E L A I N E W E I N M A N N

P E T E R L O U R E K A S

Illustrator CC

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TWO WAYS TO LEARN—PRINT & eBOOK!

VISUAL QUICKSTART GUIDE

Illustrator CC

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ElainE WEinMann PEtEr lourEkas

Peachpit Press

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© Chris Lyons

For Simona

Visual QuickStart Guide Illustrator CC Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas

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Acknowledgments

Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel has enthusiastically supported our projects since her

tenure began as the publisher of Peachpit Press.

Susan Rimerman, our editor, keeps the many wheels in motion for us at Peachpit.

Lisa Brazieal, production editor, did an expert job of preparing our files for

printing by RR Donnelley.

Victor Gavenda, executive editor of Adobe Press, graciously resolved some

unexpected snags.

Among the other staff members at Peachpit Press who contribute their talents

on an ongoing basis are Nancy Davis, editor in chief; Gary-Paul Prince,

promotions manager; Glenn Bisignani, marketing manager; and Alison Serafini,

contracts manager.

Elaine Soares, photo research manager, and Lee Scher, photo research

coordinator, both of the Image Resource Center at Pearson Education (the

parent company of Peachpit Press), quickly procured the stock graphics from

Shutterstock.com that we requested.

Chris Lyons, Adobe Illustrator maestro, graciously allowed us to reproduce his

artwork on pages i, viii, and 472 (visit chrislyonsillustration.com).

Cari Jansen, Adobe certified instructor, verified passages of this book in Windows.

We package our own books, which means that in addition to writing and testing

the text and creating the illustrations, we design and produce press-ready

InDesign files. To help us finish this title, Steve Rath generated a comprehensive

index, and Elaine Merrill did a meticulous job of proofreading.

We commend the Illustrator CC prerelease team for producing a great product

and for welcoming user input via the beta forum. Among the many people who

did excellent work are Anubhav Rohatgi, senior product manager; Terry Hemphill,

senior product marketing manager; Dimple Naresh, software engineer; Neeraj

Nandkeolyar, product quality specialist; and Pallab Jyotee Hazarika, prerelease

program associate.

This year, amidst two book revisions, we sold our home and moved 800 miles.

We’re grateful to our daughters, Alicia and Simona, for being great company and

for helping us every step of the way.

Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas

iv Contents

Contents1 create & save filesLaunching Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Creating a new document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Using templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Adding artboards to a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Deleting artboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Modifying artboards ★. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Aligning and rearranging artboards . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Choosing artboard options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Saving a document in the Adobe Illustrator (.ai) format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Ending a work session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

2 Manage colorIntroduction to color management . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Choosing color settings for Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . .17

Synchronizing the color settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Changing the document profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Proofing a document onscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

3 WorkspacesFeatures of the Illustrator workspace . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Using tabbed document windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Arranging document windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Changing the zoom level ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Moving an area of a document into view ★ . . . . . . .28

Fitting an artboard in the document window . . . . . . .28

Changing the screen mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Switching document views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Creating custom views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Configuring the panel groups and docks . . . . . . . . . .32

Choosing, saving, managing, and resetting workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

4 PanelsThe Illustrator panels that are used in this book ★. .37

5 BridgeOpening files from Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Launching Adobe Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Features of the Bridge window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Choosing a workspace for Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Previewing graphics in Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Opening files from Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Customizing the Bridge window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Saving custom workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Resetting the Bridge workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Using thumbnail stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Searching for files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Creating and using collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Rating and labeling thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Filtering the display of thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Choose a sorting order for thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . .72

Assigning keywords to files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Exporting the Bridge cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Managing files via Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

6 geometric objectsSelecting and deleting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Creating rectangles and ellipses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Creating polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Creating stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Creating line segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Creating spirals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Creating pixel-perfect artwork for the Web . . . . . . . .82

7 freehand drawingA quick color primer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Drawing with the Pencil tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Drawing with the Paintbrush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Choosing options for the Pencil and Paintbrush tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Using the Blob Brush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

8 selectThe five selection tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Using the Selection tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Using the Direct Selection tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Selecting objects via a command ★ . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Selecting objects via the Layers panel . . . . . . . . . . .93

Working with groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Isolating individual objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Using the Lasso tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Using the Magic Wand tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Saving selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Selecting and deselecting all objects . . . . . . . . . . . .98

9 Move, copy & alignMoving objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Aligning objects with the help of Smart Guides . . . . 100

Copying objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Aligning and distributing objects via buttons . . . . . 105

In this table of contents and throughout this book, new or improved Illustrator CC features are identified by red stars.★

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Applying a variable width profile preset to an object’s stroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Changing an object’s stroke width using the Width tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Reshaping objects with the Blob Brush tool . . . . . . 168

Exercise: Draw and reshape objects in a freehand style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Using the Reshape tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Exercise: Create a brush with the Reshape tool . . . . 170

Erasing sections of objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Aligning points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Joining endpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Reshaping objects using commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Slicing and dicing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Exercise: Draw a glass of beer (or cream soda!) . . . . 178

13 layersGetting to know the Layers panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Creating layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Deleting layers and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Selecting listings on the Layers panel . . . . . . . . . . 184

Selecting objects via the Layers panel . . . . . . . . . . 186

Restacking layers and objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Duplicating layers and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Locking layers and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Hiding layers and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Collecting objects into a new layer . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Releasing objects to layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Merging layers and groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Flattening layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

14 appearances Applying appearance attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Editing appearance attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Hiding and deleting appearance attributes . . . . . . . 203

Copying appearance attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Expanding appearance attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

15 EffectsApplying Illustrator effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Editing, duplicating, and deleting effects. . . . . . . . 208

A few Illustrator effects up close. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Rasterizing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Applying Photoshop effects via the Effect Gallery . . . 215

16 graphic stylesGraphic styles basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Loading graphic styles from a library . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Creating ruler guides ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Creating guides from objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Locking and unlocking guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Clearing guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Using the grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

10 fill & strokeUsing color in Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Colors for your output medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Using the basic color controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Saving colors as swatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Choosing colors via the Color panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Applying colors from a library ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Changing the tint percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Changing the stroke weight, alignment, caps, and joins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Creating arrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Creating a dashed stroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Using the Eyedropper tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Using the Swatches panel ★. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Using the Color Guide panel ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Using Kuler ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Replacing colors in your artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Inverting colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Colorizing grayscale images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Blending fill colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Creating a pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Editing a pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

11 transformTransforming an object via its bounding box . . . . . . 145

Using the Free Transform tool ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Using the Scale, Rotate, Shear, and Reflect tools . . . 148

Using the Transform and Control panels . . . . . . . . . 150

Using the Transform Each command . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Using the Transform effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Repeating a transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

12 reshapeThe building blocks of a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Moving points and segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Reshaping curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Converting points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Adding points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Deleting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Reshaping objects with the Pencil or Paintbrush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

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Applying graphic styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Removing a graphic style from an object . . . . . . . . 221

Applying multiple graphic styles to an object . . . . . 222

Creating graphic styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Redefining graphic styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Deleting graphic styles from the panel . . . . . . . . . . 225

Creating a custom graphic styles library . . . . . . . . . 226

Breaking the link to a graphic style . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

17 image traceTracing a raster image using a preset . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Applying custom tracing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Expanding a tracing into paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

18 live PaintCreating a Live Paint group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Using the Live Paint Bucket tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Using the Live Paint Selection tool . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Reshaping a Live Paint group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Adding new faces and edges to a Live Paint group . . . 245

Ch oosing gap options for a Live Paint group . . . . . . 246

Ex panding and releasing Live Paint groups . . . . . . . 247

19 create typeThe type tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Choosing a font and font size for a type tool ★ . . . 250

Creating point type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Creating area type ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Creating path type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Copying or moving type characters . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Importing text into Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Threading type objects ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Converting point type to area type, and vice versa ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Rotating type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Exercise: Putting type on a circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

20 style & Edit typeSelecting type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Changing the font family and style ★. . . . . . . . . . 267

Changing the font size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Changing the leading value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Applying kerning and tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Using smart punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Inserting alternate glyphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Applying hyphenation ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Changing paragraph alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Changing paragraph indentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Changing inter-paragraph spacing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Using paragraph and character styles . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Using the Touch Type tool ★. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Hanging punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Setting tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Changing the baseline shift value . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Creating type outlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Wrapping type around an object ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Exercise: Create a shadow for point type . . . . . . . . . 289

Applying appearance attributes to type . . . . . . . . . 290

Exercise: Add multiple strokes to a character . . . . . . 291

Exercise: Use the Free Distort effect on type . . . . . . 292

21 Pen toolsDrawing with the Pen tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Converting anchor points on paths . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Ex ercise: Draw a knife with the Pen tool . . . . . . . . . 299

22 acquire imagesHow images are acquired in Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . 301

Using the Open command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Using the Place command ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Importing Photoshop images into Illustrator. . . . . . 306

Managing linked images ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Embedding and unembedding images ★ . . . . . . . . 311

Dragging and dropping images into Illustrator . . . . 312

23 BrushesApplying brushes to existing paths . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Using the Brushes panel ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Removing brush strokes from objects. . . . . . . . . . . 316

Expanding brush strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Creating and editing Calligraphic brushes . . . . . . . . 318

Creating and editing Scatter brushes ★ . . . . . . . . . 320

Creating and editing Art brushes ★. . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Creating and editing Bristle brushes . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Creating and editing Pattern brushes ★. . . . . . . . . 328

Painting brush strokes inside objects. . . . . . . . . . . 332

Duplicating brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Editing a brush manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Editing brush strokes on objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Deleting brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Creating a custom brush library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

24 gradientsApplying a gradient to an object’s fill or stroke . . . . 337

Creating a two-color gradient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Editing gradient colors via on-object controls . . . . . 343

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Saving a gradient as a swatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Changing the position, length, or angle of a gradient in an object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Spreading a single gradient across multiple objects . . 347

Expanding a gradient into paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

25 combine PathsUsing the Shape Builder tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Applying the Shape Mode commands . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Applying the Pathfinder commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Using the Compound Path command . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Working with compound paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Applying Pathfinder effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

26 clipping MasksCreating a clipping set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Selecting objects in a clipping set. . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Adding objects to, and deleting them from, a clipping set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Releasing a clipping set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

27 transparencyChanging an object’s opacity or blending mode . . . . 371

Controlling which objects the transparency settings affect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Creating an opacity mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Editing masked artwork or the masking object in an opacity mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

28 symbolsAccessing the symbol libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Creating individual symbol instances . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Creating symbol sets with the Symbol Sprayer tool . . 382

Replacing symbols in a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Creating symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Deleting symbols from the panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Creating a custom symbol library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Editing symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Choosing options for the symbolism tools. . . . . . . . 386

Using the Symbol Shifter, Scruncher, Sizer, Spinner, Stainer, Screener, and Styler tools . . . . . 387

Unlinking symbol instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Expanding symbol instances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

29 live colorCreating color groups via the Recolor

Artwork dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Using the color wheel in the Recolor Artwork dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Assigning colors to artwork via the Recolor Artwork dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Reducing colors via the Recolor Artwork dialog . . . . 399

30 PreferencesOpening the Preferences dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

General Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Sync Settings Preferences ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Selection & Anchor Display Preferences . . . . . . . . . 405

Type Preferences ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Units Preferences ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Guides & Grid Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Smart Guides Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Slices Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Hyphenation Preferences ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Plug-ins & Scratch Disks Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . 411

User Interface Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

File Handling & Clipboard Preferences . . . . . . . . . . 413

Appearance of Black Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

31 Print & ExportPrint dialog: General options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Marks and Bleed options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Output options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Graphics options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Color Management options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Advanced options ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Summary options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Using the Separations Preview panel ★. . . . . . . . . 426

Printing and exporting semitransparent objects ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Creating and editing presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Producing crop and trim marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

Choosing a resolution for effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Packaging files for output ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Choosing a file format for export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Saving files in the Adobe PDF format . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Using the Export command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Using the Document Info panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Optimizing files for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Exporting artwork as CSS code ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Exporting Illustrator files to Adobe Photoshop . . . . 448

appendix creative cloud & Behance ★ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

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Loading graphic styles from a library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Applying graphic styles . . . . . . . . . .220

Removing a graphic style from an object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Applying multiple graphic styles to an object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Creating graphic styles . . . . . . . . . . .223

Redefining graphic styles . . . . . . . . .224

Deleting graphic styles from the panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Creating a custom graphic styles library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Breaking the link to a graphic style . .226

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A graphic style is a collection of appearance attributes that is stored on the Graphic Styles panel and can be applied to an object, group, or layer. Any appearance attributes that can be applied to an object can be saved in a graphic style, such as fills and strokes, Stroke panel settings, Transparency panel settings (opacity and blending mode), and effects.A

In this chapter, you will learn how to load graphic styles from a library panel to the Graphic Styles panel; apply, remove, create, duplicate, redefine, and delete graphic styles; save custom graphic styles libraries; and break the link between an object and a graphic style.

Graphic styles basicsTo display the Graphic Styles panel, B choose Window > Graphic Styles. You can also display a temporary Graphic Styles panel by clicking the Style thumbnail or arrowhead on the Control panel.

Delete Graphic

Style

New Graphic

Style

Break Link to Graphic Style

Graphic Styles Libraries menu

B The Graphic Styles panel

A These objects have the same underlying paths, but different graphic styles.

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These are some of the benefits to using graphic styles:

➤ Using graphic styles, you can quickly apply many attributes at once.

➤ Graphic styles change the way an object looks without changing its underlying path.

➤ If you redefine a graphic style, the style will update instantly on any objects to which it’s already assigned.

➤ At any time, you can apply a different graphic style to an object, apply additional styles, restore the default style (a 1-pt. black stroke and a solid white fill), or remove the style altogether.

If you’re wondering if graphic styles are like paragraph and character styles, the answer is yes — except for one significant difference. If you modify an attribute directly on an object that is linked to a graphic style, that modification effectively breaks the link between the object and the style. If you were to subsequently redefine that graphic style, it wouldn’t update on that object.

When an object or a group containing a graphic style is targeted, the style name and its individual attributes are listed on, and can be edited via, the Appearance panel.A–B Note: In this chapter, you will use the Graphic Styles, Appearance, and Layers panels.

A When an object or a group containing a graphic style is targeted, the style name and its attributes are listed on the Appearance panel.

The original objects Blue Neon(Neon Effects library)

B We applied a few Illustrator graphic styles to these objects, just to give you an inkling of what styles can do.

Scribble 7 (Scribble Effects library)

RGB Dirt (Textures library)

RGB Burlap(Textures library)

RGB Denim(Textures library)

Yellow Glow (Image Effects library)

Metal Gold(Type Effects library)

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Loading graphic styles from a libraryThe default Graphic Styles panel contains only eight styles, but there are many other predefined graphic styles that you can load onto the panel. The styles on the panel save with the current document.

To load graphic styles from a library:1. From the Graphic Styles Libraries menu at the

bottom of the Graphic Styles panel, choose a library name. A separate library panel opens.A

Note: User libraries are opened from the User Defined submenu on the Graphic Styles Libraries menu (see page 226).

2. Do one of the following:

To add a style to the Graphic Styles panel by apply-ing it to an object, select an object, then click a style thumbnail in the library. The chosen style will also appear on the Graphic Styles panel.

To add a style to the Graphic Styles panel without styling an object, deselect, then click a style thumb-nail in the library.

To add multiple styles, click, then Shift-click a series of consecutive styles on the library panel or Cmd-click/Ctrl-click multiple styles, then choose Add to Graphic Styles from the library panel menu.

3. To cycle through other predefined libraries (in alphabetical order), click the Load Previous Graphic Styles Library button or Load Next Graphic Styles Library button on the library panel.

➤ If a style that you load onto the Graphic Styles panel contains a brush stroke (such as the Charcoal style in the Artistic Effects library), and that brush isn’t already present on the document’s Brushes panel, Illustrator will add it to the Brushes panel.

➤ To change the view for the Graphic Styles panel or a library panel, from the panel menu, choose Thumbnail View, Small List View, or Large List View. Also choose the Use Square for Preview option (the default square shape) or the Use Text for Preview option (to have a “T” character display in each thumbnail).B

➤ To load a graphic styles library from another Illustrator document, choose Other Library from the Graphic Styles Libraries menu, locate the desired file, then click Open. A library panel opens.

A Graphic styles libraries display in a separate panel.

B We chose the Use Text for Preview option for this panel.

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Applying graphic stylesWhen you apply a graphic style to an object, the attri-butes in the style replace the existing attributes in the object completely. On the preceding page, you learned that a graphic style is applied to a selected object automatically if you click a style on a library panel. In the steps below, you will apply a style via the Graphic Styles panel. The style will remain associated with the object unless you break the link (see page 226).

To apply a graphic style to an object:1. Display the Graphic Styles panel, and load any

styles onto it that you want to try out.

2. Do either of the following:

With the Selection tool (V), select one or more objects in the document window.

On the right side of the Layers panel, click the target circle for one or more objects.A

3. Do either of the following:

Click a style name or thumbnail on the Graphic Styles panel.B–C The name of the graphic style that’s linked to the selected object, group, or layer is listed at the top of the Appearance panel. Some styles take a few moments to process.

Click the Style thumbnail on the Control panel to open a temporary Graphic Styles panel, then click a style on the panel.

➤ To view an enlarged thumbnail of a graphic style on the panel, right-click and hold on the thumbnail.

➤ To preserve the existing fill and stroke colors of type when applying a graphic style, uncheck Override Character Color on the Graphic Styles panel menu before applying the style.

C The graphic style appeared on the object.

FISHA Via the Layers panel, we targeted a type object for an appearance change.

B Then we clicked a swatch on the Graphic Styles panel (Raised Edge Mouse Down is in the Buttons and Rollovers library).

applying styles to a group ➤ If you apply a graphic style to a group, it will apply

automatically to any objects that you subsequently add to that group. You can also apply a different graphic style or attributes to individual objects within the group (yes, this can lead to confusion!).

➤ If you apply a graphic style to a targeted group and you don’t see a change in the artwork, on the Appearance panel, drag the Contents listing below the bottommost Fill listing (note that this will break the link to the style).

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Removing a graphic style from an objectTo remove a graphic style that you have applied to an object, use the default graphic style, which applies a solid white fill and a black stroke of 1 pt. (Note: If you need to break the link to a style without changing the object’s appearance, see page 226.)

To remove a graphic style from an object and apply the default style:1. With the Selection tool (V), select the object to

which you want to restore the default graphic style, or on the Layers panel, click the object’s target circle.A

2. On the Graphic Styles panel, click the Default Graphic Style (first) thumbnail. B–C

If you apply a graphic style to a layer or group and then subsequently decide to remove it, you need to click a different button than for an object.

To remove a graphic style from a layer or group:1. Target the layer or group from which you want

to remove a graphic style.

2. At the bottom of the Appearance panel, click the Clear Appearance button.

There are two ways to establish basic style settings for future objects.

To choose basic styling for future objects:1. Deselect, then choose a fill and stroke color (or

None) and choose Stroke Weight, Cap, Corner, and optional Dashed Line settings on the Stroke panel.

2. On the Appearance panel menu, check New Art Has Basic Appearance. The current Fill and Stroke colors and the chosen Stroke panel settings will apply to newly created objects (no graphic styles, effects, or extra fill or stroke attributes).

Note: If you uncheck New Art Has Basic Appearance, the attributes that are currently on the Appearance panel will be applied to new objects instead of the basic Stroke and FIll settings.

To choose the default graphic style for future objects:1. Deselect.

2. On the Graphic Styles panel, click the Default Graphic Style thumbnail.

A This object has a graphic style (RGB Diamond Plate). We want to restore the default style to it.

C The default graphic style has a white fill and a black 1-pt. stroke.

B We clicked the Default Graphic Style thumb-nail on the Graphic Styles panel.

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Applying multiple graphic styles to an objectInstead of letting a graphic style wipe out all the exist-ing attributes on an object, you can add a graphic style to the existing attributes. Styles from the Additive and Additive for Blob Brush libraries must be applied this way, but any other graphic style can also be applied as an additive style.

To add a graphic style to an object’s existing attributes: 1. With the Selection tool (V), click an object to

which appearance attributes or a graphic style has been applied,A or target the object via the Layers panel.

2. Optional: Open the Additive or Additive for Blob Brush graphic styles library or another library (see page 219). The thumbnails for additive styles have a red slash.

3. On the Graphic Styles panel or on a library panel, Option-click/Alt-click a style thumbnail.B–C The new style will be added to the existing attributes.

Note: If the results are not what you expected, it may be due to the stacking order of attributes on the Appearance panel. For example, a fully opaque fill attribute may be obscuring another fill attribute below it. To change the result, change the opacity and/or blending mode of the attributes that are listed first (see page 372), or restack them. To verify the effect of an attribute, hide and then show it by clicking in the visibility column.

➤ Graphic styles can be applied to symbol instances with the Symbol Styler tool (see page 391).

C And then we added the Drop Shadow style (Additive library) to the existing style.

A These are the original objects.

B We applied the Embossed Blind style (Image Effects library).

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Creating graphic stylesThere are two ways to create a new graphic style. You can base it on an existing object that contains the desired attributes, or you can duplicate an existing style and then edit the duplicate. The first method will prob-ably feel more natural and intuitive, especially if you want to experiment with various settings for the new style before you create it.

To create a graphic style from an object:1. Target an object that contains the attributes to

be saved as a graphic style. If desired, use the Appearance panel to apply attributes that you want the style to contain, such as effects, additional fills or strokes, or opacity settings.A

2. Do either of the following:

On the Graphic Styles panel, Option-click/Alt-click the New Graphic Style button, type a name for the style in the Graphic Style Options dialog, then click OK. The new style will appear as the last thumbnail or listing on the panel.B–C

Drag the thumbnail from the upper left corner of the Appearance panel onto the Graphic Styles panel, or with the Selection tool, drag the object onto the Graphic Styles panel. Double-click the new style swatch, type a name for it, then click OK.

To modify a duplicate graphic style:1. On the Graphic Styles panel, click the style

swatch or name to be duplicated, then click the New Graphic Style button. A numeral will be appended to the style name (e.g., the numeral “1” for the first duplicate of the style).

2. Double-click the duplicate style to open the Graphic Style Options dialog, type a name for the style, then click OK.

3. If you click the duplicate graphic style swatch or name, the attributes it contains will be listed on the Appearance panel. Edit the style by following the steps on the next page.

➤ If you save your favorite graphic styles to a custom library, you’ll be able to access and use that library in any document (see page 226).

C We applied our new style to some other objects.

B The new style appears as the last swatch on the Graphic Styles panel.

A Click an object that contains the attributes to be saved as a graphic style.

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Redefining graphic stylesBeware! If you redefine a graphic style, your edits will appear in all the objects to which the style is currently linked. If you don’t want this to happen, duplicate the style first (see “To modify a duplicate graphic style” on the preceding page), then edit the duplicate.

To redefine a graphic style:1. Apply the graphic style to be redefined to an

object, so you’ll be able to preview your edits. Keep the object selected.A–B

2. Via the Appearance panel, edit the object so it has the attributes you want in the redefined style. Edit or restack the existing appearance attributes, add new attributes, or delete any unwanted ones (see Chapter 14).C–D For example, you could apply a different solid color, pattern, or gradient to an existing fill attribute; create an additional fill, stroke, or effect attribute; edit the settings for an existing effect by clicking the effect name; or change the blending mode or opacity via the Opacity link (see Chapter 27).

3. Do either of the following:

On the Appearance panel menu, choose Redefine Graphic Style “[style name].”

Option-drag/Alt-drag the square from the upper left corner of the Appearance panel over the original swatch on the Graphic Styles panel.

Regardless of which method you use, a progress bar may display temporarily, and the style

C We added the Warp (Rise) effect to the object and a Drop Shadow effect to the upper Stroke listing.

D This is the object after we edited its style attributes via the Appearance panel.

B The Appearance panel displays the attributes for the targeted object.

A We applied a graphic style to this object.

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swatch will update to reflect your edits.A Any objects to which the style is linked will update automatically.B

➤ While editing the settings for a graphic style, be careful not to click other styled objects or graphic style thumbnails, or your current appearance settings will be lost.

Deleting graphic styles from the panelIf you delete a graphic style that’s linked to any objects in your document, the attributes from the style will remain on the objects, but of course the link will be broken.

To delete a style from the Graphic Styles panel:1. Deselect, then on the Graphic Styles panel, click

the style to be removed, or Cmd-click/Ctrl-click multiple styles.

2. Click the Delete Graphic Style button on the panel.

3. Click Yes in the alert dialog. (If you change your mind, use the Undo command.)

➤ To delete a selected graphic style without an alert dialog opening, Option-click/Alt-click the Delete Graphic Style button or drag the thumbnail to the Delete Graphic Style button.

A The style updated on the Graphic Styles panel…

B … and also updated on all the objects where it was in use.

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Breaking the link to a graphic styleIf you break the link between an object and a graphic style, the object won’t change visually. However, if you subsequently redefine the style, the style won’t update on that object (but it will update on any other objects it’s still linked to).

To break the link to a graphic style:1. Do one of the following:

With the Selection tool (V), select one or more objects in the document.

Click the target circle for an object on the Layers panel, or if the style was applied to a group, click the target circle for the group.

2. Do either of the following:

Click the Break Link to Graphic Style button at the bottom of the Graphic Styles panel.B

Edit the appearance attributes of the selected item or items (e.g., apply a different fill color, stroke color or setting, pattern, gradient, transpar-ency setting, or effect). Your edits will break the link.

Note: The graphic style name is no longer listed at the top of the Appearance panel for the selected or targeted object(s).

B Click the Break Link to Graphic Style button on the Graphic Styles panel.

Creating a custom graphic styles libraryIf you save your favorite graphic styles to a custom library, you’ll be able to use that library in any docu-ment. You can organize and name your libraries in any logical way, such as by theme or by client name.

To create a graphic styles library:1. Make sure the Graphic Styles panel contains only

the styles to be saved in a library.

2. Optional: To remove all the styles from the Graphic Styles panel that aren’t currently being used in the document, choose Select All Unused from the Graphic Styles panel menu, click the Delete Graphic Style button, then click Yes in the alert dialog.

3. From the Graphic Styles Libraries menu on the Graphic Styles panel, choose Save Graphic Styles.

4. In the Save Graphic Styles as Library dialog, type a name for the library, keep the default location, then click Save.

5. The new library will now be listed on, and can be opened from, the User Defined submenu on the Graphic Styles Libraries menu.A

A User-created libraries are accessed from the Graphic Styles Libraries > User Defined submenu.

Aacquiring images

with drag-and-drop method, 301–302, 312

dragging from Bridge, 312importing, 306–307methods, 301–302with Open command, 302with Place command, 303–305

Add Anchor Point tool, 41, 159Add Anchor Points command, 160Adobe Creative Cloud, 131–133, 404,

449–452Adobe.kuler.com, 131–133Adobe Kuler app for iPhone, 133AI (Adobe Illustrator) format, 13, 436alert dialogs

color settings, 17–18deciphering, 303Embedded Profile Mismatch, 63Font Problems, 63Missing Profile, 63object features, 238opening file, 63

Align panelAlign Objects buttons, 106Align To menu, 105–106defined, 43displaying, 105Distribute Objects buttons, 106Distribute Spacing buttons, 106illustrated, 43, 105

aligninganchor points, 106, 172artboards, 11center points, 100Control panel features, 105existing objects, 82objects, to pixel grid, 106objects, via buttons, 105–106objects, with existing objects, 79paragraphs, 278placed images, 305rulers, 285shapes within symbol instances, 381with Smart Guides, 100–101strokes on paths, 120symbols, to pixel grid, 383text, 284

anchor pointsadding manually, 159adding via commands, 160adding with Paintbrush tool, 161adding with Pen tool, 159, 161adding with Pencil tool, 161adjusting while drawing with Pen

tool, 296aligning, 106, 172converting, 157–158converting on paths, 297–300corner, 155, 297deleting, 162deselecting, 92discontinuous width, 166dragging, 170duplicating, 165joining endpoints into, 173moving, 156multiple, marquee, 170selecting, 92, 96, 156smooth, 155, 297unselected, 92

angles, constrain, 147, 402, 403annotator, type, 260–261ANPA colors, 118anti-aliasing, 268apostrophes, 274appearance attributes

adding graphic styles to, 222adding to stroke or fill, 202applying, 198–201, 290clearing, 203default settings, 199defined, 197deleting, 203duplicating, 204editing, 198, 202expanding, 204functions of, 197hiding, 203

Appearance of Black preferences, 414Appearance panel

Add New Effect menu, 153, 174, 202, 206–207, 209, 211

Add New Fill button, 201, 344Add New Stroke button, 201, 291, 344Brush Definition menu, 202Characters option, 373

Clear Appearance button, 203, 221deciphering, 200defined, 43Delete Selected Item button, 203, 373Fill and Stroke squares, 117, 198Fill listing, 373illustrated, 43, 197New Art Has Basic Appearance

option, 221Opacity link, 199, 202, 372Pathfinder submenu, 362Redefine Graphic Style option, 224Reduce to Basic Appearance

command, 203Stroke Weight controls, 120Type listing, 373

Application bar, 4, 24, 26, 34Application frame, 23–25Arc tool, 41area type

converting to, from point type, 260converting to point type, 261creating, 251–253distinguishing point type from, 250editing, 252illustrated, 252options, 253rotating, 262

Area Type Options dialog, 253Area Type tool, 41, 249, 250Art Brush Options dialog, 322–323, 334Art brushes

applied to path, 314creating, 322–323editing, 322–323, 334images in, using, 322, 324library, 315stroke, scaling, 324See also brushes

Artboard Options dialog, 8, 12Artboard tool, 7, 8, 9, 40artboards

adding, 7aligning, 11area outside of, 12artboards, 11copying, 8creating from rectangular path, 9cycling through, 11

Unless noted otherwise, the entries in this index pertain to Illustrator. index

454 Index

defined, 2deleting, 9dimensions, 7displaying, 10duplicating, 8, 9fitting, 9, 28guide marks, 12illustrated, 3midpoint line display, 12modifying, 10moving, 10multiple, 2naming, 12New Artboard button, 9number assignment, 7options, 12orientation, 10renaming, 8repositioning, 10saving to separate files, 13scaling, 10selecting, 10, 98status bar display, 7

Artboards panel, 8, 9, 10, 44artwork

assigning colors to, 397–398brightness, 396copying as SVG code, 448creating color groups from, 125creating from building blocks, 79creating via Color Guide panel, 125exporting as CSS code, 446–448fitting artboards to, 9inverting colors in, 135oversized, printing, 417pixel-perfect, creating, 82reducing colors in, 397–398replacing colors in, 134as tiled pages, 417

Assign Profile dialog, 21Attributes panel, 44, 103, 360

Bbaseline shift, 286, 406Behance, 452black

appearance preference, 414knockouts, changing, 427rich, 426, 427

bleed values, 418blending modes

changing, 371–373controls, 371

fill, 373glow color, 211group, 372layer, 372restricting, 374stroke, 373in type, 373

Blob Brush toolcombining, 168defined, 40, 87in drawing exercise, 178drawing with, 87functions, 87Live Paint groups created by, 243options, 87reshaping with, 168use illustration, 169

BMP file format, 440bounding box

hiding/showing, 101object-level clipping sets, 367reorienting, 154transforming objects via, 145

Bridge, 55–74cache, 74collections, 69–70dragging images from, 312file management, 74filtering display of thumbnails, 72finding files with, 68getting to Illustrator from, 66interface colors, 66keywords, 73launching, 4, 56opening files from, 62–63panels, 56, 64Path bar, 60, 62previewing graphics in, 60–61rating and labeling thumbnails, 71reopening recently opened files via, 62sorting thumbnails, 72subkeywords, 73synchronizing color settings via, 20thumbnail stacks, 67window, closing/minimizing upon

opening file, 62window, customizing, 64–65window features, 56workspaces, choosing, 58workspaces, order, changing, 58workspaces, resetting, 66workspaces, saving, 66

Bristle Brush Options dialog, 325–326Bristle brushes

applied to path, 314creating and editing, 325–326shortcuts for changing size and

opacity of, 327strokes, enhancing solid-color objects

with, 327brush libraries, 315, 336brush strokes

Art brushes, 322–324Bristle brushes, 325–327Calligraphic brush, 318–319, 335editing, 335expanding, 317, 336methods, 313painting inside objects, 332Pattern brushes, 328–331removing from object, 316scaling, 335Scatter brush, 320–321uniform width, restoring, 324

brushes, 313–332appending to Brushes panel, 315applying to paths, 314colorization methods, 333creating and editing,

Art brushes, 322–324Bristle brushes, 325–327Calligraphic brushes, 318–319Pattern brushes, 328–331Scatter brushes, 320–321

deleting, 336duplicating, 333editing manually, 334loading from library, 315types of, 313variations, creating, 321See also specific types of brushes

Brushes panelappending brushes to, 315Brush Libraries menu, 336default, 313defined, 44Delete Brush button, 336display options, 316illustrated, 44, 316New Brush button, 320, 333Options of Selected Object button,

332, 335Remove Brush Stroke button, 316using, 315–316

Index 455

Ccache (Bridge), 74calibration, display, 16Calligraphic Brush Options dialog,

318–319Calligraphic brushes

applied to path, 314creating and editing, 318–319library, 315See also brushes

canvas, 6caps, stroke, 120–121center point, 100, 103Character panel

All Caps button, 269Anti-Aliasing menu, 268Baseline Shift option, 286Character Rotation value, 262defined, 45Font Family menu, 267Font Size option, 270Font Style menu, 267Horizontal Scale feature, 270illustrated, 45Kerning area, 272Leading option, 271Small Caps button, 269Strikethrough button, 269Subscript/Superscript button, 269Touch Type Tool button, 283Tracking area, 272Underline button, 269Vertical Scale feature, 270

Character Style Options dialog, 282character styles, 279–283

creating, 280deleting, 282–283editing, 281, 282loading from one document to

another, 281text, removing overrides from, 281

Character Styles panelapplying styles via, 281defined and illustrated, 45Delete Selected Styles button, 283Load All Styles command, 281Load Character Styles command, 281

charactersadding multiple strokes to, 291baseline shift, 286inserting and deleting, 250leader, 285

OpenType, 276Charcoal effect, 216circles, type on, 263–264Clipboard, 103, 413clipping paths

defined, 363recoloring, 368selecting, 367, 368

clipping sets, 363–370adding objects to, 369creating, 363–366defined, 363guidelines, 363layer-level, 366, 368object-level, 364–365releasing, 370removing objects from, 369restacking objects in, 369selecting, 367

CMYK color modechanging document mode to, 113converting to, in Photoshop, 312for print output, 117selecting in New Document dialog, 2settings, 17

collections (Bridge), 69–70Collections panel (Bridge)

defined, 56Edit Smart Collection button, 69New Collection button, 70nonsmart collections, 70Smart Collections, 69

color groupsassigning to artwork, 397, 399–400creating, 235

from artwork, 125based on harmony rule, 130via Kuler panel, 125via Recolor Artwork dialog,

393–396from swatches, 125

deleting, 398removing colors from, 398renaming, 125restacking, 125

Color Guide Options dialog, 128Color Guide panel

applying color variations via, 128–129applying variation of current colors

via, 115creating color groups via, 125defined, 46

Edit or Apply Colors button, 393Harmony Rules menu, 130illustrated, 46Limit Color Group to Colors in Swatch

Library menu, 128Save Color Group to Swatch Panel

button, 130Set Base Color to Current Color

button, 115, 128using, 128–130variation options, 128

color management, 15–22color profiles, 16color spaces, 16for commercial print output, 16display calibration for, 16introduction to, 15–16print options, 424

color models, Color panel, 117color modes, document, 113Color panel

applying colors via, 114, 117color models, 117defined, 45Fill and Stroke squares, 117, 119,

338, 339Grayscale option, 117illustrated, 45Spot Color button, 421

Color Picker, 112, 115color profiles, 16, 17–18, 21Color Reduction Options dialog, 400color separations, 420color settings

loading, 18predefined, 17reusing, 18selecting, 17–18synchronizing, 20tracing, 230–232

Color Settings dialogaccessing, 15, 17alert, 20Color Management Policies options,

17–18illustrated, 19Settings menu, 17, 18Working Spaces options, 17

color spaces, 17–18Adobe RGB, 17ColorMatch RGB, 18ColorSync RGB, 18

456 Index

defined, 16Monitor RGB, 18ProPhoto RGB, 17sRGB IEC61966-2.1, 17

color themes. See Kuler and Kuler panelColor Universal Design (CUD)

guidelines, 18color variations. See Color Guide panelcolor-blind, designing for, 18Colorization Tips dialog, 333colorizing grayscale images, 133colors

adding from Color Guide panel, 130ANPA, 118applying

via Color Guide panel, 115via Color panel, 114, 117via Color Picker, 115by dragging, 119with Eyedropper tool, 123via Kuler panel, 133from library, 118with Live Paint Bucket tool, 240with Live Paint Selection tool,

242–243via shortcuts, 116via Swatches panel, 114

assigning to artwork, 397–398blending, 136Bridge interface, 66choosing quickly, 75DIC Color Guide, 118fill, 83, 111, 114–116, 135FOCOLTONE, 118gradient, 342, 343for grayscale images, 135grid, 110guide, 109hexadecimal, 113HKS, 118interface, 23inverting, 135layer selection border, 181limiting to libraries, 399numerical definition of, 117output medium, 112–113PANTONE PLUS, 112, 118for print output, 112–113print settings, 421process, 119, 126proofing, 22reassigning, 398

reducing in artwork, 399–400registration, 433RGB, 113sampling, 123saving as swatches, 116spot, 119, 126, 208stroke, 83, 111, 114–116tint percentage, changing, 119TOYO Color Finder, 118transparency grid, 375TRUMATCH, 112, 118type, 250, 269type object, 252variation, 128–130for Web output, 112–113

combining objectswith Blob Brush tool, 168with Compound Path command,

359–361with Pathfinder commands, 356–358with Shape Builder tool, 349–353with Shape Mode commands, 353–355

Compound Path command, 359–361compound paths

adding objects to, 360compound shapes versus, 358creating, 359defined, 359filled area, making transparent, 360releasing, 361working with, 360–361

compound shapescompound paths versus, 358expanding, 355moving objects within, 353releasing, 355reshaping objects within, 353

compressionGIF file, 442JPEG file, 445PDF file, 438–439saving files in AI format, 13for Web, 442

connecting endpoints, 173constrain angle, 147, 149, 402, 403Content panel (Bridge), 56, 60, 65, 70context menus, 38Control panel

align features, 42, 105Anchors: Remove Selected Anchor

Points button, 162Break Link option, 391

Brush Definition menu, 42, 314, 316in choosing tool options, 39Connect Selected Endpoints button,

42, 173Convert Selected Anchor Points to

Corner button, 42, 158, 298Convert Selected Anchor Points to

Smooth button, 42, 157, 298Cut Path at Selected Anchor Points

button, 42, 176defined, 42Document Setup button, 428Edit Clipping Path button, 367Edit Contents button, 367Edit Symbol option, 385Embed option, 309, 311Expand option, 235, 247Fill color square, 42, 114Font menu, 250Font Size option, 250Font Style menu, 250Gap Options button, 246Hide Handles for Multiple Selected

Anchor Points button, 42Horizontal Align buttons, 42, 172, 173illustrated, 42Isolate Selected Objects button, 96Landscape button, 10Merge Live Paint option, 245Move/Copy Artwork with Artboard

button, 8, 9moving, 42moving artwork via, 151Opacity option, 42, 372opening temporary panels from, 42Portrait button, 10Preferences option, 401Presets menu, 7, 10Recolor Artwork button, 42, 393, 395Remove Selected Anchor Points

option, 42Replace option, 383scaling with, 151Select Similar Options menu, 93, 134Show Handles for Multiple Selected

Anchor Points button, 42splitting path with, 176Stroke color square, 42, 87, 114Stroke Weight area, 42, 120tracking options, 229Unembed button, 311Variable Width Profile menu, 42, 164Vertical Align buttons, 42, 172, 173

Index 457

W, H, X, and Y fields, 151Convert Anchor Point tool

in converting points on paths, 298corner point conversion, 157defined, 41in rotating direction handles, 158smooth point conversion, 158

Convert to Shape effect, 209copying. See duplicatingcorner points

converting endpoints to, 161converting smooth points to, 158, 297converting to smooth points, 157defined and illustrated, 155See also anchor points

corners, stroke, 120–121Creative Cloud

commands for managing files, 451downloading settings from, 449–450Kuler and, 131–133sharing, renaming, moving, archiving

files via, 450–451signing out of, 451syncing settings via, 404, 449–450uploading files to, 450updating programs via, 451

crop marks, 432–433CSS code, 446–448CSS Properties panel

Copy Selected Style button, 447Export Selected CSS button, 447Generate CSS button, 447illustrated, 46, 447Options, 447–448

curvesdrawing with Pen tool, 295reshaping, 156smoother, 159, 295

Custom Transparency Flattener Options dialog, 429–430

Ddashed strokes, 122Delete Anchor Point tool, 41, 162deselecting

objects, 98points or segments, 92, 96

deuteranopes, 18DIC Color Guide colors, 118Diffuse Glow effect, 216Direct Selection tool

defined, 40, 90

deselecting with, 92in isolating objects, 96in reshaping curves, points, or

segments, 156, 157selecting/deselecting with, 92uses, 90

direction handles, 155, 156, 158Discard White Overprint, 425, 428discontinuous width points, 166displays, calibrating, 16distortion, applying, 146distributing objects, 105–106Divide Objects Below command, 177dividing objects, 177, 352docks, panel

closing, 32collapsing, 32, 33creating, 32floating, 34maximizing/minimizing, 32moving, 32, 33reconfiguring, 32–34showing and hiding, 32

Document Info panel, 441Document Raster Effects Settings

dialog, 214, 433Document Setup dialog, 428document windows

arranging, 26Artboard Navigation menu, 75cycling through, 25docking into Application frame, 25fitting artboards in, 28floating, 23multiple, displaying, 26tabbed, 25, 26

documentsanatomy of, 6artboards, 7–12color mode, 2color profiles, 16, 21creating, 2–3flattening settings preview, 430information, viewing, 441moving areas of, into view, 28orientation, 2preferences, setting, 25templates, 4–5views, 30–31zoom level, changing, 27

dotted strokes, 122Draw Behind mode, 184

Draw Inside mode, 75, 332, 365, 369Draw Normal mode, 184drawing

with Blob Brush tool, 87checklist before beginning, 85curves, 295exercise, glass of beer, 178freehand, 83–88geometric objects, 76–82knife with Pen tool, 299–300line segments, 81with Paintbrush tool, 85with Pen tool, 293–296with Pencil tool, 84polygons, 294

drawing modesDraw Behind, 75Draw Inside, 75, 332, 365, 369Draw Normal, 75, 365Tools panel, 40

Drop Shadow effect, 211duplicating

anchor points, 165appearance attributes, 204artboards, 8–9artwork, as SVG code, 448brushes, 333CSS code, 447effects, 208files (Bridge), 74groups, 102–103, 190layers, 190objects

via the Layers panel, 190via the arrow key, 102via the Clipboard, 103via the Selection tool, 102

styles, as CSS code, 447swatches, 126symbol instances, 381type, 256type objects, 256, 258workspaces, 36

EEdit menu

Adobe PDF Presets command, 431Assign Profile command, 13, 21Color Settings command, 15, 17Copy command, 103, 256, 448Cut command, 95, 103, 256Edit Colors submenu, 135, 136Paste command, 95, 103, 256

458 Index

Paste in all Artboards command, 103Paste in Front command, 103Paste in Place command, 103Preferences submenu. See PreferencesPrint Presets command, 431Transparency Flattener Presets

command, 431Undo command, 75

Edit menu (Bridge)Creative Suite Color Settings

command, 20Find command, 68, 69Preferences submenu, 61, 65, 66

Edit Selection dialog, 98Edit Smart Collection dialog

(Bridge), 69Edit Views dialog, 31editing

appearance attributes, 198, 202area type, 252Art brushes, 322–323, 334Bristle brushes, 325–326brush strokes, 332, 334, 335brushes, 334Calligraphic brushes, 318–319character styles, 281–282effects, 208gradients, 347graphic styles, 223linked images, 308objects in opacity masks, 378paragraph styles, 281–282Pattern brushes, 331patterns, 142–143presets, 431Scatter brushes, 320–321, 334selecting type for, 266swatches, 118, 399symbols, 385tracing, 235–236transformations, 153type characters, 250workspaces, 35

Effect Galleryaccessing, 206, 215applying Photoshop effects via, 215using, 215–216

Effect menuapplying effects with, 207Blur submenu, 212Convert to Shape submenu, 209Crop Marks command, 432

Distort & Transform submenu, 213Document Raster Effects command, 214Document Raster Effects Settings

command, 433Effect Gallery command, 215–216illustrated, 206Path submenu, 104Stylize submenu

Drop Shadow command, 212Feather command, 211, 289Inner Glow command, 211Outer Glow command, 211Round Corners command, 78,

157, 209Scribble command, 207, 210

Warp submenu, 208effects, 205–216

applying, 205–207Charcoal, 216Convert to Shape, 209deleting, 208Diffuse Glow, 216Drop Shadow, 212duplicating, 208editing, 208Feather, 289Free Distort, 292Gaussian Blur, 212Grain, 216Inner Glow, 211last used, applying, 208multiple, applying, 206, 208Outer Glow, 211Pathfinder, 362Photoshop, 206, 215–216Plastic Wrap, 216resolution for, 433Rough Pastels, 216Roughen, 213Round Corners, 78Scribble, 207, 210spot colors for, 208Squeeze, 208Twist, 205, 213type, 288–289Zig Zag, 174

Ellipse tooldefined, 41in drawing exercise, 178in object creation with previous

settings, 81in putting type on circles, 263

using, 76embedded images

creating from linked images, 311going to, 309linked images versus, 309replacing, 309scale reduction, 302transforming, 309unembedding, 311

Embedded Mismatch alert, 63, 303EMF file format, 440endpoints

adding segments to, 161connecting with segments, 173converting to corner points, 161joining into one point, 173moving, 176

Eraser tool, 40, 169, 171Essentials workspace (Bridge), 59Expand dialog, 348, 392expanding

appearance attributes, 203brush strokes, 317, 336compound shapes, 355gradient fills, 348gradient strokes, 348Live Paint groups, 247–248symbol instances, 392symbol sets, 392tracing, 235–236tracking into paths, 235–236

Export dialog, 440exporting

artwork, as CSS code, 446–448Bridge cache, 74formats, 440–441Illustrator files, 440to Photoshop, 448semitransparent objects, 428–430transparency, 373type to Web, 442for the Web, 442–445

extracting shapes, 351Eyedropper tool, 40, 123

Ffaces

adding to Live Paint group, 245recoloring/deleting with Live Paint

Selection tool, 242–243Favorites panel (Bridge), 56, 61Feather effect, 289

Index 459

file formatsAI, 13, 436BMP, 440EMF, 440for export, 436GIF, 436, 442, 444importing into Illustrator, 302JPEG, 436, 442, 445PDF, 436–439PNG, 441SWF, 441TIFF, 441WMF, 440

File Handling & Clipboard preferences, 308, 413

File Info dialog (Bridge), 73file management (Bridge), 74File menu

Color Mode submenu, 113Document Color Mode submenu, 416Export command, 440New command, 2New from Template command, 4Open command, 55Place command, 227, 257, 303, 304,

328Print command, 416Revert command, 14Save a Copy command, 14Save As command, 13, 21, 195Save as Template command, 5Save command, 14Save for Microsoft Office command, 441Save for Web command, 443, 444

filesarchiving via Creative Cloud, 450–451closing quickly, 14data, getting, 310flatness setting, 422HTML, 446managing via Creative Cloud, 450–451new, basing on settings of existing, 2opening

from Bridge, 62–63from Illustrator, 55, 302from Macintosh Desktop/Windows

Explorer, 55as untitled documents, 4–5

packaging, 434–435PDF-compatible, 13placing, 303–305resaving, 14

reverting to last version, 14saving, 5, 13, 436–439sharing via Creative Cloud, 450–451uploading to Creative Cloud, 450

files (Bridge)cache, exporting, 74cache, purging, 74copying, 74deleting, 74finding, 68metadata, viewing, 61moving, 74quick search for, 68renaming, 74reopening recently opened, 62

fill colorsapplying

via Color Guide panel, 128–130via Color panel, 114via Color Picker, 115via Eyedropper tool, 123via Kuler panel, 133via Swatches panel, 114

blending, 136choosing, 83current display, 111in Live Paint groups, 244white, applying, 115

fillsadding attributes to, 202attributes, applying, 201blending modes, 373defined, 83gradient, 338opacity, 373pattern, 137–144types of, 83

Filmstrip workspace (Bridge), 58, 66Filter panel (Bridge), 72Find dialog (Bridge), 68Fit Headline command, 273Flash (swf) file format, 441flatness, 422Flatten Artwork command, 196Flattener Preview panel, 46, 430flattening

flatness versus, 422layers, 196options, 425selective, 431semitransparent objects and, 428setting, previewing, 430

transparency control, 428–430FOCOLTONE colors, 118folders (Bridge)

adding in Favorites panel, 61contents, displaying, 60copying files between, 74deleting, 74

Folders panel (Bridge), 56, 60Font Problems alert dialog, 4, 63font size, 250, 270fonts

changing, 267–268download settings, 422preferences, 406for type tool, 250

Free Distort effect, 292Free Transform tool

defined, 40in slanting type shadows, 289using, 146–147

freehand drawing, 83–88Full Screen modes, 29

GGap Options dialog, 246General options (Print dialog), 416–417General Preferences

Anti-Aliasing Artwork option, 402Append [Converted] Upon Opening

Legacy Files option, 402Constrain Angle option, 147, 402, 403Corner Radius option, 77, 402Disable Auto Add/Delete option, 159,

402Double Click to Isolate option, 94, 402illustrated, 403Reset All Warning Dialogs option, 402Scale Strokes & Effects option, 402Select Same Tint % option, 119, 402Show Tool Tips option, 39, 402Transform Pattern Tiles option, 147,

402Use Japanese Crop Marks option, 402Use Precise Cursors option, 97, 163,

402Use Preview Bounds option, 105, 402See also Preferences

General Preferences (Bridge), 61GIF format, 442, 444glyphs

inserting, 275, 276replacing, 275scaling, 273

460 Index

specifying, 276substituted, highlighting, 275

Glyphs panel, 27, 47, 275Gradient panel

Add to Swatches button, 342, 344Angle option, 291defined, 47editing gradients via, 347Gradient square, 338, 344illustrated, 47, 347Reverse Gradient button, 343Stroke buttons, 339Type menu, 339, 342

Gradient toolannotator, 345, 346defined, 40using, 343, 345–347

gradients, 337–348angle of, 345–346applying, 337–339

to fills, 338to strokes, 339via temporary Swatches panel, 114to type, 344

aspect ratio, 346colors, editing, 343colors, swapping, 342color-separating, 421creating, 342defined, 337editing via Gradient panel, 347expanding into paths, 348length, 345–346library, 338linear, 337, 342loading onto Swatches panel, 338naming, 342position, 345–346radial, 337, 342reapplying, 344repositioning, 346saving, 342, 344scaling, 345shape, 346spreading across multiple objects, 347stops, 343two-color, 342type, changing, 339

Grain effect, 216graphic styles, 217–226

adding to existing attributes, 222applying, 220, 222

attribute modification and, 218benefits, 218creating, 223default, choosing, 221deleting, 225duplicate, modifying, 223editing, 223for future objects, 221illustrated examples, 218library, creating, 226links, breaking, 226loading, from library, 219multiple, applying, 222name of, 220redefining, 218, 224–225removing, 221saving dashed strokes as, 122settings, editing, 225thumbnails, 220

Graphic Styles panelBreak Link to Graphic Style button, 226Default Graphic Style thumbnail, 221defined, 48Delete Graphic Style button, 225Graphic Styles Libraries menu, 219, 226illustrated, 48, 217New Graphic Style button, 223

Graphics options (Print dialog), 422–423grayscale images, colorizing, 135grid, document, 110Group Selection tool, 41, 90groups

adding objects to, 95applying graphic styles to, 220blending modes, 372center point alignment, 100collecting to new layer, 193colors, 393–394crop marks for, 432deleting, 183duplicating, 190duplicating objects in, 102–103editing in isolation mode, 94–95Live Paint, 238, 243–248locking, 191merging, 195moving, 99moving objects in, 102–103nested objects within, 374opacity, 372putting objects into, 94removing graphic styles from, 221

restacking, 189selecting and targeting, 200selecting objects in, 188selecting on Layers panel, 184–185,

188targeting, 200, 374trim marks for, 432ungrouping, 95untargeting, 199

guidesclearing, 109color, 109creating from objects, 108display color, 107, 408hiding and showing, 109intersecting, 107locking/unlocking, 109marks, enabling, 12ruler, 107tips for working with, 109

Guides & Grid preferences, 408

HHand tool

defined, 40temporary, while editing text, 251using, 28

hanging indents, 279hanging punctuation, 284hexadecimal colors, 113HKS colors, 118HTML files, CSS code and, 446–448hyphenation

applying, 277preferences, 410–411

Iicons, panel, 38Illustrator

files, exporting, 440files, exporting to Photoshop, 441launching, 1opening files from Bridge into, 62quitting/exiting, 14syncing settings for, 449–450updating, 451

Illustrator Options dialog, 13, 14Image Trace panel

choosing custom settings in, 230–234defined, 48illustrated, 48, 228, 233Mode menu, 230Palette menu, 230, 231, 232, 234

Index 461

Preset menu, 228–229View menu, 228, 229See also tracings

imagesacquiring, 301–307bitmap, converting into mosaic, 307in brushes, 320, 322, 324, 328, 331coloring grayscale, 135dragging and dropping into

Illustrator, 312embedded, 302, 309, 311linked, 302, 308–311locating, 310Photoshop, importing, 306–307Place command, 303–305placing by dragging from Bridge, 312raster, 227–229replacing, 310single-layer, 306tracing, 227–234unembedding, 311

importing into Illustratorfile formats, 302layer comps, 306multilayer images, 306multiple files, 304–305Photoshop images, 306–307single images, 302, 303symbols, 381text, 257

indentation, 279Indic languages, 45, 277, 406, 410Info panel, 49, 151Inner Glow effect, 211interface brightness, 412inverting colors, 135isolation mode

bar, 96editing grouped objects in, 94–95editing individual objects in, 96exiting, 385Live Paint groups, 245object-level clipping sets and, 367

JJPEG format, 442, 445Justification dialog, 273

Kkerning, 272Keywords panel (Bridge), 56, 73Knockout Group option, 375

Kuler panelaccessing, 131creating color groups via, 125, 133defined and illustrated, 49, 132–133Launch Kuler Website button, 131using, 131–133

Kuler themes (Adobe.kuler.com)attaching tags to, 133creating on Adobe.kuler.com, 131, 132creating via app for iPhone, 133creating via photos, 132, 133favorite, 131browsing, 131deleting, 132editing, 131downloaded, accessing, 132using in Illustrator, 132–133using in Recolor Artwork dialog, 399

Llabels, thumbnail (Bridge), 71languages

for hyphenation, 410Indic, 45, 277, 406, 410

Lasso tooldefined, 40selecting/deselecting point or

segments with, 96uses, 90

launching Bridge, 4, 56launching Illustrator, 1Layer Options dialog, 191layer-level clipping sets

creating, 366releasing, 370selecting objects in, 368See also clipping sets

layersadding below existing, 181adjustment, importing from

Photoshop, 306–307blending modes, 372collecting to new layer, 193creating, 181–182deleted, retrieving, 183deleting, 183deselecting objects in, 186displaying all, 192duplicating, 190flattening, 196hiding, 192, 341locking, 191merging, 195

moving objects to, 190opacity, 372pasting to original, 103Photoshop, importing, 306–307releasing, 194removing graphic styles from, 221renaming, 182restacking, 189selecting, 186–187selecting listings on Layers panel,

184–185selection area, 186selection border colors, 181showing, 192sublayers, creating, 182targeting, 200, 374view, shortcuts for changing, 193

Layers paneldashed lines, 376defined, 49Delete Selection button, 183, 235Flatten Artwork command, 196functions, 179–180illustrated, 49, 179listings, selecting, 184Locate Object button, 187Make/Release Clipping Mask button,

366, 370menu

Collect in New Layer command, 193Merge Selected command, 195Panel Options command, 180Paste Remembers Layers

command, 103Release to Layers commands, 194

New Layer button, 181, 190New Sublayer button, 182options, 180restacking via, 189selecting multiple objects via, 187selecting objects via, 93, 187selection area, 200target circle, 186, 199, 200

Layers Panel Options dialog, 180leading, in type, 271, 406libraries

applying colors from, 118brush, 315closing, 118cycling through, 118gradient, 338graphic style, 219, 226

462 Index

limiting colors to, 399swatch, 118, 127symbol, 380–381, 385

Light Table workspace (Bridge), 59line composer options, 277Line Segment tool, 40, 81linear gradients. See gradientslinked images

converting embedded images to, 311converting to embedded images, 311editing, 308embedded images versus, 309flattener options and, 430going to, 309illustrated, 303missing, locating or replacing, 310Photoshop effects, 309replacing, 309scale reduction, 302transforming, 309updating, 309viewing data about, 310

Links paneldefined, 50display settings, 311Edit Original button, 308Embed Image command, 311Go to Link button, 309illustrated, 49, 308, 310Relink button, 309, 310Show Link Info feature, 310thumbnails, 311Update Link button, 309

Live Paint Bucket Options dialog, 239–240

Live Paint Bucket toolin creating Live Paint groups, 238Cursor Swatch Preview option, 239defined, 41flooding edges with, 241flooding faces with, 240functions, 237modifying edges with, 241recoloring faces with, 240using, 239–241

Live Paint groupsadding edges and faces to, 245from blends, 238created from Blob Brush strokes, 243created from Pencil tool strokes, 243creating, 238expanding, 247–248

fill/stroke attributes, 240gap options, 246isolation mode, 245paths, drawing, 238releasing, 247–248reshaping, 244

Live Paint Selection tool, 41, 242–243locking layers or objects, 191

MMacintosh

Application frame in, 24launching Illustrator in, 1opening Illustrator files from, 55

Magic Wand panel, 50, 97Magic Wand tool, 40, 90, 97Manage Workspaces dialog, 36Marks and Bleed Options (Print

dialog), 418–419masks. See clipping sets; opacity masksmeasurement units, changing, 2merging layers, 195metadata (Bridge), 65Metadata panel (Bridge), 56, 61Microsoft Office, exporting to, 441Microsoft Word Options dialog, 255Missing Profile alert dialog, 63, 303mosaics, object, 307moving

anchor points, 156artboards, 10Control panel, 42groups, 99, 102–103objects, 99

via Clipboard, 103in compound shapes, 353via Control panel, 151to layers, 190to separate layers, 194via Transform panel, 150–151

panel groups, 32, 33panels, 32path segments, 156type between objects, 256

moving (Bridge)files, 74panels, 64thumbnail stacks, 67

My Themes (Kuler.adobe.com), 131, 132

NNavigator panel, 27, 50New Brush dialog, 334

New Color Group dialog, 125, 235New Document dialog, 2, 82, 113New from Template dialog, 4New View dialog, 31New Workspace dialog (Bridge), 66Normal Screen Mode, 29

OObject menu

Arrange submenu, 190Artboards submenu, 9Clipping Mask command, 364, 370Compound Path submenu, 359, 360,

361Create Object Mosaic command, 307Create Trim Marks command, 432Expand Appearance command, 204,

317, 362, 392Expand command, 238, 348, 392Group command, 264Image Trace submenu, 230Live Paint submenu, 238, 247Path submenu

Add Anchor Points command, 160Clean Up command, 251, 294Divide Objects Below command,

177Offset Path command, 104Outline Stroke command, 358

Pattern submenu, 137, 140Rasterize command, 214Text Wrap submenu, 288Ungroup command, 95

object-level clipping setsbounding box, 367creating from existing objects, 364creating with Draw Inside mode, 365releasing, 370selecting objects in, 367See also clipping sets

objectsadding to clipping sets, 369adding to compound paths, 360adding to groups, 95aligning, 82

via buttons, 105–106with existing objects, 79to pixel grid, 106with Smart Guides, 100–101

applying graphic styles to, 220blending modes, changing, 371–373in clipping sets, 363–370collecting into new layer, 193

Index 463

coloring shortcuts, 116combining, 349–362

with Blob Brush tool, 168with commands, 175into compound shapes, 355into paths, 354with Shape Builder tool, 350–352

before creating (things to do), 75copying, 102–104creating guides from, 108crop marks for, 432cutting, 177defined, 180deleting, 75, 183deselecting, 98distributing, 105–106dividing, 177, 351drawing from center, 76duplicating, 102–103, 190erasing sections of, 171expanding gradients into, 348extracting, 351filling with gradients, 338flattening selectively, 431flipping, 149grouped, editing, 94hiding/showing, 193highlighting, 101isolating, 96, 368knocking out, 375layer, deselecting, 186locking, 191mosaics, 307moving, 99, 103, 150–151moving to layers, 190moving within compound shapes, 353in opacity masks, 371–373painting brush strokes inside, 332pasting, 103in patterns, 137, 142, 143, 144putting into groups, 94quickly creating, 81rasterizing, 214reference point, resetting, 149reflecting, 149releasing guides from, 108releasing to layers, 194removing from clipping sets, 369removing graphic styles from, 221reshaping, 156–168reshaping within compound shape, 353restacking, 103, 180, 189

restacking in clipping sets, 369rotating, 79, 80, 145, 149, 150–151rounding corners of, 78scaling, 145, 148, 150–151selecting

all, 98via commands, 92–93on current artboard, 98for deletion, 75individual, 374in layer-level clipping set, 368via Layers panel, 93, 184–185,

186–188in object-level clipping set, 367one or more, 91by path, 91via Selection tool, 91targeting versus, 200underlying, 91

semitransparent, 428–430shearing, 150–151showing, 193snapping to grid, 110snapping to point, 107splitting, 176, 353stray points, 93tools for, 89–90transforming copy of, 149trim marks for, 432type. See type objectsuniting, 351–352untargeting, 199See also type objects

opacityBristle brush, 327drop shadow, 212fill, 373gradient color stops, 343group, 372layer, 372object, changing, 371–373pattern, 143replacing setting, 134stroke, 373type, 373

opacity maskscreating, 376disabling, 377editing masking objects in, 377–378releasing, 378

Open command, acquiring images with, 302

open pathsclipping paths as, 363converting to filled objects, 358in drawing curves with Pen tool, 295

Open PDF dialog, 302OpenType panel, 50, 276optimizing files for the Web, 442–445

formats, 442GIF format, 444image size and compression, 442JPEG format, 445previewing settings, 443type and, 442

orientationArt brush strokes, 323artboard, 10document, 2gradient on stroke, 339pattern, changing, 330in printing, 416Scatter brush objects, 321symbols in set, 389tearoff toolbar, 39

Outer Glow effect, 211Outline view, 30outlines, type, 287Output options (Print dialog), 420overflow symbol (type), 251, 258overprints, 425, 427

PPackage command, 434–435Paintbrush tool

adding to open paths with, 161default settings, restoring, 86defined, 40drawing with, 85options, 86reshaping with, 163

panels, 371–378Align, 43, 105–106Appearance, 43, 197–204arrangement, with dual displays, 34Artboards, 8, 9, 44Attributes, 44, 103, 360Brushes, 44, 313–332Character, 45, 267–272Character Styles, 45, 281closing, 32Color, 45, 117, 119, 338Color Guide, 46, 128–130CSS Properties, 46

464 Index

Document Info, 441Flattener Preview, 46, 430floating, 34Glyphs, 47, 275–276Gradient, 47, 338–339, 342–344, 347Graphic Styles, 48, 217, 226hiding, 32, 38icons, 38Image Trace, 48, 228, 229, 230, 233Info, 49, 151Kuler, 49, 131–133Layers, 49, 179–196, 199–200Links, 50, 308–311Magic Wand, 50, 97maximizing/minimizing, 32moving, 32Navigator, 27, 50opening, 37opening, for editing type, 51OpenType, 50, 276options, showing/hiding, 43Paragraph, 51, 277–279, 282, 284Paragraph Styles, 51, 281Pathfinder, 52, 175, 177, 353–355Pattern Options, 52, 137–140reconfiguring, 32–34Separations Preview, 52, 426–427showing, 32, 38Stroke, 53, 120, 164Swatches, 53, 116, 124–125, 127, 338Symbols, 53, 264, 379–382, 384, 385Tabs, 54, 285Tools, 39–41Transform, 54, 150–151, 383Transparency, 54, 199, 371–378values, selecting, 37See also Control panel

panels (Bridge)Collections, 56, 69, 70configuring, 64Content, 56displaying/hiding, 64Favorites, 56, 60Folders, 56, 60Keywords, 56, 72Metadata, 56, 60Preview, 56

PANTONE PLUS colors, 112, 118Paragraph panel

Adobe Every-line and Single-line Composer options, 277

displaying, 278

Hyphenate option, 277Justification command, 273Left Indent/Right Indent values, 279Roman Hanging Punctuation

command, 284Space Before/After Paragraph

controls, 279Paragraph Style Options dialog, 282paragraph styles

applying, 280creating, 280deleting, 282–283editing by redefining, 281editing via options dialog, 282loading from one document to

another, 281text, removing overrides from, 281

Paragraph Styles panelapplying styles via, 281defined and illustrated, 51Delete Selected Styles button, 283Load All Styles command, 281Load Paragraph Styles command, 281

paragraphsalignment, 278indentation, 279spacing between, 279

Paste As dialog (Photoshop), 448Paste commands, 103Path bar (Bridge), 60, 62Path Eraser tool, 41, 171path type

creating, 254–255effects, 255illustrated, 254options, applying, 255repositioning, 254

Pathfinder commands, 356–357Pathfinder effects, 362Pathfinder Options dialog, 362Pathfinder panel

Crop button, 356, 357defined, 52Divide button, 177, 356Exclude button, 353, 354, 355illustrated, 52Intersect button, 353, 354, 355Merge button, 356, 357Minus Back button, 356, 357Minus Front button, 353, 354, 355Outline button, 356, 357Shape Mode buttons, 353–355

Trim button, 356, 357Unite button, 175, 353, 354, 355

pathsadding anchor points to, 159–161applying brushes to, 314arrowheads on, 121building blocks of, 155combining, 349–362compound, 358–361converting anchor points on, 297–300deleting, 75, 183expanding brush strokes into, 317expanding gradients into, 348expanding tracing into, 235–236offsetting copy of, 104reshaping with Pencil and Paintbrush

tools, 163splitting, 176, 353stroke width, changing, 164–167strokes on, alignment, 120Width tool, 165–167, 324

Pattern Brush Options dialog, 328–331Pattern brushes, 328–331

applied to path, 314creating, 328–330editing, 331fill patterns versus, 330library, 315Scatter brushes versus, 314using image files in, 331

Pattern Options paneldefined and illustrated, 52Dim Copies To option, 139Height and Width values, 138keeping open, 140Overlap buttons, 138Pattern Tile tool, 138Show Swatch Bounds option, 139Show Tile Edge option, 139Tile Type menu, 138

Pattern Tile Edge Color dialog, 140patterns

adding background to, 144applying via Swatches panel, 114creating, 137–141dimensions, 138editing, 142–143editing mode, exiting, 139, 142empty areas, 144illustrated, 141as masking objects, 378object stacking, adjusting, 142

Index 465

objects used in, 137opacity of objects in, 143repositioning, 143scaling, 138spacing, 138tile edge color, 140tiling configuration, 138transforming, 149, 151

PDF filescustom settings, 437–439opening into Illustrator, 302presets, 436saving files as, 436–439viewing, 436

Pen tooladding to open paths with, 161adjusting anchor points while

drawing, 296converting points on existing

paths, 298converting smooth points into corner

points, 297defined, 40drawing curves with, 295drawing a knife with, 299–300drawing polygons with, 294drawing with, 293–296drawing with Smart Guides and, 296as temporary Convert Anchor Point

tool, 298Pencil tool

adding to open paths with, 161creating closed paths with, 84default settings, restoring, 86defined, 40drawing with, 84Live Paint groups created by, 243options, 86reshaping with, 163

perspective, applying, 146photos

capturing Kuler colors from, 133creating Kuler color themes from, 132

Photoshopexporting files to, 448exporting Illustrator files as Smart

Objects to, 448images, importing into Illustrator,

306–307layer comps, importing, 306layer masks, 312layers, dragging and dropping into

Illustrator, 312

layers, importing, 306–307type, importing, 307

Photoshop effects (in Illustrator)applying, 215–216guidelines for, 205–206for imported images, 309

pixel gridaligning objects to, 82, 106aligning symbols to, 383viewing onscreen, 82

Place commandimporting image for tracing via, 227importing single file via, 303importing multiple files via, 304–305

Place dialog, 304Plastic Wrap effect, 216Plug-ins & Scratch Disks preferences,

411PNG file format, 441, 442point type

converting to area type, 260converting to, from area type, 261creating, 250distinguishing area type from, 250

Polar Grid tool, 41Polygon tool

creating objects using previous setting, 81

defined, 41using, 78–79

polygonscreating, by clicking, 78creating, by dragging, 79drawing with Pen tool, 294

Preferences dialog, 401–414accessing, 401Appearance of Black, 414File Handling & Clipboard, 308, 413General, 94, 97, 105, 147, 402–403Graphics options, 422–423Guides & Grid, 30, 82, 408Hyphenation, 410–411Plug-ins & Scratch Disks, 411resetting, 401Selection & Anchor Display, 91, 99,

155, 405Slices, 410Smart Guides, 77, 91, 100, 294,

409–410Sync Settings, 404Type, 270, 277, 406Units, 407

User Interface, 25, 412Preferences dialog (Bridge), 61, 65presets

Adobe PDF, 431, 436creating, 431editing, 431flattening settings, 430stroke variable width profile, 164stroke width profile, 167tracing, 227–229transparency flattener, 431

Preview panel (Bridge), 56, 61Preview view, 30Preview workspace (Bridge), 59Print dialog

Advanced options, 425Color Management options, 424General options, 416–417Graphics options, 422–423Marks and Bleed Options, 418–419Output options, 420–421Summary options, 425

printable area, 6printers

black-and-white, 416color, 416in color management, 424non-postscript, 425

printing, 416–433on black-and-white printer, 416with color management, 424on color printer, 416colors for output, 113crop marks and, 432oversized artwork, 417process, 112semitransparent objects, 428–430settings, for individual colors, 421settings, saving, 419summary settings, 425trim marks, 432

process colorsappending, 126changing nonglobal to global, 134print output and, 421swatches, replacing, 134tint percentage, changing, 119values, changing, 134See also spot colors

profiles, stroke, 164, 167Proof Setup dialog, 22proofing, 22, 118

466 Index

protanopes, 18PSD files, 303punctuation

hanging, 284Smart, 274

Qquotation marks, 274

Rradial gradients. See gradientsraster images. See imagesRasterize dialog, 214Rasterize Options dialog, 441rasterizing objects, 214ratings, thumbnail (Bridge), 71Rearranging Artboards dialog, 11Recolor Artwork dialog

Add Color tool, 396Assign tab, 397assigning colors via, 397–398Color Mode menu, 395Color Reduction Options button, 400color wheel, 395–396Colors menu, 399–400creating color groups via, 393–394Get Colors from Selected Art

button, 395Harmony Rules menu, 394, 395, 397illustrated, 394Kuler colors in, 399Link Colors button, 395New Color Group button, 394, 396Preset menu, 400Recolor Art button, 393, 395, 399reducing colors via, 399–400Save Changes to Color Group

button, 398Show Brightness and Hue on Wheel

button, 396Show Color Group Storage button, 394Show Saturation and Hue on Wheel

button, 395Unlink Harmony Colors button, 395

Rectangle tool, 40, 76, 144rectangles

creating, 76creating type in, 251rounded, 77

redefining graphic files, 224–225reference points

with Reflect tool, 149with Rotate tool, 148

with Scale tool, 149symbols and, 383–384on Transform panel, 150user-defined, 150

Reflect tooldefined, 41reference point with, 149using, 149, 352

reflectingwith Free Transform tool, 146with Reflect tool, 149with Transform Each command, 152

registration color, 433registration point, 381, 383releasing

clipping set of, 370compound paths, 361Live Paint groups, 247–248opacity masks, 378

rendering intents, 22Reshape tool, 41, 170reshaping, 155–178

by adding points, 159–160with Blob Brush tool, 168–169with commands, 174–175by converting anchor points, 157–158curves, 156with Direct Selection tool, 156, 158by erasing, 171Live Paint groups, 244by moving direction handles, 158objects within compound shapes, 353with Paintbrush tool, 163with Pencil tool, 163with Reshape tool, 170segments, 156stroke width, 165tool selection, 160using stroke profiles, 164with Width tool, 165, 324

resolutiongradient and mesh, 429output, 2, 415, 448for raster effects, 214, 433

reverting, to last saved version, 14RGB color mode

changing document mode to, 113selecting in New Document dialog, 2settings, 17for video or Web output, 117

Rotate tool, 40, 148–149

rotatingwith bounding box, 145direction handles, 158with Free Transform tool, 146objects, 80with Rotate tool, 149Scatter brush objects, 321with Transform panel, 150–151type, 262

Rough Pastels effect, 216Roughen effect, 213Round Corners dialog, 78Rounded Rectangle tool, 41, 77, 81rulers

aligning with left/right margins, 285guides, creating, 107showing and hiding, 107units, changing, 407

SSave Adobe PDF dialog, 436–439

Adobe PDF Preset menu, 436Advanced option set, 439Compatibility menu, 437Compression option set, 438–439General option set, 437GIF optimization options, 444illustrated, 437, 438JPEG optimization options, 445Optimized File format menu, 445Output option set, 439Security option set, 439Summary option set, 439

Save Brushes as Library dialog, 336Save for Web dialog

accessing, 443, 444GIF, 444illustrated, 443JPEG, 445preview controls, 443

Save Selection dialog, 98Save Workspace dialog, 35saving

color groups, 394, 396color variations, 130colors as swatches, 116dashed strokes as graphic style, 122embedding color profiles when, 21file copies, 14files in AI format, 13files in earlier CS versions, 14gradients, 342

Index 467

layouts (Bridge), 64in PDF format, 436–439print settings, 419selections, 98shortcuts, 14views, 31workspaces, 35workspaces (Bridge), 66

Scale dialog, 335Scale tool, 40, 148–149scaling

Art brush strokes, 322, 324artboards, 10brush strokes, 335from center, 145with Control panel, 151with Free Transform tool, 146glyph, 273gradients, 345patterns, 138, 330in printing documents, 416with Scale tool, 148symbol instances, 264with Transform Each command, 152with Transform panel, 150–151type, 270

Scatter Brush Options, 320–321, 334Scatter brushes

applied to path, 314creating, 320–321editing, 320–321, 334library, 315Pattern brushes versus, 314See also brushes

Scissors tool, 41screen modes, 29, 40Scribble effect, 207, 210searching

for fonts, 268for swatches, 124

Select menuAll command, 98, 103, 256All on Active Artboard command, 98Deselect command, 98Edit Selection command, 98Inverse command, 98Object submenu

All on Same Layers command, 93Area Type Objects command, 261Bristle Brush Strokes command, 93Brush Strokes command, 93Clipping Mask command, 93

Direction Handles command, 93Point Type Objects command, 260Stray Points command, 93Text Objects command, 93, 281

Same submenu, 92–93Appearance command, 203Blending Mode command, 375illustrated, 93Opacity command, 375

Save Selection command, 98selecting

anchor points, 92clipping paths, 367, 368clipping sets, 367via commands, 92–93with Direct Selection tool, 92direction handles, 158fonts, 267layer listings, 184–185via Layers panel, 93line segments, 92masked objects, 367multiple layer listings, 185objects, 91, 93objects, all, 98objects, by path, 91objects, on current artboard, 98objects, via Layers panel, 187with Selection tool, 91stray points, 93type, 265–266type objects, 93type, for recoloring, 117, 269type tools, 271underlying objects, 91

Selection & Anchor Display preferences

Anchor Point and Handle Display options, 405

Command/Control Click to Select Objects Behind option, 91, 405

Highlight Anchors on Mouse Over option, 156, 405

illustrated, 405Object Selection by Path Only option,

91, 99, 405Selection options, 405Snap to Point option, 100, 101, 107,

405Selection tool

in adding objects to groups, 94, 95in copying objects, 102–103defined, 40, 89

in editing groups, 94to isolate, 177in moving objects or groups, 99in selecting objects, 91uses, 89using, 91

selection tools, 89–98Direct Selection tool, 90, 92Group Selection tool, 90Lasso tool, 40, 90, 96Magic Wand tool, 90, 97Selection tool, 89, 91, 94–95, 102–103

selectionsadding/subtracting objects from, 91deleting, 98inverting, 98renaming, 98saving, 98

Separations Preview paneldefined and illustrated, 52, 426using, 426–427

settingsdownloading from Creative Cloud,

449–450syncing, 404, 449–450uploading to Creative Cloud, 449

shadows, dropeffect, 212creating manually, 289, 300

Shape Builder tooldefined, 40, 349dividing objects with, 352extracting objects with, 351interlocking shapes illusion with, 352options, 350splitting path segments with, 353uniting objects with, 351, 352using, 349–353See also combining objects

Shape Builder Tool Options dialog, 350Shape Mode commands, 353–355Shape Options dialog, 209Shear tool, 41, 148–149shearing

constraining, 149with Free Transform tool, 146with Shear tool, 149with Transform panel, 150–151

shortcutsBristle brush size and opacity, 327coloring objects, 116coloring panels, 112

468 Index

diameter and intensity change, 387entering values in panels, 37opening panels for editing type, 50paragraph alignment, 278save dialogs, 14tool selection for reshaping paths, 160Transform panel, 150zooming, 27

Slice Selection tool, 41Slice tool, 40Slices preferences, 410Smart Collections (Bridge), 69Smart Guides

artboard alignment with, 7defined, 99in drawing with Pen tool, 296information, 101placing images using, 305transformations with, 148turning on, 77

Smart Guides preferencesAlignment Guides option, 299, 409Anchor/Path Labels option, 298, 299,

409Construction Guides option, 77, 410Display Options options, 100, 294,

409–410illustrated, 410Measurement Labels option, 77, 409Object Highlighting option, 91, 409

Smart Objects (Photoshop), 448Smart Punctuation, 274smooth points

converting corner points to, 157converting to corner points, 158, 297defined, 155direction handles, 155illustrated, 155See also anchor points

Smooth tool, 41, 169Snap to Point, 107spacing type

area type, 252inset, 251letter, 273paragraphs, 279word, 273

Spiral tool, 41, 82splitting paths, 176, 353spot colors

appending, 126applying, 118

converting to gradient, 421for effects, 208in Separations Preview panel, 426shadow, 212tint percentage, changing, 119See also process colors

Squeeze effect, 208Star tool, 41, 79–80stars, 79, 80status bar, 7stroke colors

applyingvia Color Guide panel, 128–130via Color panel, 114via Color Picker, 115via Eyedropper tool, 123via Swatches panel, 114

black, applying, 115choosing, 83current display, 111

Stroke panelAlign buttons, 120Cap buttons, 120–121Dashed Line settings, 122defined, 53displaying, 120Flip Along button, 164illustrated, 53Profile menu, 164temporary, 120Weight area, 120

stroke widthadjusting on brush strokes, 324adjusting by entering values, 165choosing profile preset, 164creating profile preset, 167discontinuous point, creating, 166points, moving, 165reshaping, 165Scribble effect, 210

strokesadding attributes to, 202adding to characters, 291alignment, changing, 120applying, 198applying gradients to, 339attributes, applying, 201attributes, replacing, 134blending modes, 373cap/corner style, changing, 120–121continuous, 83converting to filled objects, 358

dashed, 83, 122defined, 83gradients in, 340–341opacity, 373profiles, 164removing from attribute, 203variable width profile preset, 164weight, changing, 120, 198weight, choosing, 83width, changing, 164–166, 324See also brush strokes

subkeywords (Bridge), 73sublayers

collecting, 193creating, 182defined, 182deleting, 183duplicating, 190locking, 191merging, 195options, 182releasing, 194selecting on Layers panel, 184–185See also layers

Suite Color Settings dialog, 20Swatch Conflict dialog, 126Swatch Options dialog, 134swatches

accessing from library, 118adding Kuler colors as, 133conflict resolution, 126creating color groups from, 125deleting, 127duplicating, 126, 127editing, 118, 399libraries, creating, 127locating, 118renaming, 116restoring, 127saving colors as, 116saving gradients as, 344searching for, 124Swatch Libraries menu, 127

Swatches panelAdd Selected Colors option, 116Add Used Colors option, 116adding colors via Kuler panel, 133adding colors from library, 118applying colors via, 114Color Group button, 125defined, 53Delete Swatch button, 127

Index 469

display options, 124Edit Pattern button, 142, 144illustrated, 53loading gradients onto, 338New Color Group button, 125, 235New Swatch button, 127, 342search on, 124Show Swatch Kinds menu, 124, 127Swatch Libraries menu, 118, 126,

291, 338views, 124

SWF file format, 441symbol instances

adding to symbol set, 382applying Illustrator commands to, 381creating, 381deleting from symbol set, 382duplicating, 381editing, 385expanding, 392placing, 379registration point, 381, 383renaming, 384replacing, 383unlinking, 391

symbol libraries, 380–381, 385Symbol Options dialog, 384Symbol Screener tool

defined, 41options, 386use illustration, 390using, 387

Symbol Scruncher tool, 41, 386–388symbol sets

adding/deleting instances in, 382applying Illustrator commands to, 381creating with Symbol Sprayer tool, 382expanding, 392replacing symbols in, 383symbolism tools with, 387

Symbol Shifter tool, 41, 386–388Symbol Sizer tool

defined, 41options, 386use illustration, 389using, 387

Symbol Spinner tooldefined, 41options, 386use illustration, 389using, 387

Symbol Sprayer tool, 40, 382

Symbol Stainer tooldefined, 41expanding symbol sets and, 392options, 386use illustration, 390using, 387

Symbol Styler tooldefined, 41options, 386use illustration, 391using, 387

Symbolism Tools Options dialog, 386symbols, 379–392

advantages of using, 380aligning to pixel grid, 383creating, 384deleting, from Symbols panel, 384editing, 385importing, 381overflow, 251predefined, 379redefining, 385renaming, 384replacing, 383scaling, 264variations, creating, 385

Symbols panelBreak Link to Symbol button, 391defined, 53Delete Symbol button, 384display, changing, 380illustrated, 53New Symbol button, 384Place Symbol Instance button, 379,

381Replace Symbol command, 383Save Symbols command, 385Symbol Libraries menu, 264, 380,

381, 385Sync Settings preferences, 404syncing Illustrator settings, 404,

449–450

Ttabs, 284–285Tabs panel, 54, 285tearoff toolbars

creating, 39, 157docking, 39illustrated, 41orientation, switching, 39in saving workspaces, 35

templates, document, 4–5

textimporting, 257inserting tabs into, 284threaded, 258–259wrapping around objects, 288

Text Import Options dialog, 257Text Wrap Options dialog, 288textures in effects, 216threaded text, 258–259thumbnails

brush, 316graphic style, 220Links panel, 311opacity mask, 378swatch, 124symbol, 380

thumbnails (Bridge)adding to collection, 70cycling through, 61filtering display of, 72grouping, 67labeling, 71moving stacks, 67ratings, 71rearranging, 67removing from collection, 70resizing, 58, 64selecting, 67sorting order, 66, 72in stacks, 67tool tips, 65ungrouping, 67

Thumbnails preferences (Bridge), 65TIFF files, 307, 441tints

in brushes 333in colors, 119in symbol instances, 390

title bar, 6tool tips (Bridge), 65tools

accessing, 39Add Anchor Point, 41, 159Arc, 41Area Type, 41, 249Artboard, 7, 9, 10, 40Blend, 40Bloat, 41Blob Brush, 40, 87–88, 168–169Column Graph, 40Convert Anchor Point, 41, 157, 158Crystallize, 41

470 Index

Delete Anchor Point, 41, 162Direct Selection, 40, 87, 92, 156–159,

162Ellipse, 41, 77, 177Eraser, 40, 169, 171Eyedropper, 40, 123Flare, 41fly-out menus, 39Free Transform, 40, 146–147, 289Gradient, 40Group Selection, 41, 87Hand, 28, 40, 251hiding, 38Knife, 41Lasso, 40, 87, 96, 172Line Segment, 40, 81Live Paint Bucket, 41, 237, 239–241Live Paint Selection, 41, 242–243Magic Wand, 40, 87, 97Measure, 41Mesh, 40options, 39Paintbrush, 40, 85, 86, 161, 163, 332Path Eraser, 41, 171Pen, 40, 159, 161Pencil, 40, 85, 86, 161, 163Perspective Grid, 40pointers, 39Polar Grid, 41Polygon, 41, 79Print Tiling, 41Pucker, 41Rectangle, 40, 77Rectangular Grid, 41Reflect, 41, 149Reshape, 41, 170for reshaping paths, 160Rotate, 40, 149Rounded Rectangle, 41, 77Scale, 40, 148Scallop, 41Scissors, 41, 176selecting, 39Selection, 40, 89, 91, 94–96Shape Builder, 40, 349–353Shear, 41, 149Slice, 40Slice Selection, 41Smooth, 41, 169Spiral, 41, 82Star, 41, 79–80Symbol Screener, 41, 386–387, 390

Symbol Scruncher, 41, 386–387, 388Symbol Shifter, 41, 386–388Symbol Sizer, 41, 386–387, 389Symbol Spinner, 41, 386–387, 389Symbol Sprayer, 40, 382Symbol Stainer, 41, 386–387, 390Symbol Styler, 41, 386–387, 391Touch Type, 41, 45, 283Twirl, 41Type, 40, 249Type on a Path, 41, 249Vertical Area Type, 41, 249Vertical Path Type, 41Vertical Type, 41Vertical Type on a Path, 249Warp, 41Width, 40, 165, 324Wrinkle, 41Zoom, 27, 40

Tools panelColor controls, 40Default Fill and Stroke, 40defined, 39drawing modes, 40, 332, 369Fill color square, 40illustrated, 40–41screen modes, 40Stroke color square, 40Swap Fill and Stroke button, 40using, 39See also tools

touchscreen device or touchpadchanging zoom level on, 27Free Transform tool on, 146–147moving document on, 28navigating between artboards on, 28rotating artboard on, 10

TOYO Color Finder colors, 118Tracing workspace, 228, 230tracings

color settings, 230–232Control panel options, 229custom, producing, 230–234detail control, 233–234editing, 235–236expanding, 235–236faster, 227presets, 227–229releasing, 230restoring, 230settings, applying, 230–234See also Image Trace panel

tracking, type, 272, 406Transform Again command, 154Transform Each dialog, 152, 153Transform Effect dialog, 153Transform panel

illustrated, 54, 150Reference Point option, 383Scale Strokes & Effects option, 147shortcuts, 150using, 150–151

transformations, 145–154with bounding boxes, 145with control panel, 151via dialogs, 150editing, 153embedded images, 309with Free Transform tool, 146–147pattern, 149, 151preferences, 147random values, 152with Reflect tool, 149repeating, 154with Rotate tool, 149with Scale tool, 148with Shear tool, 149Smart Guides and, 148with Transform Each command, 152with Transform effect, 153with Transform panel, 150type, 262

transparency, 371–378applying, 371–373exporting, 373flattener options, 429–430grid, 375mask, 376–378settings, objects affected by, 374–375in type, 373

Transparency Flattener Preset Options dialog, 431

Transparency panelaccessing, 371Blending Mode menu, 199, 372, 373defined, 54illustrated, 54, 371Isolate Blending option, 374Knockout Group option, 375Make Mask button, 376New Opacity Masks Are Clipping

command, 376opacity mask thumbnails, 378Opacity setting, 372, 373

Index 471

Release button, 378temporary, 199, 372

trim marks, 432TRUMATCH colors, 112, 118Twirl tool, 41Twist effect, 205, 213type

apostrophes, 274applying appearance attributes to, 290applying gradients to, 344area, 251–253blending modes, 373on a circle, 263–264coloring, 117, 250, 269converting from point to area, and

vice versa, 260–261copying, 256creating

area, 251–253on circle, 263path, 254–255point, 250in rectangle, 251

deleting, 250drop shadows for, 289editing, 51exporting to Web, 442Feather effect, 289fitting to container, 273Free Distort effect, 292horizontal, making vertical, 262hyphenation, 277kerning, 272leading, 271line breaks, 277line composer options, 277moving, 256opacity, 373outlines, 287overflow, 258path, 254–255Photoshop, importing, 307point, 250quotation marks, 274recoloring, 117, 269refining, 264rotating, 258scaling, 270selecting, 117, 265–266shadow, 289Smart Punctuation, 274spacing, 273

special effects, 288–289styles. See character styles; paragraph

stylesstyling, 268tools, 249tracking, 272transforming, 262, 283vertical, making horizontal, 262wrapping (text wrap), 288

Type menuArea Type Options command, 253Change Case submenu, 269Create Outlines command, 238, 287,

361Fit Headline command, 273Smart Punctuation command, 274Threaded Text submenu, 258, 259, 260Type on a Path submenu, 255Type Orientation submenu, 262

type objectscoloring, 252copying, 256, 258selecting, 117, 266threading, to another object, 258threads, revealing, 259unthreading, 259

Type on a Path Options dialog, 255Type on a Path tool

defined, 41, 249font and font size selection, 250in placing type on path, 254type illustration, 249

Type preferences, 270, 406Type tool

in copying/moving type, 256in creating type, 250–252defined, 40, 249font and font size selection, 250selecting quickly, 271type illustration, 249

Uunebmedding images, 311uniting shapes, 351, 352, 354, 355Units preferences, 407User Interface preferences, 412

VVertical Area Type tool

defined, 41, 249in entering type inside closed

path, 252font and font size selection, 250

type illustration, 149Vertical Path Type tool, 41, 249, 250Vertical Type on a Path tool

defined, 249font and font size selection, 250type illustration, 249

Vertical Type toolin copying/moving type, 256in creating type in rectangles, 251defined, 41, 249in entering type inside closed

path, 252font and font size selection, 250in placing type on path, 254selecting quickly, 271type illustration, 249

View menuEdit Views command, 31Guides submenu, 107, 108Hide/Show Bounding Box command,

99, 101, 270Hide Edges command, 143, 213New View command, 31Outline command, 30Pixel Preview command, 76, 82Preview command, 30Proof Setup submenu, 18, 22Rulers submenu, 107Show Grid command, 110Show Transparency Grid command, 375Smart Guides command, 76, 91, 92,

100, 235Snap to Grid command, 110Snap to Point option, 107

views, document, 30, 31

WWarp Options dialog, 207, 208Web

colors for, 113compression, 442GIF format, 442, 444image size for, 442JPEG format, 442, 445optimizing files for, 442–445preview settings for, 443

Width Point Edit dialog, 165, 167Width tool

on Art or Pattern brush strokes, 324defined, 40in discontinuous width point

creation, 166reshaping strokes with, 165

472 Index

in width profile preset creation, 167Window menu

Extensions submenu, 131Graphic Styles command, 217Magic Wand command, 97opening panels from, 37Separations Preview command, 426Workspace submenu, 36, 316

Window menu (Bridge), 60Windows

Application frame, 23launching Illustrator in, 1opening Illustrator files from, 55

WMF file format, 440workspaces

choosing, 34deleting, 36duplicating, 36editing, 35features of, 23–24painting, 316predefined, 35

renaming, 36resetting, 36saving, 35Tracing, 228, 230

workspaces (Bridge)choosing, 58deleting, 66Essentials, 58Filmstrip, 58, 66Light Table, 59naming, 66order, changing, 58Preview, 59resetting, 66restoring, 66saving, 66thumbnails, 58

ZZig Zag effect, 174zoom levels, changing, 27Zoom tool, 27, 40

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