SitemapTable of ContentsBackCoverIllustrator CS For DummiesIntroductionAbout This BookWhy I Wrote This BookWhat You Don't Need to ReadFoolish AssumptionsHow This Book Is OrganizedAbout All Those Little IconsRoad Signs along the WayWhere to Go from HerePart I: Driving People Crazy - Illustrator's Bum RapChapter 1: Introducing the World of IllustratorFrom Humble Origins to Master of the Graphics UniverseStarting Up Illustrator and Revving It a LittleExploring the Illustrator WorkspaceDefining the Document AreaOpening Existing DocumentsViewing Illustrator DocumentsUsing TemplatesSaving Illustrator DocumentsChanging Your MindPrinting Illustrator DocumentsClosing Documents and Quitting IllustratorChapter 2: Following the Righteous PathWhether Paths or Pixels Are BetterHow Paths and Pixels ComparePaths and PrintingGray's Anatomy of a PathChapter 3: Doing Everyday Things with IllustratorPicking Up Stuff and Moving It AroundUsing the " Hard " StuffEntering the Wide World of the WebSaving the WorldUsing Illustrator for What It Does BestPart II: Drawing and Coloring Your ArtworkChapter 4: Shaping Up, BasicallyCreating Basic ShapesPutting Shapes TogetherCreating Objects by Using the Pathfinder PaletteLegal GraffitiChapter 5: Getting Your Fill of Fills and StrokesUnderstanding Fill and StrokeThe Swatches PaletteThe Color PaletteFilling with Patterns and TexturesUsing the Gradient FillChapter 6: Selecting and Editing PathsSelecting with Different MethodsSelecting Magically with the Magic WandSelecting without Tools: The Select MenuEditing and Adjusting PointsChapter 7: Wielding the Mighty Pen ToolPerforming with the Pen, the Path, and the Anchor PointsCreating Straight Lines with the Pen ToolOpen and Closed PathsCreating Super-Precise Curves with the Pen ToolDrawing Shapes with the Pen ToolChapter 8: Creating Straight and Curved Lines without the Pen ToolUsing the Pencil Tool as a PencilCherishing the Multipurpose Pencil ToolUsing the Pen with the PencilLines Made Quick and EasyCurvy with the Arc ToolChapter 9: Creating Magnificent BrushstrokesBrushing Where No Stroke Has Gone BeforeCreating a New BrushWorking with the Different Brush TypesChapter 10: Extreme Fills and StrokesMessing Around with MeshesMaking Objects Partially Transparent and Blending ColorsDiscovering How Strokes WorkCaps, Joins, and DashesClipping MasksChapter 11: Effectively Keeping Up Appearances, with Style(s)The Effect MenuThe Appearance PaletteFiguring Out StylesPart III: Taking Your Paths to Obedience SchoolChapter 12: Pushing, Pulling, Poking, and ProddingUnderstanding the Five Transformation SistersAdditional Transformation TidbitsBlending: The Magic TransformationChapter 13: Organizing EfficientlyStacking Illustrator ArtworkManaging the MessImposing Slavish Conformity with GroupsLining UpPart IV: Practically Speaking: Type, Print, and FilesChapter 14: Introducing Letters and Such (Type 101)Using the Word Processor from Outer SpaceIntroducing the Strange Land of TypeExploring Size, Leading, and Other Mysterious NumbersAdjusting Entire ParagraphsTyping on a PathTyping inside a PathTyping around a PathFlowing Type from Path to PathAdjusting the Path (Not the Type)Using Type as a MaskConverting Type to PathsType StylesChapter 15: Printing Your MasterpiecePrinting QuicklyWhat You See Is Roughly What You GetSetting Up Your Page to Print (You Hope)Printing MechanicsAll about Way-Scary SeparationsChapter 16: Putting Your Art on the WebFrom Illustrator to the WebCreating Web-Specific Pixel GraphicsCreating Web-Specific Vector GraphicsSlicing and Dicing Your GraphicsChapter 17: Moving Files Into and Out of IllustratorBringing Files Into IllustratorGetting Files Out of IllustratorWorking with Illustrator and PhotoshopUsing Adobe Illustrator with Nearly Everything ElsePart V: The Part of TensChapter 18: Ten Production-Enhancing TipsPunching HolesUse Photoshop Effects, Not Photoshop Filters!When White Isn't NothingExpanding to Get to the Root of the ArtworkQuick! Hide!Taking a Tip from IllustratorChanging Your Units Whenever You WantReusing Your Brushes, Swatches, and LibrariesAvoiding Russian DollsSelecting Type When You WantChapter 19: Ten (Or So) Ways to Customize IllustratorPositioning PalettesThe Flexible ToolboxChanging the Items on the MenuThe Start-Up DocumentChanging the Default SettingsChanging Hidden Commands You Never Knew AboutUsing a Master DocumentAction JacksonSticky SettingsBonus Chapter 1: Taking Images Out of the Realm of RealityApplying Distortion EffectsCreating Graphic Ooze with LiquificationPushing the EnvelopeMore Dimensions than a 2D Program Should HaveIndexIndex_AIndex_BIndex_CIndex_DIndex_EIndex_FIndex_GIndex_HIndex_IIndex_JIndex_KIndex_LIndex_MIndex_NIndex_OIndex_PIndex_QIndex_RIndex_SIndex_TIndex_UIndex_VIndex_WIndex_ZList of FiguresList of TablesList of Sidebars |