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Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2

ISBN: 0321337026
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 147

Authors: Mordy Golding

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• Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• The Many Uses of Illustrator
• When Should You Use Illustrator?
• How This Book Is Organized
• Chapter 1. The Illustrator Environment
• The Welcome Screen
• Creating New Documents
• Living in Your Workspace
• Adobe Bridge
• Viewing Documents
• Using Libraries (Shhhh)
• More Templates, Please
• How to Find Help
• Chapter 2. Vectors 101
• What Are Vector Graphics?
• Anatomy of a Vector Object
• Drawing Primitive Vector Shapes
• Applying Fills and Strokes
• Text Objects
• Selecting Objects
• Chapter 3. Objects, Groups, and Layers
• Understanding Appearances
• Enhancing Appearances with Live Effects
• Using Graphic Styles
• Working with Groups
• Working with Layers
• Putting It All Together
• Chapter 4. Advanced Vectors
• Drawing and Editing Freeform Vectors
• Creating Compound Paths
• Advanced Path Editing
• Introducing the Live Paint Feature
• Exploring the Pathfinder Palette
• Aligning and Distributing Objects
• Making Transformations
• Chapter 5. Brushes, Symbols, and Masks
• Unleashing the Power of Brushes
• Saving Space and Time with Symbols
• Achieving Photorealism with Gradient Mesh
• Looking Behind the Mask
• Chapter 6. Typography
• Global Text Support with Unicode
• The Way of the Font
• Specifying Character and Paragraph Options
• Defining Text Styles
• Working with Area Type
• Putting Type on a Path
• Wrapping Text Around Objects
• Editing Text
• Legacy Text and Backward Compatibility
• Chapter 7. 3D and Other Live Effects
• Combining Features and Effects
• Deconstructing the Effect Menu
• 3D: A Whole New World
• Convert to Shape: Change Is Good
• Distort Transform: The Power of Change
• Paths: Drawing Outside the Lines
• Pathfinder: Complex Shapes
• Rasterize: Vectors That Act Like Pixels
• Stylize: Now You re Stylin
• SVG Filters: Technical Effects
• Warp: Controlled Distortion
• Applying Photoshop Effects
• Chapter 8. Mixing It Up: Working with Vectors and Pixels
• Placing Raster-Based Files
• Working with Placed Images
• Managing Placed Images
• Live Trace: Converting Rasters to Vectors
• Rasterize: Turning Vectors into Rasters
• Working with Adobe Photoshop
• Chapter 9. Graphs, Distortion, and Blends
• Putting the Art in Chart
• Working with Tools of Mass Distortion
• Creating Transitions with Blends
• Adding Pizzazz with the Flare Tool
• Chapter 10. Illustrator and the Web
• Design Considerations for the Web
• The Attributes of Web GraphicsColor, Quality, and File Size
• Optimizing Web Graphics
• Efficient Web Design
• Adding Interactivity and Creating Animations
• Chapter 11. Prepress and Printing
• Printing from Illustrator
• The Truth About Transparency
• Understanding Overprints
• Chapter 12. Saving and Exporting Files
• Saving Files from Illustrator
• Exporting Files from Illustrator
• Choosing File Formats Based on Workflow
• Appendix A. Automation with Illustrator
• Taking Advantage of Automation in Illustrator
• Automation and Releasing Final Files
• Appendix B. Moving from FreeHand to Illustrator
• Getting Your Feet Wet
• First Steps: Learning the User Interface
• Walk This Way: Working with Objects
• Healthy Jogging: Drawing and Editing Paths
• Bungee Jumping: Entering a Sea of New Functionality
• Taking the Leap of Faith
• Appendix C. Application Preferences
• The General Panel
• The Type Panel
• The Units Display Performance Panel
• The Guides Grid Panel
• The Smart Guides Slices Panel
• The Hyphenation Panel
• The Plug-ins Scratch Disks Panel
• File Handling Clipboard Panel
• The Appearance of Black Panel
• Color Insert
• Trace Techniques
• Molding Mesh
• Intricate Patterns
• Pattern Brushes
• Tinting a Scan
• Index
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