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Contents at a Glance

Introduction ................................................................ 1

Part I: Driving People Crazy — Illustrator’s Bum Rap

........ 7

Chapter 1: Introducing the World of Illustrator .............................................................9

Chapter 2: Following the Righteous Path .....................................................................37

Chapter 3: Doing Everyday Things with Illustrator .....................................................51

Part II: Drawing and Coloring Your Artwork ................. 73

Chapter 4: Shaping Up, Basically ...................................................................................75

Chapter 5: Getting Your Fill of Fills and Strokes ..........................................................97

Chapter 6: Selecting and Editing Paths .......................................................................119

Chapter 7: Wielding the Mighty Pen Tool ...................................................................133

Chapter 8: Creating Straight and Curved Lines without the Pen Tool ....................149

Chapter 9: Creating Magni cent Brushstrokes ..........................................................165

Chapter 10: Extreme Fills and Strokes ........................................................................185

Chapter 11: Effectively Keeping Up Appearances, with Style(s) .............................199

Part III: Taking Your Paths to Obedience School......... 223

Chapter 12: Pushing, Pulling, Poking, and Prodding .................................................225

Chapter 13: Organizing Ef ciently ................................................................................239

Part IV: Practically Speaking: Type, Print, and Files .....255

Chapter 14: Introducing Letters and Such (Type 101)..............................................257

Chapter 15: Printing Your Masterpiece ......................................................................277

Chapter 16: Moving Files Into and Out of Illustrator .................................................287

Chapter 17: Putting Your Art on the Web ..................................................................305

Part V: The Part of Tens ........................................... 323

Chapter 18: Ten Production-Enhancing Tips .............................................................325

Chapter 19: Ten (Or So) Ways to Customize Illustrator ...........................................335

Index ...................................................................... 343

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Contents at a Glance AL Introduction ................................................................ 1 RI Part I: Driving People Crazy — Illustrator’s Bum Rap........ 7 MA TE Chapter 1: Introducing the World of Illustrator ............................................................. 9 Chapter 2: Following the Righteous Path ..................................................................... 37 Chapter 3: Doing Everyday Things with Illustrator .....................................................
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Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................. 1 About This Book .............................................................................................. 1 What You Don’t Need to Read ....................................................................... 2 Foolish Assumptions ....................................................................................... 2 How This Book Is Organized .............................................................
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xii Illustrator CS4 For Dummies Changing Your Mind...................................................................................... 34 Printing Illustrator Documents .................................................................... 34 Closing Documents and Quitting Illustrator .............................................. 35 Chapter 2: Following the Righteous Path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Whether Paths or Pixels Are Better ................................................
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Table of Contents Creating polygons and stars ............................................................... 78 Creating grids ....................................................................................... 82 Putting Together Shapes .............................................................................. 84 Shape Modes ........................................................................................ 85 Compound Shapes ...................................................................
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xiv Illustrator CS4 For Dummies Editing and Adjusting Points ...................................................................... 128 A relocation bonus for points .......................................................... 129 Fine-tuning curves with direction points ........................................ 129 Converting anchor points ................................................................. 130 Adding and subtracting points (path math) ..................................
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Table of Contents Working with the Different Brush Types .................................................. 170 Art brushes for times when you’re a bit wacky ............................. 170 Scatter brushes for times when you’re a bit wacky ...................... 172 Pattern brushes — too cool and utterly wacko ............................. 176 Calligraphic brushes for formal occasions ..................................... 181 Chapter 10: Extreme Fills and Strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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xvi Illustrator CS4 For Dummies Additional Transformation Tidbits ........................................................... 233 The Transform panel ......................................................................... 233 Copying while transforming ............................................................. 234 Transform Each .................................................................................. 234 Transform Again ........................................................................
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Table of Contents Using Type as a Mask .................................................................................. 272 Converting Type to Paths ........................................................................... 274 Type Styles ................................................................................................... 276 Chapter 15: Printing Your Masterpiece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277 Printing Quickly ........................................................
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xviii Illustrator CS4 For Dummies Part V: The Part of Tens ........................................... 323 Chapter 18: Ten Production-Enhancing Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325 Punching Holes ............................................................................................ 325 Use Photoshop Effects in Illustrator! ........................................................ 327 When White Isn’t Nothing...........................................................................