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Chapter 1 ✦ What’s New in Illustrator CS2?

The workspace layout feature also supports dual monitors, if you happen to be

lucky enough to have two displays.

Saving Color Information with Spot Color

Rasters

Spot colors are special colors you use to ensure an exact match with a specific

color. Illustrator CS2 now includes support for spot color rasters so that you can

create a drop shadow in a specific color and have Illustrator generate the correct

color separations for printing. You can also colorize an embedded grayscale image

with one spot or process color, and any spot color rasters are preserved when you

save the file.

See Chapter 18 for more information about spot colors.

Welcoming SVG 1.1 Support

Previous versions of Illustrator have included support for SVG (Scalable Vector

Graphics) version 1.0. Illustrator CS2 adds support for SVG 1.1 — a more capable

version that produces better output.

Most image formats used on the Web are bitmap formats. Although bitmap formats

are vital for photographs, the resulting file sizes make bitmap formats less efficient

than vector-based formats for many types of graphics. SVG is an XML-based vector

image format that can be programmed to respond to user interaction.

See Chapters 3 and 19 for more information about SVG.

Using Offset Paths

Objects that you draw in Illustrator can have both a stroke and a fill. In previous

versions, the stroke was always centered on the path, which limited your ability

somewhat in creating precisely the effect you may want. Illustrator CS2 now offers

you the option to offset stroke alignment around a path. It is now possible to offset

the stroke to be completely inside or outside a path as needed. You use the Stroke

palette to control the offset.

See Chapter 5 for more information about strokes and paths.

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