Adobe illustrator CS3 how-tos : 100 essential techniques

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karlins, David, Author.

Contributor:

Hopkins, Bruce K., Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe Illustrator (Computer file).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Adobe® Illustrator® CS3 How-Tos

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] AdobePress 2007

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Adobe Illustrator CS3 is more than just the world's most popular and powerful illustration tool: As part of the Adobe's Creative Suite 3, it's a key component of an overall design workflow that lets users work seamlessly among all of their graphics applications to create graphically rich content for print, Web, motion graphics, and mobile devices. This info-packed guide lets users get right down to work by focusing on the Illustrator CS3 features they're most likely to use and showcasing each in a stand-alone tip--complete with a relevant hint or two and a graphic example. In this fashion, readers learn just what they need to know, exploring the program in a way that makes sense to them. Before they know it, users will be using the new path eraser tool and making vivid artwork using the new Live Color feature and the updated recolor filters, as well as creating symbols and applying instances and exporting their work to Adobe Flash.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Acknowledgments

Contents

Chapter One. Getting Started

#1. Creating a New Document

#2. Defining Preferences

#3. Controlling the Workspace

#4. Defining Guides

#5. Creating and Using Grids

#6. Saving Files

#7. Printing Files

#8. Using the Control Panel

#9. Finding Tools

#10. Applying Stroke and Fill Colors

#11. Relying on Smart Guides

Chapter Two. Drawing Lines and Shapes

#12. Drawing Lines

#13. Drawing Ellipses and Circles

#14. Drawing Spirals

#15. Drawing Rectangles

#16. Drawing Polygons and Stars

#17. Drawing Grids

#18. Drawing with the Pencil Tool

#19. Drawing with the Pen Tool

#20. Using the Eraser and Path Eraser Tools

#21. Creating Compound Paths

#22. Dividing Paths with the Scissors and Knife Tools

#23. Clipping with Masks

#24. Defining an Interactive Crop Area

Chapter Three. Drawing with Brushes

#25. Applying or Drawing with Brushes

#26. Creating Calligraphic Brushes

#27. Creating Art Brushes

#28. Creating Scatter Brushes

#29. Working with Pattern Brushes

Chapter Four. Editing Paths

#30. Selecting Path Segments and Paths

#31. Defining, Selecting, and Isolating Groups

#32. Selecting and Editing Anchors

#33. Aligning Anchors

#34. Selecting Similar Objects

#35. Editing with the Bounding Box

#36. Duplicating

#37. Scaling

#38. Rotating

#39. Shearing (Skewing)

#40. Distorting with Envelopes

#41. Using Pathfinders

Chapter Five. Creating Fills and Strokes

#42. Using Color and Pattern Swatches

#43. Using Color Guides and Live Color

#44. Grabbing Colors with the Eyedropper

#45. Defining Gradients

#46. Formatting Strokes

#47. Stacking Strokes in the Appearance Panel

#48. Stacking Fills in the Appearance Panel.

#49. Creating and Merging Live Paint Groups

#50. Applying Color to Live Paint Faces and Edges

#51. Editing Live Paint Edges

Chapter Six. Working with Layers

#52. Organizing Projects into Layers

#53. Viewing and Isolating Layers

#54. Finding Objects in Layers

#55. Using Layers for Transparency or Clipping

#56. Placing and Editing Raster Images

#57. Using Live Trace

Chapter Seven. Creating and Formatting Type

#58. Creating Type Inserted at a Point

#59. Creating Area Type

#60. Defining Font and Size

#61. Selecting Type

#62. Kerning, Leading, and Tracking

#63. Scaling Type

#64. Applying Type Attributes

#65. Using Type Styles

#66. Using OpenType Glyphs

#67. Outlining Type

#68. Formatting Paragraphs

#69. Using Paragraph Styles

#70. Linking Type Objects

#71. Flowing Type Around Paths

#72. Placing Type on Paths

Chapter Eight. Aligning, Arranging, and Clipping

#73. Aligning and Distributing Objects

#74. Snapping to Grids

#75. Measuring and Placing Objects

#76. Managing Stacking

#77. Using Clipping Masks

#78. Masking with Type

#79. Applying Opacity Masks

Chapter Nine. Transparency, Filters, and Effects

#80. Applying Transparency

#81. Step and Smooth Blends

#82. Adjusting Blends

#83. Applying Filters

#84. Applying Effects

#85. Using Photoshop Effects

#86. Warping with Liquify Tools

#87. Using Graphic Styles

Chapter Ten. 3-D Effects

#88. 3-D Extrusion Effects

#89. 3-D Rotation and Revolve Effects

#90. Mapping Symbols onto 3-D Effects

Chapter Eleven. Managing Illustration Workflow

#91. Creating Symbols and Applying Instances

#92. Editing Symbols

#93. Previewing in Device Central

#94. Sharing Editable Illustrator Files

#95. Exporting Vector Files

#96. Managing File Size

#97. Exporting to Raster Formats.

#98. Saving for the Web

#99. Exporting to Flash

#100. Exporting HTML Pages

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9780132701303

0132701308

OCLC:

172621713