How to Do Everything with Adobe Illustrator CS
How to Do Everything with Adobe Illustrator CS
ISBN: 0072230924
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 175
Pages: 175
Authors: David Karlins
- 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
How to Do Everything with Adobe Illustrator CS
ISBN: 0072230924
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 175
Pages: 175
Authors: David Karlins