Real world Adobe Illustrator CS5

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
Chapter 1: Creating and Managing Documents......Page 22
 Exploring the Welcome Screen......Page 23
 Creating New Documents......Page 24
 Using Multiple Artboards......Page 31
 Viewing Documents......Page 39
 Working with Templates......Page 44
 Creating Meaningful Metadata......Page 45
Chapter 2: Selecting and Editing Artwork......Page 48
 Selecting Objects......Page 49
 Making Transformations......Page 56
 The Art of Building Artwork......Page 62
 Aligning Objects......Page 68
 Distributing Objects......Page 70
 Working with Tools of Mass Distortion......Page 72
 Creating Transitions with Blends......Page 83
Chapter 3: Technical Drawing......Page 90
 Drawing Primitive Vector Shapes......Page 91
 Drawing and Editing Free-Form Vectors......Page 95
 Creating Compound Paths......Page 108
 Performing Advanced Path Editing......Page 111
 Drawing in Perspective......Page 115
Chapter 4: Creative Drawing......Page 126
 Drawing with Live Paint......Page 127
 Drawing with the Pencil Tool......Page 135
 Unleashing the Power of Brushes......Page 138
 Drawing and Erasing with Ease......Page 156
 Using Gradient Mesh......Page 163
Chapter 5: Organizing Your Drawing......Page 166
 Understanding Appearances......Page 167
 Enhancing Appearances with Live Effects......Page 175
 Working with Groups......Page 180
 Using Isolation Mode......Page 186
 Working with Layers......Page 187
 Putting It All Together......Page 196
Chapter 6: Coloring Artwork......Page 198
 Creating and Using Color in Illustrator......Page 199
 Adding Color with Fills and Strokes......Page 210
 Getting Inspired with Color......Page 228
 Modifying Color......Page 237
 Viewing Color on the Screen......Page 252
Chapter 7: Working with Live Effects......Page 258
 Deconstructing the Effect Menu......Page 259
 Convert to Shape: Changing for the Better......Page 264
 Crop Marks: Cut Here, Please......Page 267
 Distort & Transform: Transforming Your Design......Page 268
 Paths: Drawing Outside the Lines......Page 271
 Pathfinder: Creating Complex Shapes......Page 272
 Rasterize: Creating Vectors That Act Like Pixels......Page 274
 Stylize: Now You’re Stylin’!......Page 275
 SVG Filters: Applying Technical Effects......Page 281
 Warp: Choosing Your Distortion......Page 282
 Applying Photoshop Effects......Page 283
Chapter 8: Working with Typography......Page 286
 Working with Text Objects......Page 287
 Getting Global Text Support with Unicode......Page 290
 Understanding the Way of the Font......Page 291
 Specifying Character and Paragraph Options......Page 298
 Defining Text Styles......Page 303
 Working with Area Type......Page 304
 Putting Type on a Path......Page 308
 Wrapping Text Around Objects......Page 312
 Editing Text......Page 313
 Working with Legacy Text and Backward Compatibility......Page 315
Chapter 9: Drawing with Efficiency......Page 320
 Saving Space and Time with Symbols......Page 321
 Looking Behind the Mask......Page 335
 Using Drawing Modes......Page 345
 Using Graphic Styles......Page 347
 Using Automation with Illustrator......Page 350
Chapter 10: Working with Images......Page 354
 Placing Raster-Based Files......Page 355
 Managing Placed Images......Page 362
 Converting Rasters to Vectors Using Live Trace......Page 368
 Exploring an Alternative to Trace: Object Mosaic......Page 384
 Turning Vectors into Rasters......Page 385
 Working with Photoshop......Page 388
Chapter 11: Web Design......Page 392
 Two Approaches to Web Design......Page 393
 Maximizing Image Quality on the Web......Page 395
 Creating Perfect Web Graphics......Page 399
 Slicing Up the Web......Page 402
 Exporting Pixel-Based Images with Save for Web & Devices......Page 406
 Adding Interactivity and Creating Animations......Page 415
 Designing for Flash Professional......Page 417
 Designing for Flash Catalyst......Page 420
Chapter 12: Saving and Exporting Files......Page 422
 Saving Files from Illustrator......Page 423
 Exporting Files from Illustrator......Page 450
 Choosing File Formats Based on Workflow......Page 462
Chapter 13: Prepress and Printing......Page 466
 Printing from Illustrator......Page 467
 Learning the Truth About Transparency......Page 480
 Understanding Overprints......Page 493
 The Illustrator Preferences File......Page 500
 The General Panel......Page 501
 The Selection & Anchor Display Panel......Page 504
 The Type Panel......Page 506
 The Units Panel......Page 507
 The Guides & Grid Panel......Page 508
 The Smart Guides Panel......Page 509
 The Hyphenation Panel......Page 511
 The User Interface Panel......Page 512
 The File Handling & Clipboard Panel......Page 513
 The Appearance of Black Panel......Page 515
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