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Table of Contents
Creating polygons and stars ...............................................................78
Creating grids .......................................................................................82
Putting Together Shapes ..............................................................................84
Shape Modes ........................................................................................85
Compound Shapes ...............................................................................86
Path nders............................................................................................87
Creating Objects by Using the Path nder Panel .......................................89
Crescent moon .....................................................................................89
Sunrise ...................................................................................................90
Legal Graf ti ...................................................................................................91
Using the Symbol Sprayer ...................................................................91
Creating a custom symbol ..................................................................93
Editing your symbols...........................................................................94
Setting the Symbolism options ..........................................................95
Chapter 5: Getting Your Fill of Fills and Strokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Understanding Fill and Stroke ......................................................................97
Filling and stroking paths with color...............................................100
Making a bold stroke .........................................................................100
Adding multiple strokes to a single path ........................................102
Filling crossed and open paths ........................................................102
The Swatches Panel .....................................................................................103
All the colors in the rainbow and then some .................................103
Swatch options for super colors ......................................................105
Swatch libraries .................................................................................106
The Color Panel ...........................................................................................106
Dissecting the Color panel ................................................................107
Modes and models .............................................................................108
Filling with Patterns and Textures ............................................................112
Applying patterns to paths ...............................................................112
Making patterns .................................................................................113
Using the Gradient Fill ................................................................................114
The Gradient tool ...............................................................................114
Modifying gradients ...........................................................................115
Gradient-mania: Color-tweaking made simple ...............................116
Radial: The secret gradient...............................................................117
Chapter 6: Selecting and Editing Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Selecting with the Illustrator Tools ...........................................................120
Natural selection ................................................................................121
Direct Selection tool ..........................................................................122
Group Selection tool ..........................................................................123
Selecting more or less of what you have ........................................124
Freeform selections: Lasso tool .......................................................125
Magic Wand tool ................................................................................125
Selecting without Tools: The Select Menu ...............................................126
Select menu options ..........................................................................126
Specialized selection functions for important occasions .............128
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