Index
L
Lasso tool, 52, 53, 120–121
Layer Options dialog box, 247–248
layersapplying slices to, 317
Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), 317–318
changing appearance of, 211–212
copying, 246
groups compared to, 248–249
naming, 247
overview of, 242
putting related objects in, 57–58
separating artwork into, 243–245
viewing objects and groups on, 246
Layers paletteCreate New Sublayer button, 246
Lock/Unlock toggle button, 245
overview of, 57–58, 212, 242–243
separating artwork into layers, 243–245
thumbnails on, 243
View/Hide button, 245
Layers tab (Save for Web dialog box), 302
leading, 266
learning curve, 4
Left Indent (Paragraph palette), 269
Legacy Illustrator (.ai) format, 24, 67
lens flare, creating, 62–64
library, reusing, 346–347
lighting effects, BC22–BC23
line. See also line segment
dashed, creating, 197–198
drawing with Line Segment tool, 158–159
straight, creating with Pen tool, 135–136, 157
line art, 47
line segmentdescription of, 130
Pen tool and, 140–141
selecting, 116
Line Segment tool, 158–159
lining up objects, 249–251
linking filesembedding compared to, 322–323
managing links, 323–325
overview of, 320–321
Links palette, 323–325
liquificationOptions dialog boxes, BC8–BC11
overview of, BC6–BC8
Lock option (Layer Options dialog box), 248
Lock/Unlock toggle button (Layers palette), 245
logic, underlying, 1
Looping setting (Macromedia Flash [SWF] Format Options dialog box), 309
Lossless button (Macromedia Flash [SWF] Format Options dialog box), 310
lossless compression, 298
Lossy button (Macromedia Flash [SWF] Format Options dialog box), 310
Lossy setting (File Format menu), 304