Adobe Illustrator CS5 One-on-One

Here’s what I want you to do:

• At the bottom of the inset effects list is an item that reads

Opacity: 43%. Click the word Opacity to bring up a pop-

up version of the Transparency panel, change the Opacity

value to 100 percent, and press Enter or Return.

• Click on the Fill item to select it. The attribute should ap-

pear highlighted.

• Click the

icon at the bottom of the Appearance panel to

duplicate the fi ll. Because Roughen and Tweak introduce

random variations, the ragged outline of the new fi ll is

slightly different from that of the original one.

• Shift-click the yellow swatch next to the top Fill attribute,

and change the C and M values to 0 and 40 percent, re-

spectively, to color the new fi ll orange.

Figure 10-13 shows a detail from the bottom of the circle, which

illustrates the customized collection of two-fi ll effects.

8. Apply a few styles to the text. The type (hidden in the fi gure)

looks terrible in its new environment. The solution is to apply

a graphic style. Select the point type with the black arrow

tool. Then try your hand at applying a few styles. Assuming a

Graphic Styles panel that’s six thumbnails wide, the fourth row

and most of the fi fth—starting with Ice Type and ending with

Metal Silver—comprise styles that Adobe specifi cally designed

to accommodate text; although you can apply any styles you

like. Figure 10-14 shows a sample style applied to each ...