Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2
Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2
ISBN: 0321337026
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 147
Pages: 147
Authors: Mordy Golding
- 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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Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2
ISBN: 0321337026
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 147
Pages: 147
Authors: Mordy Golding
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