Index

B

Back position, 240

Background option (Raster Effects Settings dialog box), 205

banding, 297

baseline, 266

baseline shift, 268

Baseline Shift field (Character palette), 274

bevel, applying, BC18–BC19

Bevel Join, 197

beveled object, creating, 189–191

Bzier curve, 46

Big Cube option (3D Options dialog box), BC17

Black-and-white option (Color palette), 102

Blend Mode menu (Transparency palette), 193

blend modes, 193–194

Blend Options dialog box, 237

Blend tool, 59, 237–238

blending, 59, 236–238

Bloat tool, BC7, BC8

Blur setting (File Format menu), 306

BMP file, 327

bold text, 261, 262

bonus chapter on Web, 6, 205, 223

bounding box

editing symbols and, 89

scaling artwork with, 226

brightness, 105

Bring Forward command (Object menu), 241

Bring to Front command (Object menu), 241, 243

bringing file into Illustrator, 320–321

Browser Compatibility Chart, 318

Brush options (Liquify tools), BC8

Brush Strokes option (Select menu), 123

brushes

Art, 169–171

Calligraphic, 181–183

creating, 167–169

description of, 163

fill color and, 167

Paintbrush tool and, 164–166

Pattern, 174–181

reusing, 346–347

Scatter, 171–174

types of, 164

Brushes palette

New Brush button, 167

overview of, 164, 165

Butt Cap, 196