Special Edition Using Adobe(R) Illustrator(R) 10

783 Pages·2002·18.96 MB·English

by  Peter Bauer

Using
Adobe
Illustrator 10
Peter Bauer
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ILLUSTRATOR 10
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Contents at a Glance
I Overview of Adobe Illustrator 10
1 What’s New in Illustrator 10 13
2 The Illustrator Interface and Setup 23
3 Working with Files in Illustrator 41
II Basic Creation in Illustrator
4 Creating and Editing Paths 59
5 Shape, Drawing, and Graph Tools 83
6 Utilizing the Four Types of Brushes 119
7 Type and Text in Illustrator 137
III Manipulating Objects in Illustrator
8 Transforming and Distorting Objects 173
9 Working with Blends 211
10 Illustrator’s Layers, Sublayers, and Groups 231
11 Output Options 255
IV Enhancing Illustrator Objects
12 Understanding and Applying Color 275
13 Applying and Defining Patterns 299
14 Using the Appearance and Style Palettes 323
15 The Gradient and Gradient Mesh Tools 337
V Getting the Most Out of Illustrator
16 Customizing Illustrator 357
17 Using Masks to Show and Hide 373
VI Between Vector and Raster
18 Raster Images and Rasterized Objects 389
19 Exploiting Illustrator’s Transparency 405
20 Using Filters and Effects 429
VII Illustrator and the Web
21 Designing Web Sites and Web Pages 469
22 Saving Images for the Web 497
23 Flash and SVG Support 533
VIII Pre-Press and Four-Color Process Printing
24 Commercial Printing and Trapping Issues 569
25 Linking and Embedding Images and Fonts 603
IX Illustrator Efficiency and Interoperability
26 Automation Through Actions 625
27 Dynamic Data-Driven Graphics 645
28 Integrating Illustrator 10 and Photoshop 655
Appendixes
A Installing Illustrator 675
B Illustrator Assistance and Resources 687
C Illustrator to Go 697
Index 705
CONTENTS
Introduction 1 Zooming 27
View Options 28
I Overview of Adobe Illustrator 10 View Modes 28
The View Menu 29
1 What’s New in Illustrator 10 13
Illustrator Terminology and Labels 31
Illustrator for the Web 14 Interface Terminology 31
CSS, Object-Based Slicing, and SVG The Creative Elements 33
Effects 14 Techniques and Procedures 35
Symbols and Selective Typography and Text Terms 36
Antialiasing 14 Color and Color Management 38
Envelope Distort, Warps, and 3 Working with Files in Illustrator 41
Liquifying 15
Envelope Distort 15 Determining File Format
Requirements 42
Illustrator’s Other New Tools 17 Raster Versus Vector 42
The Magic Wand 17 Web, Print, and Other File
The Line and Arc Tools 17 Destinations 43
The Rectangular and Polar Grid Compression Issues 43
Tools 18 Platform Considerations 43
The Flare Tool 18
The Slice and Slice Select Tools 18 Illustrator’s Commands to Save and
Export Files 44
Compound Shapes 19 Save 44
Save As 45
Mac OS X and Windows XP 20
Export 48
Save for Web 52
Dynamic Data-Driven Graphics 20
Linking and Embedding 53
Integration with the Adobe Family of
Products 21 Linking and Embedding Images 53
Embedding Fonts 54
2 The Illustrator Interface and
Troubleshooting 55
Setup 23
A Quick Tour of the Illustrator
II Basic Creation in Illustrator
Workplace 24
The Basic Interface 24
4 Creating and Editing Paths 59
Interacting with the Interface 25
The Status Bar 26
Paths and Vector Art 60
The Artboard 26
Basic Path Creation 60
Rulers, Guides, and Grid 27
Types of Paths 61
How Anchor Points Shape Paths 62 The Complex Object Creation Tools 92
Locating, Selecting, and Moving The Flare Tool 92
Anchor Points 63 The Rectangular Grid Tool 94
The Types of Anchor Points 64 The Polar Grid Tool 95
The Anatomy of an Anchor Point 65
Selection Tools and Commands 97
The Pen Tools 67 The Selection Tool 98
Creating Paths with the Pen The Direct Selection Tool 99
Tool 68 The Group Selection Tool 99
The Other Pen Tools 69 The Magic Wand Tool 99
The Direct Select Lasso Tool 101
Editing Paths 70
The Lasso Tool 102
Using the Direct Selection Tool with
Points and Segments 70 Illustrator’s Select Menu 102
Manipulating Direction Lines with Select, All 102
the Direct Selection Tool 72 Select, Deselect 103
Select, Reselect 103
More Path Creation Tools 74
Select, Inverse 103
The Paintbrush Tool 74
Select, Next Object Above 103
The Pencil Tool 75
Select, Next Object Below 103
Additional Path-Related Tools 77 Select, Same 104
The Smooth Tool 78 Select, Object 104
The Erase Tool 78 Select, Save Selection 105
The Scissors Tool 79 Edit Selection 106
The Knife Tool 79 The Saved Selections 106
Non-Object Paths in Illustrator 80 Compound Shapes and the Pathfinder
Palette 106
Illustrator’s Auto Trace Tool 80 Compound Shapes 106
Expanding a Compound Shape 107
Troubleshooting 81
The Pathfinder Buttons 108
The Pathfinder Palette Menu 109
5 Shape, Drawing, and Graph
Tools 83 Graphs in Illustrator 110
The Types of Graphs and Graph
Illustrator’s Object Creation Tools 84
Tools 110
The Basic Object Creation Tools 85 Adding a Graph to the Artboard 112
The Rectangle Tool 85 Adding Graph Data 113
The Rounded Rectangle Tool 86 Changing Graph Type and Graph
The Ellipse Tool 87 Data 113
The Polygon Tool 87 Customizing Graphs 115
The Star Tool 88
Troubleshooting 116
The Line Segment Tool 89
The Arc Tool 89
The Spiral Tool 91
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6 Utilizing the Four Types of Text Containers, Outlines, and
Brushes 119 Attributes 154
Linking Text Containers 154
Working with Brushes 120 Wrapping Text Around Objects 156
The Four Categories 120 Filling and Stroking Text
The Brushes Palette 121 Containers 158
Brushes and Strokes 122 Converting Text to Outlines 158
Editing and Transforming Brushed Copying Type Attributes 159
Paths 123
Fonts and Font Embedding 160
Brush-Stroked Type 125
Fonts and Font Families 161
Creating and Modifying Brushes 127 Multiple Master Fonts 161
Creating or Modifying a Calligraphic CID and OpenType Fonts 162
Brush 129 Font Embedding 162
Creating or Modifying a Scatter
Typographic Terminology 163
Brush 130
Creating or Modifying an Art
Troubleshooting 169
Brush 131
Creating or Modifying a Pattern
Brush 133 III Manipulating Objects in Illustrator
Loading Illustrator’s Other
Brushes 135 8 Transforming and Distorting
Objects 173
Troubleshooting 135
Transformations and Distortions in
7 Type and Text in Illustrator 137 Illustrator 174
Transform, Envelope Distort, and
The Type Tools 138
Liquify 174
Type Tool and Vertical Type
Tool 139 The Basics of Transforming 175
Area Type Tool and Vertical Area Transforming with the Selection Tool
Type Tool 140 and the Bounding Box 176
Path Type Tool and Vertical Path The Point of Origin 176
Type Tool 141 Transforming Objects, Patterns, and
Preferences and General Both 178
Considerations 143 Scaling Strokes and Effects 179
The Palettes 146 The Transformations 180
The Character Palette 146 Free Transform 180
The Paragraph Palette 147 Move 181
The Multiple Master Design Rotate 182
Palette 148 Reflect 184
The Tab Ruler Palette 149 Reshape 184
Scale 185
The Type Menu 149
Shear 187
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Twist 189 10 Illustrator’s Layers, Sublayers, and
The Transform Palette Menu 191 Groups 231
The Transform Again Command 191
The Layers Palette 232
The Transform Each Command 192
The Reset Bounding Box
Illustrator’s Layers 232
Command 194
Working with Layers 237
Envelope Distortions 194
Creating New Layers and
The Basics of Warping 195
Sublayers 238
How Warps Work 197
Moving Elements in the Layers
Editing a Mesh Object 198
Palette 239
The Make with Mesh Command 200
Using Sublayers and Groups 240
Reopening the Envelope Distort
Dialog Box 200 Templates 245
Using the Make with Top Object
Targeting Layers, Groups, and
Command 201
Objects 246
Envelope Options 202
Releasing and Expanding Envelope
Release to Layers 249
Distortions 203
The Edit Contents Command 204 Special Utilization of Layers 252
Illustrator’s Liquify Tools 206 Troubleshooting 253
Working with the Liquify Tools 206
The Liquify Tool Options 208 11 Output Options 255
Troubleshooting 210 Differences Between Page and
Screen 256
9 Working with Blends 211 Color 256
Resolution 259
Creating Blends 212 File Formats 262
The Blend Menu 215
Using the Blend Tool 215 The PDF Option 262
The Blend, Make Command 216
Other Output Options 265
Examining the Blend Options 216 Presentation Programs 265
Smooth Color 216 Film Recorders 269
Specified Steps 219
Troubleshooting 270
Specified Distance 222
Orientation 224
IV Enhancing Illustrator Objects
Adjusting Blend Paths 226
Editing Spines 226
12 Understanding and Applying
Replacing Spines 228
Color 275
Reversing 228
The Two Types of Color 276
Expanding a Blend 229
Additive Color 276
Troubleshooting 229 Subtractive Color 277
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RGB Versus CMYK Versus Spot The Appearance Palette Menu 329
Colors 278
Applying Appearances to Groups and
Defining RGB Colors 281
Layers 331
Defining CMYK Colors 281
Spot Colors 282 The Styles Palette 333
The Other Color Modes: HSB and Style Libraries 334
Grayscale 282
Troubleshooting 335
Reduced Palettes 284
15 The Gradient and Gradient Mesh
Determining the Color Mode 284
Tools 337
Using the Color Palette 286
Working with Gradients 338
Applying Color 290 The Anatomy of a Gradient 339
Using the Gradient Sliders 340
Using the Swatches Palette 291
Saving and Applying Gradients 341
Global Colors 294
Using the Swatch Library 294 Gradient Meshes 343
Creating Gradient Mesh Objects 344
Troubleshooting 297
Creating Gradient Mesh Objects from
Raster Images 346
13 Applying and Defining
Editing Gradient Meshes 348
Patterns 299
Printing Gradients and Gradient
Meshes 350
General Rules Governing Patterns 300
Troubleshooting 352
Fill Patterns 303
Brush Patterns 306
V Getting the Most Out of Illustrator
Creating a Brush Pattern 307
Designing Brush Patterns for Pattern
16 Customizing Illustrator 357
Brushes 310
Creating Brush Pattern Side
Keyboard Shortcuts: Speed for Illustrator
Tiles 311
Power Users 358
Creating Brush Pattern Corner
Tiles 313 Setting Illustrator’s Preferences 360
Creating Brush Pattern Start and End General 360
Tiles 320 Type & Auto Tracing 362
Units & Undo 363
Troubleshooting 321
Guides & Grid 364
Smart Guides & Slices 365
14 Using the Appearance and Styles
Hyphenation 366
Palettes 323
Plug-ins & Scratch Disk 366
Files & Clipboard 367
Appearances and Styles 324
Workgroup 368
The Appearance Palette 325 Online Settings 369
Contents ix
Creating Illustrator Startup Files 370 The Blending Modes 414
Normal 416
Troubleshooting 372
Multiply 416
Screen 417
17 Using Masks to Show and Hide 373
Overlay 417
Soft Light 418
Clipping Masks 374
Hard Light 418
Creating Clipping Masks 374
Color Dodge 418
Editing a Clipping Mask 376
Color Burn 419
Type as Clipping Masks 377
Darken 419
Opacity Masks 378 Lighten 420
Creating Opacity Masks 379 Difference 420
Editing Opacity Masks 380 Exclusion 420
Type as Opacity Masks 383 Hue 421
Saturation 421
Troubleshooting 384
Color 422
Luminosity 423
Restricting the Effects of Blending
VI Between Vector and Raster
Modes 423
18 Raster Images and Rasterized Outputting Transparency 424
Objects 389 Preparing Transparent Objects for
Print 425
The Difference Between Vector and
Transparency and the Web 426
Raster 390
What Is Vector Art? 390 Troubleshooting 427
What Is Raster Art? 394
Comparing Vector and Raster 397 20 Using Filters and Effects 429
Rasterizing Objects in Illustrator 399 About Filters and Effects 430
The Rasterize and Raster Effects What They Do and How They Do
Settings Dialog Boxes 399 It 430
Resolution and Antialiasing 401 Filters Versus Effects 431
Why Use Filters? 432
Troubleshooting 403
Illustrator’s Filter and Effect
19 Exploiting Illustrator’s Menus 433
Transparency 405
The Top of the Menus 434
Working with Transparency in Apply Last Filter/Apply Last
Illustrator 406 Effect 434
The Transparency Theory 406 Last Filter/Last Effect 434
The Transparency Palette 409 Document Raster Effects Settings
Transparency Preferences and Other (Effect Only) 434
Settings 411
Opacity Masks 413