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sidebook.blogspot.com How to Do Everything ® ® Adobe Illustrator CS4 sidebook.blogspot.com About the Author Sue Jenkins is an illustrator, web and graphic designer, photographer, teacher, and writer, and the owner and creative director of Luckychair (www.luckychair.com), a full-service design studio serving businesses across the United States since 1997 When not designing, this Adobe Certified Expert/Adobe Certified Instructor teaches three-day courses in Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop at Noble Desktop in New York City In addition to this Illustrator book, Sue is the author of Dreamweaver All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Wiley), Web Design: The L Line, The Express Line to Learning (Wiley), and Web Design All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Wiley) Sue is also the software instructor in three of ClassOnDemand’s awardwinning Adobe training DVDs, namely Dreamweaver for Designers (winner of a 2008 Bronze Telly Award), Designer’s Guide to Photoshop, and Designer’s Guide to Illustrator Sue lives with her husband and son in Pennsylvania About the Technical Editor Mara Zebest is a graphic artist who uses her knowledge and skills in both volunteer and commercial work Mara has taught classes on Adobe and Microsoft programs for a local school district, and has also been a guest instructor at a nearby community college She has experience working in a graphic marketing department, which has also afforded her printing production experience Mara has been a contributing author and technical editor for numerous books covering a multitude of Adobe and Microsoft products Mostly she hates talking about herself in the third person so she’ll stop now sidebook.blogspot.com How to Do Everything ® ® Adobe Illustrator CS4 Sue Jenkins New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto sidebook.blogspot.com Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies All rights reserved Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher ISBN: 978-0-07-160311-9 MHID: 0-07-160311-5 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: ISBN: 978-0-07-160310-2, MHID: 0-07-160310-7 All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs To contact a representative please visit the Contact Us page at www.mhprofessional.com Information has been obtained by McGraw-Hill from sources believed to be reliable However, because of the possibility of human or mechanical error by our sources, McGraw-Hill, or others, McGraw-Hill does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of any information and is not responsible for any errors or omissions or the results obtained from the use of such information TERMS OF USE This is a copyrighted work and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc (“McGraw-Hill”) and its licensors reserve all rights in and to the work Use of this work is subject to these terms Except as permitted under the Copyright Act of 1976 and the right to store and retrieve one copy of the work, you may not decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, reproduce, modify, create derivative works based upon, transmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish or sublicense the work or any part of it without McGraw-Hill’s prior co sent You may use the work for your own noncommercial and personal use; any other use of the work is strictly prohibited Your right to use the work may be terminated if you fail to comply with these terms THE WORK IS PROVIDED “AS IS.” McGRAW-HILL AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF OR RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM USING THE WORK, INCLUDING ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE WORK VIA HYPERLINK OR OTHERWISE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE McGraw-Hill and its licensors not warrant or guarantee that the functions contained in the work will meet your requirements or that its operation will be uninterrupted or error free Neither McGraw-Hill nor its licensors shall be liable to you or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of cause, in the work or for any damages resulting therefrom McGraw-Hill has no responsibility for the content of any information accessed through the work Under no circumstances shall McGraw-Hill and/or its licensors be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, consequential or similar damages that result from the use of or inability to use the work, even if any of them has been advised of the possibility of such damages This limitation of liability shall apply to any claim or cause whatsoever whether such claim or cause arises in contract, tort or otherwise sidebook.blogspot.com To my mom, Marilyn May, for her love and support, and for encouraging me to be an artist —Sue Jenkins This page intentionally left blank Contents at a Glance PART I Illustrator Basics PART II 10 11 12 13 14 PART III 15 16 17 18 Workspace Orientation Creating Documents Drawing and Editing Lines and Shapes Making Selections Pencil, Eraser, Paintbrush, and Blob Brush Mastering the Pen Tool Arrangement, Alignment, and the Pathfinder Panel Working with Layers 23 41 53 59 73 85 99 The Basics and Beyond Colors, Swatches, and Adobe Kuler Working with Type Transformation and Reshaping Tools Making Patterns and Gradients Symbols, 3D Mapping, and Flash Integration Graph Tools 113 129 147 155 165 177 Special Tools and Techniques Creating Blends Clipping Masks and Compound Paths Transparency and Blending Modes Special Effects and Third-Party Plug-Ins 189 195 203 215 vii viii How to Do Everything: Adobe Illustrator CS4 19 20 Custom Graphic Styles and the Appearance Panel Live Paint and Live Trace 227 237 PART IV 21 22 23 Real World Print and Design: Editorial, Branding, Textiles, Crafts Taking Illustrations to the Web Printing Your Work 251 263 281 Appendix Real World Illustrators 291 299 Index Contents Acknowledgments Introduction PART I Illustrator Basics CHAPTER Workspace Orientation xix xxi The Illustrator Workspace The Welcome Screen The Workspace The Menu Bar The Control Panel The Status Bar The Artboard Customizing the Workspace Panels Organizing Panels The Tools Panel Flyout Menus Tear off Menus Tools and Tool Options Keyboard Shortcuts Custom Shortcuts Preferences and Presets Preferences Presets Undoing and Automation Undo and Redo Revert The Actions Panel 4 5 7 10 11 12 12 12 16 16 17 17 17 19 19 19 19 ix ... 19 19 19 19 ix x How to Do Everything: Adobe Illustrator CS4 CHAPTER CHAPTER Creating Documents 23 New Documents The New Document Dialog Box ... multitude of Adobe and Microsoft products Mostly she hates talking about herself in the third person so she’ll stop now sidebook.blogspot.com How to Do Everything ® ® Adobe Illustrator CS4 Sue Jenkins... director of Luckychair (www.luckychair.com), a full-service design studio serving businesses across the United States since 1997 When not designing, this Adobe Certified Expert /Adobe Certified Instructor