November 2010
512 pages
20h 32m
English
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Index
Soft Light blend mode, 265
spacers, 140
Spacing (artboard), 16
specialty stroke, 273
Spectral Brooch style, 372
spirals
adding or subtracting winds, 43
changing decay rate, 43
changing length and size, 43
constraining, 43
drawing lines, arcs, and spirals,
41–44
joining arc to, 47
keyboard shortcuts, 43
moving, 43
reversing direction, 43
splitting, joining, and aligning,
44–50
spiral tool, 43
spline curves, 90–95, 107
round corners effect, 95
versus Bézier curves, 96
splitting, joining, and aligning, 44–50
spot color, 70, 430, 433
stacking order, 74, 75, 77, 148, 155, 171,
208
stacking paths, 208
stacking shapes, 74–82
stacks
dragging item to top, 53
sending path to back of stack, 105
stars, 56–59
eight-pointed, 57
star tool, 57–59
static path outlines, 383
steps, 205, 241
adding, 214
Blend Options command, 214–217
changing number of, 258
stops, 241
Stretch to Fit Stroke Length, 287
stroke
copying fill and stroke with
eyedropper tool, 220
restoring fill and stroke with
eyedropper tool, 223
stroke caps, 79
Stroke Options, 276, 280, 296, 301, 302,
327
Stroke panel, 78, 79
stroke profile, 80
Strokes check box (Live Trace), 400
stroking shapes, 74–82
styles (text), 111
Stylize commands, 332
.svg file format, 36
SVG Filters, 333
.svgx file format, 36
swashes, 133, 135
swatches, 66–73, 83
cleaning up, 70
Create New Swatch, 70
creating, 67, 70
dragging to fill objects, 72, 73
global swatch,
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