Adobe Illustrator CS5 on demand

Need answers quickly? Adobe Illustrator CS5 on Demand provides those answers in a visual step-by-step format. We will show you exactly what to do through lots of full color illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions. Includes Workshops ACE Exam Objectives More than 500 Essential Illustrator CS5 Tasks Inside the Book • Improve publishing and productivity with the CS5 interface • Browse, organize, and process files using Adobe Bridge • Transform and reshape objects to create a new look • Use Live Paint to create recolor and modify images • Use Live Color to create color harmony in a design • Create complex shapes and perspective objects • Create text and apply style to display artistic text • Apply appearances and graphic styles for a unique design • Create eye catching special effects and filters Bonus Online Content Register your book at queondemand.com to gain access to: • Workshops and related files • Keyboard shortcuts Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Introduction......Page 18 1 Getting Started with Illustrator CS5......Page 22 Installing Illustrator......Page 23 Getting Started......Page 25 Viewing the Illustrator Window......Page 27 Showing and Hiding Panels......Page 28 Working with Panels......Page 29 Using the Tools and Control Panel......Page 31 Opening a Document......Page 33 Opening a Document with Adobe Bridge......Page 35 Inserting Images in a Document......Page 37 Using the Status Bar......Page 38 Working with Document Windows......Page 39 Checking for Updates Online......Page 41 Getting Help While You Work......Page 43 Saving a Document......Page 45 Finishing Up......Page 47 2 Creating and Viewing a Document......Page 48 Creating a New Document......Page 49 Creating a New Document Using Presets......Page 50 Creating a New Document from a Template......Page 51 Setting Up a Document......Page 53 Using Multiple Artboards......Page 55 Working with Multiple Artboards......Page 57 Changing the Display View......Page 59 Changing the View with the Navigator Panel......Page 61 Customizing the Navigator Panel......Page 63 Changing the Screen Display Mode......Page 64 Changing the View with the Zoom Tool......Page 65 Viewing and Using Rulers......Page 67 Using the Guides......Page 69 Using Smart Guides......Page 71 Using the Grid......Page 73 Moving Around with the Hand Tool......Page 74 Using Crop Marks......Page 75 Working with the Info Panel......Page 77 Using Undo and Redo......Page 78 Creating and Selecting Workspaces......Page 79 3 Working with Objects......Page 82 Understanding Vector and Raster Graphics......Page 83 Understanding Paths......Page 84 Selecting a Drawing Mode......Page 85 Creating Pixel Aligned Objects......Page 86 Creating Rectangles and Ellipses......Page 87 Creating Polygons and Stars......Page 89 Creating Line Segments......Page 90 Creating Arcs and Spirals......Page 91 Creating Grids......Page 93 Using the Shape Builder Tool......Page 95 Creating Perspective Objects......Page 97 Working with Perspective Objects......Page 99 Customizing a Perspective Grid......Page 100 Understanding Selections......Page 101 Using the Selection Tool......Page 102 Using the Direct Selection Tool......Page 103 Using the Lasso Tool......Page 104 Using the Magic Wand Tool......Page 105 Selecting and Grouping Objects......Page 107 Selecting Similar Objects......Page 109 Saving and Editing Selections......Page 111 Moving Objects......Page 112 Duplicating Objects......Page 113 Aligning and Distributing Objects......Page 115 Transforming Objects......Page 116 Using the Free Transform Tool......Page 117 Rotating and Scaling Objects......Page 119 Reflecting and Shearing Objects......Page 120 Applying Multiple Transformations......Page 121 Reshaping Objects with Envelopes......Page 123 4 Working with Color......Page 124 Changing Color Settings......Page 125 Changing Color Profiles......Page 127 Working with Color Modes......Page 128 Changing Color Modes......Page 129 Applying Colors......Page 130 Working with the Color Panel......Page 131 Working with the Swatches Panel......Page 133 Working with Swatch Libraries......Page 135 Adding Colors Using the Kuler Panel......Page 137 Replacing Colors......Page 139 Inverting Colors......Page 141 Using the Color Guide Panel......Page 142 Applying Color with the Color Panel......Page 143 Editing Colors with Live Color......Page 145 Proofing Colors on the Screen......Page 147 5 Applying Fills, Strokes, and Gradients......Page 148 Applying Fill and Stroke Colors......Page 149 Changing Stroke Attributes......Page 151 Changing Stroke Style......Page 153 Creating Variable Stroke Widths......Page 155 Using the Eyedropper Tool......Page 157 Using Patterns as Fills......Page 159 Blending Fill Colors......Page 161 Creating Blends Automatically......Page 162 Applying Blend Options......Page 163 Creating Blends with the Blend Tool......Page 164 Modifying Blend Objects......Page 165 Setting Transparency Options......Page 166 Controlling Transparency Effects......Page 167 Using the Transparency Grid......Page 168 Applying Gradients......Page 169 Creating Gradients......Page 170 Editing Gradients......Page 171 Using the Gradient Tool......Page 172 Creating a Gradient Mesh......Page 173 6 Working with Points and Paths......Page 176 Drawing with the Pen Tools......Page 177 Setting Anchor Point Preferences......Page 179 Moving Points and Segments......Page 180 Converting Points......Page 181 Adding and Deleting Anchor Points......Page 183 Aligning and Joining Anchor Points......Page 185 Reshaping Paths......Page 187 Simplifying Paths......Page 189 Dividing Paths......Page 190 Splitting Paths......Page 191 Merging Paths......Page 193 Working with Shape Mode......Page 195 Working with Pathfinder......Page 196 Creating a Compound Path......Page 197 Creating a Clipping Set......Page 199 Editing a Clipping Set......Page 201 Erasing to Reshape Paths......Page 203 7 Working with Layers......Page 204 Understanding the Layers Panel......Page 205 Setting Layers Panel Options......Page 206 Creating Layers......Page 207 Selecting Layers......Page 209 Deleting Layers......Page 210 Selecting Objects with Layers......Page 211 Arranging Layers and Objects......Page 213 Duplicating Layers and Objects......Page 215 Locking Layers and Objects......Page 216 Showing and Hiding Layers and Objects......Page 217 Merging Layers and Groups......Page 218 Moving Objects to a Layer......Page 219 Flattening Layers......Page 221 Locating Objects in the Layers Panel......Page 222 8 Working with Type......Page 224 Using Type Tools......Page 225 Creating Type......Page 226 Creating Type in a Text Box......Page 227 Creating Area Type......Page 228 Creating Path Type......Page 229 Modifying Type on a Path......Page 231 Importing Text......Page 232 Selecting Type......Page 233 Copying or Moving Type......Page 235 Working with Overflow Type......Page 237 Changing Fonts......Page 239 Changing Font Size......Page 241 Leading Type......Page 242 Kerning Type......Page 243 Tracking Type......Page 244 Scaling Type......Page 245 Rotating Type......Page 246 Aligning Paragraphs......Page 247 Indenting and Spacing Paragraphs......Page 248 Setting Tabs......Page 249 Working with Hyphenation......Page 250 Working with Type Styles......Page 251 Using Smart Punctuation......Page 253 Working with Glyphs......Page 254 Wrapping Type Around an Object......Page 255 Creating Type Outlines......Page 256 Anti-aliasing Type......Page 257 9 Working with Graphics......Page 258 Opening Graphics......Page 259 Placing Graphics......Page 260 Placing Graphics from Adobe Bridge......Page 261 Linking Graphics......Page 263 Managing Linked Graphics......Page 265 Tracing Raster Graphics......Page 267 Converting Tracing to Paths......Page 269 Applying Graphic Styles......Page 270 Creating Graphic Styles......Page 271 Editing Graphic Styles......Page 273 Applying Appearance Attributes......Page 275 Creating a Mosaic Graphic......Page 277 10 Manipulating Artwork with Effects......Page 278 Applying Illustrator Effects......Page 279 Applying the Convert to Shape Effect......Page 281 Applying the Scribble Effect......Page 282 Applying the Inner or Outer Glow Effect......Page 283 Applying the Drop Shadow Effect......Page 284 Applying 3D Effects......Page 285 Changing Raster Effects Settings......Page 287 Working with the Effect Gallery......Page 289 Using the Gaussian Blur Effect......Page 291 Using the Unsharp Mask Effect......Page 292 Applying Multiple Effects......Page 293 Controlling Effects Using Selections......Page 294 Viewing Various Effects......Page 295 11 Drawing and Painting......Page 298 Using the Pencil Tool......Page 299 Creating Live Paint Groups......Page 301 Setting Live Paint Bucket Tool Options......Page 303 Using the Live Paint Bucket Tool......Page 305 Using the Live Paint Selection Tool......Page 307 Modifying Live Paint Groups......Page 309 Selecting Gap Options......Page 311 Using the Brushes Panel......Page 312 Using the Paintbrush Tool......Page 313 Creating and Editing Scatter Brushes......Page 315 Creating and Editing Calligraphic Brushes......Page 317 Creating and Editing Art Brushes......Page 319 Creating and Editing Pattern Brushes......Page 321 Creating and Editing Bristle Brushes......Page 323 Working with Brushes......Page 325 Working with Liquify Tools......Page 327 12 Using Symbols......Page 328 Using the Symbols Panel......Page 329 Using Symbol Libraries......Page 330 Working with Symbols......Page 331 Duplicating and Editing Symbols......Page 333 Breaking Symbol Links......Page 335 Using the Symbol Sprayer Tool......Page 337 Setting Symbolism Tools Options......Page 338 Using the Symbol Shifter Tool......Page 339 Using the Symbol Scruncher Tool......Page 340 Using the Symbol Sizer Tool......Page 341 Using the Symbol Spinner Tool......Page 342 Using the Symbol Stainer Tool......Page 343 Using the Symbol Screener Tool......Page 344 Using the Symbol Styler Tool......Page 345 Expanding Symbol Instances......Page 346 Using 9-Slice Scaling for Symbols......Page 347 Aligning Symbols to the Pixel Grid......Page 349 Setting the Symbol Registration Point......Page 350 13 Automating the Way You Work......Page 352 Examining the Actions Panel......Page 353 Building a New Action......Page 355 Controlling the Playback of a Command......Page 356 Adding a Stop to an Action......Page 357 Inserting a Non-Recordable Command into an Action......Page 358 Adding a Command to an Action......Page 359 Deleting a Command from an Action......Page 360 Working with Batch File Processing......Page 361 Opening and Using Scripts......Page 363 Defining and Editing Data Variables......Page 365 Creating and Formatting a Data Graph......Page 367 Adding Graph Designs to a Graph......Page 369 14 Proofing and Printing Documents......Page 370 Using Spell Check......Page 371 Using Custom Dictionaries......Page 372 Finding and Replacing Text and Elements......Page 373 Finding and Changing Fonts......Page 375 Printing a Document......Page 377 Printing with Presets......Page 378 Setting General Print Options......Page 379 Setting Marks and Bleed Options......Page 381 Setting Graphics Options......Page 383 Previewing Color Separations......Page 384 Setting Output Options......Page 385 Setting Advanced Options......Page 387 Setting Color Management Options......Page 389 Checking for Print Problems......Page 390 Inserting File Information......Page 391 Using the Document Info Panel......Page 393 15 Exporting a Document......Page 394 Exporting a Document......Page 395 Understanding Export File Formats......Page 396 Exporting as a Bitmap......Page 397 Exporting as a TIFF......Page 398 Exporting to Photoshop......Page 399 Exporting with Presets......Page 400 Exporting as a Flash Movie......Page 401 Saving as Adobe PDF......Page 403 Saving as an EPS......Page 405 Saving as Adobe Flex......Page 407 Saving a Document for Microsoft Office......Page 409 Saving as a Template......Page 410 16 Designing for the Web and Devices......Page 412 Saving for the Web......Page 413 Working with Save For Web Options......Page 415 Optimizing an Image to File Size......Page 416 Working with Web File Formats......Page 417 Optimizing a JPEG Document......Page 419 Optimizing a GIF Document......Page 421 Optimizing a PNG-8 Document......Page 423 Optimizing a PNG-24 Document......Page 425 Optimizing a WBMP Document......Page 426 Slicing Images the Easy Way......Page 427 Working with Slices......Page 429 Arranging Slices......Page 431 Adding HTML Text or an URL Link to a Slice......Page 433 Saving Slices for the Web......Page 435 Saving Selected Slices......Page 437 Optimizing SWF or SVG for the Web......Page 438 17 Customizing the Way You Work......Page 440 Setting General Preferences......Page 441 Changing Selection & Anchor Display Preferences......Page 443 Setting Type Preferences......Page 445 Changing Units Preferences......Page 447 Setting Slices and Hyphenation Preferences......Page 448 Selecting Plug-ins......Page 449 Selecting Scratch Disks......Page 450 Setting User Interface Preferences......Page 451 Setting File Handling & Clipboard Preferences......Page 452 Working with Appearance of Black Preferences......Page 453 Defining Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 454 Using Drawing Tablets......Page 455 18 Working Together with Adobe Programs......Page 456 Exploring Adobe Programs......Page 457 Exploring Adobe Bridge......Page 458 Getting Started with Adobe Bridge......Page 459 Getting Photos from a Digital Camera......Page 460 Working with Raw Images from a Digital Camera......Page 461 Working with Images Using Adobe Bridge......Page 463 Setting Preferences in Adobe Bridge......Page 465 Applying Image Adjustments......Page 467 Creating a Web Photo Gallery......Page 468 Automating Tasks in Adobe Bridge......Page 469 Using Mini Bridge......Page 470 Exploring CS Live Services......Page 471 Sharing My Screen......Page 472 Reviewing CS Documents......Page 473 Exploring Adobe Device Central......Page 475 Checking Content Using Adobe Device Central......Page 476 Using Adobe Extension Manager......Page 477 Project 1: Creating and Using Multiple Artboards......Page 478 Project 2: Tracing and Recoloring Artwork......Page 481 Project 3: Creating Stylized 3D Type......Page 483 Project 4: Creating and Using the Bristle Brush......Page 485 Want More Projects......Page 486 New Features......Page 488 Adobe Certified Expert......Page 492 Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 498 A......Page 510 B......Page 511 C......Page 512 D......Page 513 E......Page 515 F......Page 516 G......Page 517 J......Page 518 M......Page 519 O......Page 520 P......Page 521 R......Page 523 S......Page 524 T......Page 526 U......Page 527 X......Page 528 Z......Page 529