nothing |
| | | Use Preview Bounds |
| | | One-Time Preview Bounds |
| | Chapter 6. Sultans of Swing: A Killer Collection of Illustrator Artists |
| | | Scott Hinton |
| | | David Pounds |
| | | Philip J. Neal |
| | | Mike Sellers |
| | | Todd Ferris |
| | | Scott Weichert |
| | | John Schwegel |
| | | Jib Hunt |
| | | Brooke Nuñez |
| | | Erwin Haya |
| | | Mark Anderson |
| | | Christian Musselman |
| | Chapter 7. Get Smart: Layers and Transparency |
| | | Dim Images |
| | | Name the New Layer |
| | | White Really Isn't White |
| | | Hide Other Layers |
| | | Change One Layer to Outline View |
| | | Change Other Layers to Outline View |
| | | Release the Layers! |
| | | Copy an Object to a Layer |
| | | Duplicate the Entire Layer |
| | | Select Everything on a Layer |
| | | Select Everything on Multiple Layers |
| | | Lock All Other Layers |
| | | Use Layers to Unlock Individual Objects |
| | | Locate Layer |
| | | Jump to a Layer |
| | | Custom Layer Row Size |
| | | Expand All Sublayers |
| | | New Layer on Top |
| | | New Layer Below |
| | | Target a Layer |
| | | Moving Targets |
| | | Moving Targets, Part Two |
| | | Paste Remembers Layers |
| | | Mirror Reflections |
| | | Layer Comps? |
| | | Selecting Multiple Layers |
| | | Move Objects to a Different Layer |
| | | Vector Templates? |
| | | Don't Print |
| | | No Sublayers |
| | | Hide Template |
| | | When Select All Doesn't Work |
| | | Merge Selected |
| | | Collect in a New Layer |
| | Chapter 8. Extreme Makeover: Symbols, Brushes, Appearance, Filters, and Effects |
| | | What Is New Art Has Basic Appearance? |
| | | Effect Gallery |
| | | Scrubby Sliders |
| | | Creating Arrowhead Designs |
| | | Symbolism Chooser |
| | | Using the Eyedropper to Sample Appearance |
| | | Drag an Appearance |
| | | Merge Styles |
| | | Instant Lichtenstein or Pop Art Dot Effect |
| | | Apply the Same Effect Again |
| | | Filters vs. Effects? What's the Difference? |
| | | Reset Effect and Filter Settings |
| | | Add a Second Stroke |
| | | Drop Shadows |
| | | Check Document Raster Effects Settings |
| | | Breaking a Link to a Style |
| | | Disappearing Effects When Switching Between RGB and CMYK |
| | | Add Stroke to Placed Image or Photo |
| | | Redefine Symbols |
| | | Viewing the Intensity of the Symbol Tools |
| | | More Intensity, Different Size |
| | | Change Multiple Symbols |
| | | New Symbol and Instance |
| | | Select All Instances (and Replace Them Too) |
| | | Replacing Symbols |
| | | Reverse Engineering a Graphic Style |
| | | Why Are Some Filters and Effects Grayed Out? |
| | | See 3D Effects While You're Applying Them |
| | | Rotate 3D Objects the Right Way |
| | | Creating a 3D Banner |
| | | Adding Text to the Banner |
| | | Get Your Artwork in 3D |
| | | 3D as a Style |
| | | Stain Removal |
| | | Scatter Brush Options |
| | | Scatter Enhancers |
| | | Symbol Stacking Order |
| | | Make Your Own Bevels for 3D |
| | | Stain Repellant |
| | | Getting More Symbols in Illustrator |
| | | Free! 1,000+ Scientific Symbols for Illustrator |
| | | Brush Options vs. Options of Selected Object |
| | | Birthday Brush |
| | Chapter 9. Trading Spaces: Text, Text, Text |
| | | Selecting Text |
| | | Picking the Next Word |
| | | Select by Paragraphs |
| | | Change the Default Font in Illustrator |
| | | Pick a Font by Name |
| | | Move All Tabs at Once |
| | | Change Tab Style |
| | | Delete All Tabs |
| | | Evenly Spaced Tabs |
| | | Tab Leaders |
| | | Line Up the Tab Ruler |
| | | Align On |
| | | Angled Tabs |
| | | Scroll the View with Text |
| | | Quick Edit |
| | | Hanging Indents |
| | | Reset All Settings |
| | | Colored Text, Colored Box |
| | | Horizontal to Vertical Type |
| | | Kern from the Keyboard |
| | | Tracking with the Keyboard |
| | | Control Number of Recent Fonts |
| | | Font Preview Or Not |
| | | Reset Kerning and Tracking |
| | | Open and Start Editing |
| | | Edit Imported Text |
| | | Reset Horizontal Scaling |
| | | Set Leading to the Font Size |
| | | Increase or Decrease Leading |
| | | Convert Paragraph Text |
| | | Cleaning Up Your Text |
| | | Make Your Own Typeface |
| | Chapter 10. Whose Line Is It Anyway? ...And More Text |
| | | Transforming Type |
| | | Drag-and-Drop Text from Desktop |
| | | Before and After Legacy Text |
| | | Type Size by Math |
| | | Gradient-Filled Text |
| | | Hide the Highlight |
| | | Clear the Override |
| | | Override the Override |
| | | Load Styles from Other Documents |
| | | Angled Margins |
| | | Character Rotation |
| | | Convert Warped Text to Outlines |
| | | Edit Warped Text |
| | | Type on a Circle |
| | | Stop Flipping |
| | | Baseline Shift Amount |
| | | Type Not on a Path |
| | | Copy from Text |
| | | Thread Text into a New Box |
| | | Hide Text Threads |
| | | Threaded Text Blocks of Any Shape |
| | | Stop the Threading |
| | | Thread Text on Two Paths |
| | | Text Wrap Around a Photo |
| | | Make a Fraction |
| | | Don't Have an Open Type Font? |
| | | Automatic Ordinals |
| | | Global Change Case |
| | | Blend Two Text Objects |
| | | Your Styles in Every Document |
| | | Columns and Rows Galore |
| | | Columns and Rows in Any Shape |
| | | Turn Off Typographer's Quotes |
| | | Pull It Together |
| | Chapter 11. Friends: Illustrator with Other CS2 Applications |
| | | Export in Photoshop Format |
| | | Open an Illustrator File In Photoshop |
| | | Place an .ai File into Photoshop |
| | | Drag-and-Drop into Photoshop |
| | | Drag-and-Drop from Desktop |
| | | Open a PSD File in Illustrator |
| | | Place a PSD File into Illustrator |
| | | Place in Illustrator from Adobe Bridge |
| | | Change Between Embedded and Linked Graphics |
| | | Editing Linked Images |
| | | Vector Shapes in Photoshop |
| | | Without Warning |
| | | No Visible Image |
| | | Copying-and-Pasting Between Illustrator and Photoshop |
| | | Drag from Illustrator to Make a Path in Photoshop |
| | | Your Illustrator Logo Built Into Photoshop |
| | | Export Paths from Photoshop |
| | | Borrow Shapes from Photoshop to Use in Illustrator |
| | | Common Color Settings |
| | | Take Your Swatches Anywhere |
| | | Info for Photoshop |
| | | Metadata Templates to Save You Time |
| | | Show Images or Photos in Outline Mode |
| | | Dashed Lines in Photoshop (Thanks to Illustrator) |
| | | Stop Clipping When Saving as an EPS |
| | | Illustrator Layers in Acrobat |
| | | Open a PDF in Illustrator |
| | | Place a PDF with Spot Color |
| | | Sending a File to a Service Bureau |
| | | Reduce File Size |
| | | Cleaning Up Your Illustrations |
| | | Save for Older Versions of Illustrator |
| | | Trial Separation |
| | | Printing Even Larger Than Illustrator Will Let You |
| | | Save Preset for Printing |
| | | Saving Print Settings |
| | | Save for Web Right Within Illustrator |
| | | Start Over in Save for Web |
| | | Remember Your Save for Web Settings |
| | | Optimize by File Size |
| | | Flattener Preview |
| | | Get Your Gradients to Print |
| | | Miss the Old Gal? |
| | Colophon |
| | Additional Resources |
| | Index |