Illustrator CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

10. Fill & Stroke

IN THIS CHAPTER

Using color in Illustrator 111

Colors for your output medium 112

Using the basic color controls 114

Saving colors as swatches 116

Choosing colors via the Color panel 117

Applying colors from a library 118

Changing the tint percentage 119

Changing the stroke weight, alignment, caps, and joins 120

Creating arrows 121

Creating a dashed stroke 122

Using the Eyedropper tool 123

Using the Swatches panel 124

Using the Color Guide panel 128

Using the Kuler panel 131

Replacing colors in your artwork 132

Inverting colors 133

Colorizing grayscale images 133

Blending fill colors 134

Creating and editing fill patterns