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iii Contents Chapter 1: What's new New features summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Chapter 2: Workspace Workspace basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iv ILLUSTRATOR Contents Chapter 4: Color About color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Selecting colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
v ILLUSTRATOR Contents Building new shapes with Shaper and Shape Builder tools Create 3D objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Touch-based tools and enhancements | Illustrator CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
vi ILLUSTRATOR Contents Chapter 10: Creating special effects Appearance attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 Working with effects Summary of effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Chapter 1: What's new New features summary What's new and changed in Illustrator CC 2015.2 Enhanced Creative Cloud Libraries Start and Recent Files workspaces Shaper tool New Live Shapes Dynamic Symbols Smart Guides New SVG Export options Touch workspace enhancements Mobile apps New features in June 2015 Enhanced Creative Cloud Libraries Now search for your assets across libraries and Adobe Stock. Work with your existing or older colors by importing color swatches and groups.
2 What's new For more information on the new workspaces, see the article on the new workspaces . For Illustrator-specific information, see the Start and Recent Files workspacesarticle. Shaper tool Convert your natural, free-flowing gestures into perfect geometric shapes. And then use them like regular shapes combine, delete, fill, and transform them - to create editable designs. You can use the Shaper tool in both - the traditional workspaces and in the touch-optimized Touch workspace.
3 What's new Use an iPad, iPhone or Android phone to turn any image into a production-ready asset. Extract a color theme or create a brush, shape or vector graphic, and then save the asset to your Creative Cloud Libraries to use in Illustrator. Adobe Illustrator Draw for Android Create freeform vector designs on your Android phone with the Adobe Illustrator Draw app, and then send your work to Illustrator on your desktop to refine it further.
4 What's new Adobe Stock With Adobe Stock, you can purchase, access, and manage high-quality, high-resolution, royalty-free images directly from Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, InDesign CC, and other Adobe desktop apps. You can save images directly to Creative Cloud Libraries. You can license an image immediately, or save a watermarked preview to use in a comp. Thanks to Adobe CreativeSync, you can immediately access your images across your desktop and mobile devices, and even share them with your team.
5 What's new Safe Mode Safe Mode is a new feature that enables Illustrator to launch even if there are fatal, crash-inducing files (for example, corrupt fonts, out-of-date plug-ins, or incorrect drivers) in the system. You can choose to diagnose the cause of the error. When the application starts after isolating and disabling crash-causing files, Illustrator is in Safe Mode.
6 What's new Integration with Creative Cloud mobile apps Illustrator no longer requires you to be at your studio or office to be creative and productive. Keep your ideas, discoveries, and thoughts constantly evolving and rapidly developing into awesome artwork and projects – all while onthe-go – using Adobe’s mobile apps. A few examples: Adobe Comp CC. Pull creative assets into Comp from your or your team’s shared Creative Cloud Libraries, then instantly send your layouts to Illustrator.
7 What's new Adobe Color. Capture inspiring color combinations wherever you see them, in a fun and intuitive way. Simply point the camera at something colorful and Adobe Color CC will instantly extract a series of colors. Color for iOS (iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, and iPod Touch) and Android is available as a free download through the iTunes App Store and Google Play. Creative Cloud Charts (Preview) Create graphs and charts from your data, using a simple, intuitive interface.
8 What's new Tool enhancements Curvature tool Separate Rubber-banding Preference Rubber-banding preferences for the Pen and Curvature tools were tied to one single value. The Illustrator team found that users preferred this value for the Curvature tool than for the Pen tool. Now, both tools have separate values so that users have independent control over both tools. Joining two paths The Curvature tool only worked with one path at a time - the active path.
9 Chapter 2: Workspace Workspace basics Workspace overview You create and manipulate your documents and files using various elements, such as panels, bars, and windows. Any arrangement of these elements is called a workspace. The workspaces of the different applications in Creative Cloud look similar so that you can move between the applications easily. You can also adapt each application to the way you work by selecting from several preset workspaces or by creating one of your own.
10 Workspace A Tabbed Document windows B Application bar C Workspace switcher D Panel title bar E Control panel F Tools panel G Collapse To Icons button H Four panel groups in vertical dock Last updated 11/30/2015
11 Workspace Start and Recent Files workspaces Start workspace The Start workspace is displayed when: • Illustrator is launched • No documents are open Use the Start workspace to: • Get started quickly • Click Recent Files to view the files that you have recently modified. You can set how many files must be displayed from the Preferences dialog (Illustrator > Ctrl/Cmd + K > File Handling & Clipboard > Files area > Number of Recent Files to Display text box).
12 Workspace This Start workspace is enabled, and is opened by default. To disable the Start workspace feature, in the Preferences dialog, deselect the checkbox Show "Start" Workspace When No Documents Are Open (Illustrator > Ctrl/Cmd + K > General tab). You can then use the previous keyboard shortcuts to open files (Ctrl/Cmd + O) or start new documents (Ctrl/Cmd + N). Recent Files workspace The Recent Files workspace is displayed when you press Ctrl/Cmd + O when one or more documents are already open.
13 Workspace Display panel options ? Click the panel menu icon in the upper-right corner of the panel. Tip: You can open a panel menu even when the panel is minimized. Tip: In Photoshop, you can change the font size of the text in panels and tool tips. In the Interface preferences, choose a size from the UI Font Size menu. (Illustrator) Adjust panel brightness ? In User Interface preferences, move the Brightness slider. This control affects all panels, including the Control panel.
14 Workspace • current artboard in use • navigation controls for multiple artboards • date and time • number of undos and redos available • document color profile • status of a managed file Click the status bar to do any of the following: • Change the type of information displayed in the status bar by selecting an option from the Show submenu. • Show the current file in Adobe Bridge by choosing Reveal In Bridge.
15 Workspace 2 Type a simple mathematical expression using a single mathematical operator, such as + (plus), - (minus), x (multiplication), / (division), or % (percent). For example, 0p0 + 3 or 5mm + 4. Similarly, 3cm * 50% equals 3 centimeters multiplied by 50%, or 1.50 cm, and 50pt + 25% equals 50 points plus 25% of 50 points, or 62.5 points. 3 Press Enter or Return to apply the calculation. Control panel overview The Control panel offers quick access to options related to the objects you select.
16 Workspace Manage windows and panels You can create a custom workspace by moving and manipulating Document windows and panels. You can also save workspaces and switch among them. For Fireworks, renaming custom workspaces can lead to unexpected behavior. Note: The following examples use Photoshop for demonstration purposes. The workspace behaves the same in all the products. Rearrange, dock, or float document windows When you open more than one file, the Document windows are tabbed.
17 Workspace You can prevent panels from filling all the space in a dock. Drag the bottom edge of the dock up so it no longer meets the edge of the workspace. Move panels As you move panels, you see blue highlighted drop zones, areas where you can move the panel. For example, you can move a panel up or down in a dock by dragging it to the narrow blue drop zone above or below another panel. If you drag to an area that is not a drop zone, the panel floats freely in the workspace.
18 Workspace Press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) while moving a panel to prevent it from docking. Press Esc while moving the panel to cancel the operation. Add and remove panels If you remove all panels from a dock, the dock disappears. You can create a dock by moving panels to the right edge of the workspace until a drop zone appears. • To remove a panel, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) its tab and then select Close, or deselect it from the Window menu.
19 Workspace Collapse and expand panel icons You can collapse panels to icons to reduce clutter on the workspace. In some cases, panels are collapsed to icons in the default workspace. • To collapse or expand all panel icons in a column, click the double arrow at the top of the dock. • To expand a single panel icon, click it. • To resize panel icons so that you see only the icons (and not the labels), adjust the width of the dock until the text disappears.
20 Workspace Rename or duplicate a workspace 1 Choose Window > Workspace > Manage Workspaces. 2 Do any of the following, and then click OK: • To rename a workspace, select it, and edit the text. • To duplicate a workspace, select it, and click the New button. For a video on customizing the workspace based on different workflows, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0032_en.
21 Workspace Menus or Menu Customization Saves the current set of menus. Display or switch workspaces ? Select a workspace from the workspace switcher in the Application bar. In Photoshop, you can assign keyboard shortcuts to each workspace to navigate among them quickly. Delete a custom workspace • Select Manage Workspaces from the workspace switcher in the Application bar, select the workspace, and then click Delete. (The option is not available in Fireworks.
22 Workspace You use tools in the Tools panel to create, select, and manipulate objects in Illustrator. Some tools have options that appear when you double-click a tool. These include tools that let you use type, and select, paint, draw, sample, edit, and move images. You can expand some tools to show hidden tools beneath them. A small triangle at the lower-right corner of the tool icon signals the presence of hidden tools. To see the name of a tool, position the pointer over it.
23 Workspace View tool options ? Double-click a tool in the Tools panel. Move the Tools panel ? Drag its title bar. View the Tools panel in double-stack or single-column ? Click the double-arrow on the title bar to toggle between double-stack and single-column view of the Tools panel. Hide the Tools panel ? Choose Window > Tools. Tear off hidden tools into a separate panel ? Drag the pointer over the arrow at the end of the hidden tools panel and release the mouse button.
24 Workspace Change tool pointers The mouse pointer for most tools matches the tool’s icon. Each pointer has a different hotspot, where an effect or action begins. With most tools, you can switch to precise cursors, which appear as cross hairs centered around the hotspot, and provide for greater accuracy when working with detailed artwork. ? Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > General (Mac OS), and select Use Precise Cursors.
25 Workspace Drawing tool gallery Illustrator provides the following drawing tools: The Pen tool (P) draws straight and The Add Anchor Point tool (+) adds The Delete Anchor Point tool (-) curved lines to create objects. See anchor points to paths. See . deletes anchor points from paths. Draw with the Pen tool. See . The Line Segment tool (\) draws individual straight line segments. See . The Convert Anchor Point tool (Shift+C) changes smooth points to corner points and vice versa. See .
26 Workspace The Polar Grid tool draws circular chart grids. See . The Rectangle tool (M) draws squares and rectangles. See . The Rounded Rectangle tool draws squares and rectangles with rounded corners. See . The Ellipse tool (L) draws circles and ovals. See . The Polygon tool draws regular, multi-sided shapes. See . The Star tool draws stars. See . The Flare tool creates lens-flare or solar-flare-like effects. See Draw flares. The Pencil tool (N) draws and edits freehand lines.
27 Workspace The Type tool (T) creates individual type and type containers and lets you enter and edit type. See Enter text in an area. The Area Type tool changes closed paths to type containers and lets you enter and edit type within them. See Enter text in an area. The Vertical Area Type tool changes closed paths to vertical type containers and lets you enter and edit type within them. See Enter text in an area.
28 Workspace The Paintbrush tool (B) draws freehand and calligraphic lines, as well as art, patterns, and bristle brush strokes on paths. See Draw paths and apply brush strokes simultaneously. The Mesh tool (U) creates and edits meshes and mesh envelopes. See Create mesh objects. The Live Paint Bucket tool (K) paints faces and edges of Live Paint groups with the current paint attributes. See Paint with the Live Paint Bucket tool.
29 Workspace The Rotate tool (R) rotates objects around a fixed point. See Rotate objects. The Reflect tool (O) flips objects over The Scale tool (S) resizes objects a fixed axis. See Reflect or flip around a fixed point. See . objects. Last updated 11/30/2015 The Shear tool skews objects around a fixed point. See .
30 Workspace The Free Transform tool (E) scales, The Reshape tool adjusts selected rotates, or skews a selection. anchor points while keeping the overall detail of the path intact. See Stretch parts of a path without distorting its overall shape. The Blend tool (W) creates a series The Width tool (Shift+W) allows of objects blended between the you to create a stroke with variable color and shape of multiple objects. width. See Using the Width tool . See Create blends.
31 Workspace Symbolism tool gallery The symbolism tools let you create and modify sets of symbol instances. You create a symbol set using the Symbol Sprayer tool. You can then use the other symbolism tools to change the density, color, location, size, rotation, transparency, and style of the instances in the set. The Symbol Sprayer tool (Shift+S) places multiple symbol instances as a set on the artboard. See Create symbol sets. The Symbol Shifter tool moves symbol instances and change stacking order.
33 Workspace The Column Graph tool (J) creates graphs that compare values using vertical columns. The Stacked Column Graph tool creates graphs that are similar to column graphs, but stacks the columns on top of one another, instead of side by side. This graph type is useful for showing the relationship of parts to the total. The Bar Graph tool creates graphs that are similar to column graphs, but positions the bars horizontally instead of vertically.
34 Workspace The Radar Graph tool creates graphs that compare sets of values at given points in time or in particular categories, and is displayed in a circular format. This type of graph is also called a web graph. Moving and zooming tool gallery Illustrator provides the following tools for moving around in and controlling the view of the artboard: The Hand tool (H) moves the Illustrator artboard within the illustration window.
35 Workspace Improved and efficient user interface Efficient and flexible interface. The newer usability enhancements enable you to use fewer clicks and fewer steps to achieve routine or frequent actions. For example, in the Character panel (Ctrl+T), the font list displays names in the font style itself. You can quickly pick the font of your choice from the list. Inline editing.
36 Workspace You can easily vary the brightness of the user interface to a tone you prefer from the User Interface tab in the Preferences dialog (Ctrl + K). Enable the Match User Interface Brightness option to set the tone of the canvas area to match the brightness of the interface. If you prefer the classic Illustrator canvas color, you can set it to default to white. For more information, view the video on user interface enhancements, by Lynda.com. Panels Control panel.
37 Workspace Transform panel. The Scale Strokes & Effects option has been included in the Transform panel and the Transform Effect dialog. Transparency panel. Masking features are now available in the Transparency panel. Use the Make Mask / Release toggle switch to create opacity masks and work with them more easily. Setting preferences About preferences Preferences are options regarding how you want Illustrator to work, including those for display, tools, ruler units, and exporting information.
38 Workspace Reset all preferences to default settings Resetting preferences can be helpful if you are having problems with the application. ? Do one of the following: • Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (Mac OS) as you start Illustrator. Your current settings are deleted. • Remove or rename the AIPrefs file (Windows) or Adobe Illustrator Prefs file (Mac OS). New preferences files are created the next time you start Illustrator.
39 Workspace Note: The open architecture of the Adobe Illustrator program allows developers outside of Adobe to create features that are accessible from within Adobe Illustrator. If you are interested in creating plug-in modules compatible with Adobe Illustrator, see the Adobe Systems U.S. website at www.adobe.com.
40 Workspace Zoom in or out There are several ways to zoom in or out of artwork. • Select the Zoom tool . The pointer becomes a magnifying glass with a plus sign in its center. Click in the center of the area that you want to magnify, or hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click in the center of the area that you want to reduce. Each click magnifies or reduces the view to the previous preset percentage.
41 Workspace You can customize the Navigator panel in the following ways: • To display artwork outside the boundaries of the artboard in the Navigator panel, click View Artboard Contents Only from the panel menu to deselect it. • To change the color of the proxy view area, select panel Options from the panel menu. Select a preset color from the Color menu, or double-click the color box to choose a custom color.
42 Workspace Create a new view ? Set up the view as you want, and then choose View > New View, enter a name for the new view, and click OK. Rename or delete a view ? Choose View > Edit Views. Switch between views ? Select a view name from the bottom of the View menu.
43 Workspace Revert to the last saved version You can revert a file to the last saved version (but not if you have closed and then reopened the file). You cannot undo this action. ? Choose File > Revert. Automating tasks Graphic design is a field characterized by creativity, but there are some aspects of the actual work of illustration that can be repetitious.
44 Workspace Show Video Safe Areas Displays guides that represent the areas that fall inside the viewable area of video. You want to keep all text and art that must be viewable to users inside the video safe areas. Video Ruler Pixel Aspect Ratio Specifies the pixel aspect ratio used for the video rulers. Fade Region Outside Artboard Displays the area outside of the artboard a darker shade than the area inside the artboard when the Artboard tool is active.
45 Workspace • To duplicate artboards, do the following: • Select the artboard that you want to duplicate. You can also duplicate artboards by dragging one or more artboards on to the new artboard button in Artboards panel. • From the Artboards panel menu, select Duplicate. • To reset the artboard options, such as presets, artboard position, and display, select Artboards Options from the Artboards panel menu (flyout menu). See a video on using the Artboards panel.
46 Workspace Edit artboards You can create multiple artboards for your document, but only one can be active at a time. When you have multiple artboards defined, you can view them all by selecting the Artboard tool. Each artboard is numbered for easy reference. You can edit or delete an artboard at any time, and you can specify different artboards each time you print or export. 1 Select the Artboard tool , click to select an artboard.
47 Workspace Change to Right-to-Left Layout/Change to Left-to-Right Layout Arranges the artboards from left to right or right to left. By default, artboards are arranged from left to right. note: If you select the Change to Right-to-Left Layout option, the Grid by Row and Grid Column options change to Right-to-Left Grid by Row and Right-to-Left Grid by Column. 3 Specify the spacing between the artboards. This setting applies to both horizontal and vertical spacing.
48 Workspace Display center mark, cross hairs, or video safe areas The center mark, cross hairs, and video safe area are video properties that assist you in creating videos. To display these properties: 1 Double-click the Artboard tool icon in the Tools panel, or, with the Artboard tool active, click the Artboard Options in the Control panel. 2 In the Display section, select the options you’d like displayed in your artboards.
49 Workspace The Slice tool divides artwork into separate web images.Create slices The Slice Selection tool (Shift-K) selects web slices. See Select slices The Eraser tool (Shift-E) erases any area of the object over which you drag. See The Scissors tool (C) cuts paths at specified points. See The Knife tool cuts objects and paths. See . More Help topics Cutting and dividing objects Artboard overview Artboards represent the regions that can contain printable artwork.
50 Workspace Viewing artboards and the canvas You can view the page boundaries in relation to an artboard by showing print tiling (View > Show Print Tiling). When print tiling is on, the printable and nonprintable areas are represented by a series of solid and dotted lines between the outermost edge of the window and the printable area of the page. Each artboard is bound by solid lines and represents the maximum printable area. To hide the artboard boundaries, choose View > Hide Artboards.
51 Workspace By default all artwork is cropped to an artboard and all artboards print as individual pages. Use the Range option in the Print dialog box to print specific pages, select Ignore Artboards and specify placement options to combine all art onto a single page or tile the artwork as desired. In Illustrator CS5, artboards in a document can automatically rotate to print to the chosen media size. Select the AutoRotate check box in the Print dialog box to set auto rotation for Illustrator documents.
52 Workspace Recover a file 1 Step text 2 Step text 3 Step text 4 Step text 5 Step text For a step-by-step visual tutorial, see Recover files in Illustrator. Safe Mode When you launch Adobe Illustrator, the necessary plug-ins, fonts, drivers, and other third-party elements that are required to function properly are loaded.
53 Workspace • Determines the cause of a crash, prevents the particular file from loading with Illustrator, and provides a listing of the problem-causing elements when Illustrator restarts. • Enables Illustrator to start despite encountering fatal, crash-inducing fonts, plug-ins, or more. While running in Safe Mode, Illustrator functions normally, except that the disabled items will not be available for use within Illustrator.
54 Workspace 3 As Illustrator restarts, you can: • Choose Run Diagnostics to switch Illustrator to Safe Mode, to help with troubleshooting the error. • Choose Launch Illustrator to try to start Illustrator normally again. 4 (This step may repeat multiple times) Illustrator restarts. If an error is found, the cause of the error (font, driver, plug-in) is identified and disabled from obstructing Illustrator launch.
55 Workspace Note: This step is repeated for each crash-inducing file that Illustrator finds. Do not interrupt diagnostic tests. 5 When all error-causing files have been isolated by the diagnostic steps and noted, Illustrator launches in Safe Mode. 6 When Illustrator starts, the Safe Mode dialog displays a list of all the plug-ins, fonts, or drivers that are causing Illustrator to crash. Choose from Step 7 or Step 8. 7 (Option 1 of 2) To fix errors: a Click a row in the list.
56 Workspace c Follow the tips provided and replace a font, or update a plug-in, or uninstall error-causing items, as preferred. d If you believe the error has been fixed, select the checkbox available for each row. e Click Enable on Re-launch, save your work, and restart Illustrator. 8 (Option 2 of 2). To continue in Safe Mode: In the Safe Mode dialog (Step 6), click Close to continue running in Safe Mode. All error-causing files will continue to be disabled.
57 Workspace A App bar B Tool bar C Control panel bar D Document bar The layout has a cleaner interface that allows you to comfortably use a stylus or your finger tip to access the tools and controls of the Touch workspace. Some important notes while working with the Touch workspace: • Compared to the classic workspaces, panels are consolidated and reimagined to make using them easy • Annotator sizes are larger to eliminate issues related to accuracy.
58 Workspace When you exit the Touch workspace, the last used workspace is activated. Do one of the following in the Touch workspace: • Tap in the app bar • From the workspaces menu, choose a different workspace. • If detached, attach a keyboard to the device App bar The App bar provides information and options related to the active Illustrator document: • File dropdown: Tap to create, close, save, or share documents. • Save As / Save button: Tap to save the open document.
59 Workspace Tools and Tool groups Tools available in the Touch workspace are consolidated to best suit touch-enabled workflows: • Selection tool • Selection tools group: Direction Selection tool, Group selection tool. • Pen tools group: Curvature tool, Pen tool, Anchor Point tool. • Type group: Type tool, Touch Type tool. • Shaper tool: The Shaper tool. About the Shaper Tool. • Shapes group: Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle tool, Ellipse tool.
60 Workspace Document bar The Document bar provides information and options about the currently open Illustrator document: • Artboard: Tap to view available artboards and tap an artboard name to switch to the artboard. • Artboard controls: Navigate between artboards or create an artboard. • View controls: View artboards, all at once, fitted to screen, or zoomed in at 100% magnification.
61 Workspace Files and templates About new document profiles A document is the space in which you create artwork. In Illustrator, you can create documents destined for many different types of output. (For information on creating Illustrator documents for video production, see the Enhancing Video Production PDF at www.adobe.com/go/learn_ai_video. You start a new document by choosing a new document profile based on your intended output.
62 Workspace More Help topics New document video Video production Create new documents You can create new Illustrator documents from a new document profile or from a template. Creating a document from a new document profile gives you a blank document with the selected profile’s default fill and stroke colors, graphic styles, brushes, symbols, actions, viewing preferences, and other settings.
63 Workspace Note: Once your document opens, you can customize your artboards by moving and resizing them as desired. 6 Specify the position of the bleed along each side of the artboard. To use different values for different sides, click the Lock icon . 7 Click Advanced to specify the following additional options: Note: You can change these settings after you create the document by choosing File > Document Setup and specifying new settings. Color Mode Specifies the color mode for the new document.
64 Workspace When a template is selected via the New From Template command, Illustrator creates a new document with identical content and document settings as the template, but leaves the original template file untouched. Create a new template 1 Open a new or existing document. 2 Customize the document in any of the following ways: • Set up the document window as you want it to appear in new documents you create from the template.
65 Workspace Browse for files using Adobe Bridge Adobe® Bridge is a cross-platform application included with Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 components that helps you locate, organize, and browse the assets you need to create print, web, video, and audio content. You can start Bridge from any Creative Suite component, and use it to access both Adobe and non-Adobe asset types. ? To open Adobe Bridge, do one of the following from within Illustrator: • Choose File > Browse In Bridge.
66 Workspace Import settings Note: When you import settings, Illustrator is restarted to apply the settings. Save your artwork before importing settings. 1 In Illustrator, click Edit > My Settings > Import Settings. 2 In the Import Settings dialog displayed, select a settings package file. The settings package is named in the format AI17Settings_date_time. 3 Click OK to import settings. 4 When prompted, click the buttons to complete the import action and restart Illustrator.
67 Chapter 3: Drawing Drawing basics Is ideating, tracing, or prototyping on your iPad or iPhone the beginning of your Design workflow? Check out Adobe Illustrator Draw - an app for your iPad or iPhone. Draw incorporates your favorite vector drawing tools and features into a streamlined, modern interface. You can draw lines, shapes, and freeform illustrations and with ten drawing layers and a photo layer.
68 Drawing About paths As you draw, you create a line called a path. A path is made up of one or more straight or curved segments. The beginning and end of each segment are marked by anchor points, which work like pins holding a wire in place. A path can be closed (for example, a circle), or open, with distinct endpoints (for example, a wavy line).
69 Drawing About direction lines and direction points When you select an anchor point that connects curved segments (or select the segment itself), the anchor points of the connecting segments display direction handles, which consist of direction lines that end in direction points. The angle and length of the direction lines determine the shape and size of the curved segments. Moving the direction points reshapes the curves. Direction lines don’t appear in the final output.
70 Drawing Specify direction line and direction point appearance When working with anchor points and paths, you may sometimes need to see direction lines (handles), while at other times they may get in the way. You can show or hide direction lines for multiple selected anchor points. For a single anchor point, the lines always appear. You can choose to show or hide direction lines on a per-selection basis, or you can set a preference for direction line display.
71 Drawing Drawing modes Illustrator CS5 provides the following drawing modes: • Draw Normal ( ) • Draw Behind ( ) • Draw Inside ( ) The Draw Normal mode is the default drawing mode. You can select drawing modes from the Tools panel, below the Color Selector tool. To switch through drawing modes, click the Drawing Modes panel in the Tools panel and select the drawing mode. You can also use the Shift+D keyboard shortcut to cycle through the drawing modes.
72 Drawing To create clipping masks using the Draw Inside mode, select the path within which you want to draw and switch to the Draw Inside mode. Subsequent paths are clipped by the path that was selected when you switch to the Draw Inside mode, until you switch to the Draw Normal mode (Shift+D or double-click). Note: The clipping masks created using Draw Inside retain the appearance on the clipping path unlike the menu command Object > Clipping Mask > Make.
73 Drawing 4 Continue clicking to set anchor points for additional straight segments. The last anchor point you add always appears as a solid square, indicating that it is selected. Previously defined anchor points become hollow, and deselected, as you add more anchor points. 5 Complete the path by doing one of the following: • To close the path, position the Pen tool over the first (hollow) anchor point. A small circle appears next to the Pen tool pointer when it is positioned correctly.
74 Drawing • To create an S-shaped curve, drag in the same direction as the previous direction line. Then release the mouse button. (Photoshop only) To change the direction of the curve sharply, release the mouse button, and then Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the direction point in the direction of the curve.
75 Drawing Finish drawing a path ? Complete a path in one of the following ways: • To close a path, position the Pen tool over the first (hollow) anchor point. A small circle appears next to the Pen tool pointer when it is positioned correctly. Click or drag to close the path. Note: To close a path in InDesign, you can also select the object and choose Object > Paths > Close Path. • To leave a path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) anywhere away from all objects.
76 Drawing A First smooth point of curved segment completed and Pen tool positioned over endpoint B Dragging to complete the curve 3 Position the Pen tool over the selected endpoint. A convert-point icon appears next to the Pen tool when it is positioned correctly. Click the anchor point to convert the smooth point to a corner point. 4 Reposition the Pen tool where you want the straight segment to end, and click to complete the straight segment.
77 Drawing Draw with the Pencil tool The Pencil tool works primarily the same way in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign. It lets you draw open and closed paths as if you were drawing with a pencil on paper. It is most useful for fast sketching or creating a hand-drawn look. Once you draw a path, you can immediately change it if needed. Anchor points are set down as you draw with the Pencil tool; you do not determine where they are positioned. However, you can adjust them once the path is complete.
78 Drawing 4 After you begin dragging, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS). The Pencil tool displays a small merge symbol to indicate you’re adding to the existing path. 5 Drag onto the endpoint of the other path, release the mouse button, and then release the Ctrl or Command key. Note: For best results, drag from one path to the other as if you were simply continuing the paths in the direction they were created. Reshape paths with the Pencil tool 1 Select the path you want to change.
79 Drawing Draw flares The Flare tool creates flare objects with a bright center, a halo, and rays and rings. Use this tool to create an effect similar to a lens flare in a photograph. Flares include a center handle and an end handle. Use the handles to position the flare and its rings. The center handle is in the bright center of the flare—the flare path begins from this point.
80 Drawing 2 Press the mouse button down to place the center handle of the flare, then drag to set the size of the center, the size of the halo, and to rotate the angle of the rays. Before releasing the mouse, press Shift to constrain the rays to a set angle. Press Up Arrow or Down Arrow to add or subtract rays. Press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to hold the center of the flare constant. 3 Release the mouse when the center, halo, and rays are as desired.
81 Drawing Draw straight lines using the Line Segment tool Use the Line Segment tool when you want to draw one straight line segment at a time. For a learning game that will help you learn to use the Line Segment tool, see How to use the Line tool. 1 Select the Line Segment tool . 2 Do one of the following: • Position the pointer where you want the line to begin, and drag to where you want the line to end. • Click where you want the line to begin, and specify the length and angle of the line.
82 Drawing • Click where you want the top-left corner of the ellipse’s bounding box to be. Specify a width and height for the ellipse, and click OK. Note: To create a circle, hold down the Shift key while dragging. To specify dimensions, once you’ve entered a width value, click the word Height to copy that value into the Height box. For a video on using shape tools, see How to draw basic shapes. Draw polygons 1 Select the Polygon tool .
83 Drawing Type Specifies whether you want the object to be an open path or a closed path. Base Along Specifies the direction of the arc. Choose X Axis or Y Axis depending on whether you want to draw the base of the arc along the horizontal (x) axis or vertical (y) axis. Slope Specifies the direction of the arc’s slope. Enter a negative value for a concave (inward) slope. Enter a positive value for a convex (outward) slope. A slope of 0 creates a straight line.
84 Drawing 2 Do one of the following: • Drag until the grid is the desired size. • Click to set the grid’s reference point. In the dialog box, click a square on the reference point locator to determine the point from which the grid is drawn. Then set any of the following options, and click OK. Default SizeSpecifies the width and height of the entire grid.Horizontal DividersSpecifies the number of horizontal dividers you want to appear between the top and bottom of the grid.
85 Drawing Select anchor points Do any of the following: • If you can see the points, you can click them with the Direct Selection tool multiple points. to select them. Shift-click to select • Select the Direct Selection tool and drag a boundary around the anchor points. Shift-drag around additional anchor points to select them. • You can select anchor points from selected or unselected paths.
86 Drawing The Tools panel contains three tools for adding or deleting points: the Pen tool , the Add Anchor Point tool , and the Delete Anchor Point tool . In addition, you can use the Remove Selected Anchor Points button in the Control panel. By default, the Pen tool changes to the Add Anchor Point tool as you position it over a selected path, or to the Delete Anchor Point tool as you position it over an anchor point.
87 Drawing A Original path B Dragging across path with the Smooth tool C Result 5 To change the amount of smoothing, double-click the Smooth tool and set the following options: Fidelity Controls how far you have to move your mouse or stylus before Illustrator adds a new anchor point to the path. For example, a Fidelity value of 2.5 means that tool movements of less than 2.5 pixels aren’t registered. Fidelity can range from 0.5 to 20 pixels; the higher the value, the smoother and less complex the path.
88 Drawing Convert between smooth points and corner points You can convert the points on a path between corner and smooth points. Use options in the Control panel to quickly convert multiple anchor points. Use the Convert Anchor Point tool to choose to convert only one side of the point, and to precisely alter the curve as you convert the point.
89 Drawing • To convert a corner point without direction lines to a corner point with independent direction lines, first drag a direction point out of a corner point (making it a smooth point with direction lines). Release the mouse button only (don’t release any keys you may have pressed to activate the Convert Anchor Point tool), and then drag either direction point. Erase artwork You can erase portions of your artwork using the Path Eraser tool, the Eraser tool, or the eraser on a Wacom stylus pen.
90 Drawing 2 Select the Eraser tool . 3 (Optional) Double-click the Eraser tool and specify options. 4 Drag over the area you want to erase. You can control the tool by doing any of the following: • To constrain the Eraser tool to a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line, Shift-drag. • To create a marquee around an area and erase everything inside the area, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS). To constrain the marquee to a square, Alt-Shift-drag (Windows) or Option-Shift-drag (Mac OS).
91 Drawing Bearing Varies in angle, roundness, or diameter based on the pressure of a drawing stylus. This option is most useful when used to control the angle of calligraphic brushes, especially when you’re using the brush like a paintbrush. It is available only if you have a graphics tablet that can detect how close to vertical the pen is. Rotation Varies in angle, roundness, or diameter based on how the drawing stylus pen tip is rotated.
92 Drawing A Object is not pixel-aligned B Object is pixel-aligned For a video on drawing pixel-aligned paths for web workflows, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid5201_ai_en. Aligning new objects to pixel grid The Align New Objects to Pixel Grid option is available in the Advanced section of the New Document dialog box. This option is also available in the Transform panel menu (flyout menu) of the Transform panel.
93 Drawing Objects that are pixel-aligned, but do not have any straight vertical or horizontal segments, are not modified to align to the pixel grid. For example, because a rotated rectangle does not have straight vertical or horizontal segments, it is not nudged to produce crisp paths, when the pixel-aligned property is set for it. Note: The document level property and pixel-aligned status of each object are saved in the .ai file.
94 Drawing Saving selected slices To save only selected slices from the artwork, click File > Save Selected Slices. Anti-aliasing options Text anti-aliasing The Character panel in Illustrator provides the following text anti-aliasing options: • None • Sharp • Crisp • Strong You can set anti-aliasing options for each text frame. These text anti-aliasing attributes get saved as part of the document. These options are also supported for PDF, AIT, and EPS formats.
95 Drawing • When you initially draw a smooth point with the Pen tool, dragging the direction point changes the length of the direction line on both sides of the point. However, when you edit an existing smooth point with the Direct Selection tool, you change the length of the direction line only on the side you’re dragging. Move straight segments 1 With the Direct Selection tool , select the segment you want to adjust. 2 Drag the segment to its new position.
96 Drawing Delete a segment 1 Select the Direct Selection tool , and select the segment you want to delete. 2 Press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac OS) to delete the selected segment. Pressing Backspace or Delete again erases the rest of the path. Extend an open path 1 Using the Pen tool, position the pointer over the endpoint of the open path you want to extend. The pointer changes when it’s precisely positioned over the endpoint. 2 Click the endpoint.
97 Drawing A Selecting and joining coincident endpoints B Selecting and joining noncoincident endpoints Note: In Illustrator CS5, only corner joins are used to join open paths. Join two or more paths Illustrator CS5 provides the option to join two or more open paths. To join one or more open paths, use the Selection tool to select the open paths and click Object > Path > Join. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+J (Windows) or Cmd+J (Mac).
98 Drawing Symbols About symbols A symbol is an art object that you can reuse in a document. For example, if you create a symbol from a flower, you can then add instances of that symbol multiple times to your artwork without actually adding the complex art multiple times. Each symbol instance is linked to the symbol in the Symbols panel or to a symbols library. Using symbols can save you time and greatly reduce file size.
99 Drawing Place or create a symbol Place a symbol 1 Select a symbol in the Symbols panel or a symbol library. 2 Do one of the following: • Click the Place Symbol Instance button viewable area of the document window. in the Symbols panel to place the instance in the center of the current • Drag the symbol to the artboard where you want it to appear. • Choose Place Symbol Instance from the Symbols panel menu.
100 Drawing 5 Select the type of symbol you want to create - Dynamic or Static. The default setting is Dynamic. 6 (Optional) If you plan to export the symbols to Flash, do the following: • Select Movie Clip for type. Movie Clip is the default symbol type in Flash and in Illustrator. • Specify a location on the Registration grid where you want to set the symbol’s anchor point. The location of the anchor point affects the position of the symbol within the screen coordinates.
101 Drawing In Illustrator, you can create 9-slice grid for symbols with rotation, shear, and complex transformations. When you scale a symbol, all the nine areas of the symbol can be scaled independently. Enable 9-slice scaling 1 Select the symbol on the artboard or in the Symbols panel and choose Symbol Options from the panel menu. 2 In the Symbol Options dialog box, select Movie Clip or Graphic for Type, and then select Enable Guides For 9-Slice Scaling.
102 Drawing 2 Click the Break Link To Symbol button in the Symbols panel or Control panel. 3 Edit the artwork. Note: While editing Dynamic Symbols, do not include text, placed images, or mesh objects. 4 (Optional) do one of the following: • To replace the parent symbol with this edited version, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the modified symbol on top of the old symbol in the Symbols panel. The symbol is replaced in the Symbols panel and is updated in the current file.
103 Drawing Reset transformations To reset any transformations to symbols, select the symbol and click the Reset button in the Control panel. You can also select the Reset Transformation option from the Symbols panel menu (flyout menu). Edit or redefine a symbol You can edit a symbol by changing the symbol’s artwork or you can redefine the symbol by replacing it with new artwork.
104 Drawing To automatically open a library when you start Illustrator, choose Persistent from the library’s panel menu. Move symbols from a library into the Symbols panel A symbol is automatically added to the Symbols panel whenever you use it in a document. ? Click a symbol in a library. Create symbol libraries 1 To add all the symbols from a library, Shift select all the symbols and choose Add to Symbols from the Symbol Library option menu.
105 Drawing Note: If you want to duplicate a symbol instance on the artboard, for example, if you have scaled and rotated a symbol and want to add another instance with the same scale and rotation, duplicate the instance. (See Work with symbol instances.) Rename a symbol 1 To rename the symbol, select the symbol in the Symbols panel, choose Symbol Options from the panel menu, and then type a new name in the Symbol Options dialog box.
106 Drawing Automatically trace artwork using Live Trace 1 Open or place a file to use as the source image for the tracing. 2 With the source image selected, do one of the following: • To trace the image using a tracing preset, click the Tracing Presets and Options button and select a preset. in the Control panel, • To trace the image using the default tracing options, click Live Trace in the Control panel, or choose Object > Live Trace > Make.
107 Drawing Max Stroke Weight Specifies the maximum width of features in the original image that can be stroked. Features larger than the maximum width become outlined areas in the tracing result. Min Stroke Length Specifies the minimum length of features in the original image that can be stroked. Features smaller than the minimum length are omitted from the tracing result. Path Fitting Controls the distance between the traced shape and the original pixel shape.
108 Drawing • Click the Tracing Options Dialog button in the Control panel to view all tracing options. Alternatively, choose Object > Live Trace > Tracing Options. Adjust the options, and click Trace. Use tracing presets to quickly change the results of a tracing. Specify the colors used for tracing 1 Create a swatch library that contains the colors you want to use in the tracing. 2 Make sure that the swatch library is open, and click the Tracing Options Dialog button in the Control panel.
109 Drawing Convert a tracing object to a Live Paint object When you are satisfied with the results of a tracing, you can convert the tracing object to paths or to a Live Paint object. This final step allows you to work with the tracing as you do other vector artwork. Once you convert the tracing object, you can no longer adjust the tracing options. 1 Select the tracing object.
110 Drawing 2 Trace over the file using the Pen tool or the Pencil tool. 3 To hide the template layer, choose View > Hide Template. Choose View > Show Template to see it again. 4 To turn a template layer into a regular layer, double-click the template layer in the Layers panel, deselect Template, and click OK.
111 Drawing A 1-point perspective B 2-point perspective (default) C 3-point perspective To select one of the default perspective grid preset, click View> Perspective Grid and then select from the required preset. Define grid presets To define grid settings, click View > Perspective Grid > Define Grid. In the Define Perspective Grid dialog box, you can configure the following attributes for a preset: Name To save a new preset, select the Custom option from the Name drop-down list.
112 Drawing Viewing Angle Imagine a cube in such an orientation that no face is parallel to the picture plane (in this case the computer screen). Viewing Angle is the angle which the right face of this imaginary cube makes with the picture plane. Therefore, the viewing angle determines the positions of the left and right vanishing points from the observer. A viewing angle of 45° implies that the two vanishing points are equidistant from the line of vision of the observer.
113 Drawing The Perspective Grid Preset Options dialog box opens in edit mode. Enter the new grid setting and click OK to save the new grid settings. You cannot delete the default presets. To delete a user-defined preset, click Delete in the Perspective Grid Presets dialog box. Illustrator also allows you to import and export user-defined presets. To export a particular preset, click Export in the Perspective Grid Presets dialog box. To import a preset, click Import.
114 Drawing Note: If you lock the station point using the View > Perspective Grid > Lock Station Point option, then both the vanishing points move together. You can also adjust the left, right, and horizontal grid planes using the respective grid plane control widgets. The ) when you move the pointer over the grid plane controls. pointer changes to a two-way arrow ( , Holding the Shift key while moving the grid planes, constrains the movement to the extent of cell size.
115 Drawing If you shift the origin, the x and y coordinates of the horizontal plane and the x coordinate of vertical planes are affected. When you select an object in perspective while the grid is visible, the x and y coordinates displayed in the Transform and Info panels change with shift in origin. You can also see the change in coordinate measurements when you draw objects using the rectangle or line group tools and press Shift, while the relevant grid plane is active. If you move the .
116 Drawing You can change the grid extent to define the extent of the grid on the planes. When you move the pointer over the grid . extent widgets, the pointer changes to Note: Gridlines are set to display onscreen when there is a 1-pixel gap in them. Progressive zooming in brings in view more gridlines that are closer toward Vanishing Point. You can also adjust the grid extent to increase or decrease the vertical grid extent.
117 Drawing To increase or decrease the grid cell size, use the grid cell size widget. When you mouse over the grid cell size widget, . the pointer changes to Note: When you increase the grid cell size, the number of grid cells reduce. Drawing new objects in perspective To draw objects in perspective, use the line group tools or rectangle group tools while the grid is visible.
118 Drawing To add an object to the left, right, or horizontal grid: 1 Select the active plane on which you want to place the object. You can select the active plane using 1, 2, or 3 keyboard shortcut command or by clicking on one of the faces of the cube in the Perspective Grid Widget. 2 Click Object > Perspective > Attach to Active Plane. Note: Using the Attach to Active Plane command does not affect the appearance of the object. For a video on mapping artwork to perspective, see www.adobe.
119 Drawing 2 Keeping the number 5 key pressed, drag the object to the required position. This action moves the object parallel to its current location. Using Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) along with the number 5 key while moving, duplicates the object at the new location without changing the original object. In Draw Behind mode, this action creates the object behind the original object. Note: The arrow keys do not work when you move objects in perpendicular.
120 Drawing For precise perpendicular movement, for all objects: 1 In the Location box, specify the location where the objects need to be moved. By default, the current location of objects is displayed in the dialog box. 2 Select from the following movement options for objects: Do Not Move If this option is selected, the object does not move when the grid is repositioned. Move All Objects If you select this option, then all the objects on the plane move with the grid movement.
121 Drawing To create a copy of the object parallel to its current position: 1 Select the Perspective Selection tool from the Tools panel or by pressing Shift+V. 2 Press Alt and drag (Windows) or Option and drag (Mac OS) the grid plane control depending on the grid plane where the object is placed. Automatic plane positioning The automatic plane positioning feature allows you to create objects by inferring the height or depth of the object.
122 Drawing Before drawing or placing objects, the object height can be inferred from: • Other objects by going to one of the anchor points (getting the anchor label) and pressing Shift, which temporarily hides other planes. • Grid lines by going to the intersection point and pressing the Shift key. Changing plane in this state brings that plane to the selected offset. Once the object is drawn or placed, the inference mode is reset and all planes are restored to normal visibility.
123 Drawing Move plane to match object When you want to draw or bring objects in perspective at the same depth or height as an existing object, select the existing object in perspective and click Object > Perspective > Move Plane to Match Object to bring the corresponding grid to the desired height or depth. You can now draw or bring new objects in perspective. Scale objects in perspective You can scale objects in perspective using the Perspective Selection tool.
124 Drawing Perspective Grid settings You can configure the Perspective Grid settings using View > Perspective Grid. The options available include: Show Rulers This option shows the ruler division only along the true height line. The gridline every determines the ruler division. Snap to Grid This option allows snapping to gridlines while bringing in perspective, moving, scaling, and drawing in perspective.
125 Drawing Create symbol sets The Symbol Sprayer acts like a particle sprayer—letting you add a large number of identical objects to the artboard at one time. For example, use the symbol sprayer to add hundreds of grass blades, wildflowers, bees, or snowflakes. Spray sets of symbol instances onto artwork 1 Select a symbol in the Symbols panel, and then select the Symbol Sprayer tool . 2 Click or drag where you want the symbol instances to appear.
126 Drawing 2 Do one of the following: • Click or drag in the set where you want to increase the size of the symbol instances. • Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click or drag where you want to decrease the size of the symbol instances. • Hold down Shift as you click or drag to preserve the density of the symbol instances while resizing. Rotate symbol instances 1 Select the Symbol Spinner tool . 2 Click or drag in the direction you want the symbol instances to orient.
127 Drawing You can switch to the Symbol Styler tool when using any other symbolism tool by clicking a style in the Graphic Styles panel. 1 Select the Symbol Styler tool . 2 Select a style in the Graphic Styles panel, and do one of the following: • Click or drag where you want to apply the style to the symbol set. The amount of style applied to the symbol instances increases, and the style gradually changes.
128 Drawing Anchor Point enhancements Several enhancements have been introduced that afford you greater flexibility and control while working with anchor points and their handles. Most enhancements have been built to not interfere with the existing workflows and techniques. Dragging inequal handles (Pen tool) In previous releases of Illustrator CC, when you drew a smooth point with the Pen too, the opposite handles were always equal in length and paired.
129 Drawing While both techniques work, the original curve is always affected, and, may not look the same again. Enhancement: In Illustrator CC 2014, select the Anchor Point tool, press Opt/Alt, and click on any of the handles to pair the opposite handles and make the point smooth. With this enhancement, you get a smooth curve, while keeping the opposite curve intact. Disabling snapping of handles This applies to situations when you have enabled any kind of snapping (pixel, grid, or point).
130 Drawing Repositioning the closing anchor point There are many places in the application where pressing of spacebar, allows you to reposition an anchor point. This is applicable to scenarios like dragging a shape, dragging the zoom, clicking the Pen tool, and more. However, this did not work while attempting to close a path. Enhancement: In Illustrator CC 2014, press the spacebar while closing a path to reposition the closing anchor point.
131 Drawing Double-click the Pencil Tool icon in the Toolbox to open the Pencil Tool Options dialog. The Fidelity slider has four presets you can choose from. The leftmost slider preset (Accurate) is most accurate for drawing paths. The rightmost slider preset (Smooth) creates the smoothest paths. Choose a preset that suits your drawing needs best. Additional Fidelity preset (Introduced in the 2014 release of Illustrator CC) The Fidelity slider has 5 presets from Illustrator CC 2014.
132 Drawing 2 Do one of the following: 1 Keeping the Shift or Alt/Opt key pressed, place the cursor at the endpoint of the line. When the path- continuation cursor ( ) is displayed, click the mouse button and draw another line. 2 Keeping the mouse button pressed, release and press the Shift or Alt/Opt key, and draw the next segment. Continuing a path The continue-path cursor ( endpoint.
133 Drawing The keyboard combination for the Curvature tool is Shift + ~ (simultaneously press Shift and the tilde symbol on your keyboard). 2 Drop two points on the artboard, and then view the rubber band preview display the shape of the resulting path depending on where you hover your mouse. Note: Rubber-banding is turned on by default in the tool. To turn it off, use preference setting: Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display > Enable Rubber Band for Pen tool.
134 Drawing A First anchor point and its handles B Rubber Band preview of the path between the first anchor point and the mouse pointer 3 When the preview displayed is the path that you wanted to draw, click the location, and Illustrator draws the path as previewed. Note: When the preview is on, pressing Esc stops showing the preview and ends the path. This is the same action as hitting the keyboard shortcut P while working with the pen tool (with the preview feature off).
135 Drawing A Plane switching widget B Left Vanishing Point C Vertical Grid Extent D Perspective Grid Ruler E Right Vanishing Point F Horizon Line G Horizon Height H Ground Level I Horizon Level J Extent of Grid K Grid Cell Size L Ground Level M Extent of Grid N Right Grid Plane Control O Horizontal Grid Plane Control P Left Grid Plane Control Q Origin The Perspective Grid tool group consists of the Perspective Grid tool and the Perspective Selection tool .
136 Drawing You can set options to position the widget on any of the four screen corners and choose to display it when the Perspective Grid is visible. To set these options, double-click the Perspective Grid icon in the Tools panel. In the Perspective Grid Options dialog box, you can select the following: Show Active Plane Widget This option is selected by default. If you deselect this check box, then the widget is not displayed with the Perspective Grid.
137 Drawing In the Pattern Brush Options dialog, you can preview the brush, using a sample path. You can modify the tiles (automatic/original art/pattern swatches), and preview the effect on the appearance of your brush strokes. The dialog also provides you with the option to save your original art tile, or the automatically generated corner tiles, as a pattern swatch. The four types of automatic corners are: Auto-Centered The Side tile is stretched around the corner, and centered on it.
138 Drawing Edit artwork using Image Trace Use Adobe Shape CC on your iPhone or iPad to photograph objects, designs, or shapes, and convert them into vector shapes in a few simple steps. Store the resulting vectors in your Creative Cloud Libraries, and access them or refine them in Illustrator or Photoshop. Learn more about the Adobe Shape CC app. Download the awesome Adobe Shape CC app from the iTunes app store (available for iPhone and iPad).
139 Drawing 2 With the placed image selected, do one of the following: • Choose Object > Image Trace > Make to trace with default parameters. • Choose Window > Image Trace, and choose one of the default presets by clicking the icons on top of the panel. • Choose Window > Image Trace and choose a preset or specify the tracing options. In the Image Trace panel, enable Preview to see the results of your modifications.
140 Drawing Stroke Specifies the maximum width of features in the original image that can be stroked. Features larger than the maximum width become outlined areas in the tracing result. Snap Curves To Lines Specifies if slightly curved lines are replaced with straight lines. Ignore White Specifies if white fills areas are replaced with no fills. Enable Preview in the Image Trace panel to preview the result of the current settings.
141 Chapter 4: Color About color Applying colors to artwork is a common Adobe Illustrator task, and one that requires some knowledge of color models and color modes. When applying color to artwork, keep in mind the final medium in which the artwork will be published, so that you can use the correct color model and color definitions. Experimenting and applying color is easy using the feature-rich Swatches panel, Color Guide panel, and Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box in Illustrator.
142 Color RGB A large percentage of the visible spectrum can be represented by mixing red, green, and blue (RGB) colored light in various proportions and intensities. Where the colors overlap, they create cyan, magenta, and yellow. RGB colors are called additive colors because you create white by adding R, G, and B together—that is, all light is reflected back to the eye. Additive colors are used for lighting, television, and computer monitors.
143 Color A Cyan B Magenta C Yellow D Black You can work with color values using the CMYK color mode, which is based on the CMYK color model. In CMYK mode, each of the CMYK process inks can use a value ranging from 0 to 100%. The lightest colors are assigned small percentages of process ink colors; darker colors have higher percentage values. For example, a bright red might contain 2% cyan, 93% magenta, 90% yellow, and 0% black.
144 Color Lab The CIE Lab color model is based on the human perception of color. It is one of several color models produced by the Commission Internationale d’Eclairage (CIE), an organization dedicated to creating standards for all aspects of light. The numeric values in Lab describe all the colors that a person with normal vision sees.
145 Color The range of color encompassed by a color space is called a gamut. The different devices (computer monitor, scanner, desktop printer, printing press, digital camera) throughout your workflow operate within different color spaces and each with different gamuts. Some colors within the gamut of your computer monitor are not within the gamut of your inkjet printer, and vice versa. When a color cannot be produced on a device, it’s considered to be outside the color space of that particular device.
146 Color About process colors A process color is printed using a combination of the four standard process inks: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK). Use process colors when a job requires so many colors that using individual spot inks would be expensive or impractical, as when printing color photographs.
147 Color More Help topics Selecting colors Using and creating swatches Color groups (harmonies) Adjusting colors Selecting colors About selecting colors You can select colors for your artwork from a variety of tools, panels, and dialog boxes in Illustrator. How you select color depends on the needs of your artwork. For example, if you want to use specific company-approved colors, you’ll want to select colors from the company-approved swatch library.
148 Color A Color field B HSB color values C New color rectangle D Original color rectangle E Color slider F Color spectrum G RGB color values H Hexadecimal color value I CMYK color values More Help topics About colors in digital graphics Display the Color Picker ? Double-click the fill or stroke color selection box in the Tools panel or Color panel. Change the color spectrum displayed in the Color Picker ? Click a letter: H (Hue), S (Saturation), B (Brightness), R (Red), G (Green), or B (Blue).
149 Color Color panel overview You use the Color panel (Window > Color) to apply color to an object’s fill and stroke, and also to edit and mix colors. The Color panel can display color values using different color models. By default, only the most commonly used options are visible in the Color panel.
150 Color Use and create swatches About swatches Swatches are named colors, tints, gradients, and patterns. The swatches associated with a document appear in the Swatches panel. Swatches can appear individually or in groups. You can open libraries of swatches from other Illustrator documents and various color systems. Swatch libraries appear in separate panels and are not saved with the document.
151 Color A Spot color B Global color C Fill or stroke of None D Registration swatch (prints on all plates) E CMYK symbol (when document is open in CMYK mode) F RGB symbol (when document is open in RGB mode) G Swatch Library Menu button H Show Swatch Kinds Menu button I Swatch Options button J New ColorGroup button K New Swatch button Change the display of swatches ? Select a view option from the Swatches panel menu: Small Thumbnail View, Medium Thumbnail View, Large Thumbnail View, Small List View, or L
152 Color Change the order of swatches You can reorder individual swatches as well as swatches inside a color group. ? Do one of the following: • Select Sort ByName or Sort By Kind from the Swatches panel menu. These commands only work on individual swatches, not swatches in a color group. • Drag a swatch to a new location.
153 Color Add colors from artwork to the Swatches panel You can automatically add all the colors from selected artwork or all the colors in your document to the Swatches panel. Illustrator finds the colors that are not already in the Swatches panel, converts any process colors to global colors, and adds them to the panel as new swatches.
154 Color Import swatches from another document You can import all swatches or individual swatches from another document. • To import all swatches from another document, choose Window > Swatch Libraries > Other Library or choose Open Swatch Library > Other Library from the Swatches panel menu. Select the file from which you want to import swatches, and click Open. The imported swatches appear in a swatch library panel (not the Swatches panel).
155 Color 2 Do one of the following: • Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) the color from the Tools panel or Color panel to the Swatches panel. • In the Swatches panel, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the New Swatch button, or select New Swatch from the panel menu. In the dialog box that appears, select Spot Color for Color Type. Set additional swatch options and click OK. (See Swatch options.
156 Color When you delete a spot-color or global process-color swatch (or a pattern or gradient containing a spot or global process color), all objects painted with those colors are converted to the non-global process color equivalent. Swatch options To set swatch options, double-click an existing swatch or select New Swatch from the Swatches panel menu. Swatch Name Specifies the name of the swatch in the Swatches panel. Color Type Specifies if the swatch is a process color or spot color.
157 Color More Help topics Group swatches Create color themes with Kuler Color Guide panel overview Use the Color Guide panel as a tool for color inspiration while you create your artwork. The Color Guide panel suggests harmonious colors based on the current color in the Tools panel. You can use these colors to color artwork, or you can edit them in the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box, or save them as swatches or swatch groups in the Swatches panel.
158 Color Show Vivid/Muted Decreases the saturation toward gray in variations on the left and increases saturation toward gray in variations on the right Note: If you’re using spot colors, use only the Tints/Shades variation and choose colors from the tint (right) side of the variation grid. All other variations cause spot colors to be converted to process. Specify the number and range of color variations that appear in the panel 1 Choose Color Guide Options from the Color Guide panel menu.
159 Color A Create and edit a color group in the Edit tab B Assign colors in the Assign tab C Select a color group from the Color Groups list The Recolor Art option at the bottom of the dialog box lets you preview colors on selected artwork, and specifies whether artwork is recolored when you close the dialog box. The main areas of the dialog box are: Edit Use the Edit tab to create new color groups or edit existing color groups.
160 Color Recolor Artwork button in Control panel Use this button when you want to edit the colors of the selected artwork using the Recolor Artwork dialog box. This button is available when the selected artwork contains two or more colors. note: Editing colors this way is a convenient way to globally adjust colors in artwork when global colors weren't used in the artwork's creation.
161 Color • Click a color variation in the Color Guide panel, and then click the Set Base Color To The Current Color icon . 2 Choose a rule from the Harmony Rules menu. Note: To confine colors to a swatch library, click the Limits The Color Group To Colors In A Swatch Library button and choose library from the list.
162 Color 6 Type a name in the Name box to the right of the Harmony Rules menu, and click New Color Group Note: if the New Color Group icon is not visible, click the Show Color Group Storage icon . . 7 To save the new color group to the Swatches panel, click OK and close the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box. Note: You can also create a color group by using the Color Guide. (See Create a color group in the Color Guide panel.
163 Color Displays hue, saturation, and brightness in a smooth continuous circle. Each color in the current color group is drawn on the wheel inside a circle. This wheel lets you choose from numerous colors with great precision, but it can be hard to see individual colors because every pixel is a different color. Segmented color wheel Displays colors as a set of segmented color patches.
164 Color Save changes to a color group Before you start editing your color groups, make sure that you know how to save your changes correctly so you don’t inadvertently overwrite your favorite color group! You have two options when saving your changes: you can overwrite the original color group with the edited color group, or you can create a new color group with the changes, leaving the original intact.
165 Color Note: To ensure that the colors are in gamut or web safe, select each color marker and click the Out Of Gamut Of Web buttons as necessary. or Out Reorder colors in a color group ? Do one of the following: • In the Active Colors menu, drag a color left or right. • In Color Bars view, drag a color bar left or right. Edit an individual color in a color group When you use a harmony rule to create a color group, the colors are linked by default.
166 Color 3 Do one of the following in either the color wheel or color bar view: • Drag the color marker you want to edit to set a new color. • Click the color bar or color marker you want to change and manually edit the color values. • Double-click (or right-click) the color bar or marker and choose a new color in the Color Picker. • Right-click a color marker or color bar and pick a new shade.
167 Color 2 Do either of the following: • To add a color to the color group, right-click in the color wheel where you want to add the color and choose Add New Color. If you click the line of an existing color marker, the new marker moves with that marker. • To remove a color, right-click the color marker or color bar and choose Remove Color. You cannot remove the base color marker.
168 Color A Active color group B Get Colors From Selected Art C Colors from selected artwork D New colors from active color group E Options for working with entire rows F Recolor Artwork Last updated 11/30/2015
169 Color For a video on assigning colors, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0061. Assign new colors to selected artwork 1 Select the artwork you want to recolor. 2 Choose Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor Artwork. The Recolor Artwork dialog box opens, displaying the Assign area with colors from the original artwork in both columns. 3 If you want to assign colors from a color group, do one of the following: a Choose a color group from the Color Groups list.
170 Color Randomly change saturation and brightness in all colors 1 If necessary, select an object and choose Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor Artwork. 2 In the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box, click the Randomly Change Saturation and Brightness button . Note: You can also change saturation and brightness when editing a color group using the Color Bars display.
171 Color 3 Do one of the following: • If you want to limit colors to a swatch library, click the library button click OK. , select the library you want, and then • If you don’t want to limit colors to a swatch library, click OK. The Recolor Artwork dialog box opens. The New column displays the number of colors you chose as your preset, plus black. The new colors are taken from your original artwork. 4 Assign your original colors to the new colors as desired.
172 Color Preserve Determines whether white, black, or gray is preserved in the final reduction. If a color is preserved, it appears in the Current Colors column as an excluded row. 6 Assign current colors to the new colors as desired. 7 Make sure that Recolor Art is selected, and click OK.
173 Color 2 Click the triangle on the right side of the theme and selectView Online in Kuler. Saving frequent searches 1 Select Custom in the first pop-up menu located directly under the Search box. 2 In the dialog box that opens, enter your search terms and click Save. When you want to run the search, select it from the first pop-up menu. To delete a saved search, select the Custom option in the pop-up menu and clear the searches you’d like to delete.
174 Color Creating themes on your iOS device A simple and fun way to capture inspiring color combinations wherever you see them. Simply point the camera at something colorful and Adobe Color CC will instantly extract a series of colors. Learn more about the Adobe Color CC app here. Download the amazing Adobe Color CC app from the iTunes app store (Available for your iPhone, iPad, and iWatch!).
175 Color To add a swatch: • In the Color Themes panel, select a swatch, and then click the flyout menu > Add to Swatches. To add multiple swatches: • In the Color Themes panel, hold the Ctrl/Cmd key and select multiple swatches, and then click the flyout menu > Add to Swatches. You can also use the Shift key to select multiple swatches. To add a theme: • In the Color Themes panel, select the entire theme by clicking the theme's folder icon. The entire theme is added to the Swatches panel.
176 Color Blend colors The Blend commands create a series of intermediate colors from a group of three or more filled objects, based on the objects’ vertical or horizontal orientation, or on their stacking order. Blending does not affect strokes or unpainted objects. 1 Select three or more filled objects. 2 Do one of the following: • To fill the intermediate objects with graduated blends between the frontmost and backmost filled objects, choose Edit > Edit Colors > Blend Front To Back.
177 Color Invert multiple colors 1 Select the objects whose colors you want to invert. 2 Choose Edit > Edit Colors > Invert Colors. You can use the Color panel to invert individual colors. Adjust color balance of one or more colors 1 Select the objects whose colors you want to adjust. 2 Choose Edit > Edit Colors > Adjust Color Balance. 3 Set the Fill and Stroke options.
178 Color • Select Use CMYK Values From The Manufacturer’s Process Book if you want spot colors to match earlier versions of Illustrator. More Help topics Lab Convert color to grayscale and vice versa Convert colors to grayscale 1 Select the objects whose colors you want to convert. 2 Choose Edit > Edit Colors > Convert To Grayscale. Use the Edit > Edit Colors> Adjust Colors command to convert objects to grayscale and adjust the shades of gray at the same time.
179 Color Mix overlapping colors You can use blending modes, the Hard Mix effect, or the Soft Mix effect to mix overlapping colors. Blending modes Provide many options for controlling overlapping colors, and should always be used in place of Hard Mix and Soft Mix for artwork containing spot colors, patterns, gradients, text, or other complex artwork. Hard Mix effect Combines colors by choosing the highest value of each of the color components.
180 Chapter 5: Painting About painting To help you add visual interest to your artwork, Adobe Illustrator provides calligraphic, scatter, art, pattern, and bristle brushes. In addition, you can use the Live Paint feature and Shape Builder tools, to paint different path segments and fill enclosed paths with different colors, patterns, or gradients. Using the Shape Builder tool, you can create new complex new shapes by merging simple shapes.
181 Painting Paint a Live Paint group With the Live Paint method, you paint more like you would with a traditional coloring tool, without regard to layers or stacking order, which can make for a more natural workflow. All objects in a Live Paint group are treated as if they are part of the same flat surface. This means you can draw several paths and then color separately each area enclosed by these paths (called a face).
182 Painting More Help topics Keyboard shortcuts for painting objects Select colors using the Color Picker Fill and Stroke controls Controls for setting the fill and stroke are available in the Tools panel, the Control panel, and the Color panel. Use any of the following controls in the Tools panel to specify color: Fill button Double-click to select a fill color using the Color Picker. Stroke button Double-click to select a stroke color using the Color Picker.
183 Painting 3 Select a fill color by doing one of the following: • Click a color in the Control panel, Color panel, Swatches panel, Gradient panel, or a swatch library. • Double-click the Fill box and select a color from the Color Picker. • Select the Eyedropper tool and Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) an object to apply the current attributes, including the current fill and stroke. • Click the None button to remove the object’s current fill.
184 Painting • Use the Blob Brush tool to merge paths created by other tools. To do so, make sure that the existing artwork doesn't have a stroke. Then set up the Blob Brush tool to have the same fill color, and draw a new path that intersects all of the paths that you want to merge together. Create merged paths Note: Paths with strokes can't be merged. 1 Select the path into which you want to merge a new path.
185 Painting More Help topics About compound paths Group or ungroup objects Remove a fill or stroke from an object 1 Select the object. 2 Click the Fill box or the Stroke box in the Tools panel to indicate whether you want to remove the object’s fill or its stroke. 3 Click the None button in the Tools panel, the Color panel, or the Swatches panel. Note: You can also click the None icon in the Fill menu or the Stroke Color menu in the Control panel.
186 Painting 2 Select Add New Fill or Add New Stroke from the Appearance panel menu. Alternatively, select a fill or stroke in the Appearance panel, and click the Duplicate Selected Item button . 3 Set the color and other properties for the new fill or stroke. Note: It may be necessary to adjust the position of the new fill or stroke in the Appearance panel. For example, if you create two strokes of different widths, make sure that the narrower stroke is above the wider stroke in the Appearance panel.
187 Painting 2 Drag one width point on to the other width point to create a discontinuous width point for the stroke. For discontinuous points, the Width Point Edit dialog box shows both sets of side widths. The Single Width Only check boxes allow using either incoming or outgoing width leaving a single continuous width point.
188 Painting Width control tasks Keyboard modifiers Create non-uniform widths Alt+drag (Windows) or Opt+drag (Mac OS) Create a copy of the width point Alt+drag the width point (Windows) or Opt+drag the width point (Mac OS) Copy and move all the points along the path Alt+Shift+drag (Windows) or Opt+Shift+drag (Mac OS) Change the position of multiple width points Shift+drag Select multiple width points Shift+click Delete selected width points Delete Deselect a width point Esc Do any of the fo
189 Painting For Art and Pattern brushes, the Width Points/Profile option is automatically selected for size in the Stroke Options dialog box after you edit a brush path with the Variable Width tool or apply a Width Profile preset. To remove any width profile changes, select the Fixed option for size or one of the tablet data channels, such as Pressure, to restore the tablet data options. For a video on creating variable width profiles, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid5215_ai_en.
190 Painting Note: Live Paint takes advantage of multiprocessors, which help Illustrator perform the operations more quickly. For a video on using Live Paint, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0042. More Help topics Live Paint limitations Fill and paint attributes are attached to faces and edges of a Live Paint group—not to the actual paths that define them, as in other Illustrator objects. Because of this, some features and commands either work differently or are not applicable to paths inside a Live Paint group.
191 Painting • Expand (You can use the Object > Live Paint > Expand command instead.
192 Painting Expand or release a Live Paint group Releasing a Live Paint group changes it to one or more ordinary paths with no fill and a .5-point black stroke. Expanding a Live Paint group changes it to one or more ordinary paths that are visually similar to the Live Paint group, but are now separate filled and stroked paths. You can use the Group Selection tool to select and modify these paths separately. 1 Select the Live Paint group. 2 Do one of the following: • Choose Object > Live Paint > Expand.
193 Painting • To select multiple faces and edges, drag a marquee around the items you want to select. Partial selections are included. • To select all contiguous faces that are not separated by a painted edge, double-click a face. • To select faces or edges with the same fill or stroke, triple-click an item. Or click once, choose Select > Same, and then choose Fill Color, Stroke Color, or Stroke Weight on the submenu.
194 Painting Save the fill and stroke colors used in Live Paint groups in the Swatches panel. That way, if a change loses a color you want to keep, you can select its swatch and use the Live Paint Bucket tool to reapply the fill or stroke. More Help topics Isolate artwork for editing Add paths to a Live Paint group As you add more paths to the Live Paint group, you can fill and stroke the new faces and edges that are created.
195 Painting Note: If you select a color from a the Swatches panel, the pointer changes to display three colors . The selected color is in the middle, and the two adjacent colors are on either side. To use an adjacent color, click the left or right arrow key. 3 To paint a face, do any of the following: • Click a face to fill it. (When the pointer is over a face, it changes to a half-filled paint bucket lines surround the inside of the fill.
196 Painting Width Specifies how thick to make the highlight. Close gaps in Live Paint groups Gaps are small spaces between paths. If paint leaks through and paints faces you did not intend, you probably have a gap in your artwork. You can create a new path that closes the gap, edit existing paths to close the gap, or adjust the gap options in the Live Paint group. You can avoid gaps in your Live Paint artwork by overdrawing paths (that is, extending them past each other).
197 Painting Brushes Did you know you can use your iPad or iPhone to design beautiful, high-quality brushes from photos of anything that inspires you? Save the brushes to your Creative Cloud Library and access them anywhere across Photoshop and Illustrator! Learn more about the Adobe Brush CC iPad app in this video. Download the awesome Adobe Brush CC app from the iTunes app store. About brushes Brushes let you stylize the appearance of paths.
198 Painting See a video on using brushes. More Help topics Visual tutorial - How to work with brushes Brushes panel overview The Brushes panel (Window > Brushes) displays brushes for the current file. Whenever you select a brush in a brush library, it is automatically added to the Brushes panel. Brushes that you create and store in the Brushes panel are associated only with the current file, which means that each Illustrator file can have a different set of brushes in its Brushes panel.
199 Painting Work with brush libraries Brush libraries (Window > Brush Libraries > [library]) are collections of preset brushes that come with Illustrator. You can open multiple brush libraries to browse through their contents and select brushes. You can also open brush libraries using the Brushes panel menu. To automatically open a brush library when you start Illustrator, choose Persistent from the brush library’s panel menu.
200 Painting • To draw a closed shape, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag. The Paintbrush tool displays . Release the mouse button (but not the Alt or Option key) when you are ready to close the shape. a small loop Illustrator sets down anchor points as you draw. The number of anchor points is determined by the length and complexity of the path and by the Paintbrush tolerance settings. Tip: To adjust the shape of a brushed path after you finish drawing it, first select the path.
201 Painting • For art and pattern brushes, the artwork cannot contain type. To achieve a brush-stroke effect with type, create an outline of the type and then create a brush with the outline. • For pattern brushes, create up to five pattern tiles (depending on the brush configuration), and add the tiles to the Swatches panel. Note: You can make the brushes you create available for every new document by adding the brush definition to the New Document Profile.
202 Painting Calligraphic brush options Angle Determines the angle of rotation for the brush. Drag the arrowhead in the preview, or enter a value in the Angle box. Roundness Determines roundness of the brush. Drag a black dot in the preview away from or toward the center, or enter a value in the Roundness box. The higher the value, the greater the roundness. Diameter Determines the diameter of the brush. Use the Diameter slider, or enter a value in the Diameter box.
203 Painting Hue Shift Uses the key color in the brush artwork, as shown in the Key Color box. (By default, the key color is the most prominent color in the art.) Everything in the brush artwork that is the key color becomes the stroke color. Other colors in the brush artwork become colors related to the stroke color. Hue Shift maintains black, white, and gray. Choose Hue Shift for brushes that use multiple colors.
204 Painting note: If you use the Width tool on a particular Art brush stroke instance, all the tablet data is converted to Width points. Notice that in the Width drop-down list settings, the Width Points/Profiles option is selected. Brush Scale Options Preserves proportions in scaled art. The options available are: Scale Proportionately, Stretch to Fit Stroke Length, Stretch Between Guides. Direction Determines the direction of the artwork in relation to the line.
205 Painting The art enclosed between the guides is the only portion of the brush that stretches or contracts to make the art brush fit the path length. A Segmented art brush B Non segmented art brush Pattern brush options Scale Adjusts the size of tiles relative to their original size. Specify the scale using the Scale option slider. The Scale drop-down list for pattern brush tool include pen tablet options for adjusting scale variations, such as Pressure, Stylus Wheel, Tilt, Bearing, and Rotation.
206 Painting A Side tile B Outer Corner tile C Inner Corner tile D Start tile E End tile Flip Along or Flip Across Changes the orientation of the pattern in relation to the line. Fit Determines how the pattern fits on the path: Stretch To Fit lengthens or shortens the pattern tile to fit the object. This option can result in uneven tiling. Add Space To Fit adds blank space between each pattern tile to apply the pattern proportionally to the path.
207 Painting Bristle brush Bristle brush allows you to create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles. With Bristle brush, you can: • Create natural and fluid brush strokes that simulate the effects of painting with real brushes and media such as water color. • Select brushes from a predefined library or create your own brushes from the provided tip shapes such as round, flat, or fan.
208 Painting 3 In the Bristle Brush Options dialog box, specify: Name of the bristle brush. Maximum length of the brush name can be 31 characters. Shape Select from ten different brush models, which provide a different drawing experience and appearance of bristle brush paths. Size Brush size is the diameter of the brush. Like a physical media brush, the Bristle brush diameter is measured at the point where the bristles meet the handle (the ferrule).
209 Painting Paint Opacity This option lets you set the opacity of the paint being used. The paint opacity can vary between 1% (Translucent) and 100% (opaque). The specified opacity value is the maximum opacity used in the brush.
210 Painting Transparency and blending modes About transparency Transparency is such an integral part of Illustrator that it’s possible to add transparency to your artwork without realizing it. You can add transparency to artwork by doing any of the following: • Lowering the opacity of objects so that underlying artwork becomes visible. • Using opacity masks to create variations in transparency. • Using a blending mode to change how colors interact among overlapping objects.
211 Painting View transparency in artwork It’s important to be aware of when you’re using transparency, because you need to set some extra options when printing and saving transparent artwork. To view transparency in your artwork, display a checkered background grid to identify transparent areas of your artwork. 1 Choose View > Show Transparency Grid. 2 (Optional) Choose File > Document Setup, and set transparency grid options.
212 Painting 1 In the Layers panel, target the group or layer you want to turn into a knockout group. 2 In the Transparency panel, select Knockout Group. If this option isn’t visible, select Show Options from the panel menu. Selecting the Knockout Group option cycles it through three states: on (check mark), off (no mark), and neutral (square with a line through it).
213 Painting When you create the opacity mask, a thumbnail of the masking object appears in the Transparency panel to the right of the thumbnail of the masked artwork. (If these thumbnails aren’t visible, choose Show Thumbnails from the panel menu.) By default, the masked artwork and the masking object are linked (as shown by a link between the thumbnails in the panel). When you move the masked artwork, the masking object moves along with it.
214 Painting 2 Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the mask thumbnail to hide all other artwork in the document window. (If the thumbnails aren’t visible, choose Show Thumbnails from the panel menu.) 3 Use any of the Illustrator editing tools and techniques to edit the mask. 4 Click the masked artwork’s thumbnail (left thumbnail) in the Transparency panel to exit mask-editing mode.
215 Painting Use transparency to shape a knockout Use the Opacity & Mask Define Knockout Shape option to make a knockout effect proportional to the object’s opacity. In areas of the mask that are close to 100% opacity, the knockout effect will be strong; in areas with less opacity, the knockout effect will be weaker. For example, if you use a gradient-masked object as a knockout, the underlying object will be knocked out progressively, as if it were being shaded by a gradient.
216 Painting It’s helpful to think in terms of the following color terminology when visualizing a blending mode’s effect: • The blend color is the original color of the selected object, group, or layer. • The base color is the underlying color in the artwork. • The resulting color is the color resulting from the blend. To see an example of how blending modes and gradients can be used to create comic-book-inspired characters with depth and color, see www.adobe.
217 Painting If the blend color (light source) is lighter than 50% gray, the artwork is lightened, as if it were screened. This is useful for adding highlights to artwork. If the blend color is darker than 50% gray, the artwork is darkened, as if it were multiplied. This is useful for adding shadows to artwork. Painting with pure black or white results in pure black or white.
218 Painting More Help topics Targeting items for appearance attributes Printing and saving transparent artwork Appearance panel overview Gradients Use gradient fills to apply a graduated blend of colors as you would apply any other color. Creating a gradient fill is a good way to create a smooth color gradation across one or more objects. You can save a gradient as a swatch to make it easy to apply the gradient to multiple objects.
219 Painting A Mesh line B Mesh patch C Mesh point D Anchor point Create mesh objects You can create mesh objects from vector objects, with the exception of compound paths and text objects. You cannot create mesh objects from linked images. To improve performance and redraw speed, keep the size of mesh objects to a minimum. Complex mesh objects can greatly reduce performance. Therefore, it is better to create a few small, simple mesh objects than to create a single, complex mesh object.
220 Painting Convert a mesh object back to a path object ? Select the mesh object, choose Object > Path > Offset Path, and then enter zero for the offset value. Edit mesh objects You can edit a mesh object by adding, deleting, and moving mesh points; changing the color of mesh points and mesh patches; and converting the mesh object back to a regular object. ? Edit a mesh object by doing any of the following: • To add a mesh point, select the Mesh tool in the mesh object.
221 Painting More Help topics Gradient mesh Apply a gradient to an object Patterns About patterns Illustrator comes with many patterns that you can access in the Swatches panel and in the Illustrator Extras folder on the Illustrator CD. You can customize existing patterns and design patterns from scratch with any of the Illustrator tools. Patterns intended for filling objects (fill patterns) differ in design and tiling from patterns intended to be applied to a path with the Brushes panel (brush patterns).
222 Painting • The more complex the pattern, the smaller should be the selection used to create it; however, the smaller the selection (and the pattern tile it creates), the more copies are needed to create the pattern. Thus, a 1-inch-square tile is more efficient than a 1/4-inch-square tile. If you are creating a simple pattern, you can include multiple copies of the object within the selection intended for the pattern tile.
223 Painting 2 Select the geometric object. For precise positioning, position the Direct Selection tool on one of the object’s anchor points. 3 Begin dragging the object vertically from one of its anchor points; then press Alt+Shift (Windows) or Option+Shift (Mac OS) to copy the object and constrain its movement. 4 When the copy of the object has snapped into place, release the mouse button and then release the keys.
224 Painting 5 Drag the rectangle to the right; then press Alt+Shift (Windows) or Option+Shift (Mac OS) to create a copy and to constrain the move. When the upper left corner point of the copy snaps to the upper right corner point of the bounding box, release the mouse button, and then release the keys. If you know the exact dimensions of the bounding box, you can select only the textures and use the Move command to specify a horizontal move the width of the rectangle.
225 Painting Create corner tiles for brush patterns Corner tiles lend special border effects when applying brush patterns. You can create corner tiles from scratch, or you can use a brush pattern’s side tile as the basis for designing complementary outer and inner (reflected –135°) corner tiles. 1 Choose File > Open, locate a brush pattern file (supplied with Adobe Illustrator) that you want to use, and click Open. 2 Choose Window > Brushes.
226 Painting 8 Select the artwork in the right tile. Drag it to the left, pressing Alt+Shift (Windows) or Option+Shift (Mac OS) so that the right-tile artwork overlaps that in the corner tile. 9 Edit the corner tile so that its artwork lines up vertically and horizontally with the tiles next to it. Select and delete any portions of the tile that you do not want in the corner, and edit the remaining art to create the final outer corner tile. 10 Select all of the tile parts including the bounding box.
227 Painting 3 Drag the pattern swatch onto your artboard, and edit the pattern tile on the artboard. 4 Select the pattern tile, and Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the modified pattern on top of the old pattern swatch in the Swatches panel. The pattern is replaced in the Swatches panel and is updated in the current file.
228 Painting Tile Type Choose how to lay out the tiles: • Grid. The center of each tile is horizontally and vertically aligned to the center of the adjacent tiles. • Brick by row. Tiles are rectangular in shape, and arranged in rows. Centers of tiles in rows are horizontally aligned. Centers of tiles in alternate columns are vertically aligned. • Brick by column. Tiles are rectangular in shape, and arranged in columns. Centers of tiles in columns are vertically aligned.
229 Painting H Spacing / V Spacing Determine how much space to place between adjacent tiles. Overlap When adjacent tiles overlap, determine which tiles appear in front. Copies Determine how many rows and columns of tiles are visible while modifying the pattern. Dim Copies to Determine the opacity of copies of the artwork tile previewed while modifying the pattern. Show Tile Edge Select this option to display a box around the tile.
230 Painting More Help topics Live Paint groups Workspace basics Apply a stroke color, width, or alignment 1 Select the object. (To select an edge in a Live Paint group, use the Live Paint Selection tool.) 2 Click the Stroke box in the Tools panel, the Color panel, or the Control panel. Doing so indicates that you want to apply a stroke rather than a fill. 3 Select a color from the Color panel, or a swatch from the Swatches panel or Control panel.
231 Painting A Preserved exact dash and gap lengths B Aligned dashes to corners and path ends, adjusting lengths to fit 4 Specify a dash sequence by entering the lengths of dashes and the gaps between them. The numbers entered are repeated in sequence so that once you have established the pattern, you don’t need to fill in all the text boxes. 5 Select a cap option to change the ends of the dashes.
232 Painting Bevel Join Creates stroked lines with squared corners. Add arrowheads In Illustrator CS5, you can access arrowheads from the Stroke panel and associate controls to adjust size. Default arrowheads are available from the Arrowheads drop-down list in the Stroke panel. Using the Stroke panel, you can also easily swap arrowheads. You can resize the tip and end of the arrowheads in dependently, using Scale option.
233 Painting Apply a gradient to an object ? Select an object and do one of the following: • To apply the last used gradient, click the Gradient box Gradient panel. in the Tools panel or the Gradient Fill box in the • To apply the last used gradient to an unselected object that currently does not contain a gradient, click the object .
234 Painting • To adjust the endpoints of the gradient’s color stops, drag the leftmost or rightmost gradient stop below the gradient slider. • To reverse the colors in the gradient, click Reverse Gradient in the Gradient panel. 6 To change the opacity of a gradient color, click a color stop in the Gradient panel, and specify a value in the Opacity box. When a gradient stop has an Opacity value less than 100%, the stop appears with a checkered in the gradient slider.
235 Painting More Help topics Video tutorial - Learn to use gradients Video tutorial - How to use the Gradient tool Gradient panel and Gradient tool overview Gradient panel and Gradient tool overview You can use the Gradient panel (Window > Gradient) or the Gradient tool to apply, create, and modify gradients. Gradient colors are defined by a series of stops along the gradient slider.
236 Painting A Gradient Fill box B Gradient menu C Fill Gradient D Stroke Gradient E Reverse Gradient F Midpoints G Color Stop H Opacity I Location J Panel Menu K Stroke Gradient Type L Angle M Aspect Ratio N Delete Stop Gradient tool You use the Gradient tool to add or edit gradients. When you click the Gradient tool in an unselected, nongradient filled object it fills the object with the last used gradient. The Gradient tool also provides most of the same features as the Gradient panel.
237 Painting Images in brushes | Illustrator CC In Illustrator CC, Brush definitions can now contain or hold images (non-vector artwork). Users can now define Scatter, Art, and Pattern brushes using images. Any image that is embedded in an Illustrator file can be used as the definition of a Brush. The types of Brushes that support images are Scatter, Art, and Pattern. Drag an image into the Brushes panel (F5), and then select either of the Scatter, Art, or Pattern type, to create a Brush.
238 Chapter 6: Selecting and arranging objects Select objects To organize and lay out your artwork, you use tools for selecting, positioning, and stacking objects precisely. You can measure and align objects; group objects so that they are treated as a single unit; and selectively isolate, lock, or hide objects. Selection options and preferences Options for selecting objects Before you can modify an object, you need to distinguish it from the objects around it. You do that by selecting the object.
239 Selecting and arranging objects Selection commands (located in the Select menu) Let you quickly select or deselect all objects, and select objects based on their position relative to other objects. You can select all objects of a specific type or that share specific attributes, and save or load selections. You can also select all objects in the active artboard.
240 Selecting and arranging objects When isolation mode is active, the isolated object appears in full color, while the rest of the artwork appears dimmed. The isolated object’s name and location (sometimes referred to as bread crumbs) appears in the isolation mode border, and the Layers panel displays only the artwork in the isolated sublayer or group. When you exit isolation mode, the other layers and groups reappear in the Layers panel. You can view isolated objects in outline mode or preview mode.
241 Selecting and arranging objects Isolate a layer or sublayer ? Select the layer or sublayer in the Layers panel, and choose Enter Isolation Mode from the Layers panel menu. Exit isolation mode ? Do one of the following: • Press Esc. • Click the Exit Isolation Mode button one or more times (if you’ve isolated a sublayer, one click takes you back a level, two clicks exits isolation mode). • Click anywhere in the isolation mode bar. • Click the Exit Isolation Mode button in the Control panel.
242 Selecting and arranging objects Select an object with the Selection, Lasso, or Magic Wand tool Select objects with the Selection tool 1 Select the Selection tool . 2 Do either of the following: • Click an object. • Drag a marquee around part or all of one or more objects. 3 To add or remove objects from the selection, hold down Shift and click or drag around the objects you want to add or remove. Tip: When the Selection tool is over an unselected object or group, it changes to .
243 Selecting and arranging objects • To add to the current selection, press Shift and click another object containing the attributes you want to add. All objects with the same attributes that were clicked are also selected. • To subtract from the current selection, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click the object containing the attributes you want to subtract. All objects with the same attributes are removed from the selection.
244 Selecting and arranging objects ? Choose Edit > Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display (Mac OS), and select Object Selection By Path Only. Select groups and objects in a group Once objects are grouped, selecting any part of the group with the Selection tool or the Lasso tool selects the entire group. If you are unsure whether an object is a part of a group, select it with the Selection tool.
245 Selecting and arranging objects Tip: Double-clicking is a handy way to select objects (as opposed to faces and edges) within a Live Paint group. • Click to select an object within the selected group. • Draw to add an object to the selected group. 4 Double-click outside the group to deselect the group. Select a single object within a group 1 Do one of the following: • Select the Group Selection tool • Select the Lasso tool , and click the object. , and drag around or across the object’s path.
246 Selecting and arranging objects Select faces and edges in a Live Paint group You select faces and edges of a Live Paint tool using the Live Paint Selection tool. If you want to select the entire Live Paint group, simply click it with the Selection tool. 1 Select the Live Paint Selection tool . 2 Move the tool over the Live Paint group until the face or edge you want to select is highlighted. (When the Live Paint Selection tool is over an edge, the tool changes to .
247 Selecting and arranging objects 2 To select all objects with the same attributes, select one with the attribute you want, choose Select > Same, and then choose an attribute from the list: Blending Mode, Fill & Stroke, Fill Color, Opacity, Stroke Color, Stroke Weight, Style, Symbol Instance, or Link Block Series. Link Block Series automatically selects threaded text boxes. You can select one of the text boxes and then use this command to select all the other text boxes linked to that one.
248 Selecting and arranging objects More Help topics Layers panel overview Expand objects Expanding objects enables you to divide a single object into multiple objects that make up its appearance. For example, if you expand a simple object, such as a circle with a solid-color fill and a stroke, the fill and the stroke each become a discrete object. If you expand more complex artwork, such as an object with a pattern fill, the pattern is divided into all of the distinct paths that created it.
249 Selecting and arranging objects Move objects You can move objects by dragging them with specific tools, by using the arrow keys on the keyboard, or by entering precise values in a panel or dialog box. You can use snapping to help you position objects as you move them. For example, you can snap the pointer to guides and anchor points and snap object boundaries to gridlines. You can also use the Align panel to position objects in relation to each other.
250 Selecting and arranging objects If a selected object is filled, you can drag from anywhere on the object. If a selected object is unfilled, if you are viewing artwork as outlines, or if the Object Selection By Path Only preference is selected, you must drag from the object’s path. (See Duplicate selections using drag and drop.) You can use the Snap To Point command in the View menu to have the cursor snap to an anchor point or guide when you drag an object within 2 pixels of the anchor point or guide.
251 Selecting and arranging objects To change the reference point, click a white square on the reference point locator before you enter the values. Move multiple objects at once 1 Select one or more objects. 2 Choose Object > Transform > Transform Each. 3 Set the distance you want to move the selected objects in the Move section of the dialog box. 4 Do one of the following: • To move the objects by the specified amounts, click OK.
252 Selecting and arranging objects If you copy artwork, and then select Paste on All Artboards, the artwork is repasted on the artboard from where it is copied. (Recommended) Cut and then paste objects if you do not need to modify the original objects before using the Paste on All Artboards command. Note: Paste in Place and Paste on All Artboards commands paste the object at the same position as the copied objects referenced from the active artboard at the time of copying.
253 Selecting and arranging objects 2 Using the Selection tool, Shift-click in the artboard you want to use to activate it. The active artboard has a darker outline than the others. 3 In the Align panel or Control panel, select Align To Artboard , and then click the button for the type of alignment or distribution you want. Distribute objects by specific amounts You can distribute objects using exact distances between their paths. 1 Select the objects to distribute.
254 Selecting and arranging objects Rotate an object with the Free Transform tool 1 Select one or more objects. 2 Select the Free Transform tool . 3 Position the pointer anywhere outside the bounding box so that the pointer changes to , and then drag. Rotate an object with the Rotate tool 1 Select one or more objects. 2 Select the Rotate tool . 3 Do any of the following: • To rotate the object around its center point, drag in a circular motion anywhere in the document window.
255 Selecting and arranging objects 3 You can rotate a symbol around its registration point, using the Transform panel. For more information see Symbol registration point. Rotate multiple objects individually 1 Select the objects to rotate. 2 Choose Object > Transform > Transform Each. 3 Do either of the following in the Rotate section of the dialog box: • Click the angle icon or drag the angle line around the icon. • In the Angle text box, enter an angle between –360° and 360°.
256 Selecting and arranging objects 2 Select the Free Transform tool . 3 Do one of the following: • Drag a handle of the bounding box past the opposite edge or handle until the object is at the desired level of reflection. • To maintain the object’s proportions, hold down Shift while dragging a corner handle past the opposite handle. Reflect an object with the Reflect tool 1 Select the object. 2 Select the Reflect tool .
257 Selecting and arranging objects 2 In the Reflect dialog box, select the axis across which you want the object to be reflected. You can reflect an object across a horizontal, a vertical, or an angled axis. 3 If the object contains patterns and you want to reflect the patterns, select Patterns. (To reflect only the patterns, deselect Objects.) 4 To preview the effect before you apply it, select Preview. 5 Do one of the following: • To reflect the object, click OK.
258 Selecting and arranging objects A Visibility column B Edit column C Target column D Selection column The Layers panel provides columns to the left and right of the listings. Click in a column to control the following characteristics: Visibility column Indicates whether items in the layers are visible template layers or outline or hidden (blank space), or whether they are layers. Edit column Indicates whether items are locked or unlocked.
259 Selecting and arranging objects A Object displayed in Outline view B Bitmap object dimmed to 50% C Selected object displayed in Preview view More Help topics Workspace basics View artwork as outlines Using Image Trace Lock or unlock objects or layers Hide or show objects or layers Change the display of the Layers panel 1 Choose panel Options from the Layers panel menu. 2 Select Show Layers Only to hide paths, groups, and collective elements in the Layers panel.
260 Selecting and arranging objects 2 Specify any of the following: Name Specifies the name of the item as it appears in the Layers panel. Color Specifies the layer’s color setting. You can either choose a color from the menu or double-click the color swatch to select a color. Template Makes the layer a template layer. Lock Prevents changes to the item. Show Displays all artwork contained in the layer on the artboard. Print Makes the artwork contained in the layer printable.
261 Selecting and arranging objects • To release items into layers and duplicate objects to create a cumulative sequence, choose Release To Layers (Build) from the Layers panel menu. The bottommost object appears in each of the new layers, and the topmost object only appears in the topmost layer. For example, assume Layer 1 contains a circle (bottommost object), a square, and a triangle (topmost object).
262 Selecting and arranging objects Lock or unlock objects or layers Locking objects prevents you from selecting and editing them. You can quickly lock multiple paths, groups, and sublayers by locking their parent layer. • To lock objects, click the edit column button (to the right of the eye icon) in the Layers panel for the object or layer you want to lock. Drag across multiple edit column buttons to lock multiple items.
263 Selecting and arranging objects More Help topics Layers panel overview Delete objects ? Do one of the following: • Select the objects and then press Backspace (Windows) or Delete. • Select the objects and then choose Edit > Clear or Edit > Cut. • Select the items you want to delete in the Layers panel, and then click the Delete icon . Alternatively, drag the item name in the Layers panel to the Delete icon in the panel, or choose Delete “Layer name” from the Layers panel menu.
264 Selecting and arranging objects Change the stacking order using the Layers panel The artwork at the top of the Layers panel is at the front of the stacking order, while artwork at the bottom of the Layers panel is at the back of the stacking order. Within a layer, objects are also stacked hierarchically. By creating multiple layers in your artwork, you can control how overlapping objects are displayed.
265 Selecting and arranging objects Duplicate objects by using the Layers panel You can quickly duplicate objects, groups, and entire layers by using the Layers panel. 1 Select the items you want to duplicate in the Layers panel. 2 Do one of the following: • Choose Duplicate “Layer name” from the Layers panel menu. • Drag the item in the Layers panel to the New Layer button at the bottom of the panel.
266 Selecting and arranging objects 2 Drag the selection onto the desktop. Selections are copied to the desktop as a picture clipping, which can be dragged and dropped into the desired document. Picture clippings are converted to PICT format when dragged to the desktop. Offset duplicate objects You can create a replica of an object, set off from the selected object by a specified distance, by using the Offset Path command or Offset Path effect.
267 Chapter 7: Reshaping objects Transforming objects Transforming Transforming encompasses moving, rotating, reflecting, scaling, and shearing objects. You can transform objects using the Transform panel, Object > Transform commands, and specialized tools. You can also perform many types of transformations by dragging the bounding box for a selection. Sometimes you may want to repeat the same transformation several times, especially when you are copying objects.
268 Reshaping objects Transform an object’s patterns When you move, rotate, reflect (flip), scale, or shear an object that is filled with a pattern, you can transform just the object, just the pattern, or both the object and pattern. Once you transform an object’s fill pattern, all patterns that you subsequently apply to that object are transformed the same way.
269 Reshaping objects Scale, shear, and distort objects Scale objects Scaling an object enlarges or reduces it horizontally (along the x axis), vertically (along the y axis), or both. Objects scale relative to a reference point which varies depending on the scaling method you choose. You can change the default reference point for most scaling methods, and you can also lock the proportions of an object. Note: After you scale an object, Illustrator does not retain the original size of the object in memory.
270 Reshaping objects 3 Drag a bounding box handle until the object is the desired size. Objects scale relative to the opposite handle of the bounding box. 4 Do any of the following to control the scaling behavior: • To maintain the object’s proportions, hold down Shift as you drag. • To scale relative to the object’s center point, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag. Scale objects to a specific width and height 1 Select one or more objects.
271 Reshaping objects 5 Click OK, or click Copy to scale a copy of each object. Shear objects Shearing an object slants, or skews, the object along the horizontal or vertical axis, or a specified angle that’s relative to a specified axis. Objects shear relative to a reference point which varies depending on the shearing method you choose and can be changed for most shearing methods. You can lock one dimension of an object as you shear it, and you can shear one object or multiple objects simultaneously.
272 Reshaping objects 6 Click OK, or click Copy to shear a copy of the objects. Shear objects with the Free Transform tool 1 Select one or more objects. 2 Select the Free Transform tool . 3 Do one of the following: • To shear along the object’s vertical axis, start dragging the middle-left or middle-right bounding-box handle, and then hold down Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Option+Command (Mac OS) as you drag up or down. You can also hold down Shift to constrain the object to its original width.
273 Reshaping objects Distort objects using a liquify tool You cannot use liquify tools on linked files or objects that contain text, graphs, or symbols. To find liquify tools in the Tools panel, see Tools panel overviewand Reshaping tool gallery. 1 Select a liquify tool, and click or drag over the objects you want to distort. 2 (Optional) To isolate the distortion to specific objects, select the objects before using the tool.
274 Reshaping objects About envelopes Envelopes are objects that distort or reshape selected objects. You can make an envelope out of an object on your artboard, or you can use a preset warp shape or a mesh grid as an envelope. You can use envelopes on any object except graphs, guides, or linked objects. The Layers panel lists envelopes as . Once you apply an envelope, you can continue to edit the original objects. You can also edit, delete, or expand an envelope at any time.
275 Reshaping objects Edit the contents of an envelope 1 Select the envelope and do one of the following: • Click the Edit Contents button in the Control panel. • Choose Object > Envelope Distort > Edit Contents. note: If your envelope consists of grouped paths, click the triangle to the left of the entry in the Layers panel to view and target the path you want to edit. 2 Edit it as desired.
276 Reshaping objects Distort Linear Gradients Distorts linear gradients along with an object’s shape. Distort Pattern Fills Distorts patterns along with an object’s shape. note: If you expand the envelope with a Distort option selected, the respective property is expanded separately. More Help topics Reshaping objects with effects Combine objects Methods of combining objects You can combine vector objects to create shapes in a variety of ways in Illustrator.
277 Reshaping objects The top row of buttons in the panel make paths or compound paths by default, and compound shapes only when you press the Alt or Option key. Choose from the following shape modes: Add To Shape Area Adds the area of the component to the underlying geometry. Subtract from Shape Area Cuts out the area of the component from the underlying geometry. Intersect Shape Areas Uses the area of the component to clip the underlying geometry as a mask would.
278 Reshaping objects Apply Pathfinder effects Pathfinder effects let you create new shapes out of overlapping objects. Apply Pathfinder effects by using the Effects menu or the Pathfinder panel. • Pathfinder effects in the Effects menu can only be applied to groups, layers, and text objects. After you apply the effect, you can still select and edit the original objects. You can also use the Appearance panel to modify or remove the effect. See .
279 Reshaping objects Merge Removes the part of a filled object that is hidden. Removes any strokes and merges any adjoining or overlapping objects filled with the same color. Crop Divides artwork into its component-filled faces, and then deletes all the parts of the artwork that fall outside the boundary of the topmost object. It also removes any strokes. Outline Divides an object into its component line segments, or edges.
280 Reshaping objects A Original objects B Compound shape created C Individual shape modes applied to each component D Style applied to entire compound shape Create a compound shape 1 Select all the objects you want to be part of the compound shape. You can include paths, compound paths, groups, other compound shapes, blends, text, envelopes, and warps in a compound shape. Any open paths you select are automatically closed.
281 Reshaping objects Release and expand a compound shape Releasing a compound shape separates it back into separate objects. Expanding a compound shape maintains the shape of the compound object, but you can no longer select the individual components. 1 Select the compound shape using the Selection tool or Layers panel. 2 Do one of the following: • Click Expand in the Pathfinder panel. -or- • Choose Expand Compound Shape from the Pathfinder panel menu.
282 Reshaping objects Apply fill rules to compound paths You can specify whether a compound path is a nonzero winding path or an even-odd path. Nonzero winding fill rule Uses mathematical equations to determine if a point is outside or inside a shape. Illustrator uses the nonzero winding rule as the default rule. Even-odd fill rule Uses mathematical equations to determine if a point is outside or inside a shape.
283 Reshaping objects More Help topics Group or ungroup objects Move an object to a different layer Targeting items for appearance attributes Building new shapes using the Shape Builder tool Mix overlapping colors Trapping Cut and divide objects Methods for cutting, dividing, and trimming objects Illustrator provides the following methods to cut, divide, and trim objects: Divide Objects Below command Acts as a cookie cutter or stencil, using a selected object to cut through other objects, discarding the
284 Reshaping objects Cut objects using the Knife tool 1 Select the Knife tool . Click and hold the eraser tool to see and select the Knife tool. See Select a toolfor other methods of selecting tools. 2 Do one of the following: • To cut in a curved path, drag the pointer over the object. • To cut in a straight path, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you click the artboard with the Knife tool, and then drag.
285 Reshaping objects Object-level clipping sets are combined as a group in the Layers panel. If you create layer-level clipping sets, the object on top of the layer clips all of the objects below it. All operations that you perform on an object-level clipping set, such as transformations and alignment, are based on the clipping mask’s boundary, not the unmasked boundary.
286 Reshaping objects 4 Click the Make/Release Clipping Masks button at the bottom of the Layers panel or select Make Clipping Mask from the Layers panel menu. Edit a clipping mask 1 In the Layers panel, select and target the clipping path. Or, select the clipping set and choose Object > Clipping Mask > Edit Mask. 2 Do any of the following: • Move the clipping path by dragging the object’s center reference point with the Direct Selection tool.
287 Reshaping objects Video Tutorial - How to use Opacity masks Stacking objects Live Shapes After you create a live shape using the Shape tool, you can now continue to modify its properties such as width, height, corners, angles, number of sides, and more. These shape properties are now editable using either the on-art controls or the numeric fields in the Transform panel, which now has a separate Properties section. For more help, see the article on working with Live Corner widgets .
288 Reshaping objects Accessing Live Shape properties You can access the properties of Live Shapes different places in Illustrator CC. In the following example, the shape considered is a Live Rectangle. The Control panel The Transform panel Selecting Live Shapes Layers panel Live Shapes are displayed as a different object type in the Layers panel. For example, when you draw a Live Rectangle, the layer is named , in the Layers panel.
289 Reshaping objects Select menu option A new menu item, Shape, has been added to the Select > Same menu. When you select Select > Same > Shape option, all the available Live Shapes are selected. Maximum radius When you drag the corners of a Live Rectangle or Rounded Rectangle to the maximum possible limit, the preview of the rounded corners is displayed in red.
290 Reshaping objects Converting shapes • When you open a document saved in an older version of Illustrator, the shapes in that document are not automatically editable as Live Shapes. To convert a rectangle into a Live Shape, select the rectangle, and then click Object > Shape > Convert to Shape. • To convert a Live Shape into a normal shape, select the Live Shape, and then click Object > Shape > Expand Shape.
291 Reshaping objects Working with Live Corners Live Corners You can select one or more corner anchor points in a simple path, or multiple anchor points across several paths in your artwork. When selected, a Live Corners widget appears next to each corner point. Dragging a widget causes the corner point to change shape, into one of three available corner types. The three available corner types are Round, Inverted Round, and Chamfer.
292 Reshaping objects The Corners dialog The Corners dialog lets you manipulate corner settings. In the Corners dialog you can set the corner style, the radius of the corner, and the type of rounding. To access the corner settings: • Double-click the Live Corners widget, or, • Select the corner, and click the Corners link in the Control Panel.
293 Reshaping objects A Original corner B Direction in which the mouse is being dragged C Preview of the round corner D Live Corners widget E Radius of the corner applied F Cursor indicating corner style being applied Change the corner style To change the corner style, do one of the following: • While dragging a Live Corners widget, click the Up or Down arrow keys. The cursor is changed to display the current Corner style. • In the Control Panel, click the Corners link to open the Corners pop-up panel.
294 Reshaping objects A A red path indicates that the maximum radius for the given corner has been achieved B Direction in which the Live Corner widget is being pulled C Live Corner Widget Live Corners widget preferences Hide Corner Widget • If you prefer not to see the Live Corners widget when you select the Direct Selection Tool, you can turn it off from View > Hide Corner Widget.
295 Reshaping objects Pucker & Bloat Pulls a vector object’s anchor points outward while curving the segments inward (Pucker) or inward while curving the segments outward (Bloat). Both options pull the anchor points relative to the object’s center point. Roughen Transforms a vector object’s path segments into a jagged array of peaks and valleys of various sizes. Set the maximum length for segment paths using an absolute or relative size.
296 Reshaping objects In earlier releases of Illustrator, curved path segments could be reshaped using the Direct Selection tool, but their handles were always constrained to their original angles. Now, the reshaping of segments is unconstrained. Also, converting straight segments to curved paths is now possible by simply dragging the segment itself. There are three ways to reshape path segments. Pen Tool 1 While using the pen tool, press the Alt / Option key.
297 Reshaping objects Constraining Handles in the Perpendicular Direction Holding the Shift key while reshaping with the Pen, Convert Anchor Point, and Direct Selection tools constrains the handles in the perpendicular direction. This enables you to reshape curves to semi-circular shapes. This also ensures that the handles are of equal length. Blending objects About blended objects You can blend objects to create and distribute shapes evenly between two objects.
298 Reshaping objects The following rules apply to blended objects and their associated colors: • You cannot blend between mesh objects. • If you blend between one object painted with a process color and another object painted with a spot color, the blended shapes are painted with a blended process color. If you blend between two different spot colors, process colors are used to paint the intermediate steps.
299 Reshaping objects 2 Choose Object > Blend > Make. By default, Illustrator calculates the optimum number of steps to create a smooth color transition. To control the number of steps or distance between steps, set blending options. Blend options You set blending options by double-clicking the Blend tool options for an existing blend, select the blended object first. or choosing Object > Blend > Blend Options. To change Spacing Determines how many steps are added to the blend.
300 Reshaping objects Change the spine of a blended object The spine is the path along which the steps in a blended object are aligned. By default, the spine forms a straight line. • To adjust the shape of the spine, drag the anchor points and path segments on the spine with the Direct Selection tool. • To replace the spine with a different path, draw an object to use as the new spine. Select the spine object and the blended object, and choose Object > Blend > Replace Spine.
301 Reshaping objects Creating shapes using Shape BuilderTool To create a shape using the Shape Builder tool, do the following: 1 Create the shapes on which you want to apply the Shape Builder tool. 2 Using the Selection tool, select the paths that you need to merge to create the shape. Note: Make sure that you select only those paths on which you need to apply the tool. If you select all the paths before merging, then there would be a performance overhead.
302 Reshaping objects The art style that the new shape inherits, depends on the following rules: • The art style of the object from where the mouse drag was initiated is applied to the merging shapes. • If no art style is available on mouse down, then the art style available on mouse release is applied to the merging shapes. • If no art style is available on mouse down or mouse release, then the art style of the topmost selected object in the Layers panel, is applied.
303 Reshaping objects Using the Shaper tool (creating shapes) 1 Do one of the following: • Select a few overlapping shapes in your document • Use a tool to draw shapes that are overlapping • Use the Shaper tool (Shift + N) to quickly draw rectangles, circles, or polygons 2 If not already selected, select the Shaper tool (Shift + N). 3 Using your mouse (on a non-touch device) or your finger scribble on an area that you would either like to merge, delete, or punch out.
304 Reshaping objects Selecting shapes in a Shaper Group All shapes in a Shaper Group stay editable, even after portions of shapes may have been punched out or merged. The following actions allow you to select individual shapes or the group: Face Selection mode 1 Select the Shaper Tool. 2 Tap or click on a Shaper Group. The Shaper Group is selected, and a bounding box appears with the Arrow widget . 3 Tap the shape again (or an individual shape, if individual shapes exist).
305 Reshaping objects Construction Mode 1 With a Shaper Group selected, do one of the following: • Tap or click the Arrow widget so that it appears pointing upwards . • Double-click a shape. • Single-click a shape's stroke. 2 With a single underlying object selected, you can modify any property or appearance of the object.
306 Reshaping objects Removing a shape from a Shaper Group 1 Perform the steps required to get into Construction mode. 2 Drag and drop a shape out of the bounding box. About the Shape Builder Tool The Shape Builder tool is an interactive tool for creating complex shapes by merging and erasing simpler shapes. It works on simple and compound paths. It intuitively highlights edges and regions of the selected art, which can be merged to form new shapes.
307 Reshaping objects Gap Detection Set the gap length using the Gap Length drop-down list. The values available are Small (3 points), Medium (6 points), and Large (12 points). Select the Custom check box if you want to provide an exact gap length. When you select the gap length, Illustrator finds the gaps only close to the specified gap length value. Make sure that the gap length value is close (approximately) to the actual gap length of the art.
308 Reshaping objects In Merge Mode, Clicking the Stroke Splits the Path Select the check box, In Merge Mode, Clicking Stroke Splits the Path. This option allows you to split the parent path into two. The first path is created from the edge on which you click and second path is the remaining portion of the parent path excluding the first path. If this option is selected, the , while splitting the path.
309 Reshaping objects Note: The object’s axis always lies perpendicular to the object’s front surface and moves relative to the object if the object is rotated in the 3D Options dialog box. 1 Select the object. 2 Choose Effect > 3D > Extrude & Bevel. 3 Click More Options to view the complete list of options, or Fewer Options to hide the extra options. 4 Select Preview to preview the effect in the document window.
310 Reshaping objects 1 Select the object. Note: Applying the 3D Revolve effect to one or more objects simultaneously revolves each object around its own axis. Each object resides in its own 3D space and can’t intersect other 3D objects. Applying the Revolve effect to a targeted group or layer, on the other hand, revolves the objects around a single axis. Revolving a filled path with no stroke is much faster than revolving a stroked path. 2 Choose Effect > 3D > Revolve.
311 Reshaping objects • To constrain the rotation around an object axis, drag an edge on the track cube. The pointer changes to a double, and the cube edge changes color to identify the axis around which the object will rotate. Red sided arrow edges represent the object’s x axis, green edges represent the object’s y axis, and blue edges represent the object’s z axis. • Enter values between –180 and 180 in the horizontal (x) axis boxes.
312 Reshaping objects Revolve options Angle Sets the number of degrees to revolve the path, between 0 and 360. Cap Specifies whether the object appears solid (Revolve Cap On ) or hollow (Revolve Cap Off ). Offset Adds distance between the revolve axis and the path, to create a ring-shaped object, for instance. You can enter a value between 0 and 1000. From Sets the axis around which the object revolves, either the Left Edge or Right Edge.
313 Reshaping objects note: If your object has transparency and you want the hidden backfaces to display through the transparent front faces, apply the Object > Group command to the object before you apply the 3D effect. Preserve Spot Color (Extrude & Bevel effect, Revolve effect, and Rotate effect) Lets you preserve spot colors in the object. Spot colors can’t be preserved if you chose Custom for the Shading Color option.
314 Reshaping objects A Selected light in front B Move selected light to back or front button C New light button D Delete light button Add a custom bevel path 1 Open the Bevels.ai file, which is located in the Adobe Illustrator [version]\Support Files\Required\Resources\en_US\ folder (Windows) or Adobe Illustrator [version]\Required\Resources\en_US folder ((Mac OS). 2 Create a single open path in the Bevels.ai file.
315 Reshaping objects Map artwork to a 3D object Every 3D object is composed of multiple surfaces. For example, an extruded square becomes a cube that is made of six surfaces: the front and back faces, and the four side faces. You can map 2D artwork to each surface on a 3D object. For example, you might want to map a label or text onto a bottle-shaped object or simply add different textures to each side of an object.
316 Reshaping objects • To make the mapped artwork fit to the boundaries of the selected surface, click Scale To Fit. • To remove artwork from a single surface, select the surface using the Surface options, and then either choose None from the Symbol menu or click Clear. • To remove all maps from all of the 3D object’s surfaces, click Clear All. • To shade and apply the object’s lighting to the mapped artwork, select Shade Artwork.
317 Reshaping objects Using touch to modify shapes (Free Transform tool) Move, scale, rotate, shear, or distort an object, using a mouse or touch-based device (for example, a touchscreen device). 1 Select an object and pick the Free Transform tool. 2 In the Free Transform tool widget, choose an appropriate action to perform on the selected object. Use the control handles to move, scale, rotate, shear, or distort (perspective or free).
318 Reshaping objects • You can also double-click any of the eight control handles to set it as a reference point. The rotate action will now occur relative to the new reference point. • Double-click the reference point to reset its position. A Reference Point B When moved, the image rotates relative to the new location of the Reference Point • Mouseover on the control handles shows permitted icons, and displays a reference point for the object.
319 Chapter 8: Importing, exporting, and saving Import artwork files You don’t have to create artwork from scratch in Adobe Illustrator—you can import both vector drawings and bitmap images from files created in other applications. Illustrator recognizes all common graphic file formats. Tight integration between Adobe products and support for a wide variety of file formats, makes it easy to move art from one application to another by importing, exporting, or copying and pasting.
320 Importing, exporting, and saving 5 If applicable, do one of the following: • If you place a PDF file with multiple pages, you can choose which page you want to place and how to crop the artwork. • If you embed an Adobe® Photoshop® file, you can choose how to convert layers. If the file contains layer comps, you can also choose which version of the image to import.
321 Importing, exporting, and saving • To select and view a linked graphic, select a link and then click the Go To Link button in the Links panel menu. The display is centered around the selected graphic. , or choose Go To Link • To change the size of the thumbnails, select panel Options from the Links panel menu, and select an option for displaying thumbnails. • To sort links in a different order, choose the desired Sort command in the panel menu.
322 Importing, exporting, and saving • Click the linked filename in the Control panel, and then choose Relink. (To access this option, you must select the image in the artwork.) 3 In the dialog box that appears, do one of the following: • Locate and select a replacement file. • Type the first, or first few, letters of the name of the desired replacement file to locate the file. 4 Click Place. Note: If all of a document’s missing links are located in the same folder, you can restore all of them at once.
323 Importing, exporting, and saving • Select the linked artwork on the page, and choose Edit > Edit Original. • Select the linked artwork on the page, and click the Edit Original button in the Control panel. 2 After making changes in the original application, save the file.
324 Importing, exporting, and saving Image resolution guidelines for final output Bitmap images contain a fixed number of pixels, usually measured in pixels per inch (ppi). An image with a high resolution contains more, and therefore smaller, pixels than an image of the same printed dimensions with a low resolution. For example, a 1-inch-by-1-inch image with a resolution of 72 ppi contains a total of 5184 pixels (72 pixels wide x 72 pixels high = 5184).
325 Importing, exporting, and saving • Use the Open command or the Place command with the Link option deselected to edit the contents of a PDF file. Illustrator recognizes the individual components in the PDF artwork and lets you edit each component as a discrete object. • Use the Paste command or the drag-and-drop feature to import selected components from a PDF file, including vector objects, bitmap images, and text.
326 Importing, exporting, and saving More Help topics Importing EPS, DCS, and AutoCAD files Importing artwork from Photoshop Importing artwork files Importing EPS, DCS, and AutoCADfiles Importing EPS files Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) is a popular file format for transferring vector artwork between applications. You can bring artwork from EPS files into Illustrator using the Open command, the Place command, the Paste command, and the drag-and-drop feature.
327 Importing, exporting, and saving • By default, linked EPS files are displayed as a high resolution preview. If a linked EPS file isn’t visible in the document window, it may be because the file’s preview is missing. (Previews are sometimes lost when transferring EPS files saved with PICT previews from Mac OS to Windows.) To restore the preview, resave the EPS file with a TIFF preview.
328 Importing, exporting, and saving Illustrator supports most Photoshop data, including layer comps, layers, editable text, and paths. This means that you can transfer files between Photoshop and Illustrator without losing the ability to edit the artwork. For easy transfer of files between the two applications, adjustment layers that have visibility turned off are imported (though inaccessible) into Illustrator and restored when exported back to Photoshop.
329 Importing, exporting, and saving Import Slices Preserves any slices that are included in the Photoshop file. This option is available only when opening or embedding a file that includes slices. Move part of an image from Photoshop to Illustrator 1 In Photoshop, select the pixels you want to move. For more information, see Photoshop Help. 2 Do one of the following: • Copy the selection in Photoshop and paste it in Illustrator.
330 Importing, exporting, and saving Note: You may receive an error message when saving artwork that includes linked EPS files, if those files were saved in binary format (for example, in Photoshop's default EPS format). In this case, resave the EPS files in ASCII format, embed the linked files into the Illustrator artwork, or save the artwork in AI or PDF format instead of EPS format. For a video on saving for the web, see Save artwork for the web.
331 Importing, exporting, and saving Save in EPS format Virtually all page layout, word-processing, and graphic applications accept imported or placed encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files. The EPS format preserves many of the graphic elements you can create with Adobe Illustrator, which means that EPS files can be reopened and edited as Illustrator files. Because EPS files are based on the PostScript language, they can contain both vector and bitmap graphics.
332 Importing, exporting, and saving Include CMYK PostScript In RGB Files Allows RGB color documents to be printed from applications that do not support RGB output. When the EPS file is reopened in Illustrator, the RGB colors are preserved. Compatible Gradient And Gradient Mesh Printing Enables older printers and PostScript devices to print gradients and gradient meshes by converting gradient objects to JPEG format.
333 Importing, exporting, and saving SVG Tiny 1.2 Suitable for SVG files that will be viewed on a variety of devices ranging from PDAs and mobile phones to laptops and desktop computers. SVG Tiny does not support gradients, transparency, clipping, masks, symbols, patterns, underline text, strike through text, vertical text, or SVG filter effects. SVG Tiny Plus includes the ability to display gradients and transparency, but does not support clipping, masks, symbols, or SVG filter effects.
334 Importing, exporting, and saving Include Slicing Data Includes slice locations and optimization settings. Include XMP Includes XMP metadata in the SVG file. Choose File > Info or use the Bridge Browser to enter metadata. Output Fewer Elements Allows Illustrator to ignore auto-kerning settings during export, which results in a file with fewer elements. Select this option to create an SVG file that is more editable and compact.
335 Importing, exporting, and saving Rasterize a vector object 1 Select one or more objects. 2 Do one of the following: • To permanently rasterize the objects, choose Object > Rasterize. • To create the appearance of rasterization without changing the objects’ underlying structure, choose Effect > Rasterize. 3 Set rasterization options and click OK.
336 Importing, exporting, and saving Folder Name Specify a name for the package. By default, the name of the folder is derived from the name of the Illustrator document. 3 Specify the following options: Copy Links Copies linked graphics and files to the package folder location. Collect Links in a Separate Folder Creates a Links folder and places all linked assets in that folder. If not selected, assets are copied to the same folder level as the .ai file.
337 Importing, exporting, and saving Share on Behance Setting up the Illustrator - Behance sharing workflow Note: You must be signed in with a valid Adobe ID to use Behance sharing from Illustrator You can upload your artwork to Behance directly from within Adobe Illustrator. Any artwork on the currently selected artboard is available for sharing with Behance. A JPEG image is generated and uploaded to your Behance account linked with your Adobe ID.
338 Importing, exporting, and saving 4 In the Share on Behance (Select Cover Image) dialog, choose the part of your artwork that will be used as a thumbnail to identify your artwork. Click Crop Cover and Publish. 5 On the final screen, you can click the link or the button to navigate to the Behance website and view the artwork you have uploaded. Upload a new version (revision) of artwork to Behance 1 Select the artboard that you would like to show or receive feedback for, from Behance.
339 Importing, exporting, and saving Click Continue. 5 In the Share on Behance (Select Cover Image) dialog, choose the part of your artwork that will be used as a thumbnail to identify your artwork. Click Crop Cover and Publish. 6 On the final screen you can click the link or the button to navigate to the Behance website and view the artwork you have uploaded.
340 Importing, exporting, and saving Creating Adobe PDF files About Adobe PDF Portable Document Format (PDF) is a universal file format that preserves the fonts, images, and layout of source documents created on a wide range of applications and platforms. Adobe PDF is the standard for the secure, reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents and forms around the world. Adobe PDF files are compact and complete, and can be shared, viewed, and printed by anyone with free Adobe Reader® software.
341 Importing, exporting, and saving Common problem Adobe PDF solution Combined paper and electronic archives are difficult to search, take up PDFs are compact and fully searchable, and can be accessed at any space, and require the application in which a document was created. time using Reader. Links make PDFs easy to navigate. Documents appear incorrectly on handheld devices. Tagged PDFs allow text to reflow for display on mobile platforms such as Palm OS®, Symbian™, and Pocket PC® devices.
342 Importing, exporting, and saving Create a layered Adobe PDF Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat both provide features for changing the visibility of layers in an Adobe PDF file. By saving a layered PDF file in Illustrator, you allow your illustration to be used in different contexts. For example, rather than creating multiple versions of the same illustration for a multilanguage publication, you can create one PDF file that contains text for all languages.
343 Importing, exporting, and saving The custom settings are found in (Windows XP) Documents and Settings/[username]/Application Data/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings, (Windows Vista and Windows 7) Users/[username]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings, or (Mac OS) Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings. Review your PDF settings periodically. The settings do not automatically revert to the default settings.
344 Importing, exporting, and saving Rich Content PDF Creates accessible PDF files that include tags, hyperlinks, bookmarks, interactive elements, and layers. This set of options uses PDF 1.5 and embeds subsets of all fonts. It also optimizes files for byte serving. These PDF files can be opened in Acrobat 6.0 and Adobe Reader 6.0 and later. (The Rich Content PDF preset is in the Extras folder.) note: This preset was called eBook in earlier versions of some applications.
345 Importing, exporting, and saving • Choose Edit > Adobe PDF Presets. Click Import, and select the .joboptions file you want to load. Adobe PDF options Adobe PDF options are divided into categories. Changing any option causes the name of the preset to change to Custom. The categories are listed on the left side of the Save Adobe PDF dialog box, with the exception of the Standard and Compatibility options, which are at the top of the dialog box.
346 Importing, exporting, and saving The following table compares some of the functionality in PDFs created using the different compatibility settings. Note: Acrobat 8.0 and 9.0 also use PDF 1.7. Acrobat 3.0 (PDF 1.3) Acrobat 5.0 (PDF 1.4) Acrobat 6.0 (PDF 1.5) Acrobat 7.0 (PDF 1.6) and Acrobat X (PDF 1.7) PDFs can be opened with Acrobat PDFs can be opened with Acrobat 3.0 and Acrobat Reader 3.0 and 3.0 and Acrobat Reader 3.0 and later. later.
347 Importing, exporting, and saving Compression and downsampling options for PDF When saving artwork in Adobe PDF, you can compress text and line art, and compress and downsample bitmap images. Depending on the settings you choose, compression and downsampling can significantly reduce the size of a PDF file with little or no loss of detail and precision. The Compression area of the Save Adobe PDF dialog box is divided into three sections.
348 Importing, exporting, and saving Image Quality Determines the amount of compression that is applied. The available options depend on the compression method. For JPEG Compression, Illustrator provides Minimum, Low, Medium, High, and Maximum Quality options. For ZIP compression, Illustrator provides 4-bit and 8-bit Quality options.
349 Importing, exporting, and saving Convert To Destination (Preserve Numbers) Preserves color numbers for untagged content in the same color space as the destination profile (by assigning the destination profile, not converting to it). All other content is converted to the destination space. This option is not available if color management is turned off. Whether the profile is included or not is determined by the Profile Inclusion Policy.
350 Importing, exporting, and saving Adding security to PDF files When saving as PDF, you can add password protection and security restrictions, limiting not only who can open the file, but also who can copy or extract contents, print the document, and more. A PDF file can require passwords to open a document (document open password) and to change security settings (permissions password).
351 Importing, exporting, and saving Inserting, Deleting, And Rotating Pages Lets users insert, delete, and rotate pages, and create bookmarks and thumbnails. This option is only available for high (128-bit RC4 or AES) encryption. Filling In Form Fields, And Signing Lets users fill in forms and add digital signatures. This option doesn’t allow them to add comments or create form fields. This option is only available for high (128-bit RC4 or AES) encryption.
352 Importing, exporting, and saving File formats for exporting artwork Note: You can export multiple artboards only to the following formats: SWF, JPEG, PSD, PNG, and TIFF. AutoCAD Drawing and AutoCAD Interchange File (DWG and DXF) AutoCAD Drawing is the standard file format for saving vector graphics created in AutoCAD. AutoCAD Interchange File is a drawing interchange format for exporting AutoCAD drawings to or importing drawings from other applications.
353 Importing, exporting, and saving TIFF (Tagged-Image File Format) Used to exchange files between applications and computer platforms. TIFF is a flexible bitmap image format supported by most paint, image-editing, and page-layout applications. Most desktop scanners can produce TIFF files. For more information, see TIFF export options. Windows Metafile (WMF) An intermediate exchange format for 16-bit Windows applications. WMF format is supported by almost all Windows drawing and layout programs.
354 Importing, exporting, and saving Before you click Save (Windows) or Export (Mac OS) in the Export dialog box, specify how to export multiple artboards. If you want to export artboards as separate SWF files, select Use Artboards in the Export dialog box. To export only a range of artboards, specify the range. Then click Save (Windows) or Export (Mac OS) and specify the following options: Preset Specifies the preset option settings file to use for exporting.
355 Importing, exporting, and saving Local Playback Security Specifies whether you want the file to access only local files or network files during playback. To specify Advanced options, click Advanced and specify any of the following: Image Format Determines how the artwork is compressed. Lossless compression maintains the highest image quality but creates a large SWF file. Lossy (JPEG) compression creates a smaller SWF file but adds artifacts to the image.
356 Importing, exporting, and saving JPEG export options If your document contains multiple artboards, specify how to export the artboards before you click Save (Windows) or Export (Mac OS) in the Export dialog box. To export each artboard as a separate JPEG file, select Use Artboards in the Export dialog box. To export only a range of artboards, specify the range. Then click Save (Windows) or Export (Mac OS) and specify the following options: Quality Determines the quality and size of the JPEG file.
357 Importing, exporting, and saving transparent objects. Also creates a Photoshop shape layer for each compound shape in a top-level layer if doing so doesn’t compromise the appearance of the artwork. To write compound shapes with solid strokes, change the Join type to Round. Whether or not you select this option, all layers over 5 levels deep are merged into a single Photoshop layer. note: Illustrator cannot export compound shapes that have graphic styles, dashed strokes, or brushes applied to them.
358 Importing, exporting, and saving Anti-Alias Removes jagged edges in the artwork by supersampling it. Deselecting this option helps maintain the hard edges of line art when it is rasterized. LZW Compression Applies LZW compression, a lossless compression method that does not discard detail from the image. Select this option to produce a smaller file. Byte Order Determines the appropriate sequence of bytes for writing the image file, based on the platform you choose.
359 Importing, exporting, and saving Import metadata into a document Workspace overview Export SVG graphics styles in CSS | Illustrator CC While creating artwork that contains multiple elements, Designers follow a theme. For example, website design involves the creation of various assets closely related in style and look-and-feel. While one designer uses certain styles, another designer may use other styles (defined, but unused) to create other assets.
360 Importing, exporting, and saving Extract CSS | Illustrator CC You can create the design for an HTML page in Illustrator. This serves as a good visual guide for a Web Developer who can then code the layout, styles, and objects into a page in an HTML editor. However, replicating the exact appearance and position of components and objects is a time-consuming and tedious process.
361 Importing, exporting, and saving A Warning, if some styles could not be converted to CSS code B CSS Export Options dialog box C Export Selected CSS to file D Copy Selected Style to the clipboard E Generate CSS F Flyout menu G Styles used in the selected objects H CSS code 2 In an open Illustrator document, do one of the following: • Select one object. The CSS code for the object is displayed in the CSS Properties panel.
362 Importing, exporting, and saving Note: To modify the content of the CSS code that is generated, in the CSS Properties panel, click Export Options, and then make the appropriate selections.
363 Importing, exporting, and saving Rectangle with a gradient applied (all browsers) .GRADIENT_BOX { background : -moz-linear-gradient(0% 50% 0deg,rgba(255, 242, 0, 1) 0%,rgba(254, 236, 1, 1) 10.31%,rgba(253, 218, 4, 1) 24.34%,rgba(251, 190, 9, 1) 40.51%,rgba(247, 150, 15, 1) 58.28%,rgba(243, 99, 24, 1) 77.37%,rgba(238, 37, 34, 1) 97.27%,rgba(237, 28, 36, 1) 100%); background : -webkit-linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(255, 242, 0, 1) 0%, rgba(254, 236, 1, 1) 10.31%, rgba(253, 218, 4, 1) 24.
364 Importing, exporting, and saving Multiple objects .NormalCharacterStyle { font-family : Myriad Pro; font-size : 12px; } .st0 { border-style : Solid; border-color : #FFFFFF; border-color : rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); border-width : 0px; } .GRADIENT_BOX { background : -webkit-linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(255, 242, 0, 1) 0%, rgba(254, 236, 1, 1) 10.31%, rgba(253, 218, 4, 1) 24.34%, rgba(251, 190, 9, 1) 40.51%, rgba(247, 150, 15, 1) 58.28%, rgba(243, 99, 24, 1) 77.37%, rgba(238, 37, 34, 1) 97.
365 Importing, exporting, and saving A Show Link Info B Links actions C Link Info area D Previous/Next Navigation Icons Use the icons to Relink, Go to Link, Update Link, and Edit Original. As before, these options are also available from the panel menu. The Links Information panel displays the following information: Name Displays the name of the linked file Format Displays the file type of the linked file and type of linking: linked or embedded.
366 Importing, exporting, and saving You can place one or more files in a single action. Use this feature to select multiple images and then place the images one by one, in an Illustrator document. Place multiple files at a time 1 Open an Illustrator file that you want to place external files in, and then click File > Place. 2 In the Place dialog, select multiple files using the Ctrl (Cmd) or Shift (Opt) keys.
367 Importing, exporting, and saving 6 To quickly view and modify the import options of an asset: • Press the Left or Right Arrow keys to preview the loaded assets. • When you see the preview of the asset whose import options you would like to modify, press Shift and click the mouse. • Modify the necessary options, and then click OK. 7 To discard an asset that is loaded and ready to be placed, use the arrow keys to navigate to the asset, and then press Esc.
368 Chapter 9: Type Importing and exporting text Importing text You can import text into your artwork from a file that was created in another application.
369 Type Export text to a text file 1 Using a type tool, select the text you want to export. 2 Choose File > Export. 3 In the Export dialog box, select a location for the file and enter a filename. 4 Choose Text Format (TXT) as the file format. 5 Enter the name of the new text file in the name box, and click Save (Windows) or Export (Mac OS). 6 Choose a platform and encoding method, and click Export. Tag text for export to Flash You can export text from Illustrator to Adobe Flash in a variety of ways.
370 Type Readability Optimizes text for readability. Custom Lets you specify custom values for Thickness and Sharpness of text. Use Device Fonts Converts glyphs to device fonts. Anti-aliasing is not available for device fonts. _sans, _serif, and _typewriter Map western indirect fonts across platforms to ensure a similar appearance. Gothic, Tohaba (Gothic Mono), and Mincho Map Japanese indirect fonts across platforms to ensure a similar appearance.
371 Type Enter text at a point Point type is a horizontal or vertical line of text that begins where you click and expands as you enter characters. Each line of text is independent—the line expands or shrinks as you edit it, but doesn’t wrap to the next line. Entering text this way is useful for adding a few words to your artwork. 1 Select the Type tool or the Vertical Type tool . The pointer changes to an I-beam within a dotted box.
372 Type Note: If the object is an open path, you must use the Area Type tool to define the bounding area. Illustrator draws an imaginary line between the endpoints of the path to define the boundaries. 2 (Optional) Set text-formatting options in the Control panel, Character panel, or Paragraph panel. 3 Enter the text. Press Enter or Return to begin a new paragraph. 4 When you finish entering text, click the Selection tool to select the type object.
373 Type • Select the edge or corner of the type path with the Direct Selection tool path. . Then drag to adjust the shape of the Tip: Adjusting the type path using the Direct Selection tool is easiest when you’re in Outline view. • Select the type object using the Selection tool or Layers panel, and choose Type > Area Type Options. Enter values for Width and Height, and click OK. If the text area is not a rectangle, these values determine the dimensions of the object’s bounding box.
374 Type Raise or lower the first baseline in a text area When working with an area type object, you can control the alignment of the first line of text with the top of the object. This alignment is referred to as the first baseline offset. For example, you can make text stick up above the top of the object or fall a specific distance below the top of the object. 1 Select an area type object. 2 Choose Type > Area Type Options.
375 Type Gutter Specifies the distance between rows or columns. 4 In the Options section of the dialog box, select a Text Flow option to determine how text flows between rows and columns: By Rows or By Columns . 5 Click OK. Fit a headline across the full width of a type area 1 Select a type tool, and click in the paragraph you want to fit across the type area. 2 Choose Type > Fit Headline. Note: If you change the formatting of the type, be sure to reapply the Fit Headline command.
376 Type Note: When working with threaded text, it can be useful to see the threads. To view threads, choose View > Show Text Threads and then select a linked object. Thread text 1 Use the Selection tool to select an area type object. 2 Click the in port or the out port of the selected type object. The pointer changes to the loaded text icon . 3 Do one of the following: • To link to an existing object, position the pointer on the object’s path. The pointer changes to a path to link the objects. .
377 Type A Wrap objects B Wrapped text More Help topics Stacking objects Creating type on a path Wrap text 1 Make sure that the following conditions are true for the type you want to wrap: • It is area type (typed in a box). • It is in the same layer as the wrap object. • It is located directly under the wrap object in the layer’s hierarchy. Note: If the layer contains multiple type objects, move any that you don’t want to wrap around the wrap object either into another layer or above the wrap object.
378 Type Align type to object To align text according to the bounding box of the actual glyphs instead of the font metrics, do the following: 1 Apply the Outline Object live effect to the text object using Effect > Path > Outline Object. 2 Set the Align panel to use preview bounds by selecting the Use Preview Bounds option from the Align panel menu (flyout). After applying these settings, you get exactly the same alignment as outlined text, while keeping the text live.
379 Type You can resize the text area or extend the path to display the overflow text. You can also thread the text into another object. For a video on creating type on a path, see Put type on a path. Move or flip text along a path 1 Select the path type object. A bracket appears at the beginning of the type, at the end of the path, and at the midpoint between the start and end brackets. 2 Position the pointer over the type’s center bracket until a small icon appears next to the pointer .
380 Type Tip: To move type across a path without changing the direction of the type, use the Baseline Shift option in the Character panel. For example, if you created type that runs from left to right across the top of a circle, you can enter a negative number in the Baseline Shift text box to drop the type so that it flows inside the top of the circle.For a video on creating type on a path, see Put type on a path.
381 Type Adjust the vertical alignment of type on a path 1 Select the type object. 2 Choose Type > Type On A Path > Type On A Path Options. 3 Choose an option from the Align To Path menu to specify how to align all characters to the path, relative to a font’s total height: Ascender Aligns along the font’s top edge. Descender Aligns along the font’s bottom edge. Center Aligns along the point halfway between the font’s ascender and descender. Baseline Aligns along the baseline. This is the default setting.
382 Type Note: The Spacing value has no effect on characters positioned on straight segments. To change spacing of characters anywhere along the path, select them, and then apply kerning or tracking. Scaling and rotating type Selecting type for transformations You can rotate, reflect, scale, and shear type just as you do other objects.
383 Type • To change horizontal type to vertical type, and vice versa, select the type object and choose Type > Type Orientation > Horizontal or Type > Type Orientation > Vertical. • To rotate an entire type object (both the characters and the type bounding box), select the type object and use the bounding box, Free Transform tool, Rotate tool, Rotate command, or Transform panel to perform the rotation.
384 Type Assign languages to text Illustrator uses Proximity language dictionaries for both spelling and hyphenation. Each dictionary contains hundreds of thousands of words with standard syllable breaks. You can assign a language to an entire document or apply a language to selected text.
385 Type About fonts A font is a complete set of characters—letters, numbers, and symbols—that share a common weight, width, and style, such as 10-pt Adobe Garamond Bold. Typefaces (often called type families or font families) are collections of fonts that share an overall appearance, and are designed to be used together, such as Adobe Garamond. A type style is a variant version of an individual font in a font family.
386 Type For more information on OpenType fonts, see www.adobe.com/go/opentype. Previewing fonts You can view samples of a font in the font family and font style menus in the Character panel and other areas in the application from where you can choose fonts. The following icons are used to indicate different kinds of fonts: • OpenType • Type 1 • TrueType • Multiple Master • Composite You can turn off the preview feature or change the point size of the font names or font samples in Type preferences.
387 Type Move the Find Font dialog box so that you can see all the text in your document. 2 Select the name of a font you want to find in the top section of the dialog box. The first occurrence of the font is highlighted in the document window. 3 Select a replacement font in the bottom section of the dialog box.
388 Type A Sync-in-progress icon B Missing font icon C Sync checkbox D Sync Fonts button E Flyout menu F Status Enhancements include: Sync-in-progress icon Indicates a missing font being synced from the Typekit library. Missing font icon Indicates a missing font. Sync checkbox Select the checkbox to sync the missing font. Sync Fonts button. Click the button to sync missing fonts, from the Typekit website to the local computer.
389 Type 2 The Missing Fonts dialog displays a list of missing fonts. A spinning wheel against the font name indicates that a check for availability in the Typekit library is in progress. • A selected checkbox against the font name indicates that the font is available in the Typekit library. To sync these fonts, click Sync Typekit Fonts. • An empty checkbox against the font name indicates that the font is not available on the Typekit website. To find and substitute fonts, click Find Fonts.
390 Type 3 (Optional) In the Missing Fonts dialog, click Find Fonts, to inspect the list of missing fonts more closely, and: • Select checkboxes for missing fonts, in the Fonts in Document list, and click Sync Fonts, or, • Use the Replace With Font From dropdown, and substitute any fonts that are unavailable on the Typekit website with other fonts.
391 Type 4 In the Missing Fonts dialog, click Close. When the missing fonts have been synced to your computer, the Creative Cloud app displays a notification indicating the number of the fonts (or the name of a single font) downloaded. The document is updated, and Text elements are rendered in the correct fonts.
392 Type Note: Prior to this release, the Highlight Substituted Fonts was available in the Document Setup dialog, and was a filespecific setting. From the 2014 release of Illustrator CC this option is an application-level setting. Working with Typekit Fonts Working with Typekit fonts Creative Cloud users can use Typekit fonts that have been synced on your computer. The fonts appear alongside other locally installed fonts. However, you can now use an option to view only the Typekit fonts in the Fonts list.
393 Type Filtering Typekit fonts: • Click the Typekit font filter (A, image above), to view only Typekit-based fonts. • Click the Typekit website icon (B, image above), to open the Typekit website in your default browser. • In an unfiltered view, all Typekit fonts are indicated with a Typekit font icon • Search for fonts by typing the full or partial name of a font in the drop-down.
394 Type Shift the baseline Use Baseline Shift to move selected characters up or down relative to the baseline of the surrounding text. Shifting the baseline is especially useful when you’re hand-setting fractions or adjusting the position of a picture font. 1 Select the characters or type objects you want to change. If you don’t select any text, the shift applies to new text you create. 2 In the Character panel, set the Baseline Shift option.
395 Type When you click to place the insertion point between two letters, kerning values appear in the Character panel. Metrics and optical kerning values (or defined kern pairs) appear in parentheses. Similarly, if you select a word or a range of text, the tracking values appear in the Character panel. Tracking and kerning are both measured in 1/1000 em, a unit of measure that is relative to the current typeface size. In a 6-point font, 1 em equals 6 points; in a 10-point font, 1 em equals 10 points.
396 Type More Help topics Creating text Video tutorial - Work with type 8 Type Tips (Inspire) Special characters About character sets and alternate glyphs Typefaces include many characters in addition to the ones you see on your keyboard. Depending on the font, these characters can include ligatures, fractions, swashes, ornaments, ordinals, titling and stylistic alternates, superior and inferior characters, old-style figures, and lining figures. A glyph is a specific form of a character.
397 Type When you select an OpenType font in the Glyphs panel, you can restrict the panel to display certain kinds of glyphs by selecting a category from the Show menu. You can also display a pop-up menu of alternate glyphs by clicking the triangle in the lower right corner of the glyph box where applicable.
398 Type Use ligatures and contextual alternates Ligatures are typographic replacement characters for certain letter pairs. Most fonts include ligatures for standard letter pairs such as fi, fl, ff, ffi, and ffl. In addition, some fonts include discretionary ligatures for letter pairs such as ct, st, and ft. Although the characters in ligatures appear to be joined, they are fully editable and do not cause the spell checker to flag a word erroneously.
399 Type Tabs You use the Tabs panel (Window > Type > Tabs) to set tab stops for a paragraph or type object. For more information on using and setting tabs, see web Help. Tabs panel overview You use the Tabs panel (Window > Type > Tabs) to set tab stops for a paragraph or type object. A Tab alignment buttons B Tab position C Tab leader box D Align On box E Panel menu F Tab ruler G Snap panel above frame You can access additional commands and options in the Tabs panel menu.
400 Type Right-Justified Tab to align horizontal text to the right, keeping the left margin ragged. Bottom-Justified Tab to align vertical text to the bottom margin, keeping the top margin ragged. Top-Justified Tab to align vertical text to the top margin, keeping the bottom margin ragged. Decimal-Justified Tab to place text in alignment with a specified character, such as a period or a dollar sign. This option is useful for creating columns of numbers.
401 Type Remove tabs ? Do one of the following: • Drag the tab off the tab ruler. • Select the tab, and choose Delete Tab from the panel menu. • To return to the default tab stops, choose Clear All from the panel menu. Specify characters for decimal tabs You use decimal tabs to align text with a character you specify, such as a period or a dollar sign. 1 In the Tabs panel, create or select a decimal tab on the tab ruler. 2 In the Align On box, type the character to which you want to align.
402 Type You can create type by using one of three methods: Point type begins where you click and expands in a horizontal or vertical line as you enter characters. Area type (also called paragraph type) uses the boundaries of an object to control the flow of characters. Type on a path flows along the edge of an open or closed path.
403 Type After updating legacy text, you may notice some minor reflow changes. You can easily readjust the text on your own, or you can use a copy of the original text for reference. By default, Illustrator appends the word “[Converted]” to the filename whether or not you update the text in a file, effectively making a copy of your document to preserve the integrity of your original file. You can then choose to update the original later or, if you already updated it, go back to the original version.
404 Type Note: Your operating system must support the languages in which you wish to work. Consult your system software manufacturer for more information. Set Asian OpenType font attributes Asian OpenType fonts may include a number of features that aren’t available in current PostScript and TrueType fonts. In addition, Asian OpenType fonts provide alternate glyphs for many characters. 1 Select the characters or type objects to which you want to apply the setting.
405 Type 2 Choose a leading option from the Paragraph panel menu. bottom-to-bottom leadingtop-to-top leadingleading in Asian typeAsian type:leading inTop-to-top Leading Measures the spacing between lines of type from the top of one line to the top of the next line. When you use top-to-top leading, the first line of type in a paragraph is aligned flush with the top of the bounding box. Bottom-to-bottom Leading For horizontal type, measures the space between lines of type from the type baseline.
406 Type 2 Select any of the following tate-chu-yoko settings from the Character panel menu: Up/Down Specifies a positive value to move the text up and a negative value to move it down. Left/Right Specifies a positive value to move the text to the right and a negative value to move it to the left. Tip: Use tsume or tracking in the Character panel to adjust the character spacing for tate-chu-yoko.
407 Type Use warichu The Warichu option in the Character panel decreases the typeface size of selected text to a percentage of the original and stacks the type—horizontally or vertically, according to the orientation—on multiple lines. 1 Select text and choose Warichu from the Character panel menu. (Select it again to turn it off.) 2 Select any of the following warichu settings from the Character panel menu: Lines Specifies how many lines of text will appear as warichu characters.
408 Type A Small characters aligned to the bottom B Small characters aligned to the center C Small characters aligned to the top ? In the Character panel menu, choose an option from the Character Alignment submenu: Roman Baseline Aligns the small characters in a line to the large character. Em box Top/Right, Em box Center, or Em box Bottom/Left Aligns the small characters in a line to the specified position of the large character’s em box.
409 Type GyoumatsuYakumonoZenkaku mojikumi setGyoumatsuYakumonoZenkaku Uses full-width spacing for most characters and the last character in the line. YakumonoZenkaku mojikumi setYakumonoZenkaku Uses full-width spacing for punctuation. Create a mojikumi set 1 Do one of the following: • Choose Type > Mojikumi Settings. • Choose Mojikumi Settings from the Mojikumi Set pop-up menu in the Paragraph panel. 2 Click New in the Mojikumi Settings dialog box.
410 Type • To import a set, click Import, select an MJK file, and click Open. • To delete a set, choose it from the Mojikumi pop-up menu and then click Delete. All the text to which the mojikumi set was applied will return to the default settings. Note: You cannot delete predefined mojikumi sets. Use kinsoku Kinsoku specifies line breaks for Japanese text. Characters that cannot be placed at the beginning or end of a line are known as kinsoku characters.
411 Type Specify a kinsoku line-breaking option Kinsoku shori or mojikumi must be selected to use the following line-breaking options. ? From the Paragraph panel menu, choose Kinsoku Shori Type and then choose one of the following methods: Push In First Moves characters up to the previous line to prevent prohibited characters from ending or beginning a line. Push Out First Moves characters down to the next line to prevent prohibited characters from ending or beginning a line.
412 Type 1 Using any type tool, select a paragraph of text to which you want to apply repeated character processing. If no text exists, the setting applies to new text typed. 2 In the Paragraph panel, select Kurikaeshi Moji Shori from the panel menu.
413 Type Soft Return 0003 ¬ Not Sign 00AC Paragraph Separator 2029 ¬ Not Sign 00AC # Number Sign 0023 00AD - Hyphen Minus 002D 2003 _ Em Dash 2014 2002 - En Dash 2013 200A Diaeresis 00A8 2009 Caron 02C7 End of Text Discretionary Hyphen Em Space En Space Hair Space Thin Space Formatting paragraphs Paragraph panel overview You use the Paragraph panel (Window > Type > Paragraph) to change the formatting of columns and paragraphs.
414 Type Align text Area type and type on a path can be aligned with one or both edges of a type path. 1 Select the type object or insert the cursor in the paragraph you want to change. If you don’t select a type object or insert the cursor in a paragraph, the alignment applies to new text you create. 2 In the Control panel or Paragraph panel, click an alignment button. Justify text Text is justified when it is aligned with both edges.
415 Type When working with Japanese type, you can use the mojikumi setting instead of the Paragraph panel to specify the indent for the first line. If you specify the indent for the first line in the Paragraph panel, and specify mojikumi settings for the first line indent, the text is placed inside the total of both indents. Set indents using the Paragraph panel 1 Using the Type tool , click in the paragraph you want to indent. 2 Adjust the appropriate indent values in the Paragraph panel.
416 Type 1 Using the Type tool , click in the paragraph you want to indent. 2 In the Control panel or the Tabs panel, specify a left indent value greater than zero. 3 To specify a negative first-line left indent value, do one of the following: • In the Paragraph panel, type a negative value for the first-line left indent . • In the Tabs panel, drag the top marker to the left, or the bottom marker to the right.
417 Type hang outside the text margins so that the type looks aligned. To apply this setting, select the type object and choose Type > Optical Margin Alignment. Burasagari Controls the alignment of double-byte punctuation marks (available in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean fonts). These punctuation marks are not affected by the Roman Hanging Punctuation option or Optical Margin Alignment option. Keep in mind that the paragraph alignment determines the margin from which the punctuation hangs.
418 Type You can also save your files with Arabic and Hebrew names. More Help topics Compose text Formatting paragraphs Text direction To create content in Arabic and Hebrew, you can make the right-to-left (RTL) direction the default text direction. However, for documents that include left-to-right (LTR) text, you can now seamlessly switch between the two directions. Select the paragraph direction from the Paragraph panel.
419 Type Digit Types When you are working in Arabic or Hebrew, you can select the type of digits you want to use. You can choose between Arabic, Hindi, and Farsi. By default, in Arabic, the Hindi version is auto-selected, and in case of Hebrew, the Arabic type digits are selected. However, you can switch to Arabic digits, if necessary: 1 Select the digits in the text typed. 2 In the Character panel (Ctrl + T), use the Digits list to select the font that the digits must appear in.
420 Type Missing Glyph Protection (Edit > Preferences > Advanced Type) is enabled by default. Text is handled automatically, where glyphs are not available in the font you are using. Default fonts When you install a Middle Eastern or North African version, the default typing font is set to the installation-specific language, by default. For example, if you have installed the English/Arabic-enabled version, the default typing font is set to Adobe Arabic.
421 Type However, some Open Type fonts include more ornate, optional ligatures, which can be produced when you choose Discretionary Ligatures. These ligatures are found at Character panel > OpenType > Discretionary Ligatures. Copy-paste from Microsoft Word You can copy text from Microsoft Word, and paste it directly into a document. The pasted text's alignment and direction is automatically set to that of the arabic or hebrew text.
422 Type Find and replace Arabic and Hebrew users can perform full text search and replace. In addition to searching and replacing simple text, you can also search and replace text with specific characteristics. These characteristics can include diacritical marks, Kashidas, special characters (for example, Alef), digits in different languages (for example, digits in Hindi), and more.
423 Type Glyphs Arabic and Hebrew users can apply glyphs from the default character set. However, to browse, select, and apply a glyph from the default character set or a different language set, use the Glyphs panel: • InDesign: Window > Type & Tables > Glyphs • Illustrator: Window > Type > Glyphs Hyphenation and line breaks You can specify how words and lines break by adjusting hyphenation settings automatically, or by using the hyphenation dictionary.
424 Type Hyphenation Zone Specifies a distance from the right edge of a paragraph, demarcating a portion of the line where hyphenation is not allowed. A setting of 0 allows all hyphenation. This option applies only when you use the Adobe Single-line Composer. Hyphenate Capitalized Words Select to prevent capitalize words from being hyphenated.
425 Type • For justified text, the highest importance is given to evenness of letter and word spacing. • Hyphenation is avoided when possible. Single-line Composer The Single-line composer offers a traditional approach to composing type one line at a time. This option is useful if you want manual control over how lines break. The Single-line Composer uses the following principles when considering a breakpoint: • Longer lines are favored over shorter lines.
426 Type A plus sign next to a style name indicates that there are overrides to the style. An override is any formatting that doesn’t match the attributes defined by the style. Any time you change settings in the Character and OpenType panel, you create an override to the current character style; likewise, when you change settings in the Paragraph panel, you create an override to the current paragraph style. For a video about using character and paragraph styles in Illustrator, see www.adobe.
427 Type Delete character or paragraph styles When you delete styles, the appearance of paragraphs tagged with the style doesn’t change, but their formatting is no longer associated with a style. 1 Select the style name or names in the Character Styles panel or the Paragraph Styles panel. 2 Do one of the following: • Choose Delete Character Style or Delete Paragraph Style from the panel menu. • Click the Delete icon at the bottom of the panel.
428 Type A Kanji B Kana C Punctuation D Symbols E Roman F Numerals 5 Choose an option from the Units pop-up menu to specify the unit used for font attributes: % or Q. 6 Set font attributes for the selected category of characters. Some attributes are not available for certain categories. A Font Family B Font Style C Size D Baseline E Vertical Scale F Horizontal Scale G Scale at Center 7 To view a sample of the composite font, click Show Sample.
429 Type Punctuation The font used for punctuation. Symbols The font used for symbols. Roman The font used for half-width roman characters. Numbers The font used for half-width numbers. This is usually a roman font. Font attributes for composite fonts Font Family And Style The font used for the characters. Size The size of the characters in relation to the size of kanji characters. The size may differ for different fonts, even when the same font size is used.
430 Type Export a composite font Composite fonts exported from Illustrator can be imported into the Japanese version of Adobe InDesign 2 or later. 1 Choose Type > Composite Fonts. If you don’t see this command, select Show Asian Options in the Type preferences. 2 Click Export in the Composite Font dialog box. 3 Select a location for the file, enter a filename, and click Save.
431 Type Select type objects Selecting a type object lets you apply global formatting options to all the characters in the object, including options from the Character and Paragraph panels, fill and stroke attributes, and transparency settings. In addition, you can apply effects, multiple fills and strokes, and opacity masks to a selected type object. (This is not possible for individually selected characters.
432 Type 4 Click Find to begin the search. 5 If Illustrator finds an instance of the text string, do one of the following: • Click Replace to replace the text string, then click Find Next to find the next instance. • Click Replace & Find to replace the text string and find the next instance. • Click Replace All to replace all instances of the text string in the document. 6 Click Done to close the dialog box.
433 Type A Font B Font Style C Font Size D Kerning E Horizontal Scale F Baseline Shift G Leading H Tracking I Vertical Scale J Character Rotation K Language A Font B Font Style C Font Size D Align left E Align center F Align right By default, only the most commonly used options are visible in the Character panel. To show all options, choose Show Options from the options menu. Alternatively, click the double triangle on the panel’s tab to cycle through the display sizes.
434 Type 1 Select the characters or type objects you want to change. If you don’t select any text, the setting applies to new text you create. 2 Choose All Caps or Small Caps from the Character panel menu. To specify the size for synthesized small caps, choose File > Document Setup. For Small Caps, type a percentage of the original font size for text to be formatted as small caps. (The default value is 70%.
435 Type Tip: You can use the Smart Punctuation command to replace straight quotes with typographer’s quotes. Set anti-aliasing options for type When you save artwork in a bitmap format—such as JPEG, GIF, or PNG—Illustrator rasterizes all objects at 72 pixels per inch and applies anti-aliasing to them. However, if your artwork contains type, the default anti-aliasing settings may not produce the desired results. Illustrator provides several options specifically for rasterizing type.
436 Type A CALLOUT_DEFINITION B CALLOUT_DEFINITION C CALLOUT_DEFINITION Create superscripts or subscripts in OpenType fonts 1 Select the characters you want to change to superscript or subscript. If you don’t select any text, the setting applies to new text you create. 2 Make sure that an OpenType font is selected. One way to determine if a font is an OpenType font is to look in the Type > Font menu; OpenType fonts display the icon.
437 Type A Original type object B Type converted to outlines, ungrouped, and modified Note: You can’t convert bitmap fonts or outline-protected fonts to outlines. When you convert type to outlines, the type loses its hints—instructions built into fonts to adjust their shape so that your system displays or prints them optimally at a wide range of sizes. If you plan to scale the type, adjust its point size before converting.
438 Type Format fractions and ordinals in OpenType fonts When using an OpenType font, you can automatically format ordinal numbers with superscript characters (for ). Characters such as the superscript “a” and “o” in the Spanish words segunda ( ) and segundo ( ) are example, also typeset properly. You can also convert numbers separated by a slash (such as 1/2) to a shilling fraction (such as ). 1 Select the characters or type objects to which you want to apply the setting.
439 Type Use ligatures and contextual alternates Creating text Video tutorial - Work with type Indic support with new Composers | Illustrator CC Illustrator CC includes enhanced support for Indic languages. You can now create documents using Indic text. The additional Middle Eastern & South Asian Composer provides correct word shaping for many of the non-Western scripts.
440 Type When you enable Indic options, two additional composers are enabled in the flyout menu of the Paragraph panel (available in the Control panel or through Ctrl + T). The two additional options are: • Middle Eastern & South Asian Single-line Composer • Middle Eastern & South Asian Every-line Composer Note: In Preferences > Type, you can select only one of the Indic and Asian options at a same time. You can choose to have both options off, or select one of the two.
441 Chapter 10: Creating special effects Appearance attributes You can change the appearance of any object, group, or layer in Adobe Illustrator by using effects and the Appearance and Graphic Styles panels. In addition, you can divide an object into its essential parts to modify elements of the object independently. About appearance attributes Appearance attributes are properties that affect the look of an object without altering its underlying structure.
442 Creating special effects Reveal additional items in the Appearance panel When you select items that contain other items, such as a layer or group, the Appearance panel displays a Contents item. ? Double-click the Contents item. List character attributes for a text object in the Appearance panel When you select a text object, the panel displays a Characters item. 1 Double-click the Characters item in the Appearance panel.
443 Creating special effects A Targeting and appearance column B Selection column C Group with appearance attributes D Layer with appearance attributes E Object with appearance attributes The target icon indicates whether an item in the layer hierarchy has any appearance attributes and whether it is targeted: • Indicates the item is not targeted and has no appearance attributes beyond a single fill and a single stroke. • Indicates the item is not targeted but has appearance attributes.
444 Creating special effects Change the stacking order of appearance attributes ? Drag an appearance attribute up or down in the Appearance panel. (If necessary, click the toggle triangle next to an item to display its contents.) When the outline of the appearance attribute you are dragging appears in the desired position, release the mouse button. Remove or hide appearance attributes 1 Select the object or group (or target a layer in the Layers panel).
445 Creating special effects 2 Do one of the following: • Drag the thumbnail at the top of the Appearance panel onto an object in the document window. If a thumbnail isn’t showing, choose Show Thumbnail from the panel menu. • Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the target icon in the Layers panel onto the item to which you want to copy appearance attributes.
446 Creating special effects Working with effects About effects Illustrator includes a variety of effects, which you can apply to an object, group, or layer to change its characteristics. Illustrator CS3 and earlier included effects and filters, but now Illustrator includes only effects (with the exception of SVG Filters). The primary difference between a filter and an effect is that a filter permanently modifies an object or layer, but an effect and its properties can be changed or removed at any time.
447 Creating special effects About raster effects Raster effects are effects that generate pixels, rather than vector data. Raster effects include SVG Filters, all of the effects at the bottom section of the Effect menu, and the Drop Shadow, Inner Glow, Outer Glow, and Feather commands in the Effect > Stylize submenu.
448 Creating special effects Background Determines how transparent areas of the vector graphic are converted to pixels. Select White to fill transparent areas with white pixels, or select Transparent to make the background transparent. If you select Transparent, you create an alpha channel (for all images except 1-bit images). The alpha channel is retained if the artwork is exported into Photoshop. (This option anti-aliases better than the Create Clipping Mask option.
449 Creating special effects • Change the settings. Some commands, such as Glass, are extremely memory-intensive. Try different settings to increase their speed. • If you plan to print to a grayscale printer, convert a copy of the bitmap image to grayscale before applying effects. Note, however, that in some cases, applying an effect to a color bitmap image and then converting it to grayscale may not have the same result as applying the same effect directly to a grayscale version of the image.
450 Creating special effects Effect Action Effect > Distort Geometrically distort and reshape an image. (bottom section of menu) See also: Distort effects (bottom of menu) Effect > Path Offset an object’s path relative to its original location, turn type into a set of compound paths that you can edit and manipulate as you would any other graphic object, and change the stroke of a selected object to a filled object that’s the same width as the original stroke.
451 Creating special effects Artistic effects Artistic effects are raster-based and use the document’s raster effects settings whenever you apply the effect to a vector object. Colored Pencil Draws an image using colored pencils on a solid background. Important edges are retained and given a rough crosshatch appearance; the solid background color shows through the smoother areas. Cutout Portrays an image as though it were made from roughly cut-out pieces of colored paper.
452 Creating special effects and Best for smoother results, which are indistinguishable except on a large selection. Specify the origin of the blur by dragging the pattern in the Blur Center box. Smart Blur Blurs an image with precision. You can specify a radius, a threshold, and a blur quality. The Radius value determines the size of the area searched for dissimilar pixels. The Threshold value determines how dissimilar the pixels must be before they are affected.
453 Creating special effects Pixelate effects The Pixelate effects are raster-based and use the document’s raster effects settings whenever you apply the effect to a vector object. Color Halftone Simulates the effect of using an enlarged halftone screen on each channel of the image. For each channel, the effect divides the image into rectangles and replaces each rectangle with a circle. The circle size is proportional to the brightness of the rectangle.
454 Creating special effects Note Paper Creates an image that appears to be constructed of handmade paper. The effect simplifies an image, and combines the effect of the Grain command (Texture submenu) with an embossed appearance. Dark areas of the image appear as holes in the top layer of paper surrounded by white. Photocopy Simulates the effect of photocopying an image. Large areas of darkness tend to copy only around their edges; midtones fall away to either solid black or white.
455 Creating special effects NTSC Colors Restricts the gamut of colors to those acceptable for television reproduction to prevent oversaturated colors from bleeding across television scan lines. Use texture and glass surface controls Some effects included in Illustrator have texturizing options, such as the Glass, Rough Pastels, Grain, and Fresco effects. The texturizing options can make an object appear as though painted onto various textures, such as canvas or brick, or viewed through glass blocks.
456 Creating special effects Apply an inner or outer glow 1 Select an object or group (or target a layer in the Layers panel). 2 Choose Effect > Stylize > Inner Glow or Effect > Stylize > Outer Glow. 3 Click the color preview square next to the blending mode menu to specify a color for the glow. 4 Set additional options, and click OK: Mode Specifies a blending mode for the glow. Opacity Specifies the percentage of opacity you want for the glow.
457 Creating special effects Create a sketch using the Scribble effect 1 Do one of the following: • Select the object or group (or target a layer in the Layers panel). • To apply the effect to a specific object attribute, such as a stroke or fill, select the object, and then select the attribute in the Appearance panel. • To apply the effect to a graphic style, select a graphic style in the Graphic Styles panel. 2 Choose Effect > Stylize > Scribble.
458 Creating special effects Use Ratio Makes the tiles square, using the number of tiles specified in Number Of Tiles. This option is located below the Cancel button. More Help topics Targeting items for appearance attributes About effects Modify or delete an effect Selecting objects Rasterize a vector object About linked and embedded artwork Graphic styles About graphic styles A graphic style is a set of reusable appearance attributes.
459 Creating special effects Change how graphic styles are listed in the panel ? Do any of the following: • Select a view size option from the panel menu. Select Thumbnail View to display thumbnails. Select Small List View to display a list of named styles with a small thumbnail. Select Large List View to display a list of named styles along with a large thumbnail. • Select Use Square For Preview from the panel menu to view the style on a square or the shape of the object on which it was created.
460 Creating special effects 2 Do any of the following: • Click the New Graphic Style button in the Graphic Styles panel. • Select New Graphic Style from the panel menu, type a name in the Style Name box, and click OK. • Drag the thumbnail from the Appearance panel (or the object from the illustration window) into the Graphic Styles panel. • Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the New Graphic Style button, enter the name of the graphic style, and click OK.
461 Creating special effects Use graphic style libraries Graphic style libraries are collections of preset graphic styles. When you open a graphic style library, it appears in a new panel (not the Graphic Styles panel). You select, sort, and view items in a graphic style library the same as you do in the Graphic Styles panel. However, you can’t add items to, delete items from, or edit the items in graphic style libraries.
462 Creating special effects The object, group, or layer retains the same appearance attributes and is now independently editable. However, these attributes are no longer associated with a graphic style. Replace graphic style attributes • Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the graphic style you want to use onto the graphic style you want to replace. • Select an object or group (or target a layer in the Layers panel) that has the attributes you want to use.
463 Chapter 11: Web graphics Best practices for creating webgraphics Illustrator provides a variety of tools for creating layout for web pages, or creating and optimizing web graphics. For example, use web-safe colors, balance image quality with file size, and choose the best file format for your graphic. Web graphics can take advantage of slices and image maps, and you can use a variety of optimization options and work with Device Central to ensure your files display well on the web.
464 Web graphics About pixel preview mode To enable web designers to create pixel accurate designs, the pixel-aligned property has been added in Illustrator CS5. When the pixel-aligned property is enabled for an object, all the horizontal and vertical segments in the object get aligned to the pixel grid, which provides a crisp appearance to strokes. On any transformation, as long as this property is set for the object, it gets realigned to the pixel grid according to its new coordinates.
465 Web graphics More Help topics Creating mobile content in Illustrator Access Illustrator from Adobe Device Central 1 Start Device Central. 2 Select File > New Document In > Illustrator. In Device Central, the New Document panel appears with the correct options to create a new mobile document in the selected application. 3 Make any necessary changes, such as selecting a Player Version, Display Size, Flash Version, or Content type.
466 Web graphics 12 In the Illustrator Save for Web & Devices dialog box, make adjustments such as selecting a different format or quality for export. 13 To test the file again with the new export settings, click Device Central. 14 When you are satisfied with the results, click Save in the Illustrator Save for Web & Devices dialog box. Note: To simply open Device Central from Illustrator (instead of creating and testing a file), select File > Device Central.
467 Web graphics About slices Web pages can contain many elements—HTML text, bitmap images, and vector graphics, to name a few. In Illustrator, you can use slices to define the boundaries of different web elements in your artwork. For example, if your artwork contains a bitmap image that needs to be optimized in JPEG format, while the rest of the image is better optimized as a GIF file, you can isolate the bitmap image using a slice.
468 Web graphics • Place guides where you want to slice the artwork, and choose Object > Slice > Create From Guides. • Select an existing slice, and choose Object > Slice > Duplicate Slice. Tip: Use the Object > Slice > Make command when you want the slice dimensions to match the boundary of an element in your artwork. If you move or modify the element, the slice area automatically adjusts to encompass the new artwork.
469 Web graphics HTML Text This type is available only when you created the slice by selecting a text object and choosing Object > Slice > Make. The Illustrator text is converted to HTML text with basic formatting attributes in the resulting web page. To edit the text, update the text in your artwork. Set the Horiz and Vert options to change the alignment of text in the table cell. You can also select a background color for the table cell.
470 Web graphics • To release a slice, select the slice and choose Object > Slice > Release. Show or hide slices • To hide slices in the illustration window, choose View > Hide Slices. • To hide slices in the Save For Web & Devices dialog box, click the Toggle Slices Visibility button . • To hide slice numbers and change the color of slice lines, choose Edit > Preferences > Smart Guides & Slices (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Smart Guides & Slices (Mac OS).
471 Web graphics The SVG format is entirely XML-based and offers many advantages to developers and users alike. With SVG, you can use XML and JavaScript to create web graphics that respond to user actions with sophisticated effects such as highlighting, tool tips, audio, and animation. You can save artwork in SVG format using the Save, Save As, Save A Copy, or Save For Web & Devices command. To access the complete set of SVG export options, use the Save, Save As, or Save A Copy command.
472 Web graphics • To create and apply a new effect, choose Effect > SVG Filters > Apply SVG Filter. In the dialog box, click the New SVG Filter button , enter the new code, and click OK. When you apply an SVG filter effect, Illustrator displays a rasterized version of the effect on the artboard. You can control the resolution of this preview image by modifying the document’s rasterization resolution setting.
473 Web graphics onmousemove Triggers the action while the pointer is over an element. onmouseout Triggers the action when the pointer is moved away from an element. onkeydown Triggers the action when a key is pressed down. onkeypress Triggers the action while a key is pressed down. onkeyup Triggers the action when a key is released. onload Triggers the action after the SVG document has been completely parsed by the browser. Use this event to call one-time-only initialization functions.
474 Web graphics More Help topics Optimize an image for the web Save in SVG format About raster effects Modify or delete an effect Best practices for creating web graphics Creating animations About Flash graphics The Flash (SWF) file format is a vector-based graphics file format for scalable, compact graphics for the web. Because the file format is vector-based, the artwork maintains its image quality at any resolution and is ideal for the creation of animation frames.
475 Web graphics For a video on using Illustrator and Flash together, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4099_xp. For a video on using symbols effectively between Illustrator and Flash, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0198. For a video on using text effectively between Illustrator and Flash, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0199 Create Flash animations There are many ways to create Flash animations in Illustrator.
476 Web graphics In addition, Illustrator and Flash support pasted artwork in the following ways: • When you select entire top-level layers in Illustrator artwork and paste them into Flash, the layers are preserved along with their properties (visibility and locking). • Non-RGB Illustrator colors (CMYK, grayscale, and custom) convert to RGB in Flash. RGB colors paste as expected.
477 Web graphics When you bring static text from Illustrator into Flash, Flash converts the text to outlines. In addition, you can set up your text in Illustrator as dynamic text. Dynamic text enables you to edit text content programmatically in Flash, and easily manage projects that require localization in multiple languages. In Illustrator, you can specify individual text objects as static, dynamic, or input text. Dynamic text objects in Illustrator and Flash have similar properties.
478 Chapter 12: Printing Setting up documents for printing To make optimum decisions about printing, you should understand basic printing principles, including how the resolution of your printer or the calibration and resolution of you monitor can affect the way your artwork appears when printed. Illustrator’s Print dialog box is designed to help you through the printing workflow. Each set of options in the dialog box is organized to guide you through the printing process.
479 Printing • To create artwork that does not print or export, even when visible on the artboard, select Template in the Layer Options dialog box. Note: You can also specify multiple artboards in your document and then choose one artboard at a time for printing in the Print dialog box. Only artwork within the artboard prints. For a video on defining crop artboards, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4016_ai.
480 Printing More Help topics Layers panel overview Using multiple artboards Print multiple artboards When you create a document with multiple artboards, you can print the document in a variety of ways. You can ignore the artboards and print everything on one page (tiling may be required if your artboards expand the page boundaries). Or you can print each artboard as an individual page. When you print artboards as individual pages, you can choose to print all artboards, or a range of artboards.
481 Printing More Help topics About print tiling Scale a document for printing To fit an oversized document on a piece of paper smaller than the artwork’s actual dimensions, you can use the Print dialog box to scale the document’s width and height, either symmetrically or asymmetrically.
482 Printing The PPD files for high-resolution imagesetters offer a wide range of possible line-screen rulings paired with various imagesetter resolutions. The PPD files for lower-resolution printers typically have only a few choices for line screens, and they are coarser screens of between 53 lpi and 85 lpi. The coarser screens, however, give optimum results on lowerresolution printers.
483 Printing Landscape Right Prints in landscape orientation, rotated to the right. 4 (Optional) Select Transverse to rotate the printed artwork 90°. To use this option, you must use a PPD that supports transverse printing and custom page sizes.
484 Printing • If your artwork contains color blends, optimize them so that they print smoothly (without discrete bands of color). • If your artwork requires trapping, set up appropriate overprinting and trapping. • If your artwork contains areas of transparent, overlapping colors, preview which areas will be affected by flattening and note which flattening options you want to use. Use the Live Color dialog box to globally convert and reduce colors.
485 Printing Print color separations 1 Choose File > Print. 2 Select a printer and PPD file. To print to a file instead of a printer, select Adobe PostScript® File or Adobe PDF. 3 Select Output on the left side of the Print dialog box. 4 For Mode, select either Separations (Host-Based) or In-RIP Separations. 5 Specify an emulsion, image exposure, and printer resolution for the separations.
486 Printing In the newer RIP-based workflow, a new generation of PostScript RIPs perform color separations, trapping, and even color management at the RIP, leaving the host computer free to perform other tasks. This approach takes less time for Illustrator to generate the file, and minimizes the amount of data transmitted for any given print job.
487 Printing Page Information Labels the film with the name of the artboard number, the time and date of printout, the line screen used, the screen angle for the separation, and the color of each particular plate. These labels appear at the tops of the images. A Star target (not optional) B Registration mark C Page information D Trim marks E Color bar F Tint bar Add printer’s marks 1 Choose File > Print. 2 Select Marks & Bleed on the left side of the Print dialog box.
488 Printing 2 Select Marks & Bleed on the left side of the Print dialog box. 3 Do one of the following: • Enter values for Top, Left, Bottom, and Right to specify the placement of the bleed marks. Click the link icon make all the values the same. to • Select Use Document Bleed to use the bleed settings defined in the New Document dialog box. The maximum bleed you can set is 72 points; the minimum bleed is 0 points.
489 Printing Add a PPD file For best printing results, Adobe recommends that you obtain the latest version of the PPD file for your output device from the manufacturer. Many print service providers and commercial printers have PPDs for the imagesetters they use. Be sure to store PPDs in the location specified by the operating system. For details, consult the documentation for your operating system. ? In Windows and in Mac OS, you select a PPD file in the same way you add a printer.
490 Printing Tip: To rejoin a path after you split it, select all of the split paths that made up the original object, and click the Add To Shape Area button in the Pathfinder panel. The path is rejoined, with an anchor point placed at each intersection where a split path was reconnected. Control how fonts are downloaded to a printer Printer-resident fonts are fonts stored in a printer’s memory or on a hard drive connected to the printer.
491 Printing Binary exports the image data as binary code, which is more compact than ASCII but may not be compatible with all systems. ASCII exports the image data as ASCII text, which is compatible with older networks and parallel printers and is usually the best choice for graphics used on multiple platforms. It is also usually the best choice for documents used only on Mac OS.
492 Printing 4 For Color Handling, choose Let PostScript® Printer Determine Colors. 5 (Optional) Set any of the following options. In most cases, it is best to use the default settings. Rendering Intent Specifies how the application converts colors to the destination color space.
493 Printing When overlapping painted objects share a common color, trapping may be unnecessary if the color that is common to both objects creates an automatic trap. For example, if two overlapping objects contain cyan as part of their CMYK values, any gap between them is covered by the cyan content of the object underneath. Trapping type can present special problems.
494 Printing More Help topics About effects Trap options Thickness Specifies a stroke width between 0.01 and 5000 points. Check with your print shop to determine what value to use. Height/Width Specifies the trap on horizontal lines as a percentage of the trap on vertical lines. Specifying different horizontal and vertical trap values lets you compensate for on-press irregularities, such as paper stretch. Contact your print shop for help in determining this value.
495 Printing Create a spread or choke For more precise control of trapping and for trapping complex objects, you can create the effect of a trap by stroking an object and setting the stroke to overprint. 1 Select the topmost object of the two objects that must trap into each other. 2 In the Stroke box in the Tools panel or the Color panel, do one of the following: • Create a spread by entering the same color values for the Stroke as appear in the Fill box.
496 Printing 4 Copy the line, and choose Edit >Paste In Front. The copy is used to create a trap. 5 In the Stroke box in the Tools panel or the Color panel, stroke the copy with the desired color. 6 In the Stroke panel, choose a line weight that is wider than the bottom line. 7 Choose Window > Attributes. 8 Select Overprint Stroke for the top line.
497 Printing About flattening If your document or artwork contains transparency, to be output it usually needs to undergo a process called flattening. Flattening divides transparent artwork into vector-based areas and rasterized areas. As artwork becomes more complex (mixing images, vectors, type, spot colors, overprinting, and so on), so does the flattening and its results. Flattening may be necessary when you print or when you save or export to other formats that don’t support transparency.
498 Printing • Copy and paste transparent art from Illustrator into another application with both the AICB and the Preserve Appearance options checked (in the File Handling & Clipboard section of the Preferences dialog box). • Export in SWF (Flash) or use the Flatten Transparency command with the Preserve Alpha Transparency option selected. This command lets you preview how artwork will look when exported in SWF.
499 Printing Outlined Text (Illustrator and InDesign) Highlights all text that will be outlined if involved in transparency or because Convert All Text To Outlines is selected. note: In the final output, outlined strokes and text may appear slightly different from native ones, especially very thin strokes and very small text. However, the Flattener Preview doesn’t highlight this altered appearance.
500 Printing (Illustrator only) Select Preserve Alpha Transparency (Flatten Transparency dialog box only) Preserves the overall opacity of flattened objects. With this option, blending modes and overprints are lost, but their appearance is retained within the processed artwork, along with the level of alpha transparency (as when you rasterize artwork using a transparent background).
501 Printing In Illustrator and Acrobat, to magnify the preview, click in the preview area. To zoom out, Alt-click/Option-click in the preview area. To pan the preview, hold down the spacebar and drag in the preview area. Flattener Preview panel overview You use the preview options in the Flattener Preview panel to highlight the areas affected by flattening artwork. You can use this information to adjust the flattening options, and even use the panel to save flattener presets.
502 Printing You can choose a flattener preset in the Advanced panel of the Print dialog box or of the format-specific dialog box that appears after the initial Export or Save As dialog box. You can create your own flattener presets or choose from the default options provided with the software.
503 Printing 3 Do one of the following: • To rename an existing preset, click Edit, type a new name, and then click OK. • To delete a preset, click Delete, and then click OK to confirm the deletion.note: You cannot delete the default presets. Flatten transparency for individual objects The Flatten Transparency command lets you see what your artwork will look like when flattened.
504 Printing • Use an appropriate line screen that retains 256 levels of gray. • If you create a gradient between two or more spot colors, assign different screen angles to the spot colors when you create color separations. If you’re not sure what the angles should be, consult your print shop. • Print to an output device that supports PostScript® Language Level 3 whenever possible.
505 Printing More Help topics Change the printer resolution and screen frequency Calculate the maximum blend length for gradients Illustrator calculates the number of steps in a gradient based on the percentage of change between the colors in the gradient. The number of steps, in turn, determines the maximum length of the blend before banding occurs. 1 Select the Measure tool , and click the beginning point and the endpoint of the gradient.
506 Printing Number of Steps Adobe Illustrator Recommends Maximum Blend Length Points Inches Cms 60 129.6 1.8 4.572 70 151.2 2.1 5.334 80 172.8 2.4 6.096 90 194.4 2.7 6.858 100 216.0 3.0 7.620 110 237.6 3.3 8.382 120 259.2 3.6 9.144 130 280.8 3.9 9.906 140 302.4 4.2 10.668 150 324.0 4.5 11.430 160 345.6 4.8 12.
507 Printing Number of Steps Adobe Illustrator Recommends Maximum Blend Length Points Inches Cms 170 367.2 5.1 12.954 180 388.8 5.4 13.716 190 410.4 5.7 14.478 200 432.0 6.0 15.240 210 453.6 6.3 16.002 220 475.2 6.6 16.764 230 496.8 6.9 17.526 240 518.4 7.2 18.288 250 540.0 7.5 19.050 256 553.0 7.7 19.
508 Printing Overprint About overprinting By default, when you print opaque, overlapping colors, the top color knocks out the area underneath. You can use overprinting to prevent knockout and make the topmost overlapping printing ink appear transparent in relation to the underlying ink. The degree of transparency in printing depends on the ink, paper, and printing method used. Consult your print shop to determine how these variables will affect your final artwork.
509 Printing Overprint black To overprint all black in your artwork, select the Overprint Black option in the Print dialog box when you create color separations. This option works on all objects that have black applied through the K color channel. However, it does not work for objects that appear black because of their transparency settings or graphic styles. You can also use the Overprint Black command to set up overprinting for objects that contain a specific percentage of black.
510 Printing You can create and review print presets in the Print Presets dialog box. ? Do one of the following: • Choose File > Print, adjust print settings, and click Save Preset . Type a name or use the default, and then click OK. With this method, the preset is saved in the preferences file. • Choose Edit > Print Presets, and then click New. In the Print Presets dialog box, type a new name or use the default, adjust print settings, and then click OK to return to the Print Presets dialog box.
511 Printing View a summary of print settings/presets Use the Summary panel of the Print dialog box to view your output settings prior to printing, and then adjust them as necessary. For example, you can see if the document will omit certain graphics for OPI replacement by the service provider. 1 Choose File > Print. 2 In the Print dialog box, click Summary. 3 If you want to save the summary as a text file, click Save Summary.
512 Printing White Overprint | Illustrator CC Artwork created in Illustrator can have white objects applied with unintentional overprint. This becomes apparent only when one turns on the overprint preview or printing separations. This causes delays in the production process and reprinting may need to be performed. Though Illustrator warns users if a white object is applied with overprint, there are scenarios when a white overprint may occur without it coming to the user’s notice.
513 Chapter 13: Automating tasks Automation with actions About actions An action is a series of tasks that you play back on a single file or a batch of files—menu commands, panel options, tool actions, and so on. For example, you can create an action that changes the size of an image, applies an effect to the image, and then saves the file in the desired format. Actions can include steps that let you perform tasks that cannot be recorded (for example, using a painting tool).
514 Automating tasks View actions by name only ? Choose Button Mode from the Actions panel menu. Choose Button Mode again to return to list mode. Note: You can’t view individual commands or sets in Button mode. Select actions in the Actions panel ? Click an action name. Shift-click action names to select multiple, contiguous actions, and Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) action names to select multiple, discontiguous actions.
515 Automating tasks note: If you assign an action the same shortcut that is used for a command, the shortcut will apply the action rather than the command. Color Assigns a color for display in Button mode. 4 Click Begin Recording. The Begin Recording button in the Actions panel turns red . Note: When recording the Save As command, do not change the filename. If you enter a new filename, that new name is recorded and used each time you run the action.
516 Automating tasks Insert a stop You can include stops in an action that let you perform a task that cannot be recorded (for example, using a painting tool). After you complete the task, click the Play button in the Actions panel to complete the action. You can also display a short message when the action reaches the stop as a reminder of what needs to be done before continuing with the action. You can include a Continue button in the message box in case no other task needs to be done.
517 Automating tasks • To exclude or include all commands except the selected command, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) its check mark. To indicate that some of the commands within the action are excluded, in Photoshop the check mark of the parent action turns red; in Illustrator the check mark of the parent action becomes dimmed. Specify playback speed You can adjust an action’s playback speed or pause it to help you debug an action. 1 Choose Playback Options from the Actions panel menu.
518 Automating tasks Record a single task again 1 Select an object of the same type for which you want to rerecord the action. For example, if a task is only available for vector objects, you must have a vector object selected when you rerecord. 2 In the Actions panel, double-click the command. 3 Enter the new values and click OK. Manage action sets You can create and organize sets of task-related actions that can be saved to disk and transferred to other computers.
519 Automating tasks Organize action sets To help you organize your actions, you can create sets of actions and save the sets to disk. You can organize sets of actions for different types of work—such as print publishing and online publishing—and transfer sets to other computers. • To create a new set of actions, click the Create New Set button panel menu. Then enter the name of the set, and click OK.
520 Automating tasks Batch options If you select Folder for Source, you can set the following options: Override Action “Open” Commands Opens the files from the specified folder and ignores any Open commands recorded as part of the original action. Include All Subdirectories Processes all files and folders within the specified folder.
521 Automating tasks Install a script ? Copy the script to your computer’s hard disk. If you place the script in the Adobe Illustrator CS5 Scripts folder, the script will appear in the File > Scripts submenu. If you place the script in another location on the hard disk, you can run the script in Illustrator by choosing File > Scripts > Other Script.
522 Automating tasks The Variables panel uses the following icons to indicate a variable’s type: • Visibility variable . • Text String variable . • Linked File variable . • Graph Data variable . • No Type (unbound) variable . You can sort the rows by clicking items in the header bar: by variable name, object name, or by variable type. Create variables You can create four types of variables in Illustrator: Graph Data, Linked File, Text String, and Visibility.
523 Automating tasks Unbind a variable ? Click the Unbind Variable button menu. in the Variables panel, or choose Unbind Variable from the Variables panel Lock or unlock all variables in a document ? Click the Lock/Unlock Variables button or in the Variables panel. Delete variables Deleting a variable removes it from the Variables panel. If you delete a variable that is bound to an object, the object becomes static (unless the object is also bound to a variable of a different type).
524 Automating tasks Data sets A data set is a collection of variables and associated data. When you create a data set, you capture a snapshot of the dynamic data that is currently displayed on the artboard. You can switch between data sets to upload different data into your template. The name of the current data set is displayed at the top of the Variables panel.
525 Automating tasks Save a template for data-driven graphics When you define variables in an Illustrator document, you are creating a template for data-driven graphics. You can save the template in SVG format for use with other Adobe products, such as Adobe® Graphics Server. For example, a developer working with Adobe Graphics Server can bind the variables in the SVG file directly to a database or another data source.
526 Chapter 14: Graphs Creative Cloud Charts (Preview) Creative Cloud Charts (Preview) was introduced in the June 2015 release of Illustrator CC as a technology preview to gather real-world feedback from customers on the new service. Based on customer feedback, the Illustrator team has decided to pause Charts and revisit the design of the feature. The Charts preview won’t be included in Illustrator with the November 2015 release.
527 Graphs All the action happens here! Modifying chart layout Move stuff around - customize! Chart options Change the layout - customize! Editing chart appearance Change the appearance - customize! Importing/ Defining chart data Get your numbers in! Editing chart data Make your numbers count! Creative Cloud Charts (Preview) survey A short survey for you to tell us how we're doing. Creating a new chart 1 Select the CC Charts tool from the Tools panel (Shortcut key: J).
528 Graphs Context-sensitive column chart options For the column chart, you can change the layout for the: • Complete chart • Value (Y) axis • Category (X) axis • Chart data The options available for each of the parts of the column chart are specific to the section. These options are described in the next section of this article. Complete chart (Default) Click anywhere on the column chart Value (Y) axis: Click the Y axis.
529 Graphs Modifying chart layout 1 In Illustrator, select a chart, and then do one of the following: • Click the Chart context widget, and then click Edit on Creative Cloud Charts • In the Control Panel, click Edit on Creative Cloud Charts • Right-click the chart and then click Edit on Creative Cloud Chart 2 In the browser window that opens, ensure that you are in the Chart tab. Each chart type contains a number of configurable options. Click the respective chart type tab Chart options.
530 Graphs Direction Option available when Layout = Flow: • Left to Right • Top to Bottom Alignment Option available when Layout = Flow: • Bottom-aligned: • Middle-alighned: • Top-aligned: Spacing Option available when Layout = Flow Use the slider to alter the spacing between successive artwork. Column chart By default, the chart edit options are displayed. Note: Some options are common to different parts of the column chart. For conciseness, the common options are not repeated.
531 Graphs OVERRIDE SCALE GRIDLINES • Min: The minimum value for data on the Y axis • Max: The maximum value for data on the Y axis • Major: The scale for major gridlines on the Y axis • Minor: The scale for minor gridlines on the Y axis • Left: (Default) Position Y axis line to the left of the chart • Right: Position Y axis line to the right of the chart • Outside: (Default) Position chart tick marks on the outside of the Y axis • Inside: Position chart tick marks on the inside of the Y a
532 Graphs Replacing chart artwork 1 In Illustrator, select a chart. 2 In your document, draw new artwork, or drop any available artwork on the canvas. Note: Complex artwork such as objects with a gradient mesh, and raster objects are not supported. Editing chart artwork 1 In Illustrator, select a chart, and then click the Direct Selection Tool (A). 2 Select one or more data representations, and modify the appearance of the objects. Note: Some complex appearances such as effects, multiple fills, etc.
533 Graphs Column charts You can change the appearance of an entire chart, all the bars on the chart, a bar group, or a single bar. To change the appearance of a specific component of a chart, use the chart selection functionality in column charts. Chart component selection using the Selection tool A column chart contains different levels of selection. Illustrator, provides a drill-down functionality that allows you to successively select charts components at different levels.
534 Graphs Similarly, you can change the colors of the other bar groups. You can also change the appearance of the grid lines. 1 Again, use the drill-down functionality, to select the grid lines. 2 Using the Illustrator Stroke, change the lines to dotted lines. You can also change the appearance (such as font-family, font-size) of the text on the chart. Select the entire chart. 1 Open the Character panel (Window > Type > Character).
535 Graphs Note: Any data you import will always overwrite existing data already available for the chart. 4 (Important) From the available rows and columns, click and drag the mouse over the data cells to represent in the chart, and then click Apply ( ). The Chart Preview page area is updated with a representation of the values that you have selected for the chart. 5 Add, modify, and refine your data, and then click Save. Each time you click Save, the chart is updated in Illustrator.
536 Graphs Creative Cloud Charts (Preview) survey Here's a really quick survey that helps us understand your level of satisfaction with the Creative Cloud Charts (Preview) feature. Where possible, please provide as many details as possible. Thanks! Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CC_Charts_Feedback. Create graphs Create graphs Graphs let you communicate statistical information in a visual way.
537 Graphs Adjust the width of columns ? Do one of the following: • Click the Cell Style button , and enter a value between 0 and 20 in the Column Width text box. • Position the pointer at the edge of the column you want to adjust. The pointer changes to a double arrow Then drag the handle to the desired position. . Adjust the decimal precision for cells ? Click the Cell Style button, and enter a value between 0 and 10 in the Number of Decimals text box.
538 Graphs A Data set labels B Blank cell C Category labels Enter labels ? For column, stacked column, bar, stacked bar, line, area, and radar graphs, enter labels in the worksheet as follows: • If you want Illustrator to generate a legend for the graph, delete the contents of the upper-left cell and leave the cell blank. • Enter labels for the different sets of data in the top row of cells. These labels will appear in the legend.
539 Graphs Enter data sets for pie graphs You organize data sets for pie graphs similarly to other graphs. However, each row of data in the worksheet generates a separate graph. • Enter data-set labels as for column, stacked column, bar, stacked bar, line, area, and radar graphs. Enter category labels if you want to generate graph names. • To create a single pie graph, plot only one row of data, either all positive or all negative values.
540 Graphs Format and customize graphs Graphs can be formatted in a variety of ways. For example, you can change the appearance and position of the graph’s axes, add drop shadows, move the legend, and combine different graph types. You can view the formatting options for a graph by selecting a graph with the Selection tool and choosing Object > Graph > Type. You can also manually customize your graph in numerous ways.
541 Graphs Tick Marks Determines the length of tick marks and number of tick marks per division. For category axes, select Draw Tick Marks Between Labels to draw tick marks on either side of the labels or columns, or deselect the option to center tick marks over the labels or columns. Add Labels Specifies a prefix and suffix for numbers on value axes, left axes, right axes, bottom axes, or top axes. For example, you can add a dollar sign or percent sign to axis numbers.
542 Graphs Add Legend Across Top Displays the legend horizontally across the top of the graph instead of to the right of the graph. First Row In Front Controls how the categories, or clusters, of data in a graph overlap when the Cluster Width is greater than 100%. This option is the most useful when working with column and bar graphs. First Column In Front Places the column, bar, or line that corresponds to the first column of data in the Graph Data window on top.
543 Graphs Pie graph options Legend Determines the placement of the legend. Standard Legend Places column labels outside the graph; this is the default. Use this option when you combine pie graphs with other kinds of graphs. Legends In Wedges Inserts labels into the corresponding wedges. No Legend Omits legends entirely. Position Specifies how multiple pie graphs are displayed. Ratio Sizes the graphs proportionally. Even Makes all the pie graphs the same diameter.
544 Graphs Note: If you use stacked column graphs with other graph types, be sure to use the same axis for all sets of data that are represented by stacked column graphs. If some sets of data use the right axis while others use the left, the column heights may be misleading or may overlap. Select parts of a graph 1 Select the Group Selection tool . 2 Click the legend of the columns you want to select. 3 Without moving the Group Selection tool pointer from the legend, click again.
545 Graphs Repeating design Stacks a design to fill the columns. You can specify the value that each design represents, as well as whether you want to chop or scale designs that represent fractions. Sliding design Is similar to a vertically scaled design, except that you can specify where in the design to stretch or compress it. For example, if you were using a person to represent data, you might stretch or compress only the body, but not the head.
546 Graphs Create a column design 1 Create a rectangle as the backmost object in the design. The rectangle represents the boundary of the graph design. Copy and paste the smallest column in your graph to use it as the bounding rectangle for your design. 2 Paint the rectangle as desired, or fill and stroke it with None so that it is invisible. 3 Create the design using any of the drawing tools, or position an existing design in front of the rectangle.
547 Graphs The first digit determines how many places appear before the decimal point. For example, if your total was 122, a digit of 3 would display 122. If you enter 0 for the first digit, the program adds the number of places necessary for the value. The second digit determines how many places appear after the decimal point. Zeros are added as necessary, and values are rounded up or down as necessary. You can vary these numbers, depending on how many digits you need.
548 Graphs 6 Click OK. Apply a marker design to a line or scatter graph 1 Create or import the column design. 2 Use the Group Selection tool to select the markers and the legends in the graph that you want to replace with a design. Do not select any lines. 3 Choose Object > Graph > Marker. Select a design, and click OK. The design is scaled so that the backmost rectangle in the design is the same size as the default square marker on the line or scatter graph.
549 Chapter 15: Keyboard shortcuts Customizing keyboard shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts make you more productive in Illustrator. You can use the default shortcuts included with Illustrator, or add and customize shortcuts to suit your needs. Customize keyboard shortcuts Illustrator lets you view a list of all shortcuts, and edit or create shortcuts.
550 Keyboard shortcuts • To change a shortcut, click in the Shortcut column of the scroll list and type a new shortcut. If you enter a shortcut that is already assigned to another command or tool, an alert appears at the bottom of the dialog box. Click Undo to undo the change, or click Go To to go to the other command or tool and assign it a new shortcut. In the Symbol column, type the symbol that will appear in the menu or tool tip for the command or tool.
551 Keyboard shortcuts Result Windows Mac OS Paintbrush tool B B Pencil tool N N Rotate tool R R Reflect tool O O Scale tool S S Warp tool Shift + R Shift + R Width Tool Shift+W Shift+W Free Transform tool E E Shape Builder Tool Shift+M Shift+M Perspective Grid Tool Shift+P Shift+P Perspective Selection Tool Shift+V Shift+V Symbol Sprayer tool Shift + S Shift + S Column Graph tool J J Mesh tool U U Gradient tool G G Eyedropper tool I I Blend tool W W Li
552 Keyboard shortcuts Result Windows Mac OS Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) Spacebar Spacebar Switch to Zoom tool in magnify mode Ctrl + Spacebar Spacebar + Command Switch to Zoom tool in reduce mode Ctrl + Alt + Spacebar Spacebar + Command + Option Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Spacebar Zoom tool Spacebar Hide unselected artwork Control + Alt + Shift + 3 Command + Option + Shift + 3 Convert between horizontal and vertical guide Alt-drag guide Option-drag gu
553 Keyboard shortcuts Result Windows Constrain a shape’s proportions or orientation Shift-drag to: • equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles, ellipses, and grids • Increments of 45° for line and arc segments • Original orientation for polygons, stars, and flares Mac OS Shift-drag Move a shape while drawing it spacebar-drag spacebar-drag Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares) Alt-drag Option-drag Increase or decrease polygon sides, star po
554 Keyboard shortcuts Result Windows Mac OS Switch through drawing modes Shift+D Shift+D Join two or more paths Select the paths, then press Ctrl+J Select the paths, then press Command+J Create corner or smooth join Select the paths, then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j Select the anchor point, then press Shift+Command+Option+j Keys for drawing in perspective This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips.
555 Keyboard shortcuts Result Windows Mac OS Change pointer to cross hair for Lasso tool Caps Lock Caps Lock Select artwork in active artboard Ctrl + Alt + A Command + Option + A Create crop marks around selected object Alt + c + o Select behind an object Press Ctrl+click twice Press Command+click twice Select behind in isolation mode Ctrl+click twice Command+click twice Keys for moving selections This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts.
556 Keyboard shortcuts Result Windows Mac OS Erase unwanted closed regions created using Shape Builder tool Alt+click the closed region Option+click the closed region Select the Shape Builder tool Shift+M Shift+M Display rectangular marquee to easily merge multiple paths (when using Shape Builder tool) Shift+click+drag Shift+click+drag Keys for painting objects This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts.
557 Keyboard shortcuts Result Windows Mac OS Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke Alt-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Option-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient Alt + Shift-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Option + Shift-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Select opposite Live Paint Bucket tool options Shift + Live Paint Bucket tool (if Paint Fills and Paint Strokes are currently selected, switch t
558 Keyboard shortcuts Results Windows Mac OS Select multiple width points Shift+click Shift+click Create non-uniform widths Alt+drag Option+drag Create a copy of the width point Alt+drag the width point Options+drag the width point Change the position of multiple width points Shift+drag Shift+drag Delete selected width point Delete Delete Deselect a width point Esc Esc Keys for working with type This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts.
559 Keyboard shortcuts Result Windows Mac OS Increase or decrease baseline shift Alt + Shift + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) Option + Shift + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) Switch between Type and Vertical Type, Area Type and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and Vertical Path Type tools Shift Shift Switch between Area Type and Path Type, Alt Vertical Area Type and Vertical Path Type tools Option To change the
560 Keyboard shortcuts Keys for the Brushes panel This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips. Result Windows Mac OS Open Brush Options dialog box Double-click brush Double-click brush Duplicate brush Drag brush to New Brush button Drag brush to New Brush button Keys for the Character and Paragraph panels This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts.
561 Keyboard shortcuts Result Windows Mac OS Duplicate color stops Alt-drag Option-drag Swap color stops Alt-drag color stop onto another stop Option-drag color stop onto another color stop Apply swatch color to active (or selected) color stop Alt-click swatch in the Swatches panel Option-click swatch in the Swatches panel Reset the gradient fill to default black and white linear gradient Ctrl-click Gradient Fill box in the Gradient panel Command-click Gradient Fill box in the Gradient panel
562 Keyboard shortcuts Result Windows Mac OS Create new spot color Ctrl-click New Swatch button Command-click New Swatch button Create new global process color Ctrl + Shift-click New Swatch button Command + Shift-click New Swatch button Replace swatch with another Alt-drag a swatch over another Option-drag a swatch over another Keys for the Transform panel This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts.
563 Keyboard shortcuts Result Windows Mac OS Create new symbol F8 F8 Show/hide Info panel Ctrl + F8 Command + F8 Show/hide Gradient panel Ctrl + F9 Command + F9 Show/hide Stroke panel Ctrl + F10 Command + F10 Show/hide Attributes panel Ctrl + F11 Command + F11 Revert F12 F12 Show/hide Graphic Styles panel Shift + F5 Shift + F5 Show/hide Appearance panel Shift + F6 Shift + F6 Show/hide Align panel Shift + F7 Shift + F7 Show/hide Transform panel Shift + F8 Shift + F8 Show/hid
