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Illustrator® CS2 Killer Tips

by Dave Cross, Matt Kloskowski

September 2005

Beginner

320 pages

6h 35m

English

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Make Yourself FamousAdditional ContentMore Additional ContentWacom Pen Tablets Work in Illustrator TooOngoing FeedbackTiming Is EverythingThe Ever-Changing PaletteQuick Delete from PalettesLocking and Unlocking GuidesChoose the Best Selection Tool for the JobDirect Selection SecretQuick Selection ToolHide Bounding BoxQuick Move DialogSelecting the Next Object BelowCreate by MeasurePosition Shapes as You DrawDrawing Curves More EasilySimplifying a PathSelect NoneEverything Else ButWhat Happens When You Can’t See an Object?Even It OutReflect vs. FlipTool PreferencesName a SwatchReset the Default Fill and Stroke ColorsColor PickerHide or Show Multiple Layers EasilyFilters vs. Effects?Edit Existing Patterns and SymbolsUse Text Import OptionsScale Text Frame But Not TextMultiple Glyph ChoicesEffecting a Stroke or a FillTransform AgainCreate Your Own Crop MarksOpen a TemplateMake Your Own TemplateSave for Microsoft OfficeView Actions in Button Mode“Hidden” Keyboard Commands
How Many Undos?Actual Size, Fit in WindowReally Fit in WindowSwitching Between Multiple Open WindowsDefault Workspace to the Rescue!Your Own Personal WorkspaceGive Your Custom Workspace a ShortcutControl Bar Getting in Your Way?Palette Shortcuts and Control Palette All in OneCenter That GuideCenter Guides AutomaticallyChange Guide DirectionMake Guides from ObjectsLock a Guide to an ObjectChange Locked Guide into a PathLock Everything ElseGet a New Perspective on GuidesAuto Add Rulers to Every New DocumentMeasure from Where You WantReset the RulersChange Ruler MeasurementMeasure the Way You WantMultiple Tools?Your Logo Ready AnytimeSimulate Paper ColorShow/Hide Center PointAngled GridEverything You Wanted to Know About…Get Object InfoActions Within ActionsSave That ViewTwo Views, One DocumentPinpoint in the NavigatorHide and Show PalettesChange Your Mind in Mid-ZoomThe One-Slide Slide ShowRemember One Palette ShortcutZoom Tool ShortcutHand Tool ShortcutKeep Only Selected ObjectsBe PreciseFront and CenterSeeing RedAdd the UnrecordableHide Your Guides in One ClickFree ResourcesBack To BasicsDon’t Squint, ClickNew Document the Same as Last TimeReset the PageChange Tools QuicklyMultiple Pages?
Photo Inside of TypeStart with a FontMapping Made EasyFind Your Favorite Logo?Change Star Shape, Part OneChange Star Shape, Part TwoSend Up a FlarePermanent PathfinderSpray On, Spray OffYears in Graph DataThat’s Out of One HundredEdit Graph DesignsSliding Graph DesignsDrag-and-Drop Instead of Copy-and-PasteChange Tool Settings on the FlyMake Your Own SpirographConvert to ShapeLet the Blend Tool Do the MathMore BlendingYet More BlendingBend the BlendShapes Around a CircleChange the BlendOutline StrokeLive Trace Not Working How You’d Like? Try ThisIs Live Trace Still Not Working How You’d Like? Take It a Step FurtherViewing Reference Photos When Using the Mesh ToolGradient BrushesDivide Objects BelowChange Grids on the FlyLive Interlocking ObjectsLive Interlocking Objects, Part 2Creating WireframesAdd to a Shape to Create a ShapeMove Points as You DrawAuto Add/Delete Getting in Your WayMultiple Objects as a MaskRound Those CornersSame Width and HeightChanging ArcsClose a Path AutomaticallyPreserve Brush Stroke OptionsDisable Auto Add/DeleteSplit into GridThe Perfect StarTarget PracticeOpacity MasksVintage Texture Effect
Save a SelectionReshape Paths by DrawingReshape Paths by Painting?Editing a Type PathCut or Add a PointJoin vs. Average & JoinAverage and Join in One StepThe True CenterBigger or Smaller a Bit at a TimeScale Tool CloningKeep ProportionsQuick FlipLiquify Brush SizeSelect Same, AgainSelect Color from SwatchesSelecting GroupsSelecting Mesh Points EasilySelecting Multiple Mesh Points EasilyLet Illustrator Calculate It for YouEditable TransformationsRotate with CareRotation by the NumbersRepeat Last PathfinderTransform by NumberFree TransformPick The Best TransformationSelect BehindNew Stroke Options in Illustrator CS2Scale Strokes & EffectsOdd NumbersMove and CopyStraight CutsMove It by MeasureDraw and SmoothSimplify PathMagic Wand Not WorkingCopy While TransformingTransform Again and Send to BackTransform Again, AgainAligning the Fast WayAlign to a Specific ObjectConvert Dashed Stroke to OutlineMake a Mesh with TextDrag-and-DropThe Missing Twist Tool
Your Colors, Every TimeSlightly Lighter, Somewhat DarkerGrab Only the ColorMake Your Own PatternsTransform Just the PatternColor the OppositeUse Global ColorBorrow Some ColorPersistent SwatchesColor from AnywhereGradient Palette ShortcutOne-Color GradientColor StopDuplicate a Color StopSwap StopsUse a Swatch as a StopQuick Stroke ChangeChange Color Modes in the Color PaletteUse Multiple Strokes in AppearanceRound JoinsApply Sampled ColorsChange Live Paint BehaviorSame Color AgainFill and Stroke from the KeyboardNone in a HurryWant the Opposite?Make a Spot ColorComplementary ColorsInvert the ColorReplace One Swatch with AnotherGrayscale or Color GrayFind a ColorGrayscale Print from a Color FileSave Swatch LibrariesExpand a GradientTest PageFade to NothingUse Preview BoundsOne-Time Preview Bounds
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Dim ImagesName the New LayerWhite Really Isn’t WhiteHide Other LayersChange One Layer to Outline ViewChange Other Layers to Outline ViewRelease the Layers!Copy an Object to a LayerDuplicate the Entire LayerSelect Everything on a LayerSelect Everything on Multiple LayersLock All Other LayersUse Layers to Unlock Individual ObjectsLocate LayerJump to a LayerCustom Layer Row SizeExpand All SublayersNew Layer on TopNew Layer BelowTarget a LayerMoving TargetsMoving Targets, Part TwoPaste Remembers LayersMirror ReflectionsLayer Comps?Selecting Multiple LayersMove Objects to a Different LayerVector Templates?Don’t PrintNo SublayersHide TemplateWhen Select All Doesn’t WorkMerge SelectedCollect in a New Layer
What Is New Art Has Basic Appearance?Effect GalleryScrubby SlidersCreating Arrowhead DesignsSymbolism ChooserUsing the Eyedropper to Sample AppearanceDrag an AppearanceMerge StylesInstant Lichtenstein or Pop Art Dot EffectApply the Same Effect AgainFilters vs. Effects? What’s the Difference?Reset Effect and Filter SettingsAdd a Second StrokeDrop ShadowsCheck Document Raster Effects SettingsBreaking a Link to a StyleDisappearing Effects When Switching Between RGB and CMYKAdd Stroke to Placed Image or PhotoRedefine SymbolsViewing the Intensity of the Symbol ToolsMore Intensity, Different SizeChange Multiple SymbolsNew Symbol and InstanceSelect All Instances (and Replace Them Too)Replacing SymbolsReverse Engineering a Graphic StyleWhy Are Some Filters and Effects Grayed Out?See 3D Effects While You’re Applying ThemRotate 3D Objects the Right WayCreating a 3D BannerAdding Text to the BannerGet Your Artwork in 3D3D as a StyleStain RemovalScatter Brush OptionsScatter EnhancersSymbol Stacking OrderMake Your Own Bevels for 3DStain RepellantGetting More Symbols in IllustratorFree! 1,000+ Scientific Symbols for IllustratorBrush Options vs. Options of Selected ObjectBirthday Brush
Selecting TextPicking the Next WordSelect by ParagraphsChange the Default Font in IllustratorPick a Font by NameMove All Tabs at OnceChange Tab StyleDelete All TabsEvenly Spaced TabsTab LeadersLine Up the Tab RulerAlign OnAngled TabsScroll the View with TextQuick EditHanging IndentsReset All SettingsColored Text, Colored BoxHorizontal to Vertical TypeKern from the KeyboardTracking with the KeyboardControl Number of Recent FontsFont Preview—Or NotReset Kerning and TrackingOpen and Start EditingEdit Imported TextReset Horizontal ScalingSet Leading to the Font SizeIncrease or Decrease LeadingConvert Paragraph TextCleaning Up Your TextMake Your Own Typeface
Transforming TypeDrag-and-Drop Text from DesktopBefore and After Legacy TextType Size by MathGradient-Filled TextHide the HighlightClear the OverrideOverride the OverrideLoad Styles from Other DocumentsAngled MarginsCharacter RotationConvert Warped Text to OutlinesEdit Warped TextType on a CircleStop FlippingBaseline Shift AmountType Not on a PathCopy from TextThread Text into a New BoxHide Text ThreadsThreaded Text Blocks of Any ShapeStop the ThreadingThread Text on Two PathsText Wrap Around a PhotoMake a FractionDon’t Have an Open Type Font?Automatic OrdinalsGlobal Change CaseBlend Two Text ObjectsYour Styles in Every DocumentColumns and Rows GaloreColumns and Rows in Any ShapeTurn Off Typographer’s QuotesPull It Together
Export in Photoshop FormatOpen an Illustrator File In PhotoshopPlace an .ai File into PhotoshopDrag-and-Drop into PhotoshopDrag-and-Drop from DesktopOpen a PSD File in IllustratorPlace a PSD File into IllustratorPlace in Illustrator from Adobe BridgeChange Between Embedded and Linked GraphicsEditing Linked ImagesVector Shapes in PhotoshopWithout WarningNo Visible ImageCopying-and-Pasting Between Illustrator and PhotoshopDrag from Illustrator to Make a Path in PhotoshopYour Illustrator Logo Built Into PhotoshopExport Paths from PhotoshopBorrow Shapes from Photoshop to Use in IllustratorCommon Color SettingsTake Your Swatches AnywhereInfo for PhotoshopMetadata Templates to Save You TimeShow Images or Photos in Outline ModeDashed Lines in Photoshop (Thanks to Illustrator)Stop Clipping When Saving as an EPSIllustrator Layers in AcrobatOpen a PDF in IllustratorPlace a PDF with Spot ColorSending a File to a Service BureauReduce File SizeCleaning Up Your IllustrationsSave for Older Versions of IllustratorTrial SeparationPrinting Even Larger Than Illustrator Will Let YouSave Preset for PrintingSaving Print SettingsSave for Web Right Within IllustratorStart Over in Save for WebRemember Your Save for Web SettingsOptimize by File SizeFlattener PreviewGet Your Gradients to PrintMiss the Old Gal?

Overview

Over 300 productivity-enhancing secrets you need to know about Illustrator CS. Fully illustrated, stand-alone tips reveal the hidden features and productivity-enhancing tricks that allow you to accomplish more in less time with Illustrator CS2. Easy-to-browse format lets you find and apply information instantly and includes many tips and techniques that focus on Illustrator CS2’s new features: Converting bitmaps into vectors with Live Trace, Painting with the new Live Paint tool, creating Custom Workspaces, and more.