November 2010
512 pages
20h 32m
English
Content preview from Adobe Illustrator CS5 One-on-One
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gradient mesh (continued)
eyedropper tool, 235
hiding mesh lines and points, 235
lasso tool, 231–234
mesh tool, 230, 231, 235, 238
Object Selection by Path Only
check box, 235
outline mode, 230
preview mode, 231
pucker tool, 237
recoloring points, 231–234
recoloring selected points, 235
selecting, 229
selecting multiple points at a time,
235
speed of color transition, 235
tips and tricks, 235
ungrouping and renaming, 229
warp tool, 236
gradient opacity mask, 258, 262
changing direction of gradient, 260
gradients
adding colors to, 210
blending, 205
between paths, 206–209
transforming paths, 209
blend objects, 208
Color panel, 207
color stops, 207
converting to mesh, 229
cropping blends, 211
custom gradient inside clipping
mask, 203
in Illustrator, 203
linear, 207
converting to mesh, 229
Make command, 208
multipath blend, 203
smooth color transitions, 209
stacking order of blend object, 208
steps, 205
adding, 214
types of, 203
gradient tool, 203, 207, 262
graphics (see artwork)
graphic styles, 383
applying and editing, 333–349
saving effects as, 345
Graphic Styles panel, 30, 323, 333–341,
346–348, 372–374, 378
grayscale
Convert to Grayscale, 151
sliders, 68
Grime Vector Pack, 274
group blend, 269
group Color Books, 69
group isolation mode, 220
groups
blending, 258
bringing shape to front of the
group, 61
clipping masks, 224
filling groups inside groups, 76
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