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Adobe Illustrator CS4 User Manual (499 pages)

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English

Table of contents

ILLUSTRATOR

1

Copyright

2

Contents

4

Chapter 1: Resources

8

Help and support

9

Printed resources

10

Support resources

10

Illustrator video tutorials

11

What’s new

14

New drawing and color tools

15

Chapter 2: Workspace

17

Default Illustrator workspace

18

Search For Help box

19

Control panel overview

21

Customizing the workspace

22

Dock and undock panels

23

Move panels

24

Add and remove panels

24

Manipulate panel groups

24

Stack floating panels

24

Resize panels

25

Save and switch workspaces

26

Tools panel overview

27

Select a tool

29

Change tool pointers

29

Workspace

31

Type tool gallery

32

Painting tool gallery

32

Reshaping tool gallery

33

Symbolism tool gallery

34

Graph tool gallery

35

Files and templates

37

Illustration window

45

Delete an artboard

47

Select and view artboards

47

Edit artboards

47

Move an artboard

47

Show or hide artboard rulers

48

Use the grid

54

Use guides

54

Smart Guides

55

Smart Guide preferences

56

Info panel overview

57

Setting preferences

58

Undo and redo changes

59

Automating tasks

59

Drawing with the Pencil tool

67

Pencil tool options

69

Drawing with the Pen tool

70

Editing paths

74

Delete a segment

76

Extend an open path

76

Connect two open paths

77

Join two endpoints

77

Erase artwork

81

Split a path

83

Tracing options

85

1 Select the tracing object

86

2 Do any of the following:

86

Symbols panel overview

89

Place a symbol

90

Create a symbol

90

Modify a symbol instance

92

Expand a symbol instance

92

Edit or redefine a symbol

93

Symbol libraries

93

About symbol sets

94

Resize symbol instances

96

Rotate symbol instances

96

Stain symbol instances

96

Symbolism tool options

97

Drawing flares

98

See also

100

About spot and process colors

105

About spot colors

105

About process colors

105

Selecting colors

106

Display only web-safe colors

108

Display the Color Picker

108

Using and creating swatches

110

Edit a swatch library

113

Add all document colors

113

About color groups

116

USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4

118

Save changes to a color group

123

❖ Do one of the following:

124

Assign colors to your artwork

127

Reduce colors in your artwork

130

Kuler panel

131

Chapter 5: Color management

137

Keeping colors consistent

139

Soft-proof colors

146

Soft-proof colors (Acrobat)

148

Color conversion options

158

About rendering intents

159

Chapter 6: Painting

160

1 Select the object

164

2 Do one of the following:

171

Set Live Paint gap options

175

About brushes

176

Apply brush strokes

178

Paintbrush tool options

178

Brush options

180

Scatter brush options

181

Art brush options

182

Pattern brush options

182

Painting

183

Remove an opacity mask

188

Apply or edit a gradient

193

Edit mesh objects

197

Isolate a path inside a group

206

Isolate a layer or sublayer

206

Select filled objects

209

Repeat or invert a selection

212

Save a selection

212

Move an object by dragging

215

Move multiple objects at once

216

Reflect or flip objects

220

Reflect by specifying an axis

221

Create a new layer

224

Consolidate layers and groups

225

Transform panel

232

Scale multiple objects

234

Reshape using envelopes

237

Combining objects

240

Pathfinder options

241

Apply Pathfinder effects

241

Work with compound shapes

244

About compound paths

245

Fill rules

246

Create blends

252

Blend options

253

Revolving an object

257

5 Click OK

258

Extrude & Bevel options

259

Revolve options

259

Surface shading options

259

Lighting options

260

Add a custom bevel path

261

Map artwork to a 3D object

262

6 Do any of the following:

263

Importing bitmap images

268

Photoshop import options

273

Saving artwork

274

Flash export options

283

Create an Adobe PDF

289

Create a layered Adobe PDF

289

Adobe PDF presets

290

Customize PDF presets

291

Adding security to PDF files

297

Security options

297

File information and metadata

298

Chapter 10: Type

300

Resize a text area

303

Creating type on a path

308

3 Do one of the following:

309

Edit the spelling dictionary

313

Assign languages to text

313

About Unicode

314

About fonts

314

OpenType fonts

314

Previewing fonts

315

Specify a typeface size

316

Find and replace fonts

316

Work with missing fonts

316

Find and replace text

318

1 Select the type object

323

Adjust kerning

326

Special characters

327

Prevent words from breaking

335

Composition methods

335

Set tabs

337

Repeat tabs

337

Move tabs

338

Remove tabs

338

Remove style overrides

340

Exporting text

341

Specify a burasagari option

350

4 Do any of the following:

353

Delete a composite font

354

Export a composite font

354

Update selected legacy text

354

Appearance attributes

356

Edit an attribute

357

Summary of effects

364

Artistic effects

365

Graphic Styles panel overview

374

Create graphic styles

375

Apply a graphic style

375

Use graphic style libraries

376

Work with graphic styles

376

• Color Mode: RGB

380

• Raster Resolution: 72 ppi

380

Slices and image maps

381

Select slices

383

Set slice options

383

Create image maps

385

About SVG

385

Creating animations

388

Optimizing images

391

Navigate in the dialog box

392

Optimize an image for the web

393

Optimization settings for GIF

398

Web graphics

400

Sort a color table

402

Shift a color

402

Map colors to transparency

403

Lock or unlock a color

403

Delete selected colors

404

Save a color table

404

Load a color table

404

G. Encoding menu

407

Set output options

408

HTML output options

408

Slice output options

409

Background output settings

410

Saving Files output settings

410

Scale a document for printing

415

Printer’s marks and bleed

419

PostScript printing

421

About flattening

428

Overprinting

435

Trapping

436

Create a spread or choke

438

Trap a line

439

Print presets

440

Apply print presets

441

Edit print presets

441

Delete print presets

441

1 Choose File > Print

442

Chapter 14: Automating tasks

443

Record an action

444

Specify playback speed

446

Save a set of actions

448

Load a set of actions

448

Organize action sets

448

Use a script

450

Enter graph data

457

Enter labels

458

Scatter graph data

459

Pie graph data

459

Column graph data

459

General graph options

462

Add drop shadows

462

Format pie graphs

463

Combine different graph types

463

Select parts of a graph

464

Format the text in a graph

464

About graph designs

465

Add totals to a column design

467

Create a marker design

467

Reuse a graph design

468

Customize keyboard shortcuts

470

Default keyboard shortcuts

471

Keys for viewing artwork

472

Keys for drawing

473

Keys for selecting

474

Keys for moving selections

474

Keys for editing shapes

475

Keys for painting objects

475

Keys for transforming objects

476

Keys for working with type

477

Keys for using panels

478

Keys for the Actions panel

478

Keys for the Brushes panel

479

Keys for the Color panel

479

Keys for the Gradient panel

479

Keys for the Layers panel

480

Keys for the Swatches panel

480

Keys for the Transform panel

481

Function keys

481

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