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Adobe Illustrator CS Classroom in a Book
ISBN: 9780321193803 | 0321193806
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Adobe Press
Pub. Date: 10/13/2003
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Appropriate for beginning to intermediate graphic design students using Illustrator. Developed by the software-training experts at Adobe Systems, the Classroom in a Book series offers complete, self-paced lessons for learning the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Each book includes a CD-ROM with customized full-color files to guide students through the lessons and special projects. Each chapter concludes with a review section to reinforce what students have learned.
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| Getting Started | p. 1 |
| About Classroom in a Book | p. 1 |
| Prerequisites | p. 1 |
| Installing the program | p. 2 |
| Installing the Classroom in a Book fonts | p. 2 |
| Copying the Classroom in a Book files | p. 2 |
| Restoring default preferences | p. 2 |
| Additional resources | p. 4 |
| A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator | p. 5 |
| Getting started | ... MORE |
| Creating a basic blend | p. 8 |
| Creating a symbol | p. 10 |
| Creating a clipping mask | p. 13 |
| Using the align feature | p. 15 |
| Using the pathfinder feature | p. 16 |
| Creating a clipping mask | p. 17 |
| Using the new 3-D effect | p. 17 |
| Cloning the crayon | p. 20 |
| Changing the color of the crayon | p. 20 |
| Applying transparency | p. 21 |
| Creating the crescent shape | p. 22 |
| Adding live effects | p. 24 |
| Getting to Know the Work Area | p. 29 |
| Getting started | p. 30 |
| Viewing artwork | p. 33 |
| Changing the view of artwork | p. 36 |
| Using Adobe online services | p. 46 |
| Review questions | p. 47 |
| Review answers | p. 47 |
| Selection Basics | p. 51 |
| Getting started | p. 52 |
| Using the Selection tool | p. 52 |
| The Direct Selection tool | p. 54 |
| Exploring on your own | p. 62 |
| Review questions | p. 63 |
| Review answers | p. 63 |
| Creating Basic Shapes | p. 67 |
| Getting started | p. 68 |
| Setting up the document | p. 69 |
| Using basic shape tools | p. 70 |
| Drawing the pencil shape | p. 70 |
| Drawing the piece of stationery | p. 76 |
| Drawing with the Rectangular Gird tool | p. 77 |
| Decorating the stationery border | p. 81 |
| Tips for drawing polygons, spirals, and stars | p. 83 |
| Painting the logo | p. 84 |
| Copying and scaling shapes | p. 87 |
| Review questions | p. 89 |
| Review answers | p. 89 |
| Drawing with the Pen tool | p. 93 |
| Getting started | p. 94 |
| Creating straight lines | p. 97 |
| Creating curved paths | p. 98 |
| Building a curve | p. 100 |
| Curves and corner anchor points | p. 104 |
| Creating the pear illustration | p. 107 |
| Editing curves | p. 117 |
| Finishing the pear illustration | p. 119 |
| Exploring on your own | p. 122 |
| Review questions | p. 125 |
| Review answers | p. 126 |
| Painting | p. 129 |
| Getting started | p. 130 |
| Filling with color | p. 131 |
| Stroking with color | p. 134 |
| Building custom swatches | p. 137 |
| Copying paint attributes | p. 142 |
| Copying appearance attributes | p. 143 |
| Saturating a color | p. 145 |
| Painting with patterns and gradients | p. 145 |
| Painting with a Pattern brush | p. 147 |
| Review questions | p. 149 |
| Review answers | p. 149 |
| Applying Transparency and Blending Modes | p. 153 |
| Getting started | p. 154 |
| Changing the opacity of an object | p. 154 |
| Changing the blending modes | p. 156 |
| Isolating the blending | p. 157 |
| Using an opacity mask | p. 159 |
| Editing an opacity mask | p. 163 |
| Exploring on your own | p. 165 |
| Review questions | p. 166 |
| Review answers | p. 166 |
| Working with Layers | p. 169 |
| Getting started | p. 170 |
| Creating layers | p. 173 |
| Locking layers | p. 176 |
| Viewing layers | p. 178 |
| Pasting layers | p. 180 |
| Creating clipping masks | p. 182 |
| Merging layers | p. 184 |
| Applying appearance attributes to layers | p. 186 |
| Exploring on your own | p. 190 |
| Review questions | p. 191 |
| Review answers | p. 191 |
| Transforming Objects | p. 195 |
| Getting started | p. 196 |
| Scaling objects | p. 197 |
| Rotating objects | p. 201 |
| Distorting objects | p. 202 |
| Shearing objects | p. 204 |
| Positioning objects precisely | p. 207 |
| Reflecting objects | p. 209 |
| Changing the perspective | p. 210 |
| Using the Free Transform tool | p. 211 |
| Making multiple transformations | p. 213 |
| Exploring on your own | p. 215 |
| Review questions | p. 223 |
| Review answers | p. 223 |
| Working with Placement and Order of Objects | p. 227 |
| Getting started | p. 228 |
| Creating custom guides | p. 232 |
| Creating the vector logo | p. 236 |
| Applying the warp and pathfinder features | p. 237 |
| Arrangement and object order | p. 240 |
| Putting the logo together | p. 244 |
| Exploring on your own | p. 245 |
| Review questions | p. 245 |
| Review answers | p. 245 |
| Applying Appearance Attributes, Styles, and Effects | p. 249 |
| Getting started | p. 250 |
| Using appearance attributes | p. 251 |
| Copying, applying, and removing styles and appearances | p. 263 |
| Saving and printing files with transparency effects | p. 266 |
| Exporting and importing flattening settings | p. 275 |
| Exploring on your own | p. 275 |
| Review questions | p. 277 |
| Review answers | p. 277 |
| Working with type | p. 281 |
| Getting started | p. 282 |
| Adding type to a document | p. 285 |
| Sampling type | p. 285 |
| Changing the character size | p. 286 |
| Reshaping text with an envelope | p. 287 |
| Creating columns of type | p. 290 |
| Changing character attributes of placed text | p. 293 |
| Changing paragraph attributes | p. 295 |
| Saving and Using Styles | p. 296 |
| Wrapping type around a graphic | p. 298 |
| Typing along a path | p. 299 |
| Creating type outlines | p. 300 |
| Creating type masks | p. 302 |
| Saving your file for electronic distribution | p. 305 |
| Review questions | p. 307 |
| Review answers | p. 307 |
| Blending Shapes and Colors | p. 311 |
| Getting started | p. 312 |
| Creating a gradient fill | p. 313 |
| Adjusting the direction of the gradient blend | p. 317 |
| Adding colors to a gradient | p. 318 |
| Creating smooth-color blends | p. 322 |
| Blending intermediate steps | p. 323 |
| Modifying the blend | p. 324 |
| Combining blends with gradients | p. 326 |
| Exploring on your own | p. 328 |
| Review questions | p. 329 |
| Review answers | p. 329 |
| Working with Symbols | p. 333 |
| Getting started | p. 334 |
| Creating a symbol | p. 335 |
| Using the Symbolism tools | p. 339 |
| Editing symbols | p. 340 |
| Updating a symbol | p. 341 |
| Using the Symbols palette as a database | p. 343 |
| Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork | p. 344 |
| Exploring on your own | p. 349 |
| Review questions | p. 349 |
| Review answers | p. 350 |
| Working with Brushes and Scribbles | p. 353 |
| Applying brushes to paths | p. 354 |
| Getting started | p. 354 |
| Using Art brushes | p. 355 |
| Using Scatter brushes | p. 361 |
| Applying a scatter brush to paths | p. 363 |
| Changing the color attributes of brushes | p. 364 |
| Using a fill color with brushes | p. 369 |
| Using Calligraphic brushes | p. 371 |
| Using Pattern brushes | p. 374 |
| Creating brushes | p. 377 |
| Applying the Scribble effect | p. 383 |
| Exploring on your own | p. 387 |
| Using a brush library | p. 388 |
| Review questions | p. 388 |
| Review answers | p. 389 |
| Creating Airbrush Effects | p. 393 |
| Getting started | p. 394 |
| Setting Smart Guides preferences | p. 395 |
| Painting with the Mesh tool | p. 396 |
| Applying colors to the mesh | p. 399 |
| Highlighting a mesh object | p. 401 |
| Editing mesh points | p. 402 |
| Reflecting mesh objects | p. 405 |
| Modifying mesh lines | p. 406 |
| Warping a mesh | p. 409 |
| Applying transparency to a mesh | p. 412 |
| Review questions | p. 416 |
| Review answers | p. 416 |
| Using the 3D Effect | p. 419 |
| Getting started | p. 420 |
| Creating a banner logo with the Warp effect | p. 421 |
| Using Brushes for decoration | p. 424 |
| Turning the artwork into symbols | p. 426 |
| Creating the 3D cylinder | p. 428 |
| Using the 3D Extrude effect | p. 428 |
| Using the 3D Rotate effect | p. 441 |
| Exploring on your own | p. 442 |
| Review questions | p. 443 |
| Review answers | p. 443 |
| Printing Artwork and Producing Color Separations | p. 447 |
| Printing: An overview | p. 448 |
| About printing devices | p. 449 |
| About color | p. 451 |
| Getting started | p. 452 |
| Color management | p. 453 |
| Printing black-and-white proofs | p. 454 |
| Soft-proofing colors | p. 455 |
| Using the Document Info command | p. 456 |
| Creating color separations | p. 457 |
| Working with two-color illustrations | p. 466 |
| Creating a trap | p. 470 |
| Overprinting objects | p. 472 |
| Review questions | p. 475 |
| Review answers | p. 476 |
| Combining Illustrator Graphics and Photoshop Images | p. 479 |
| Combining artwork | p. 480 |
| Vector versus bitmap graphics | p. 480 |
| Getting started | p. 482 |
| Placing an Adobe Photoshop file | p. 483 |
| Duplicating a placed image | p. 485 |
| Adjusting color in a placed image | p. 487 |
| Masking an image | p. 489 |
| Sampling colors in placed images | p. 494 |
| Replacing a placed image | p. 495 |
| Exporting a layered file to Photoshop | p. 496 |
| Exploring on your own | p. 498 |
| Review questions | p. 499 |
| Review answers | p. 499 |
| Creating a Web Publication | p. 503 |
| About Web format and compression options | p. 504 |
| Getting started | p. 507 |
| Slicing artwork for Web pages | p. 509 |
| Exporting flat-color artwork | p. 515 |
| Exporting continuous-tone and gradient artwork | p. 524 |
| Linking slices to URLs | p. 528 |
| Saving your Web page as an HTML file with images | p. 533 |
| Creating a Flash animation from symbols | p. 535 |
| Exploring on your own with Adobe Photoshop | p. 539 |
| Review questions | p. 546 |
| Review answers | p. 546 |
| Working with Version Cue | p. 549 |
| Index | p. 557 |
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