Wiley illustrator CS for dummies oct 2003 ISBN 076454084x

Illustrator CS for Dummies by Ted Alspach John Wiley & Sons © 2004 ISBN:076454084x This reference covers the latest updates to Adobe Illustrator, including Web graphic tools and new effects you can apply to your images Table of Contents Illustrator CS For Dummies Introduction Part I - Driving People Crazy — Illustrator’s Bum Rap Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 - Introducing the World of Illustrator - Following the Righteous Path Doing Everyday Things with Illustrator Part II - Drawing and Coloring Your Artwork Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 - Shaping Up, Basically - Getting Your Fill of Fills and Strokes - Selecting and Editing Paths - Wielding the Mighty Pen Tool Creating Straight and Curved Lines without the Pen Tool - Creating Magnificent Brushstrokes - Extreme Fills and Strokes Effectively Keeping Up Appearances, with Style(s) Part III - Taking Your Paths to Obedience School Pushing, Pulling, Poking, and Chapter 12 - Prodding Chapter 13 - Organizing Efficiently Part IV - Practically Speaking: Type, Print, and Files Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Introducing Letters and Such (Type 101) - Printing Your Masterpiece - Putting Your Art on the Web Moving Files Into and Out of Illustrator - Part V - The Part of Tens Chapter 18 - Ten Production-Enhancing Tips Ten (Or So) Ways to Customize Chapter 19 Illustrator Taking Images Out of the Realm of Bonus Chapter 1 Reality Index List of Figures List of Tables List of Sidebars Back Cover So you thought Illustrator should really be called “Intimidator?” Not so! Let this book draw you a map through the jungle of pages, paths, pixels, and Pen tools, and before you know it, you’ll have your creations in print, on the Web, or even on a PDA Then, just smile mysteriously when folks say “Wow!” About the Author Ted Alspach is considered the leading authority on the history, use, and functionality of Adobe Illustrator He has written more than 25 books on graphics and desktop publishing Illustrator CS For Dummies by Ted Alspach Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc 111 River St Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2004 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600 Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Legal Department, Wiley Publishing, Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46256, (317) 572-3447, fax (317) 572-4447, e-mail: permcoordinator@wiley.com Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies.com and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of Wiley Publishing, Inc., in the United States and other countries, and may not be used without written permission Illustrator is a registered trademark or trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Wiley Publishing, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose No warranty may be created or extended by sales representatives or written sales materials The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for your situation You should consult with a professional where appropriate Neither the publisher nor author shall be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages For general information on our other products and services or to obtain technical support, please contact our Customer Care Department within the U.S at 800-762-2974, outside the U.S at 317-572-3993, or fax 317572-4002 Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books Library of Congress Control Number: 2003111566 ISBN: 0-7645-4084-X Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1O/QX/RQ/QT/IN About the Author Ted Alspach is the author of more than 30 books on graphics, design, and Web publishing, including Illustrator 11 Bible (published by Wiley Publishing, Inc.), PageMaker 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, and PDF with Acrobat 5 Visual QuickStart Guide Ted is a Group Product Manager at Adobe Systems, Inc Dedication To all the people who are experimenting with Illustrator for the first time — may this book serve as a guide to the wonders of vector graphics Author’s Acknowledgments The people who deserve the most thanks are the dedicated, incredibly talented staff at Adobe Systems, Inc that work on Adobe Illustrator The engineers, quality engineers, product management, UI, program management, and all the other people worked for more than 11/2 years to produce such a superb product Extra-special thanks to the Illustrator management team of Lydia Varmazis, Leon Brown, Mordy Golding, Susan Gile, Ning-Ju Nan, Rob Sargent, Teresa Crotty, Pamela Ruhl, John Farmer, Chris Scott, Heather Bowman, Mike Abbott, Brian Miyakusu, Yvonne Murray, Margot McClaughry, Shane Tracy, and Julie Meridian Publisher’s Acknowledgments We’re proud of this book; please send us your comments through our online registration form located at www.dummies.com/register/ Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following: Acquisitions, Editorial, and Media Development Project Editor: Paul Levesque (Previous Edition: Teresa Artman) Acquisitions Editor: Bob Woerner Copy Editor: Rebecca Senninger Technical Editor: Tim Plumer Editorial Manager: Leah Cameron Editorial Assistant: Amanda Foxworth Cartoons: Rich Tennant (www.the5thwave.com) Production Project Coordinator: Regina Snyder Layout and Graphics: Joyce Haughey, Brent Savage, Rashell Smith, Julie Trippetti, Mary Gillot Virgin Special Art: Proofreaders: Charles Spencer, Carl William Pierce, Dwight Ramsey, TECHBOOKS Production Services Indexer: TECHBOOKS Production Services Special Help Publishing and Editorial for Technology Dummies Richard Swadley, Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Andy Cummings, Vice President and Publisher Mary C Corder, Editorial Director Publishing for Consumer Dummies Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher Joyce Pepple, Acquisitions Director Composition Services Gerry Fahey, Vice President of Production Services Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services Introduction Overview Welcome to Illustrator CS For Dummies You’re reading this book because you want to find out more about Adobe Illustrator That’s a very smart move because Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard graphics software Not only does it outsell all its competitors combined, it’s also the most powerful graphics-creation tool ever created With Illustrator, all you need to produce graphics like the best you’ve seen in print or on the Web is knowledge and artistic ability Artistic ability is a challenge that you can handle on your own The other half — knowledge — is what this book is all about Like a tragic hero, the great power of Illustrator is also its terrible curse With its 30+ palettes, 70+ tools, and scores of menu items, its sheer depth is enough to make the most hardened graphics expert go shaky in the knees Don’t be fooled by Illustrator’s vastness, however, because you will find a unique, consistent logic underlying it all After you master a few basics, all the rest falls nicely into place In this book, our mission is to get you past Illustrator’s intimidation factor and into its Wow! factor I take you from being befuddled and mystified by Illustrator’s nigh-infinite options to creating the kinds of graphics that others look at and say, “Wow, how did you do that?” About This Book This book is written to make your journey into Adobe Illustrator flexible and self-paced Each chapter is as self-contained as possible You can hop in anywhere you want, with a minimum of flipping to other parts of the book to find out what you missed If your goal is to find out more about the Pencil tool, for example, you can skip everything else and go directly to Chapter 8 without getting hopelessly lost On the other hand, if you’re determined to find out as much about the program as possible, you can read the book from cover to cover I organized the book so that the chapters move from simple to more complex concepts The early chapters make a good base for understanding the latter ones Use this book as both a reference book and an on-site trainer for Adobe Illustrator To find out more about a specific feature, look for it in the Index or Table of Contents To get a more in-depth feel for the feature, follow the step-by-step instructions that accompany the information on the major features By and large, people get more out of doing than out of reading about doing Adobe Illustrator is a classic case-in-point Don’t bother to memorize anything in this book Instead, pick up a concept, work with it in Illustrator for a while, and then come back to the book when you’re ready for something new Above all, have fun with it! Adobe Illustrator is one of the coolest programs on the planet With a little practice, you can be creating illustrations that knock your socks off Note Because I realize that some folks use PCs and some folks use Macs, I try to offer commands for both Windows and Macintosh platforms Occasionally I offer information specific to one platform or the other, including keyboard shortcuts While you journey through this book, you’ll see that many figures (those that show you what you see on-screen) are a mixed bag of all things Mr Gates and Mr Jobs Figure 14-17: Text results of different text alignments in Illustrator Figure 14-18: Controls for changing the amount of space around a paragraph Figure 14-19: Bringing out the left edge of a paragraph with a negative number Figure 14-20: Creating type on a path Figure 14-21: Moving type along a path Figure 14-22: Putting type on the top of a circle Figure 14-23: Putting type on the bottom of a circle Figure 14-24: Flowing text within a path Figure 14-25: Regular type with type wrap applied Figure 14-26: Type flowing along several paths Figure 14-27: Circle type with a new fill (gradient) and stroke (pattern) on the circle Figure 14-28: The type mask in action: text in front of objects (top) and type masking the objects (bottom) Figure 14-29: Left: The letter A as type Right: The letter A converted to paths Figure 14-30: Here’s the letter A after the points are moved and a gradient fill is applied Chapter 15: Printing Your Masterpiece Figure 15-1: The Page Setup dialog box on a Macintosh Figure 15-2: The Print Setup dialog box in Windows Figure 15-3: A typical Print dialog box for a Mac (left) and for a Windows PC (right) Figure 15-4: The original artwork (left) shown as four separations (right) Figure 15-5: Use the Output section of the Print dialog box for printing separations Chapter 16: Putting Your Art on the Web Figure 16-1: The Illustrator Web color palette Figure 16-2: Pixel Preview turned off (left) versus Pixel Preview turned on (right) Figure 16-3: Preview your image in the Save for Web dialog box Figure 16-4: Saving a GIF in the Save for Web dialog box Figure 16-5: Saving a JPEG from the Save for Web dialog box Figure 16-6: Exporting an AI file to an SWF file with the Macromedia Flash (SWF) Format Options dialog box Figure 16-7: Saving an SVG file with the SVG Options dialog box Figure 16-8: It slices, it dices, it darned near makes julienne fries Figure 16-9: Editing an object makes the slices update automatically Chapter 17: Moving Files Into and Out of Illustrator Figure 17-1: Select a document to embed or link with the Place dialog box Figure 17-2: Use the Links palette for total link control Figure 17-3: Pasting Illustrator data into Photoshop Figure 17-4: The Place preview box in Photoshop provides the highest quality and greatest flexibility for Illustrator files brought into Photoshop Figure 17-5: Use the Rasterize dialog box to refine your graphic settings Figure 17-6: Set resolution in the Photoshop Options dialog box Figure 17-7: Set compatibility, preview, and other options in the EPS Format Options dialog box Chapter 18: Ten Production-Enhancing Tips Figure 18-1: A life preserver without a hole (left) and with a hole (right) Similar but not the same (Just ask the guy on the right) Figure 18-2: The same color is used at two different tint percent-ages, specified in the Color palette Figure 18-3: The original object with a gradient fill (top left) is expanded (bottom left) to 20 objects (with paths showing) and the final object (bottom right) Figure 18-4: The View Mode buttons enable you to view your graphic in a variety of ways Chapter 19: Ten (Or So) Ways to Customize Illustrator Figure 19-1: The Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box customizes tool commands Figure 19-2: The General Preferences dialog box Figure 19-3: The Actions palette puts power at your virtual fingertips Bonus Chapter 1: Taking Images Out of the Realm of Reality Figure BC1: Pucker & Bloat Can you guess which is which? Figure BC2: This artwork is roughened to give the appearance of hand-drawn artwork Figure BC3: Use the Zig Zag effect to create effects like this (Another espresso, please.) Figure BC4: The Free Distort effect can make type appear to fade off into the background Figure BC5: Twist blends together artwork Figure BC6: A star appears warped, but its underlying skeletal structure remains unchanged Figure BC7: One poor schmoe who's gone through the Liquidation mill Figure BC8: Different twirl rates affect the speed and curliness of the twirl distortion Figure BC9: A Scallop distortion with two different Complexity settings Figure BC10: A Crystallize distortion using three different brush settings Figure BC11: Putting the squeeze on Groucho Oucho! Figure BC12: Use an Envelope Mesh distortion to distort your image by manipulating points on a grid Figure BC13: Fitting an apple and some text nicely into a circle Figure BC14: Mild-mannered text and its super-powered 3D alter ego Figure BC15: The 3D Options dialog box Figure BC16: Artwork at increasing perspective settings Figure BC17: Look at the classy bevels on this text Figure BC18: Flat, 2D artwork with just a hint of 3D bevel Figure BC19: 2D artwork (left) is revolved into 3D artwork (right) Figure BC20: The Revolve section of the 3D options dialog box Figure BC21: This is so techy, and you can create it in mere seconds! Figure BC22: The same 3D artwork with plastic (left) and diffuse (right) shading Figure BC23: No, it didn’t take hours to create all these different pieces of art just a few seconds applying different lighting and surface effects from the 3D Options dialog box Figure BC24: The Map Art dialog box when you have an extruded square selected Figure BC25: Fuzzy dice straight from Illustrator But you can tell your friends you picked them up on that trip over the border Figure BC26: Official Vegas-style dice, with classic razor edges List of Tables Chapter 2: Following the Righteous Path Table 2-1: What Paths and Pixels Are Especially Good For Chapter 9: Creating Magnificent Brushstrokes Table 9-1: Differences Between Scatter Brushes and the Symbol Sprayer List of Sidebars Chapter 6: Selecting and Editing Paths Two oddities of selecting in Illustrator Chapter 8: Creating Straight and Curved Lines without the Pen Tool Just how big IS a pixel? ... permcoordinator @wiley. com Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies. com and related trade... The other big news for Illustrator was a set of comprehensive tools for creating Web graphics I wrote the first version of the Illustrator For Dummies book, as well as the Illustrator 9 Bible Illustrator 10: Even more Web functionality was added as well... I alpha-tested Illustrator for the first time, and consulted with Extensis for Vector Tools, a fantastic set of productivity plug-ins for Illustrator The Illustrator 7 Bible (now cross-platform, like the product) was written for this version