Adobe

IllustratorCC
2014 release

Patrick Seymour

CLASSROOM IN A BOOK
The official training workbook from Adobe

Brian Wood
Adobe
Illustrator CC
2014 release

Patrick Seymour

CLASSROOM IN A BOOK
The official training workbook from Adobe

Brian Wood
Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2014 release)
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WHERE ARE THE LESSON FILES? iii

GETTING STARTED 1
About Classroom in a Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing the program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Fonts used in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Accessing the Classroom in a Book files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Restoring default preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
To delete or save the current Illustrator preferences file . . . . . . . . . 3
To restore saved preferences after completing the lessons . . . . . . 4
Additional resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Adobe Authorized Training Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Sync settings using Adobe Creative Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

WHATS NEW IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CC (2014 RELEASE) 6

Creative Cloud Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Curvature tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Touch workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Area type Autosizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Live Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Typekit integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Pen tool preview and drawing-related enhancements . . . . . . . . . . 8
Pencil tool enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Path segment reshaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Join tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Other enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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 A QUICK TOUR OF ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CC (2014 RELEASE) 10
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Creating a new document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Sync settings using Adobe Creative Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Drawing shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Applying color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Working with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Drawing with the Pencil tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Editing strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Working with the Width tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Creating shapes using the Shape Builder tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Copying content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Working with symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Placing images in Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using Image Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Creating a clipping mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Creating and editing gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Working with type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Warping text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Working with brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Working with effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK AREA 30

Introducing Adobe Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Starting Illustrator and opening a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Understanding the workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adjusting the user-interface brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Working with the Tools panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Exploring the Control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Working with panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Editing panel groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Resetting and saving your workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using panel menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Changing the view of artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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 Using view commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using the Zoom tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Scrolling through a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Viewing artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Navigating multiple artboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using the Navigator panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Arranging multiple documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Finding resources for using Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

2 TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING ARTWORK 60

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using the Selection tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using the Direct Selection tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Creating selections with a marquee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Creating selections with the Magic Wand tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Selecting similar objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Selecting in Outline mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Aligning objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Aligning objects to each other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Aligning to a key object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Aligning anchor points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Distributing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Aligning to the artboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Working with groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Grouping items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Working in Isolation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Creating a nested group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Exploring object arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Arranging objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting objects behind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Hiding and locking objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

3 USING SHAPES TO CREATE ARTWORK FOR A POSTCARD 78

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Creating a new document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Working with basic shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Creating rectangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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 Creating a rounded rectangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Editing the corners of a Live Shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Creating an ellipse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Creating polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Creating stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Changing stroke width and alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Working with lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Joining paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Editing and combining paths and shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Using the Width tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Outlining strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Working with the Shape Builder tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Working with the Pathfinder panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Using the Eraser tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Working with drawing modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Working with Draw Behind mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Using the Draw Inside mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Editing content drawn inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Using Image Trace to create shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

4 TRANSFORMING ARTWORK 114

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Working with artboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Adding artboards to the document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Editing artboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Renaming artboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Reordering artboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Transforming content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Working with rulers and guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Positioning objects precisely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Scaling objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Reflecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Distorting objects with effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rotating objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Shearing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Transforming with the Free Transform tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Creating a PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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 5 CREATING AN ILLUSTRATION WITH THE DRAWING TOOLS 140
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Getting started with the Pen tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Selecting paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Constraining lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Introducing curved paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Drawing a curve with the Pen tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Drawing a series of curves with the Pen tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Converting smooth points to corner points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Combining curves and straight lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Creating the ice cream illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Drawing the ice cream with the Pen tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Drawing the dish with the Curvature tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Finishing the ice cream dish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Editing curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Deleting and adding anchor points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Converting between smooth points and corner points . . . . . . . 163
Working with the Anchor Point tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Cutting with the Scissors tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Creating a dashed line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Cutting with the Knife tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Adding arrowheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Drawing and editing with the Pencil tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

6 USING COLOR AND PATTERNS TO ENHANCE SIGNAGE 174

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Understanding color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Exploring color modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Understanding the main color controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Working with color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Applying an existing color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Creating and saving a custom color as a swatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Creating a copy of a swatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Editing a swatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Creating and editing a global swatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Using the Color Picker to create color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Using Illustrator swatch libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Creating a spot color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

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 Creating and saving a tint of a color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Adjusting colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Copying appearance attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Creating a color group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Working with color in the Color Guide panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Editing a color group in the Edit Colors dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Editing colors in artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Assigning colors to your artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Painting with patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Applying existing patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Creating your own pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Applying your pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Editing your pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Working with Live Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Creating a Live Paint group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Painting with the Live Paint Bucket tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Modifying a Live Paint group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

7 ADDING TYPE TO A POSTER 210

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Adding type to the poster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Adding text at a point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Adding area type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Converting between area and point type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Importing a plain text file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Working with overflow text and text reflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Threading text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Creating columns of text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Formatting type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Changing font family and font style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Changing font size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Changing font color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Changing additional text attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Modifying text with the Touch Type tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Changing paragraph attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Resizing and reshaping type objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Creating and applying text styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Creating and applying a paragraph style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

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 Editing a paragraph style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Creating and applying a character style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Editing a character style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Sampling text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Warping text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Reshaping text with a preset envelope warp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Editing the envelope warp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Working with type on a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Creating type on a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Creating type on a closed path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Editing type on a path options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Wrapping text around an object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Creating text outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

8 ORGANIZING YOUR ARTWORK WITH LAYERS 248

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Understanding layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Creating layers and sublayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Editing layers and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Locating layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Moving layers and content between layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Duplicating layer content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Merging layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Pasting layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Changing layer order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Viewing layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Applying appearance attributes to layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Creating a clipping mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

9 BLENDING COLORS AND SHAPES 272

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Working with gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Creating and applying a linear gradient to a fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Adjusting the direction and angle of a gradient fill . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Applying and editing a gradient on a stroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Creating and applying a radial gradient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Editing the radial gradient colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Adjusting the radial gradient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Applying gradients to multiple objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

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 Adding transparency to gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Working with blended objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Creating a blend with specified steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Modifying a blend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Finishing the blend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Creating and editing a smooth color blend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

10 USING BRUSHES TO CREATE A POSTER 300

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Working with brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Using Calligraphic brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Applying a Calligraphic brush to artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Drawing with the Paintbrush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Editing paths with the Paintbrush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Editing a brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Removing a brush stroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Using Art brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Applying an existing Art brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Creating an Art brush using a raster image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Editing an Art brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Using Bristle brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Changing Bristle brush options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Painting with a Bristle brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Using Pattern brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Creating a Pattern brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Applying a Pattern brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Editing the Pattern brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Working with the Blob Brush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Drawing with the Blob Brush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Merging paths with the Blob Brush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Editing with the Eraser tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

11 EXPLORING CREATIVE USES OF EFFECTS AND GRAPHIC STYLES 328

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Using the Appearance panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Editing appearance attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Adding another stroke and fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Reordering appearance attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

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 Using live effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Applying an effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Editing an effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Styling text with a Warp effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Applying the Offset Path effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Applying a raster effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Working with 3D effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Applying a 3D Rotate effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Using graphic styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Applying an existing graphic style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Creating and applying a graphic style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Updating a graphic style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Applying a graphic style to a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Scaling strokes and effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

12 CREATING A PRODUCT MOCKUP IN PERSPECTIVE 358

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Understanding the perspective grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Working with the perspective grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Using a preset grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Adjusting the perspective grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Drawing objects in perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Selecting and transforming objects in perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Duplicating content in perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Moving objects in a perpendicular direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Moving planes and objects together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Bringing content into perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Drawing with no active grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Adding and editing text in perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Moving a plane to match an object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Adding symbols to the perspective grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Editing symbols in perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Grouping content in perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Releasing content from perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

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13 USING SYMBOLS TO CREATE A MAP 382
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Working with symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Using existing Illustrator symbol libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Editing a symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Creating symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Duplicating symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Replacing symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Breaking a link to a symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Editing symbol options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Working with the Symbolism tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Spraying symbol instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Editing symbols with the Symbolism tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

14 USING ILLUSTRATOR CC WITH OTHER ADOBE APPLICATIONS 400

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Combining artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Placing image files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Placing an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Scaling a placed image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Placing a Photoshop image with Show Import Options . . . . . . . 406
Placing multiple images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Applying color edits to an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Masking images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Applying a simple mask to an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Editing a clipping path (mask) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Masking an object with text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Creating an opacity mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Editing an opacity mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Sampling colors in placed images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Working with image links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Finding link information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Embedding and unembedding images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Replacing a linked image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Packaging a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

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 15 PREPARING CONTENT FOR THE WEB 426
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Saving content for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Aligning content to the pixel grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Slicing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Selecting and editing slices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Using the Save For Web command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Creating CSS code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Setting up your design for generating CSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Working with character styles and CSS code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Working with graphic styles and CSS code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Copying CSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Exporting CSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Saving artwork as SVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

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GETTING STARTED

Adobe Illustrator CC is the industry-standard illustration application for

print, multimedia, and online graphics. Whether you are a designer or a
technical illustrator producing artwork for print publishing, an artist producing
multimedia graphics, or a creator of web pages or online content, Adobe
Illustrator offers you the tools you need to get professional-quality results.

About Classroom in a Book

Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2014 release) is part of the official
training series for Adobe graphics and publishing software developed with the
support of Adobe product experts.
The lessons are designed so that you can learn at your own pace. If youre
new to Adobe Illustrator, youll learn the fundamentals you need to master
to put the application to work. If you are an experienced user, youll find that
Classroom in a Book teaches many advanced features, including tips and
techniques for using the latest version of Adobe Illustrator.
Although each lesson provides step-by-step instructions for creating a specific
project, theres room for exploration and experimentation. You can follow
the book from start to finish, or do only the lessons that correspond to your
interests and needs. Each lesson concludes with a review section summarizing
what youve covered.

Prerequisites
Before beginning to use Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2014
release), you should have working knowledge of your computer and its
operating system. Make sure that you know how to use the mouse and standard
menus and commands, and also how to open, save, and close files. If you need
to review these techniques, see the printed or online documentation for your
Windows or Mac OS.

 Note: When instructions differ by platform, Mac OS commands appear first, and then the
Windows commands, with the platform noted in parentheses. For example, press the Option
(Mac OS) or Alt (Windows) key and click away from the artwork.

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 Installing the program
Before you begin using Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2014 release),
make sure that your system is set up correctly and that youve installed the required
software and hardware.
You must purchase the Adobe Illustrator CC software separately. For complete
instructions on installing the software, visit helpx.adobe.com/illustrator.html. You
must install Illustrator from Adobe Creative Cloud onto your hard disk. Follow the
onscreen instructions.

Fonts used in this book

The Classroom in a Book lesson files use fonts that are a part of the Typekit
Portfolio plan included with your Creative Cloud subscription, and trial Creative
Cloud members have access to a selection of fonts from Typekit for web and
desktop use.
For more information about fonts and installation, see the Adobe Illustrator CC
Read Me file on the web at helpx.adobe.com/illustrator.html.

Accessing the Classroom in a Book files

In order to work through the projects in this book, you will need to download the
lesson files from peachpit.com. You can download the files for individual lessons, or
download them all in a single file. Although each lesson stands alone, some lessons
use files from other lessons, so youll need to keep the entire collection of lesson
assets on your computer as you work through the book.
To access the Classroom in a Book files:
1 On a Mac or PC, go to www.peachpit.com/redeem and enter the code found at
the back of your book.
2 If you do not have a Peachpit.com account, you will be prompted to create one.
3 The downloadable files will be listed under Lesson & Update Files tab on your
Account page.
4 Click the lesson file links to download them to your computer. The files are
compressed into Zip archives to speed up download time and to protect the
contents from damage during transfer. You must uncompress (or unzip) the
files to restore them to their original size and format before you use them with
the book. Modern Mac and Windows systems are set up to open Zip archives by
simply double-clicking.

2 GETTING STARTED
5 On your hard drive, create a new folder in a convenient location and give it the
name Lessons, following the standard procedure for your operating system:
If youre running Windows, right-click and choose New > Folder. Then enter
the new name for your folder.
If youre using Mac OS, in the Finder, choose File > New Folder. Type the
new name and drag the folder to the location you want to use.
6 Drag the unzipped Lessons folder (which contains folders named Lesson01,
Lesson02, and so on) that you downloaded onto your hard drive to your new
folder named Lessons. When you begin each lesson, navigate to the folder with
that lesson number to access all the assets you need to complete the lesson.

Restoring default preferences

The preferences file controls how command settings appear on your screen when
you open the Adobe Illustrator program. Each time you quit Adobe Illustrator,
the position of the panels and certain command settings are recorded in different
preference files. If you want to restore the tools and settings to their original default
settings, you can delete the current Adobe Illustrator CC preferences file. Adobe
Illustrator creates a new preferences file, if one doesnt already exist, the next time
you start the program and save a file.
You must restore the default preferences for Illustrator before you begin each
lesson. This ensures that the tools and panels function as described in this book.
When you have finished the book, you can restore your saved settings, if you like.

To delete or save the current Illustrator preferences file

1 Exit Adobe Illustrator CC.
2 Locate the Adobe Illustrator Prefs file as follows:  Note: In Windows
7 or later, the AppData
(Mac OS 10.7 and later**) The Adobe Illustrator Prefs file is located in folder is hidden by
the folder [startup drive]/Users/[username]/Library/Preferences/Adobe default. To make it
visible, open Folder
Illustrator 18 Settings/en_US*.
Options in Control
(Windows 7 [Service Pack 1], or Windows 8) The Adobe Illustrator Prefs file Panel and click the View
tab. In the Advanced
is located in the folder [startup drive]\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\ Settings pane, find
Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 18 Settings\en_US*\x86 or x64. Hidden Files and folders
and select Show Hidden
*Folder name may be different depending on the language version you have installed.
Files and Folders or
**On Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) and later, the Library folder is hidden by default. To access this folder, in Show hidden files,
Finder, choose Go > Go To Folder. Type ~/Library in the Go To The Folder dialog box and then folders, or drives.
click Go.

 Note: If you cannot locate the preferences file, try using your operating systems Find command,
and search for Adobe Illustrator Prefs.

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 If you cant find the file, you either havent started Adobe Illustrator CC yet or
you have moved the preferences file. The preferences file is created after you quit
the program the first time and is updated thereafter.

 Tip: To quickly locate and delete the Adobe Illustrator preferences file each time you begin
a new lesson, create a shortcut (Windows) or an alias (Mac OS) to the Adobe Illustrator 18
Settings folder.

3 Copy the file and save it to another folder on your hard disk (if you wish to
restore those preferences) or Delete it.
4 Start Adobe Illustrator CC. You most likely will see a dialog box that asks if you
would like to use the settings from the cloud. Click Disable Sync Settings.

To restore saved preferences after completing the lessons

1 Exit Adobe Illustrator CC.
2 Delete the current preferences file. Find the original preferences file that you
saved and move it to the Adobe Illustrator 18 Settings folder.

 Note: You can move the original preferences file rather than renaming it.

Additional resources
Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2014 release) is not meant to replace
documentation that comes with the program or to be a comprehensive reference
for every feature. Only the commands and options used in the lessons are explained
in this book. For comprehensive information about program features and tutorials,
please refer to these resources:
Adobe Illustrator Help and Support: helpx.adobe.com/illustrator.html is where
you can find and browse Help and Support content on adobe.com. Adobe Illustrator
Help and Adobe Illustrator Support Center are accessible from the Help menu in
Illustrator CC 2014 (2014 release) or by pressing F1.
Adobe Creative Cloud Learning: for inspiration, key techniques, cross-product
workflows, and updates on new features go to the Creative Cloud Learn page
helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/learn/tutorials.html. Available to all.
Adobe Forums: forums.adobe.com lets you tap into peer-to-peer discussions,
questions and answers on Adobe products.
Adobe TV: tv.adobe.com is an online video resource for expert instruction and
inspiration about Adobe products, including a How To channel to get you started
with your product.

4 GETTING STARTED
Adobe Inspire: www.adobe.com/inspire.html offers thoughtful articles on design
and design issues, a gallery showcasing the work of top-notch designers, tutorials,
and more.
Resources for educators: www.adobe.com/education and edex.adobe.com offer a
treasure trove of information for instructors who teach classes on Adobe software.
Find solutions for education at all levels, including free curricula that use an
integrated approach to teaching Adobe software and can be used to prepare for the
Adobe Certified Associate exams.
Also check out these useful links:
Adobe Illustrator CC product home page: www.adobe.com/products/illustrator
Adobe Add-ons: creative.adobe.com/addons is a central resource for finding
tools, services, extensions, code samples, and more to supplement and extend your
Adobe products.

Adobe Authorized Training Centers

Adobe Authorized Training Centers offer instructor-led courses and training on
Adobe products. A directory of AATCs is available at partners.adobe.com.

Sync settings using Adobe Creative Cloud

When you work on multiple machines, managing and syncing preferences, presets,
and libraries among the machines can be time-consuming, complex, and prone
toerror. The Sync Settings feature enables individual users to sync their preferences,
presets, and libraries to the Creative Cloud. This means that if you use two
machines, say one at home and the other at work, the Sync Settings feature makes
it easy for you to keep those settings synchronized across two machines. Also, if you
have replaced your old machine with a new one and have re-installed Illustrator, this
feature will let you bring back all those settings on the new machine.

For more information about syncing, visit

helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/sync-settings.html

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 WHATS NEW IN
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CC
(2014 RELEASE)
Adobe Illustrator CC (2014 release) is packed with new and innovative features
to help you produce artwork more efficiently for print, Web, and digital video
publication. In this section, youll learn about many of these new featureshow they
function and how you can use them in your work.

Creative Cloud Libraries

With Creative Cloud Libraries, you can organize
creative assets, such as colors, type styles, brushes and
graphics, and automatically sync them to Creative
Cloud, allowing you to access them whenever and
wherever you need them from a single, convenient
panel within Illustrator. Libraries make it easy to
maintain design consistency across projects, and not
have to dig around in files and folders to find the assets
you need.

Curvature tool
With the new Curvature tool ( ), you can draw and
edit paths quickly and visually to create paths with
smooth refined curves and straight lines. Click once to
place points and see the drawing curve flex around
the points dynamically. Double-click to create corner
points for straight lines.
Edit paths while drawing or after the path is complete
using the same tool; no need to hassle with anchor
points and handles. Just by clicking or double-clicking
on the curvature points creates smooth points or
corner points at any time. But if you need the fine control youre used to with
traditional anchor points and handles, just edit your drawing with any of the
Illustrator path editing tools.

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Touch workspace
The Touch workspace lets you create on the go what you could once only
accomplish sitting at your desk: its Illustrator you can take with you. Designed for
Windows 8 tablets, the Touch workspace surfaces the essential tools and controls
for drawing and editing with a pressure-sensitive pen and multi-touch gestures.
You can create logos, icons, explore custom lettering and typography, create UI
wireframes, and more.
The Touch workspace brings traditional drawing templates and French curves to
the Illustrator workspace. These templates and curves project a scalable, movable
outline that can be traced against to quickly create refined curves. At any time, you
can immediately switch between the Touch and traditional workspaces to access the
full range of Illustrator tools and controls.

Area type Autosizing

With area type Autosizing, you can automatically resize the height of area type
frames when you add, delete, or edit text. As the text is edited and re-edited, the
frame shrinks and grows to accommodate the changing amount of copy, and
eliminates overset text without manually sizing and resizing frames. You can easily
toggle Autosizing on or off, so its there when its needed and off when its not, e.g.,
when main text flows, or threads, across layout elements like columns or artboards.

Live Shapes
All rectangles and rounded rectangles
have modifiable corners. While each
corner can have an independent radius
value, all attributes are retained even
when you scale or rotate the rectangle.
Rectangles and rounded rectangles now
remember all modifications made, be it
width, height, rotation, corner treatment.
This capability means you can always
return to the original shape of the object.

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 Typekit integration
When you open an Illustrator artwork file, and find fonts missing, the online
Typekit desktop font library is automatically searched for the missing font (you
must have an Internet connection for this function). If the missing font is available
online, you have the option of syncing it to your current computer. If you choose
not to fix the missing fonts when the file is opened in Illustrator, text elements using
unavailable fonts are highlighted in pink and rendered using a default font.

Pen tool preview and drawing-related enhancements

The Pen tool displays a preview of what will be
drawn on your artboard before you click and
drop the next point. This helps you visualize
the next curve before you commit to the next
point and saves you the time spent in drawing,
reviewing, and then redrawing paths that need
to be redone.

Pencil tool enhancements

The Pencil tool has been updated with an additional Fidelity setting for finer control
over the paths you draw. This additional level has been extended to the Paintbrush
and Blob Brush tools as well.

Path segment reshaping

Drag path segments into the shape you desire.
New path reshaping technology, available in
the Anchor Point and Direct Selection tools
and accessible from the Pen tool, provides
a more direct and intuitive way to edit
path segments.

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Join tool
Use the Join tool ( ) to intelligently join paths that cross, overlap, or have
open ends without affecting the original paths. Using the same tool, you
can simultaneously join paths and trim unwanted segments using intuitive
scrubbing gestures.

Other enhancements
Windows GPU accelerationNew GPU acceleration for Windows lets you
work faster on Windows 7 or 8 computers. This feature requires an Adobe-
certified NVIDIA graphics card with at least 1GB of VRAM.
SVG enhancementsIn the SVG Save Options dialog, the Use <textPath>...
check box is selected by default. This reduces generated markup, resulting in
smaller SVG output files. Markup for generated preview HTML has also been
cleaned up.
Anchor point enhancementsFine adjustment of curves is now easier. New
anchor point controls allow unequal or different-direction handles to be dragged
as you draw to control the smoothness of each segment. You can even change a
corner point to smooth without ruining your shape.
Custom Tools panelsCreate specialized Tools panels by dragging and
dropping just the tools you needlike drawing, editing, or selection toolsinto
a custom panel. The full Tools panel can then be hidden, allowing for a clean,
efficient workspace.
Settings import and exportShare your Illustrator settings across multiple
computers. Simply export them to a folder where they can then be imported
by other users. While Sync Settings lets you standardize settings on your own
computers, now you can also share them across your organization.
Although this list touches on just a few of the new and enhanced features of
Illustrator CC (2014 release), it exemplifies Adobes commitment to providing the
best tools possible for your publishing needs. We hope you enjoy working with
Illustrator CC (2014 release) as much as we do.
The Adobe Illustrator CC (2014 release) Classroom in a Book Team

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 A QUICK TOUR OF
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CC
(2014 RELEASE)

Lesson overview
In this interactive demonstration of Adobe Illustrator CC (2014
release), youll get an overview of the main features of the application.

This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Download the project files for this lesson from the Lesson & Update Files
tab on your Account page at www.peachpit.com and store them on your
computer in a convenient location, as described in the Getting Started
section of this book.

Your Account page is also where youll find any updates to the chapters
or to the lesson files. Look on the Lesson & Update Files tab to access the
most current content.

10
In this demonstration of Adobe Illustrator CC, you will
be introduced to some key fundamentals for working
in the application.

11
 Getting started
For the first lesson of this book, you will get a quick tour of the tools and features in
Adobe Illustrator CC, offering a sense of the many possibilities. Along the way, you
will create artwork for an amusement park.
1 To ensure that the tools and panels function exactly as described in this lesson,
delete or deactivate (by renaming) the Adobe Illustrator CC preferences file. See
Restoring default preferences in the Getting Started section at the beginning of
the book.

 Note: If you have not already downloaded the project files for this lesson to your computer from
your Account page, make sure to do so now. See Getting Started at the beginning of the book.

2 Start Adobe Illustrator CC.

Creating a new document

 Note: Learn An Illustrator document can contain up to 100 artboards (artboards are similar to
more about creating pages in a program like Adobe InDesign). Next, you will create a document with
and editing artboards
only one artboard.
in Lesson 4,
Transforming Artwork. 1 Choose Window > Workspace > Reset Essentials.

 Note: If you dont see Reset Essentials in the Workspace menu, choose Window > Workspace >
Essentials before choosing Window > Workspace > Reset Essentials.

2 Choose File > New.

3 In the New Document dialog
box, change only the following
options (leaving the rest at their
default settings):
Name: AmusementWorld
Units: Inches
Width: 16 in
Height: 14 in
4 Click OK. A new blank
document appears.

 Note: For more Sync settings using Adobe Creative Cloud

information on syncing
with the Creative Cloud, When you launch Adobe Illustrator CC for the first time, with no previous sync
see Sync settings using information available, you will see a prompt asking whether you want to start a sync
Adobe Creative Cloud
in the Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud.
section of this book. Click Disable Sync Settings (if the dialog box appears).

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1 Choose File > Save As. In the Save As dialog box, leave the name as
AmusementWorld.ai and navigate to the Lessons > Lesson00 folder. Leave the
Format option set to Adobe Illustrator (ai) (Mac OS) or Save As Type option
set to Adobe Illustrator (*.AI) (Windows), and click Save. In the Illustrator
Options dialog box, leave the Illustrator options at their default settings, and then
click OK.
2 Choose View > Rulers > Show Rulers to show rulers in the Document window.
3 Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window, and then choose View > Zoom Out.
The white area is the artboard, and where your printable artwork will go.

Drawing shapes
Drawing shapes is the cornerstone of Illustrator, and you will create many of them in  Note: Learn more
the coming lessons. Next, you will create several shapes. about creating and
editing shapes in
1 Select the Rectangle tool ( ) in the Tools panel on the left. Lesson 3, Using Shapes
to Create Artwork for
2 Position the pointer in the upper-left a Postcard.
corner of the artboard (see the red X in
the figure). When the word intersect
appears next to the pointer, click and
drag down and to the right edge of
the white artboard. When the gray
measurement label shows a width of
16 in and a height of 14 in, release the
mouse button.

 Note: If the Transform panel opens, click the x in the corner of the Transform panel group to
close it.

3 Click and hold down on the Rectangle tool in the

Tools panel. Click to select the Ellipse tool ( ).

4 Click roughly in the center of the artboard to  Tip: You can also
click the Constrain
open the Ellipse dialog box. Change the Width
Width And Height
to 7.6 in and the Height value to 7.6 in by typing Proportions button ( )
in the values. Click OK to create a circle that will to change both
become the world. Leave the circle selected. values together.

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 Applying color
 Note: Learn Applying colors to artwork is a common Illustrator task. Experimenting and
more about creating applying color is easy using the Color panel, Swatches panel, Color Guide panel, and
and applying color
in Lesson 6, Using
Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box.
Color and Patterns to
1 Select the Selection tool ( ) in the
Enhance Signage.
Tools panel on the left. With the circle
still selected, click the Fill color in the
Control panel (circled in the figure)
to reveal the Swatches panel. Position
the pointer over a blue swatch (in the
second row of colors). When the tool tip
appears that shows C=85, M=50, Y=0,
K=0, click to apply the blue swatch to the fill.
2 Press the Escape key to hide the Swatches panel.
3 Click the Stroke color in the Control
panel (circled in the figure). Click the
None color ( ) to remove the stroke
(border) of the circle. Press the Escape
key to hide the Swatches panel.
4 Choose Select > Deselect, and then
choose File > Save.

Working with layers

 Note: Learn more Layers allow you to organize and more easily select artwork. Next, using the Layers
about working with panel, you will organize your artwork.
layers and the Layers
panel in Lesson 8, 1 Choose Window > Layers to show the Layers panel in the workspace.
Organizing Your
Artwork with Layers. 2 Double-click directly on the text Layer 1 (the layer
name) in the Layers panel. Type Background, and
press Enter or Return to change the layer name.
Naming layers can be helpful when organizing
content. Currently, all artwork is on this layer.

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3 Click the Create New Layer button ( ) at the bottom
of the Layers panel. Double-click Layer 2 (the new
layer name), and type Content. Press Enter or Return.
4 With the Selection tool ( ) selected, click to select the
blue circle. Choose Edit > Cut.
5 Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window.
6 Click once on the layer named Content to select it in
the Layers panel. New artwork is added to the selected layer.
7 Choose Edit > Paste to paste the circle on the selected layer (Content), in the
center of the artboard.

8 Choose Select > Deselect.

Drawing with the Pencil tool

The Pencil tool ( ) lets you draw free-form open and closed paths that contain  Note: Learn more
about working with
curves and straight lines. As you draw with the Pencil tool, anchor points are created
the Pencil tool and
on the path where necessary and according to the Pencil tool options you set. other drawing tools
in Lesson 5, Creating
1 Double-click the Pencil tool ( ) in the Tools an Illustration with the
panel on the left to open the Pencil Tool Drawing Tools.
Options dialog box. Drag the Fidelity
slider all the way to the right (to Smooth).
Click OK.
Changing the Fidelity will help to smooth
out the path as you draw.
2 Press the letter D to set the default fill
(White) and stroke (Black) for the artwork
you are about to create.

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 3 Choose Window > Swatches to show
the Swatches panel. Click the Fill box
(circled in the figure) and select the
None ( ) swatch to remove the fill.
Leave the Swatches panel open.
Next, youll create a figure similar to the
one shown below. The path you draw wont
match exactly as shown, and thats okay.
4 On the artboard, starting where you
see the red X in the figure, click and
drag to create a path around the blue
circle. Draw all the way around the
blue circle and come back close to
where you started drawing. Make sure
that you dont see a circle ( ) next to
the Pencil tool, indicating that the path
will be closed. If you see the circle next
to the Pencil, release the mouse button,
press Delete and try the path again.
Release the mouse button to stop
drawing the path.
5 Leave the path selected.

Editing strokes
 Note: Learn more In addition to changing the color of strokes, you can also format them in many other
about working with
ways. Thats what youll do next with the path you just drew.
strokes in Lesson 3,
Using Shapes to Create 1 With the path still selected, click the word
Artwork for a Postcard.
Stroke in the Control panel above the
document to open the Stroke panel. Change
the following options:
Stroke Weight: 60 pt
Dashed Line: Selected
Dash: 28 pt
Gap: 3 pt
2 Press the Escape key to hide the Stroke panel.
3 In the Swatches panel, click the Stroke box, and then select the CMYK Red
swatch in the first row of colors. Leave the shape selected.

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Working with the Width tool
The Width tool ( ) allows you to create a variable width stroke and to save the  Note: Learn more
about the Width tool in
width as a profile that can be applied to other objects. Next, youll change the width
Lesson 3, Using Shapes
of the red path. to Create Artwork for
a Postcard.
1 Select the Width tool ( ) in the Tools panel. Position the pointer over the left
side of the red path (see the figure). When the pointer shows a plus sign (+) next  Note: A width point
to it, drag toward the center of the path. When the gray measurement label next is created on the path
to the pointer shows a Width of approximately 0.2 in, release the mouse button. where you dragged.
This allows you to edit
that width at any time.

2 Position the pointer at the bottom of the path on the curve (see the figure  Tip: You can always
choose Edit > Undo
below). When the pointer shows a plus sign (+) next to it, drag away from the
Width Point Change to
red path. When the gray measurement label shows a Width of approximately remove the last point
0.5 in, release the mouse button. and try again.

3 Move to the right side of the path and drag away from the path to make the
stroke wider (see the second part of the following figure).
4 Move to the top loop and drag toward the path to make the width narrower
(see the third part of the following figure).

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 5 Try editing other parts of the path and see how it is affected. Use the next figure
as a reference for how we adjusted the rest of the path. If you edit a part of the
path and dont like the edit, you can choose Edit > Undo Width Point Change
and try it again.

6 With the path still selected, choose Object >

Arrange > Send To Back to send it behind the
blue circle.

Creating shapes using the Shape Builder tool

 Note: Learn more The Shape Builder tool ( ) is an interactive tool for creating complex shapes by
about working with the merging and erasing simpler shapes. Next, you will finish a castle tower using the
Shape Builder tool in
Lesson 3, Using Shapes Shape Builder tool.
to Create Artwork for 1 Choose File > Open, and open the Pieces.ai file in the Lessons > Lesson00 folder
a Postcard.
on your hard disk.
The Pieces.ai file contains a series of individual shapes (rectangles) that make
up a tower and a group of shapes that make a flag. Youll finish the tower by
combining the shapes using the Shape Builder tool.
2 Choose Select > All On Active Artboard to select the tower shapes. The flag
shapes are locked, which means they cant be selected without unlocking them.
3 Select the Shape Builder tool ( ) in the Tools
panel on the left. Position the pointer to the left
and above all of the selected shapes (see the red X
in the figure). Press the Shift key and drag to the
right and down. Make sure you dont drag across
the green rectangle, otherwise it will be added
to the other shapes (see the figure). Release the
mouse button and then the Shift key to combine
the shapes.

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4 Position the pointer over the green rectangle. Holding down the Option (Mac OS)
or Alt (Windows) key, when you see a mesh pattern appear in the fill of the
object, click to subtract the highlighted green shape from the larger tower shape.

5 Select the Selection tool ( ) in the

Tools panel on the left, and in the
Swatches panel, click the Fill box (if
needed) and choose the purple/blue
color with the yellow tool tip that shows
as C=100, M=100, Y=25, K=25.

Copying content
In Illustrator, there are a lot of ways to copy content. In this section, you will use
several methods for copying content between documents and in a single document.
1 Choose Object > Unlock All to unlock the flag.
2 Choose Select > All On Active Artboard to select all of the shapes.
3 Choose Edit > Copy.
4 Choose File > Close to close the file without saving.
5 With the AmusementWorld.ai file showing, choose Edit Paste to paste the
artwork into the center of the Document window.
6 Choose Select > Deselect.
7 With the Selection tool ( ) selected in the Tools
panel, click and drag the tower shape to position
it like you see in the figure. Leave it selected.
As you drag, you will see green alignment guides
and a gray measurement label. These are a part
of the Smart Guides feature you will learn about
in a later lesson.

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 8 With the tower artwork still
selected, Option-drag (Mac OS)
or Alt-drag (Windows) a copy
of the tower to the right and
position it like you see in the
figure. Release the mouse button
and then the key.
9 Choose Edit > Copy, and then
choose Edit > Paste to paste
a copy in the center of the
Document window.
10 Drag the tower up like in the next figure.
11 In the Swatches panel (Window > Swatches), click the Fill box and select the
White swatch.

12 Choose Object > Arrange > Send To Back to send the white tower behind the
other artwork.

Working with symbols

 Note: Learn more A symbol is a reusable art object stored in the Symbols panel. You will now create a
about working with symbol from artwork.
symbols in Lesson 13,
Using Symbols to 1 Click the flag artwork you pasted previously.
Create a Map.
2 Choose Window > Symbols to open the Symbols panel. Click the New Symbol
button ( ) at the bottom of the Symbols panel.
3 In the Symbol Options dialog box that appears,
name the symbol Flag, and click OK.
The artwork now appears as a saved symbol in
the Symbols panel, and the flag artwork on the
artboard you used to create the symbol is now a
symbol instance.

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4 Choose View > Outline to see the artwork without
fills. Drag the flag by the stroke (border), up to the
top of the white tower.
Youll need to select the flag by the stroke (border)
since there is no fill to click on in Outline mode.
5 Choose Object > Arrange > Send To Back.
6 Choose View > Preview.
7 From the Symbols panel, drag the Flag symbol
thumbnail onto the artboard like you see in the
figure. Drag one more Flag symbol from the
Symbols panel onto the artboard and position it like
you see in the figure. Leave the last symbol instance
on the artboard selected.

 Note: Your Flag symbol instances may be in different locations than those in the figure.
Thats okay.

8 With one of the flags selected, click the Edit Symbol button in the Control panel
above the artwork. This allows you to edit the symbol artwork in Isolation mode
without affecting the other artwork.
9 In the dialog box that appears, click OK.
10 Click the gray flag shape on the artboard.
Click the Fill color in the Control panel
and select the yellow swatch with the tool
tip that shows C=0, M=10, Y=95, K=0 to
change the fill color of the flag. Press the
Escape key to close the Swatches panel.
11 Press the Escape key to exit the editing
(Isolation) mode and notice that the other flags have changed.

 Tip: You can also double-click away from the selected artwork to exit Isolation mode.

12 Click one of the blue towers, and then Shift-click the other blue tower to select
both. Choose Object > Arrange > Bring To Front to arrange the towers on top of
the flags.

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 13 Click the blue circle, and choose
Object > Arrange > Bring To Front to
place the circle on the towers. Drag it into
position like you see in the figure.

Placing images in Illustrator

 Note: Learn more In Illustrator, you can place raster images, like JPEG (jpg, jpeg, jpe) and Adobe
about placing images Photoshop (psd, pdd) files, and either link to them or embed them. Next, you will
in Lesson 14, Using
Illustrator CC with Other
place an image of a map.
Adobe Applications.
1 Choose File > Place. In the Place
dialog box, navigate to the Lesson00
folder in the Lessons folder and select
the Map.psd file. Make sure that
the Link option in the dialog box is
selected, and click Place.

2 Click to place the map on the

artboard. Drag the map over the blue
circle so it is positioned roughly like
you see in the figure.
3 Choose File > Save.

Using Image Trace

 Note: Learn more You can use Image Trace to convert photographs (raster images) into vector
about Image Trace in artwork. Next, you will trace the Photoshop file.
Lesson 3, Using Shapes
to Create Artwork for 1 Choose Window > Image Trace to open the Image Trace panel.
a Postcard.
2 In the Image Trace panel, choose 3 Colors from the Preset menu.
The image is converted to vector paths, but it is not yet editable.

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3 In the Image Trace panel, click the toggle arrow to the left of Advanced. Select
Ignore White near the bottom of the panel. Close the Image Trace panel by
clicking the small x in the corner.

4 With the map still selected, click the Expand button in the Control panel to make
the object editable artwork.
The map image is now a series of vector shapes that are grouped together.
5 Choose Object > Arrange > Send Backward to put the map behind the
blue circle.
6 Choose Window > Workspace > Reset Essentials.

Creating a clipping mask

A clipping mask is an object that masks other artwork so that only areas that lie  Note: Learn more
about working with
within its shape are visiblein effect, clipping the artwork to the shape of the mask.
clipping masks in
Next, you will copy the blue circle and use the copy to mask the map. Lesson 14, Using
Illustrator CC with Other
1 With the Selection tool ( ) selected, click the blue circle.
Adobe Applications.
2 Choose Edit > Copy, and then choose Edit > Paste In Front to paste a copy of the
circle directly on top of the original circle.
3 With the circle still selected, press the Shift key, and click the map artwork to
select it as well.
4 Choose Object > Clipping Mask > Make.

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 Creating and editing gradients
 Note: Learn Gradients are color blends of two or more colors that you can apply to the fill or
more about working stroke of artwork. Next, you will apply a gradient to the background shape.
with gradients in
Lesson 9, Blending 1 Click the white rectangle in the background to select it.
Colors and Shapes.
2 Choose Window > Gradient to show the
Gradient panel on the right side of
the workspace. In the Gradient panel,
change the following options:
Click the white Fill box (circled in the
figure), if its not already selected, so
that you can apply the gradient to the
fill of the rectangle shape.
Click the Gradient menu button ( ) to the left of the word Type, and
choose White, Black from the menu.
Choose 90 from the Angle menu.
3 Drag the white color stop in the Gradient panel (see the figure below) to the right
until the Location value below it shows roughly 50%.
4 Double-click the black color stop on the right side of the gradient slider in the
Gradient panel (circled in the figure below). In the panel that appears, click the
Color button ( ) (if its not already selected), and change the color values to
C=75, M=0, Y=15, K=0. Press the Escape key to hide the Color panel.

5 Click the Stroke color in the Control panel

(circled in the figure). Click the None
color ( ) to remove the stroke (border) of
the rectangle (if necessary). Press the Escape
key to hide the Swatches panel.
Next, youll create a circle and apply a
transparent gradient on the world.

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6 Click within the green of the map artwork, and choose Object >
Lock > Selection.
7 Click again on the map, and you will select the blue circle behind it since the
map artwork is locked and cant be selected.
8 Choose Edit > Copy, and then Edit > Paste In Place to paste it on top of all
other artwork.
9 In the Gradient panel, change the following options:
Click the Fill box (circled in the figure), if its not already selected, so that you
can apply the gradient to the fill of the rectangle shape.
Click the Gradient menu button ( ) to the left of the word Type, and
choose White, Black from the menu.
Choose Radial from the Type menu.

10 Double-click the black color

stop on the right side of
the gradient slider in the
Gradient panel (circled in
the figure). In the panel that
appears, click the Swatches
button ( ), and select the
white swatch. Change the
Opacity to 0. Press Enter or
Return to hide the Color panel.
11 Select the Gradient tool ( ) in the Tools
panel on the left. Click and drag across the
circle, starting at the red X in the figure, to
reposition and resize the gradient.
12 Choose Object > Lock > Selection to lock
the gradient circle.

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 Working with type
 Note: Learn more Next, you will add some text to the project and apply formatting. You will choose
about working with
a Typekit font that requires an Internet connection. If you dont have an Internet
type in Lesson 7,
Adding Type to connection, you can choose another font.
a Poster.
1 Select the Type tool ( ) in the Tools panel on the left, and click in a blank area
of the artboard. Type Amusement Park.
2 With the cursor still in the text, choose Select > All to select it.
3 In the Control panel above the artwork, type 73 pt in the Font Size field (to the
right of the Font Family), and press the Enter or Return key.

 Tip: If you dont see the character options like font size in the Control panel, click the word
Character to see the Character panel.

4 Click the Fill color in the Control panel above the artwork and choose the purple/
blue color with the yellow tool tip that shows as C=100, M=100, Y=25, K=25.
Next, you will apply a Typekit font. You will need an Internet connection. If you
dont have an Internet connection or access to the Typekit fonts, you can choose any
other font from the font menu.
5 Click the arrow to the right of the Font field. Click the Add Fonts From Typekit
button to sync a font from Typekit. This opens a browser, launches the
Typekit.com website, and signs you in to the site.

 Note: If you 6 In the browser, click the Sans Serif

are taken to the button to sort the listing of fonts
Typekit.com home
page, you can simply
and make sure that the Desktop Use
click the Browse button is selected. Choose Name
Fonts button. It may from the Sort By field to sort the
also ask you to login
fonts alphabetically.
with your Adobe ID.

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7 Find Azo Sans Uber in the list
(or another font, if you dont see
that one). Hover over it and click
+Use Fonts.

8 Click Sync Selected Fonts in the

window that appears.

9 After it is synced, click the Launch

The Creative Cloud Application
button to open the Creative Cloud
Desktop application.
In the Creative Cloud desktop
application, you will be able to
see any messages indicating that
font syncing is turned off (turn it on
in that case) or any other issues.

10 Return to Illustrator. With the text  Note: It may take

a few minutes for the
still selected, in the Font field in the
font to sync with
Control panel, begin typing Azo. your computer.
11 Click Azo Sans Uber Regular in the
menu that appears to apply the font.
12 Select the Selection tool ( ), and drag the text roughly into position over the
world, like you see in the figure and leave it selected.

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 Warping text
 Note: Learn Next, you will see how you can warp text into different shapes using a preset
more about working envelope warp.
with a warp in
Lesson 7, Adding 1 With the text object still selected, choose Object > Envelope Distort >
Type to a Poster. Make With Warp.
2 In the Warp Options dialog box, make sure that Arc is chosen from the Style
menu. Change the Bend to 36% and select Preview. Click OK.

Working with brushes

 Note: Learn more Brushes let you stylize the appearance of paths. You can apply brush strokes to
about working with existing paths, or you can use the Paintbrush tool ( ) to draw a path and apply a
brushes in Lesson
10, Using Brushes to
brush stroke simultaneously.
Create a Poster. 1 Select the Line Segment tool ( ) in the Tools panel on the left. Pressing the Shift
key, click and drag from the left side of the artboard (see the red X in the figure)
to the right. When the gray measurement label shows a width of roughly 15.3 in,
release the mouse button and then the key.

2 Choose Window > Brush Libraries > Decorative > Decorative_Banners And
Seals to open the brush library as a panel.
3 Click the Banner 1 brush in the panel to apply it to the path. Click the x in the
corner of the Decorative_Banners And Seals panel to close it.

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4 Change the Stroke weight to
5 pt in the Control panel above
the artwork.
The brush is an art brush, which
means that it stretches the
banner artwork (in this case)
along the path.
5 Choose Object > Arrange > Send
Backward to arrange the banner behind the text.
6 Select the Selection tool ( ) and drag both into position like you see in the figure.

Working with effects

Effects alter the appearance of an object without changing the base object. Next,  Note: Learn more
you will apply the Drop Shadow effect to the world artwork. about effects in
Lesson 11, Exploring
1 With the Selection tool ( ), click the blue circle. Creative Uses of Effects
and Graphic Styles.
2 Choose Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow.
In the Drop Shadow dialog box, set the
following options (if necessary):
Mode: Multiply (the default setting)
Opacity: 75% (the default setting)
X Offset and Y Offset: 0.1 in (the
default setting)
Blur: 0.07 in (the default setting)
3 Select Preview, and then click OK.
4 Choose File > Save, and then choose File > Close.

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 4 TRANSFORMING ARTWORK

Lesson overview
In this lesson, youll learn how to do the following:
Add, edit, rename, and reorder artboards in an existing document.
Navigate artboards.
Work with rulers and guides.
Move, scale, and rotate objects using a variety of methods.
Reflect, shear, and distort objects.
Position objects with precision.
Position and align content with Smart Guides.
Use the Free Transform tool to distort an object.
Create a PDF.

This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Download the project files for this lesson from the Lesson & Update Files
tab on your Account page at www.peachpit.com and store them on your
computer in a convenient location, as described in the Getting Started
section of this book.

Your Account page is also where youll find any updates to the chapters
or to the lesson files. Look on the Lesson & Update Files tab to access the
most current content.

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You can modify objects in many ways as you create
artwork, by quickly and precisely controlling their size,
shape, and orientation. In this lesson, youll explore
creating and editing artboards, the various Transform
commands, and specialized tools, while creating
several pieces of artwork.

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 Getting started
In this lesson, youll create content and use it in a ticket for a sporting event. Before
you begin, youll restore the default preferences for Adobe Illustrator and then open
a file containing the finished artwork to see what youll create.
1 To ensure that the tools and panels function exactly as described in this lesson,
delete or deactivate (by renaming) the Adobe Illustrator CC preferences file. See
Restoring default preferences in the Getting Started section at the beginning of
the book.
 Note: If you 2 Start Adobe Illustrator CC.
have not already
downloaded the project 3 Choose File > Open, and open the L4_end.ai file in the Lessons > Lesson04 folder
files for this lesson to on your hard disk.
your computer from
your Account page, This file contains the three artboards that make up the front, back, and inside of
make sure to do so a folding ticket for a sporting event.
now. See the Getting
Started section at the
beginning of the book.

4 Choose View > Fit All In Window, and leave the artwork onscreen as you work.
If you dont want to leave the file open, choose File > Close (without saving).
To begin working, youll open an existing art file.
5 Choose File > Open to open the L4_start.ai file in the Lesson04 folder, located in
the Lessons folder on your hard disk.

 Note: If you dont 6 Choose File > Save As. In the Save As dialog box, name the file Ticket.ai, and
see Reset Essentials in navigate to the Lesson04 folder. Leave the Format option set to Adobe Illustrator
the Workspace menu,
choose Window > (ai) (Mac OS) or Save As Type option set to Adobe Illustrator (*.AI) (Windows),
Workspace > Essentials and then click Save. In the Illustrator Options dialog box, leave the Illustrator
before choosing options at their default settings, and then click OK.
Window > Workspace >
Reset Essentials. 7 Choose Window > Workspace > Reset Essentials.

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Working with artboards
Artboards represent the regions that can contain printable artwork, similar to pages
in Adobe InDesign. You can use multiple artboards for creating a variety of things,
such as multiple-page PDF files, printed pages with different sizes or different
elements, independent elements for websites, or video storyboards, for instance.

Adding artboards to the document

You can add and remove artboards at any time while working in a document. You
can create artboards in different sizes, resize them with the Artboard tool ( ) or
Artboards panel ( ), and position them anywhere in the Document window. All
artboards are numbered and can have a unique name assigned to them.
Next, you will add two more artboards to the document. Since this is a ticket for
a sporting event that will fold, each artboard will be a different face of the ticket
(front, inside, and back).
1 Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window, then press Command+ (Mac OS) or
Ctrl+ (Windows) to zoom out.
2 Press the spacebar to temporarily access the Hand tool ( ). Drag the artboard
to the left to see more of the darker canvas off the right side of the artboard.
3 Select the Artboard tool ( ) in the Tools panel.  Tip: If you find it
difficult to make the
Position the Artboard tool pointer to the right of
width value exactly
the existing artboard and in line with its top edge 3.5 in, you can always
(a green alignment guide appears). Drag down change the W: (width)
and to the right to create an artboard that is value in the Control
panel, after you finish
3.5 in (width) by 6 in (height). The measurement drawing the artboard.
label indicates the artboard size.

 Tip: If you zoom in on an artboard, the measurement label

has smaller increments.

4 Click the Artboards panel icon ( ) on the right

side of the workspace to show it.
The Artboards panel allows you to see how
many artboards the document currently
contains. It also allows you to reorder, rename,
add, and delete artboards and to choose many
other options related to artboards. Notice that
Artboard 2 is highlighted in the panel. The
active artboard is always highlighted in this panel.
Next, you will create a copy of an artboard using this panel.

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 5 Click the New Artboard button ( ) at the bottom
of the panel to create a copy of Artboard 2, called
Artboard 3. The copy is placed to the right of
Artboard 2 in the Document window.

 Tip: You can also create a new artboard by clicking the New
Artboard button ( ) in the Control panel. This allows you to
create a duplicate of the last selected artboard. After clicking the
button, position the pointer in the canvas area and click to create
a new artboard.

6 Choose View > Fit All In

Window to see all of your
artboards and leave the
Artboard tool selected.

Editing artboards
After creating artboards, you can edit or delete artboards at any time by using the
Artboard tool ( ), menu commands, or the Artboards panel. Next, you will reposi-
tion and change the sizes of several of the artboards using multiple methods.
1 Press Command+ (Mac OS) or Ctrl+ (Windows) twice to zoom out further.
 Tip: With the 2 With the Artboard tool ( ) still selected, drag Artboard 3 from the center, to
Artboard tool ( ), the left of the original (larger) artboard. You can reposition artboards at any time
you can also copy an
and even overlap them, if necessary.
artboard by holding
down the Option
(Mac OS) or Alt
(Windows) key and
dragging away from the
original artboard. When
creating new artboards,
you can place them
anywhereyou can
even overlap them.
3 With the Artboard tool selected, drag the bottom-center
bounding point of the artboard down until the height is
8 in, as shown in the measurement label. The bottom will
snap to the bottom of the larger artboard to its right and
a green alignment (smart) guide will appear.

 Tip: To delete an artboard, select the artboard with the Artboard

tool ( ) and either press Delete, click the Delete Artboard button ( ) in
the Control panel, or click the Delete icon ( ) in the upper-right corner
of an artboard. You can delete all but one artboard.

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Another way to resize an artboard is to do so by entering values in the Control
panel, which is what youll do next.
4 Click Artboard 2, to the right of the larger artboard in the middle. Artboard 2  Tip: With the
will be highlighted in the Artboards panel. Select the upper-middle point in the Artboard tool ( )
selected, you can press
reference point locator ( ) in the Control panel. Change the height to 8 in the the Shift key to resize an
Control panel and press Enter or Return to accept the value. artboard proportionally
or press the Option
(Mac OS) or Alt
(Windows) key and drag
to resize an artboard
Selecting the upper-middle point allows you to resize an artboard from the top, from its center.
center of the artboard. By default, artboards are resized from their center.
In the Control panel, with the Artboard tool selected, you will see many options  Note: If you dont
see the Width (W) and
for editing the currently active artboard. The Preset menu lets you change a Height (H) fields in the
selected artboard to a set size. Notice that the sizes in the Preset menu include Control panel, click
typical print, video, tablet, and Web sizes. You can also fit the artboard to the the Artboard Options
button ( ) in the
artwork bounds or the selected art, which is a great way to fit an artboard to
Control panel and enter
a logo, for instance. Other options in the Control panel include the ability to the values in the dialog
switch orientation, rename or delete the artboard, even show other helpful box that appears.
guides like a center point or video-safe areas.

 Tip: You can see the Constrain Width and Height Proportions icon ( ) in the Control panel,
between the Width and Height fields. This icon, if selected ( ), allows the width and height to
change in proportion to each other.

5 Select the Selection tool ( ), and choose View > Fit All In Window.
Notice the very subtle black outline around Artboard 2, with 2 showing in
the Artboard Navigation menu (lower-left corner of the Document window),
and Artboard 2 highlighted in the Artboards panel, all of which indicate
that Artboard 2 is the currently active artboard. There can only be one active
artboard at a time. Commands such as View > Fit Artboard In Window apply to
the active artboard.

Renaming artboards
By default, artboards are assigned a number and a name. When you navigate the
artboards in a document, it can be helpful to name them. Next, you are going to
rename the artboards so that the names are more useful.
1 In the Artboards panel, double-click the name
Artboard 1. Change the name to Inside, and press
Enter or Return.

 Tip: You can also change the name of an artboard by

double-clicking the Artboard tool ( ) in the Tools panel. Doing
so changes the name for the currently active artboard in the
Artboard Options dialog box. You can make an artboard the
currently active artboard by clicking it with the Selection tool ( ).

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 You will now rename the rest of the artboards.
2 Double-click the Artboard Options icon ( ) to the
right of the name Artboard 2 in the Artboards
panel. This opens the Artboard Options dialog box.

 Tip: The Artboard Options icon ( ) appears to the right of

the name of each artboard in the Artboards panel. It not only
allows access to the artboard options for each artboard but also
indicates the orientation (vertical or horizontal) of the artboard.
You only need to single-click the icon when the artboard name is
highlighted in the panel.

3 In the Artboard Options dialog

box, change the Name to Back
and click OK.
The Artboard Options dialog box
has a lot of extra options as well
as a few weve already seen, like
width and height.
4 Double-click the name
Artboard 3 in the panel, and change the name to Front.
Press Enter or Return to accept the name.
5 Choose File > Save, and keep the Artboards panel showing for the next steps.

Reordering artboards
When you navigate your document, the order in which the artboards appear can be
important, especially if you are navigating the document using the Next artboard
( ) and Previous artboard ( ) buttons. By default, artboards are ordered according
to the order in which they are created, but you can change that order. Next, you will
reorder the artboards in the Artboards panel.
1 With the Artboards panel still open, double-click the number 1 to the left of the
name Inside in the panel. This makes the artboard named Inside the active
artboard and fits it in the Document window.

 Tip: You can also 2 Click and drag the Front artboard name up until
reorder the artboards a line appears above the artboard named Inside.
by selecting an artboard
in the Artboards panel Release the mouse button.
and clicking the Move This moves the artboard up in order so that it
Up ( ) or Move Down
( ) button at the becomes the first artboard in the list.
bottom of the panel.
3 Double-click to the right or left of the name Front
in the Artboards panel to fit that artboard in the
Document window, if necessary.

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4 Click the Next artboard button ( ) in the lower-left corner of the Document
window to navigate to the next artboard (Inside). This fits the Inside artboard in
the Document window.
If you had not changed the order, the next artboard would have been dimmed
since it was the last artboard in the Artboards panel (there was no artboard
after it).
5 Choose File > Save.
Now that the artboards are set up, you will concentrate on transforming artwork to
create the content for your project.

Editing document setup options

When working with artboards for the
current document, you can change default
setup options, like units of measure,
bleed guides, type settings (such as
language), and more in the Document
Setup dialog box. To access the Document
Setup dialog box, you can either choose
File > Document Setup, or, if nothing
is selected in the Document window,
click the Document Setup button in the
Control panel.

There are two sets of options in the Document Setup dialog box that will be worth
exploring: General and Type. In the General options, you can change the units and
set bleed guides, among a host of other options.

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 Transforming content
Transforming content allows you to move, rotate, reflect, scale, shear, and either
free distort or perspective distort objects. Objects can be transformed using the
Transform panel, selection tools, specialized tools, Transform commands, guides,
Smart Guides, and more. For the remainder of the lesson, you will transform
content using a variety of methods and tools.

Working with rulers and guides

Rulers help you accurately place and measure objects. They appear at the top
and left in the Document window and can be shown and hidden. Guides are
non-printing lines created from the rulers that help you align objects. Next, you
will create a few guides based on ruler measurements so that later you can more
accurately align content.
1 Choose View > Rulers > Show Rulers, if you dont see the rulers.
2 Choose View > Fit All In Window.
3 With the Selection tool ( ) selected, click each of the artboards and, as you do,
look at the horizontal and vertical rulers. Notice that the 0 (zero) for each ruler is
always in the upper-left corner of the active (selected) artboard.
The point on each ruler (horizontal and vertical) where the 0 appears is called
the ruler origin. By default, the ruler origin is in the upper-left corner of the
active artboard. As you can see, the 0 point on both rulers corresponds to the
edges of the active artboard.
There are two types of rulers in Illustrator: artboard rulers and global rulers.
Artboard rulers, which are the default rulers that you are seeing, set the ruler
origin at the upper-left corner of the active artboard. Global rulers set the ruler
origin at the upper-left corner of the rst artboard, or the artboard that is at the
top of the list in the Artboards panel, no matter which artboard is active.

 Note: You could switch between artboard and global rulers by choosing View > Rulers > and
selecting Change To Global Rulers or Change To Artboard Rulers, (depending on which option is
currently chosen), but dont do that now.

4 Click the leftmost artboard, called Front.

5 Open the Layers panel by choosing Window >
Layers, and select the layer named Edit.

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6 Shift-drag from the left vertical ruler right to create
a vertical guide at 1 inch on the horizontal ruler
(the ruler above the artboard) on the Front
artboard. Release the mouse button, and then
release the Shift key.
Dragging with the Shift key pressed snaps guides
to the measurements on the ruler. The guide is
selected and when selected, its color matches the
color of the layer that its associated with (red in this
case). By default, guides that are not selected are aqua in color.

 Note: Guides are similar to drawn objects in that they can be selected like a drawn line, and they
can be deleted by pressing the Backspace or Delete key, and they also are on the active layer in the
Layers panel.

7 With the guide still selected (it should be red in color), change the X value in the  Tip: To change the
Control panel to 0.25 in, and press Enter or Return. units for a document,
you can right-click
On the horizontal ruler, measurements to the right of 0 (zero) are positive and either ruler and choose
to the left are negative. On the vertical ruler, measurements below 0 (zero) are the new units.

positive and above are negative.

 Note: If you dont see the X value, you can click the word Transform in the Control panel or
open the Transform panel (Window > Transform).

8 Position the pointer in the upper-left corner of the Document

window, where the rulers intersect ( ), and drag the pointer
to the lower-left corner of the artboard. When the word
intersect appears, release the mouse button.
As you drag, a crosshair in the window and in the rulers
indicates the changing ruler origin. This sets the ruler origin
(0,0) to the lower-left corner of the artboard. This can be very
useful when you need to place content a set distance from the
bottom edge of the artboard, for instance.

 Tip: If you Command-drag (Mac OS) or Ctrl-drag (Windows) from the ruler
intersect, you create a horizontal and vertical guide that intersects where you
release the mouse button and then release the Ctrl or Command key.

Next, youll add a guide using a different method that can

sometimes be faster.
9 Select the Zoom tool ( ) and click several times, slowly,
on the lower-left corner of the artboard until you see
1/4-inch measurements on the ruler. We had to click at
least four times.

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 10 Shift-double-click the vertical ruler at the 1/4-inch
mark (the ruler to the left of the artboard), above
the 0 on the ruler. This creates a guide that crosses
the bottom edge of the artboard at 0.25 in from
the bottom.
11 Position the pointer in the upper-left corner of the
Document window, where the rulers intersect ( ),
and double-click to reset the ruler origin.
12 Choose View > Guides > Lock Guides to prevent them from being
accidentally moved.
The guides are no longer selected and are aqua in color by default.

 Tip: You can also hide and show guides by pressing Command+; (Mac OS) or Ctrl+; (Windows).

13 Choose View > Fit All In Window.

14 With the Selection tool ( ) selected, select the white text ALL CITY.
15 Choose View > Hide Edges so you only see the bounding box of the
grouped paths.
This hides the inside edges of the shapes, but not the bounding box. It can make
it easier to move and position the artwork.
16 Drag the text group into the lower-left corner of the artboard with the guides.
When the left and bottom edges snap to the guides, release the mouse button.

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Positioning objects precisely
At times, you may want to position objects more preciselyeither relative to other
objects or to the artboard. You could use the alignments options, like you saw in
Lesson 2 Techniques for Selecting Artwork, but you can also use Smart Guides
and the Transform panel to move objects to exact coordinates on the x and y axes
and to control the position of objects in relation to the edge of the artboard.
Next, youll add content to the backgrounds of two artboards and then position that
content precisely.
1 Press Command+ (Mac OS) or Ctrl+ (Windows) (or View > Zoom Out) three
times to zoom out. You should see content off the bottom edge of the artboards.
2 Click the artboard with the guides on it (the artboard named Front) to ensure
that it is the active artboard (check the origin of the rulers and make sure that
0,0 starts in the upper-left corner of the artboard).
3 With the Selection tool ( ), click to select the large background shape on the
left, below the artboards (see the next figure for which shape).
4 Click the upper-left point of the
reference point locator ( ) in the
Control panel. Then, change the X
value to 0 and the Y value to 0.

 Note: Again, depending on the resolution

of your screen, the Transform options may
not appear in the Control panel. If they do not
appear, you can click the word Transform to
see the Transform panel, or you can choose
Window > Transform.

The content should now be precisely

positioned on the artboard, since it
was the same size as the artboard to
begin with.
5 In the Artboards panel, select the artboard named Back to make it the
active artboard.
6 Select the group with the City Arena text in it below the artboards. You may
need to either zoom out or scroll over and down to see it.

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 7 With the upper-left point of the reference point
locator ( ) selected in the Control panel, change
the X value to 0 and the Y value to 0.
Next, you will use Smart Guides to move content.
When moving objects with Smart Guides turned on
(View > Smart Guides), measurement labels appear
next to the pointer and display the distance (X and
Y) from the objects original location. You will use
these to make sure that an object is a certain distance
from the edge of the artboard.
8 With the Selection tool, click to select the
basketball hoop with net below the artboards.
With the upper-left point of the reference point
locator ( ) in the Control panel selected, change the X value to 0 and the Y
value to 0.
9 Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window.
10 Using the Selection tool, position the pointer
over the selected basketball hoop with net
and drag the group down and to the right. As
you drag, press the Shift key to constrain the
movement to 45. When the measurement label
shows approximately dX: 0.25 in and dY: 0.25 in,
release the mouse button, and then the Shift key.
Leave the artwork selected.
The dX indicates the distance moved along the
x axis (horizontally), and dY indicates the distance moved along the y axis
(vertically). Dont worry if you cant get the exact values, its difficult when
zoomed out so far. Also, because there is other content on the canvas, Smart
Guides are attempting to snap to it. You can always change the X and Y values in
the Control panel or Transform panel.

 Note: You can also choose Illustrator > Preferences > Smart Guides (Mac OS) or Edit >
Preferences > Smart Guides (Windows) and deselect the Measurement Labels option to turn off just
the measurement labels when Smart Guides are on.

11 Choose File > Save.

Scaling objects
So far in this book, youve scaled most content with the selection tools. In this
lesson, youll use several other methods to scale objects.

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1 With the artwork (basketball hoop and net)  Note: The figure
still selected, ensure that the upper-left point shows the Width value
before pressing Enter
of the reference point locator ( ) is selected in or Return.
the Control panel. Click to select the Constrain
Width And Height Proportions icon ( )
located between the W and H fields. Change the
Width (W:) to 255%. Press Enter or Return to
accept the value.
When typing values to transform content,
you can type different units such as percent (%) or pixels (px) and they will be
converted to the default unit, which is inches (in) in this case.
2 Choose View > Fit All In Window.
3 Press Command+ (Mac OS) or Ctrl+ (Windows) (or View > Zoom Out) twice
to zoom out. You should see content off the bottom edge of the artboards again.
You may need to scroll down to see all of the content.
4 Select the basketball and double-click the Scale tool ( ) in the Tools panel.
5 In the Scale dialog box, change Uniform to
61%. Toggle Preview on and off to see the
change in size. Click OK.

 Tip: You could also choose Object > Transform >

Scale to access the Scale dialog box.

6 Select the Selection tool ( ) and drag the

basketball onto the first artboard named
Front, like you see in the figure.
7 Select the basketball court group (without
the numbers on it) below the larger
artboard. Notice that the Stroke weight in
the Control panel shows as 1 pt.
8 Select the Zoom tool ( ) in the Tools panel
and click several times, slowly, to zoom in
to it.
9 Choose View > Show Edges.
10 Open the Transform panel by clicking the X,
Y, W, or H link in the Control panel (or the
word Transform if that appears in the Control panel).
Select Scale Strokes & Effects.

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 Note: Depending on 11 In the Control panel, either click
the resolution of your the word Transform to reveal the
screen, the Transform
options may not appear Transform panel, or click the center
in the Control panel. reference point of the reference point
If they do not appear, locator ( ) in the Control panel.
you can click the word
Transform to see
Ensure that the Constrain Width
the Transform panel or And Height Proportions is set ( ),
you can choose and type 3.5 in the Width (W) field,
Window > Transform.
and then press Enter or Return to
increase the size of the artwork.
Notice that the Stroke weight has
scaled as well, and is now 2 pt. Leave
the artwork selected.
By default, strokes and effects, like drop shadows, are not scaled along with
objects. For instance, if you enlarge a circle with a 1 pt stroke, the stroke remains
1 pt. But by selecting Scale Strokes & Effects before you scaleand then scaling
the objectthat 1 pt stroke would scale (change) relative to the amount of
scaling applied to the object.

Reflecting objects
When you reect an object, Illustrator flips the object across an invisible vertical or
horizontal axis. In a similar way to scaling and rotating, when you reflect an object,
you either designate the reference point or use the objects center point, by default.
Next, youll use the Reflect tool ( ) to flip the basketball court artwork 90 across
the vertical axis and copy it.

 Tip: If all you want 1 Select the Reflect tool ( ), which is nested
to do is flip content within the Rotate tool ( ) in the Tools panel.
in place, you can also
choose Flip Horizontal Click the right edge of the basketball court group
or Flip Vertical from (the word anchor or path may appear).
the Transform panel
menu ( ). This sets the invisible axis that the shape will
reflect around on the right edge of the selected
artwork, rather than on the center, which is
the default.

 Tip: You can reflect and copy in one step. With the Reflect
tool ( ) selected, Option-click (Mac OS) or Alt-click (Windows) to set a point to reflect around and to
open the Reflect dialog box, in one step. Select Vertical, and then click Copy.

2 With the basketball court artwork still selected, position the pointer off the right
edge and drag clockwise. As you are dragging, hold down the Shift+Option
(Mac OS) or Shift+Alt (Windows) keys. When the measurement label shows
90, release the mouse button and then release the modifier keys.

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 The Shift key constrains the rotation to 45 as the artwork is reflected, and the
Option (Alt) key will copy the artwork. Leave the new court artwork where it is
for now. Youll move it later.
3 Select the Selection tool ( ) and drag across both groups, then choose
Object > Group.

Distorting objects with effects

You can distort the original shapes of objects in different ways, using various tools.  Note: To learn
Now youll distort the basketball net using the Pucker & Bloat effect. These are more about effects, see
Lesson 11, Exploring
different types of transformations because they are applied as effects, which means Creative Uses of Effects
you could ultimately edit the effect later or remove it in the Appearance panel. and Graphic Styles.

1 Choose 2 Inside from the Artboard Navigation menu to fit the larger artboard
in the Document window.
2 Click the Layers panel icon ( ) to open the
panel, and then click the visibility column (an
arrow is pointing to it in the figure) to the left
of the Net layer name to show that content,
and click the eye icon ( ) to the left of the
Background layer to hide its contents.
You are going to create a net for the basketball
hoop that is already on the artboard.
3 Click to select the red triangle shape. Choose Effect > Distort & Transform >
Pucker & Bloat.
4 In the Pucker & Bloat dialog box, select Preview and drag the slider to the left to
change the value to roughly 20%, which distorts the triangle. Click OK.

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 Tip: To access the 5 Drag across the triangle and
Rotate dialog box, circle to select them both.
you can also double-
click the Rotate tool Choose Object > Transform >
( ) in the Tools panel. Rotate. In the Rotate dialog
The Transform panel box, change the Angle to 30,
(Window > Transform)
select Preview, and then click
also has a rotate option.
Copy. You will learn more
about rotating artwork in the
next section.
6 Choose Object > Transform > Transform Again to repeat the transformation on
the selected shapes.
7 Press Command+D (Mac OS) or Ctrl+D
(Windows) once to apply the transformation
one more time.
8 Choose Select > Deselect, and then drag across
the edge of the circle (see the figure below) to
select all of the copies and press Delete.
9 Drag across the triangles to select them all and
choose Object > Group.

10 Drag the group down onto the basketball hoop and visually center-align them.
Change the Stroke color to White in the Control panel.
11 In the Layers panel, click the visibility column to the left of the Background and
the Text layers to show the content for each.

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Next, you will apply a Free Distort effect to artwork.
12 Choose 3 Back from the Artboard Navigation menu and select the
basketball net.
13 Choose Effect > Distort & Transform > Free Distort.
14 In the Free Distort dialog, box drag the
lower-left and lower-right points so they
match the figure. Click OK.

 Tip: Later in this lesson, you will learn about the

Free Transform tool ( ) that has a free distort option.
Applying a free distort via the Free Transform tool
is permanent and affects the underlying artwork,
whereas the Free Distort effect can be edited and even
removed later because its an effect.

Rotating objects
You rotate objects by turning them around a designated reference point. There are
lots of ways to do this, including methods that range from more precise to more
free-form rotation.
First, youll rotate the basketball manually, using the Selection tool.
1 Choose 1 Front from the Artboard Navigation menu in the lower-left corner of
the Document window.
2 With the Selection tool ( ), select the basketball.
Option-drag (Mac OS) or Alt-drag (Windows) the
basketball up and to the left to create a copy. When
the artwork is positioned like you see in the figure,
release the mouse button and then the modifier key.

3 Position the pointer just off either the upper-right  Tip: You can press
or lower-right corner points of the bounding the Shift key as you
rotate artwork with
box of the basketball you just created and when the Rotate tool ( ) or
the pointer changes to rotate arrows ( ), drag Selection tool ( ) to
in a counterclockwise fashion (up). When the constrain the rotation
to 45. Remember to
measurement label shows approximately 15, release release the mouse
the mouse button. button before the key.
Next, youll rotate content using the Rotate tool
( ) and learn how this method can be different from
rotating with the Selection tool.

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 4 With the Selection tool, Option-drag (Mac OS) or Alt-drag (Windows) the
selected basketball up and to the left to create another copy. When the artwork
is positioned like you see in the following figure, release the mouse button and
then the modifier key.

 Tip: To rotate 5 Select the Rotate tool ( ) in the Tools panel (its
the object around a under the Reflect tool). Notice the rotate-around
different reference
point, click once point in the center of the basketball artwork.
anywhere in the The Rotate tool allows you to rotate the object
document window around a different reference point. Position the
to reposition the
pointer to the right of the basketball, and drag
reference point. Then
move the pointer away counterclockwise (up) until the measurement label
from the reference shows approximately 15, and then release the
point and drag in a
mouse button.
circular motion.
 Tip: If you select an object and then select the Rotate tool ( ), you can Option-click (Mac OS) or
Alt-click (Windows) anywhere on the object (or artboard) to set a reference point and to open the
Rotate dialog box in one step.

Next, you will rotate each basketball in place using the Transform Each command.
6 With the Selection tool, Option-drag (Mac OS) or Alt-drag (Windows) the
selected basketball up and to the left to create a final copy. When the artwork is
positioned like you see in the following figure, release the mouse button and then
the modifier key.
 Tip: You can 7 With the last basketball selected, double-click the Rotate tool in the Tools panel.
choose Object > In the Rotate dialog box that appears, the last rotation value should be the value
Transform > Transform
Each to rotate several set for the Angle value. It should be approximately 15. Make sure its 15 and
selected objects click OK.
separately, and around
the center of each.

 Tip: After transforming content using various methods, including rotation, you will notice that
the bounding box is now rotated. You can choose Object > Transform > Reset Bounding Box to
reset the bounding box around the artwork again.

8 Choose File > Save.

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Shearing objects
Shearing an object slants, or skews, the sides of the object along the axis you specify,
keeping opposite sides parallel and making the object asymmetrical.
Next, youll copy artwork and apply shear to it.
1 Choose View > Fit All In Window.
2 Press Command+ (Mac OS) or Ctrl+ (Windows) (or View > Zoom Out) twice
to zoom out. You should see content off the bottom edge of the artboards again.
3 Select the Selection tool ( ). Click to select the grouped content below the first
artboard that contains the N1, N2, etc.
4 Choose Edit > Cut, and then choose 3 Back from the Artboard Navigation
menu in the lower-left corner of the Document window.
5 Select the basketball net and choose Object > Hide > Selection.
6 Choose Edit > Paste to paste a copy in the center of the artboard.
7 Begin dragging the group of content up,
and as you drag, press the Shift key to
constrain the movement. Drag it up until it
looks something like you see in the figure.
Release the mouse button and then the
Shift key.
8 Choose Object > Ungroup and the
Select > Deselect.
9 Press Command++ (Mac OS) or Ctrl++
(Windows) once to zoom in to the artboard.

10 Select the gray square beneath the N1 text.

Select the Shear tool ( ), nested within the
Scale tool ( ) in the Tools panel. Position
the pointer above the shape; press the
Shift key and drag to the left. The Shift key
constrains the artwork to its original width.
If you were shearing a single object and
precision didnt matter, you could leave the
object as is. But this artwork requires the
shapes beneath N1 and N3 to have the same shearing applied.
11 Choose Edit > Undo Shear.

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 12 With the rectangle still selected, double-
click the Shear tool. In the Shear dialog
box, change the Shear Angle to 170, select
Preview, and click OK.

13 With the Selection tool, select the gray

rectangle beneath the N3 text. Double-
click the Shear tool in the Tools panel and
change the Shear Angle to 170, select
Preview, and click OK. Leave the
rectangle selected.

 Tip: You can also apply shear numerically in the

Transform panel (Window > Transform) or in the Shear
dialog box (Object > Transform > Shear).

14 Select the Selection tool, and with the Shift key pressed, select the gray rectangles
behind the N1 and N2 text to select all three.
15 Choose Object > Group.
16 Select the Rotate tool ( ) and position the pointer over the center of the
circle below (circled in the figure). When the green word center appears,
Option-click (Mac OS) or Alt-click (Windows). In the Rotate dialog box, change
the Angle to 180 and click Copy.

17 Choose Object > Show All to show the basketball net you hid earlier.
18 Choose Select > Deselect, and then choose File > Save.

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Transforming with the Free Transform tool
The Free Transform tool ( ) is a multipurpose tool that allows you to distort an
object, combining functions like moving, scaling, shearing, rotating, and distorting
(perspective or free). The Free Transform tool is also touch-enabled, which means
you can control transformation using touch controls on certain devices. For more
information on touch controls, see the sidebar at the end of this section.

 Note: To learn more about the options for the Free Transform tool, search for Free Transform in
Adobe Help (Help > Illustrator Help).

1 Select the Selection tool ( ) in the Tools panel. Press the Spacebar to access the
Hand tool ( ) temporarily. Drag up so you can see the basketball court artwork
beneath the artboards.
2 Click to select the basketball court group, and then select the Free Transform
tool ( ) in the Tools panel.
After selecting the Free Transform tool,
the Free Transform widget appears in the
Constrain
Document window. This widget, which
is free-floating and can be repositioned, Free Transform
contains options to change how the Free Selected Action
(light-gray background)
Transform tool works. By default, the Free
Perspective Distort
Transform tool allows you to move, shear,
rotate, and scale objects. By selecting other
Free Distort
options, like Perspective Distort, you can
change how the tool transforms content.
First, youll change the width of the selected artwork using the Free Transform tool.
3 Position the pointer over the left middle point of the artwork bounding box,  Note: If you were to
and the pointer changes its appearance ( ), indicating that you can shear or drag the side bounding
point up first to distort
distort. Begin dragging to the right. As you drag, press the Option (Mac OS) or the artwork by shearing,
Alt (Windows) key to change both sides at once. Notice that you cant drag the the movement wouldnt
artwork up or downthe movement is constrained to horizontal by default. be constrained and
you could move in
When a width of approximately 3.7 in shows in the measurement label, release any direction.
the mouse button and then the key.

Next, you will rotate with the Free Transform tool around a specific point.

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 Tip: You can also 4 Position the pointer over the lower-
drag the reference left corner and double-click when
point to a location. You
can double-click the the pointer looks like this ( ).
reference point to reset This moves the reference point and
its position. ensures that the artwork will rotate
around it. Press the Shift key and
drag the upper-right corner in a
counterclockwise fashion until you
see 90 in the measurement label. Release the mouse button and then the
Shift key.

 Note: If you find that, by trying to rotate, you are instead scaling, stop dragging and choose
Edit > Undo Scale and try again.

 Note: The Constrain Like other transform tools, by holding down the Shift key while dragging
option cannot be with the Free Transform tool, you can constrain the movement for most of
selected when the
Perspective Distort the transformations. If you dont want to hold down the Shift key, you can also
option is selected. select the Constrain option in the Free Transform widget before transforming,
to constrain movement automatically. After dragging, the Constrain option
is deselected.
5 Position the pointer over the
right middle point of the artwork
bounding box, and drag to the
right. Drag until a width of
approximately 7.7 in shows in the
measurement label.
6 With the Free Transform tool
still selected, click the Perspective Distort option in the Free Transform widget
(circled in the figure below).
With this option selected, you can drag a corner point of the bounding box to
distort the perspective.
 Note: The Free 7 Position the pointer over
Distort option of the the upper-left corner of the
Free Transform tool
( ) allows you to freely bounding box, and the pointer
distort the selected changes in appearance ( ).
content by dragging Drag to the right until it looks
one of the corner
bounding points.
like the figure.
8 Change the Opacity to 60% in
the Control panel.
9 Press Command+ (Mac OS) or Ctrl+ (Windows) several times to zoom out,
until you see the artboard with the basketballs on it.

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10 Select the Selection tool
and drag the artwork
onto the artboard
similar to what you see
in the figure.

 Note: If the artwork appears

on top of the text, choose
Object > Arrange > Send To Back
as many times as necessary to
arrange it behind the text.

11 Select the Artboard tool ( ) in the Tools  Tip: You could

panel. Drag the 1 Front artboard to the also simply mask the
content that is outside
left until the basketball court is no longer of the artboard. You will
overlapping the artboard to the right. learn about clipping
masks in Lesson 14,
 Note: When you drag an artboard with content on it, Using Illustrator CC
the art moves with the artboard, by default. If you want to with Other Adobe
move an artboard but not the art on it, select the Artboard Applications.
tool ( ) and then click to deselect Move/Copy Artwork
With Artboard ( ) in the Control panel.

12 Choose View > Fit All In Window and then

choose Choose File > Save.

The Free Transform tool and

touch-enabled devices
In Illustrator CC, the Free Transform tool is touch-enabled. This means that, if you
are using either a Windows 7 or 8based touchscreen PC or a Touchscreen device
like Wacom Cintiq 24HD Touch, you can utilize certain touch-enabled features.

Here are a few noteworthy examples:

You can touch and drag from the center of an object and move the
reference point.
Double tapping on any of the corner points moves the reference point for the
object to that point.
Double tapping on the reference point resets it to the default position (if its not
already there).
To constrain movement, you can tap the Constrain option in the widget
before transforming.

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 Creating a PDF
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a universal file format that preserves the fonts,
images, and layout of source documents created on a wide range of applications
and platforms. Adobe PDF is the standard for the secure, reliable distribution and
exchange of electronic documents and forms around the world. Adobe PDF files are
compact and complete, and can be shared, viewed, and printed by anyone with free
Adobe Reader software.
You can create different types of PDF files from within Illustrator. You can create
multipage PDFs, layered PDFs, and PDF/x-compliant files. Layered PDFs allow you
to save one PDF with layers that can be used in different contexts. PDF/X compliant
files ease the burden of color, font, and trapping issues in printing. Next, you will save
this project as a PDF so that you can send it to someone else to view.
1 Choose File > Save As. In the Save As dialog box, choose Adobe PDF (pdf) from
the Format menu (Mac OS) or Adobe PDF (*.PDF) from the Save As Type menu
(Windows). Navigate to the Lessons > Lesson04 folder, if necessary. Notice that
you have the option, at the bottom of the dialog box, to save all of the artboards
in the PDF or a range of artboards. Click Save.
 Note: If you want to 2 In the Save Adobe PDF dialog box, click the Adobe PDF Preset menu to see all
learn about the options of the different PDF presets available. Ensure that [Illustrator Default] is chosen
and other presets in
the Save Adobe PDF and click Save PDF.
dialog box, choose
Help > Illustrator Help
and search for Creating
Adobe PDF files.

There are many ways that you can customize the creation of a PDF. Creating a
PDF using the [Illustrator Default] preset creates a PDF in which all Illustrator
data is preserved. PDFs created with this preset can be reopened in Illustrator
without any loss of data. If you are planning on saving a PDF for a particular
purpose, such as viewing on the Web or printing, you may wish to choose
another preset or adjust the options.
3 Choose File > Save, if necessary, and then choose File > Close.

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Review questions
1 Name two ways to change the size of an existing active artboard.
2 How can you rename an artboard?
3 What is the ruler origin?
4 What is the difference between artboard rulers and global rulers?
5 Briefly describe what the Scale Strokes & Effects option does.
6 Name at least three transformations that can be applied with the Free Transform tool.

Review answers
1 To change the size of an existing artboard, you can double-click the Artboard tool ( )
and edit the dimensions of the active artboard in the Artboard Options dialog box.
Select the Artboard tool, position the pointer over an edge or corner of the artboard,
and drag to resize. Select the Artboard tool, click an artboard in the Document window,
and change the dimensions in the Control panel.
2 To rename an artboard, you can select the Artboard tool ( ) and click within the
bounds of an artboard to select it. Then, change the name in the Name field in the
Control panel. You can also double-click the name of the artboard in the Artboards
panel ( ) to rename it or click the Options button ( ) in the Artboards panel to enter
the name in the Artboard Options dialog box.
3 The ruler origin is the point where 0 (zero) appears on each ruler. By default, the ruler
origin is set to be 0 (zero) in the top-left corner of the active artboard.
4 There are two types of rulers in Illustrator: artboard rulers and global rulers. Artboard
rulers, which are the default rulers, set the ruler origin at the upper-left corner of the
active artboard. Global rulers set the ruler origin at the upper-left corner of the first
artboard, no matter which artboard is active.
5 The Scale Strokes & Effects option, found in the Transform panel (or in Illustrator >
Preferences > General [Mac OS] or Edit > Preferences > General [Windows]), scales
any strokes and effects as the object is scaled. This option can be turned on and off,
depending on the current need.
6 The Free Transform tool ( ) can perform a multitude of transformation operations,
including move, scale, rotate, shear, and distort (perspective distort and free distort).

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 INDEX

SYMBOLS using raster effects in Illustrator, 339, 357

aligning
* (asterisk), 305 to artboard, 71, 77
[ ] (Bracket keys), 105, 323 content to pixel grid, 429432, 451
objects, 6971, 77
A text in perspective, 375
Account page, 10 alignment guides. See guides
Add New Effect button, 357 Anchor Point tool, 164, 173
Adobe. See also specific applications anchor points. See also corner points; smooth
additional resources from, 45 points
Authorized Training Centers for, 5 about, 148
syncing settings using Creative Cloud, 5, 9, adding, 162163
1213, 58 aligning, 70
Adobe Bridge, 403 closing, 156
Adobe Creative Cloud converting smooth to corner, 150151,
163, 164, 173
launching desktop app for, 221, 251
deleting, 158, 162163
learning resources for, 4
displaying location of, 64
libraries for, 6, 398
enhancements to, 9
syncing settings using, 5, 9, 1213, 58
joining specific, 95
viewing fonts with, 223
nudging, 161
Adobe Flash symbols, 389
setting with Curvature tool, 157
Adobe Illustrator setting with Pen tool, 154
about, 32 showing selection preferences for, 65
Bridge with, 403 viewing handles for multiple, 161
combining images from other apps in, 403
anchors. See anchor points
compatibility of imported text, 216
angle of gradient, 278280, 299
copying/pasting artwork from, 449
drawing modes for, 106109 appearance attributes. See also graphic styles
generating CSS from artwork in, 437438 applying to layers, 266267, 271, 339, 357
help for, 58 blending, 350
installing software for, 2 copying objects, 189
placed Microsoft documents in, 218 defined, 332
placing images in, 22, 404411 deleting, 354
starting and opening files in, 3234 editing, 333334
syncing settings with other computers, 5, found on Appearance panel, 332
9, 1213, 58 ordering rows of, 332, 337
Typekit with older versions, 225 removing, 354
using Photoshop raster effects in, 339, 357 reordering, 338
using raster images in, 22 saving as graphic styles, 348
vector effects in, 339, 357 selecting like, 6667
Adobe Photoshop Appearance panel
editing color in images from, 410411 accessing effect options from, 357
importing files from, 406408 adding second stroke and fill from,
importing layers as objects, 407 335337
unembedding images from, 421 Clear Appearance button, 353

452 INDEX
 deleting attribute rows in, 341 combining shapes for, 101103 adjusting in gradient, 299
options on, 332 converting color modes for, 189 combining shapes into smooth
reordering appearance attributes, copying, 1920 color, 296298
338 creating custom views of, 51, 59 creating, 290292
Application bar, 35 drawing shape inside, 107108 gradients vs., 299
area type drawing shapes behind selected, lesson files for, 274
autosizing, 7, 214215 106107 modifying, 292294
column text, 220 embedding raster images in, positioning groups in and
converting between point and, 310311, 327 copying, 295296
215216 erasing, 105106 reversing, 295
using, 214215 flipping in place, 128 Blob Brush tool, 322326
Area Type Options dialog box, 220 generating CSS from, 437438 drawing with, 322323
graphic styles applied to, 354, 357 erasing shapes made with,
arranging objects, 7475
grouping content in perspective, 325326
arrow icon, 44 379 merging paths with, 324
arrowheads, 168169 impact of Clear Appearance path features of, 322
Art brushes, 309312 button on, 353 pointer for, 325
applying existing, 309310 live effects for, 339342 size of, 323
editing, 312 merging layers of, 260262 uses for, 327
making from raster image, 310 moving between layers, 256258 Border Pattern brush, 320321
311, 327 organizing in layers, 250
bounding box, 63
selecting artwork before creating, Photoshop effects used on, 357
327 Bridge, 403
releasing content from
uses for, 309, 327 perspective, 379, 380 Bristle Brush Options dialog box, 313
Artboard Options dialog box, 120, removing brush stroke from, 308 Bristle brushes, 313316
139 reordering appearance attributes changing options for, 313
Artboard tool, 118, 139 for, 338 painting with, 314316
saving as SVG, 447449 paths created by, 313, 316
artboards
saving for Web, 435437 rasterizing paths created by, 316
about, 117
slicing, 432435 uses for, 313
adding to document, 117118
using raster effects in, 339, 357 Brush Libraries menu, 305, 313, 317,
aligning objects to, 71, 77
centering, 48 attributes. See also appearance 319
clicking to create type object, attributes brushes, 300327. See also specific
219, 247 drop shadow, 334 brushes
defined, 54 paragraph, 232233 Art, 309312, 327
determining SVG file dimensions, text, 227229 Blob Brush, 322326
448 auto slices, 433 Bristle, 313316
editing, 118119 automatic plane positioning, 377 Calligraphic, 303305, 307, 327
fitting in window, 48 autosizing area type, 7, 214215 changing color for, 303
multiple, 5254, 8081 editing, 307308
navigating, 5456, 59, 119 B lesson files for, 302
opening, 33 libraries for, 305, 313, 317, 319
overview of, 54 baseline shift, 229, 232 overview, 327
positioning objects on, 83 Bezier curves. See curves Paintbrush tool, 304307, 327
renaming, 53, 119120, 139 bitmap images. See raster images Pattern, 316321
reordering, 120121 bleed, 54, 81 removing strokes of, 308
resizing, 119, 139 Blend Options dialog box, 291, saving, 319
rulers for, 122, 139 296297 types of, 303
Artboards panel, 53, 117118 Blend tool, 273 working with, 2829
artwork. See also images blended objects Brushes panel, 304
adding second stroke or fill to, copying, 295296
335337, 357 defined, 290
C
applying color to, 14, 198200 editing, 291 Calligraphic Brush Options dialog
becoming instance of new expanding, 293
symbol, 389 box, 307
working with, 290 Calligraphic brushes, 303305, 307,
changing view of, 4851, 59
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canvas, 48, 54 customizing and saving swatch, lines, 145146
Cascading Style Sheets. See CSS 181182, 209 object rotation, 131
duplicating gradient, 282 Pencil tool lines, 172
center point, 83
effects for modifying object, 425 content. See transforming content;
Character panel
filling open path with, 95 artwork; Web content
displaying, 222
font, 226227 context-sensitive commands, 47
options in, 227
global, 183184, 209
showing from Control panel, 225 Control panel
Harmony Rules for, 191
character styles. See also CSS displaying Paragraph panel from,
key object outline, 69 243
appearance when applied, 243 saving in color groups, 190, 195,
creating and applying, 237238 Document Setup button in, 81
197, 209
defined, 235 Edit Symbol button on, 387
Smart Guide, 86
editing, 239 illustrated, 35
spot, 186187, 209
paragraph styles vs., 247 removing anchor points from, 163
swapping stroke and fill, 93
setting artboard options in, 119
Character Styles Option dialog box, tints of, 188
showing Character panel from,
238 ways to apply, 178179 225
characters. See also character styles; color groups using, 4041
CSS editing, 193195 viewing Align options in, 69, 205
formatting with Touch Type tool, saving color in, 190, 195, 197, 209 convert-point icon, 155
229232, 247 viewing name of, 206
glyph, 233 Convert to RGB (Edit Color menu),
Color Guide panel, 179, 191192 189
styling with CSS, 441442
color harmonies, 191, 196, 209 copying/pasting
check mark icon, 42
Color Mode menu (New Swatch appearance attributes, 189
Clear Appearance button, 353 dialog box), 182 artwork from Illustrator, 449
clipping masks color modes blend objects, 295296
about, 411 CMYK and RGB, 177 content, 1920
applying to image, 411412 converting images to different, CSS code, 444445
creating, 268270, 271 410 layer content, 258259
defined, 23, 268 converting to RGB, 189 layers, 262264, 271
editing, 412414 importing Photoshop images in perspective drawings, 369370
opacity masks vs., 415 different, 407 reflections, 128129
releasing, 108, 269 Color panel, 178 swatches, 182
ways to edit, 413 Color Picker, 185186 symbols, 386, 390391, 397
clipping set, 411 color stops width points, 98
closed paths, 96, 243244 adding, 275, 282, 299 corner points
closing defined, 275 about, 143, 148
anchor points, 156 duplicating or deleting, 282 Anchor Point tool for converting,
panels, 38, 43, 335 editing color of, 281, 282 164, 173
path with Curvature tool, 158 Color Swatches button (Color converting smooth points to,
CMYK color mode, 177 Picker), 185186 150151, 163, 173
collapsing. See expanding/collapsing Color Themes panel, 197 drawing on curved line, 173
collapsing/docking floating panels, color warning dialog box, 407 corners
3839, 40 drawing with Pen tool, 153156
columns of text, 220
color. See also color groups; color Pattern brush, 318319
compound paths, 100101
modes; gradients; swatches scaling Live Shape, 8687
compound shapes, 104105
adding to fill in shapes, 102 Creative Cloud. See Adobe Creative
computers. See also Mac OS Cloud
adjusting, 189
platforms; Windows platforms
applying, 14, 180 cropping images with masks, 411
syncing settings with other, 5, 9,
assigned to layers, 254, 260, 271 1213, 58 crosshair icon, 143, 167, 170
assigning to artwork, 198200 using Mac OS and Windows, 1 CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
changing artwork, 196197 about, 437
constraining
changing brush, 303 character styles with, 441442
changes to width and height, 119
choosing with Color Picker, copying, 444445
direction handles, 150, 161
185186 exporting, 446447

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 generating class styles, 439 editing segment on curved line, Draw Normal mode, 106, 315
graphic styles with, 443 173 drawing. See also drawing tools;
setting up design for, 438440 selecting paths with, 144145 perspective drawing; shapes
styling unnamed content, 433, solid square next to pointer, 144 behind selected artwork, 106107
451 direction handles constraining lines while, 145146
CSS Properties panel about, 65 curves, 148149, 153158
export options of, 446 adjusting, 149 guides, 122
generating CSS code in, 441445 constraining, 150, 161 Illustrator modes for, 106109
using, 438440 defined, 97, 147 inside artwork, 107108
Curvature tool viewing for multiple points, 161 lines, 9394, 97
about, 6 direction of gradients, 278280, 299 objects from center point, 83
creating paths with, 6, 158 discontinuous width points, 98 shapes, 13
drawing with, 156158 distorting objects with effects, drawing tools. See also specific
curved paths, 6, 147148, 158 129131 drawing tools
curves. See also Curvature tool; Pen distributing object spacing, 7071 painting with, 327
tool docking Pencil vs. Pen tool, 141
combining with straight lines, Control panel, 41 shape tools, 113
152153, 173 floating panels, 3839, 40 Drop Shadow dialog box, 340, 341
corner points on, 173 panel groups, 45 drop shadows
drawing, 148149, 153158 panels, 46 adding as graphic style, 354355
editing, 155, 160161 editing, 340341
Document Setup dialog box, 81, 121
customizing hiding or deleting, 334
Document window
artwork views, 51, 59 setting up, 29
arranging, 59
color and saving to swatch, 181
illustrated, 35
182, 209
maximizing size of, 62
E
Tools panel, 9, 40
documents. See also Document Edit Colors dialog box, 193195
D window Edit Colors menu, 189
accessing symbols from other, 399 Edit Symbol button (Control panel),
dashed lines, 166167 adding JPEG image in, 404405 387
default preferences file, 34. See also aligning content to pixel grid in, editing. See also copying/pasting;
Preferences dialog box 429432
precision editing
Define Perspective Grid dialog box, arranging multiple, 5658
appearance attributes, 333334
364 bleed for, 81
Art brushes, 312
deleting changing ruler units of measure,
artboards, 53, 118119
123
anchor points, 158, 162163 artwork color, 196197
creating, 12
appearance attributes, 354 blends, 292294
cycling between open, 56
artboards, 118 Blob Brush shapes, 325326
embedding images and brushes
attribute rows, 341 character styles, 239
in, 311
current preferences file, 34 clipping masks, 412414
multiple artboards in, 5254,
drop shadow attribute, 334 8081 color groups, 193195
effects, 341 output preferences for, 81 color of color stop, 281, 282
guides, 122 pasting content into similarly colors, 189
layers, 252 named layers, 263 compound shapes, 105
multiple shapes, 102 scrolling through, 5051 content drawn inside, 108109
saved workspace, 46 seeing artboards in, 5456 corner radius of rounded
symbol sets, 395 showing/hiding grid in, 84 rectangle, 85
width points, 97 curves, 155, 160161
downloading lesson files, 10
deselecting cutting paths, 94
dragging
objects, 149 document options, 121
Control panel with gripper bar, 41
paths, 97, 149 envelope warp, 241242
panel to another panel group,
Photoshop Link option, 406 4344 font color, 226227
Preview for 3D effects, 347 text, 223 global swatches, 183184
DeviceN raster support, 404 gradients, 2425, 280282
Draw Behind mode, 106107
Direct Selection tool Isolation mode for, 7273
Draw Inside mode, 106, 107109, 314
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Live Paint groups and paths, 206, constraining, 106 93
208 editing Blob Brush shapes with, hierarchy of colors when using
opacity masks, 417419 325326 graphic styles with, 352
panel groups, 4445 erasing artwork, 105106 selecting color of, 14
paragraph styles, 237 pointer for, 325 selecting objects without, 63, 77,
paths with Paintbrush, 306307, using, 105106 113
327 Eraser Tool Options dialog box, 105, Filter Gallery dialog box, 344
Pattern brushes, 320321 325 finding
patterns, 204205 exiting Isolation mode, 73, 108, fonts, 223224
Pencil tool paths, 170172 315316 hidden panels, 42
perspective grid, 362364 hidden tools, 38
expanding/collapsing
polygons, 113 preferences file, 34
blended objects, 293
radial gradient, 283285 flipping content in place, 128
collapsing panel to icon, 42
shapes and paths, 96100 floating panels, 3839, 40
panel dock, 43
shapes with Pathfinder effect, 342
panels, 44 folders for project files, 424425
slices, 434435
exporting Font menu, 222
spine of path, 292, 294
content with Save For Web fonts. See also Typekit fonts
strokes, 1617
command, 429 adjusting size and leading for, 235
swatches, 183
CSS code, 437, 446447 changing family and style of,
symbols, 378379, 385, 387388
shared Illustrator settings, 9, 58 221224
text, 244245, 375
Extrude & Bevel 3D effect, 346 changing size of, 225226
width points, 98
Eyedropper tool editing color of, 226227
Effect menu, 340, 357
copying appearance attributes finding missing, 330331
effects, 330347 with, 189 formatting perspective text, 375
applying, 340, 357 sampling placed image colors, 419 searching for, 223224
deleting, 341 sampling text formats, 239 SVG options for, 450
drop shadow, 29 used in book, 2
editing, 340341 F formatting text. See also character
layers with applied, 266267, 271
Fidelity slider (Pencil Tool Options styles; paragraph styles
lesson files for, 330331
dialog box), 170 adjusting with Touch Type,
live, 339342
229232, 247
modifying object color with, 425 files. See also lesson files; SVG files changing font family and style,
Offset Path, 343344 accessing lesson, 23 221224
Pathfinder, 103104, 342 compatibility of imported text, changing font size, 225226
raster, 339, 344345, 357 216 CSS character styles for, 441442
scaling strokes and, 356 embedded vs. linked, 404, 425 editing font color, 226227
styling text with Warp, 341342 folders for project, 424425 formatting perspective text, 375
3D, 346347 formats for raster image, 22 overview, 220221
using Filter Gallery, 344345 formats for Web, 429 sampling formats, 239
ellipse opening, 3234 selecting text objects and, 227
drawing, 13, 8889 packaging, 424, 425 Type tool for, 2627
editing radial colors in, 283286 pasting layers into other, 262
264, 271 Free Transform tool, 135137, 139
modifying in Ellipse dialog box, 95
using elliptical gradients, 285286 PDF, 138
placing image, 404411
G
embedded images
restoring default preferences, 34 gestures, 50
applying color edits to, 410411
reusing brushes with other, 319 getting started. See also quick tour
creating embedded raster images
with Art brush, 310311, reverting to last version of, 66 about lessons, 1
327 saving for Web, 435437 accessing lesson files, 23
Illustrator placed files as, 405 fill. See also gradients fonts in book, 2
linked vs., 404, 425 adding second, 335337, 357 installing Illustrator software, 2
replacing, 421424, 425 changing opacity of, 334, 335 new features, 69
unembedding, 421 creating linear gradient, 275277 prerequisites for book, 2
using from Photoshop, 406407 editing attributes for, 333334 restoring default preferences, 34
envelope warp, 240, 241242

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global color, 183184, 209 grid planes. See also perspective text, 216217
global rulers, 122, 139 drawing in port, 218, 219
global swatches, 183184 choosing, 365, 373, 374, 381 installing Illustrator software, 2
Glyphs panel, 233 moving, 370372, 381 Internet connections, 26, 221, 330
gradient annotator bar, 278, 283, 285 gripper bar, 41 Isolation mode
gradient color stop. See color stops Group Selection tool, 77 editing in, 7273
Gradient panel, 275, 285 grouping content in perspective, 379 entering/exiting, 73, 108, 315316
Gradient tool, 273 groups modifying layers in, 268269
dragging panels to panel, 4344 using in perspective drawing, 375
gradients. See also color stops
Live Paint, 206
adding color to, 299
nested, 7374 J
adjusting color of, 281, 299
organizing layers in, 255256
applying and editing on stroke, joining paths, 9, 9596, 171
280282 selecting items in, 72
Join tool, 9, 95, 171172
applying to multiple objects, 287 guides. See also Smart Guides
blends vs., 299 drawing and deleting, 122
K
creating and editing, 2425 positioning objects using,
defined, 24, 273, 275, 299 125126 kerning text, 229
direction and angle of, 278280, key objects, 6970
299 H keyboard shortcuts
editing radial, 283285 Hand tool, 50 accessing Hand tool in text, 50
elliptical, 285286 handles. See direction handles Blob Brush tool adjustments with,
fading to transparency, 288290 322
Harmony Rules, 191, 196, 209
hiding annotator, 278 changing eraser size with Bracket
lesson files for, 274 height keys, 105
radial, 282283 changing rectangle, 83 conflicts for Mac OS Zoom tool,
rotating, 279280, 299 constraining changes to, 119 49
saving, 276 resizing in Transform panel, 105 drawing stars with, 90
two-color linear, 275277 help, 4, 58, 81 editing font size with, 225
graphic styles, 348356 hiding. See showing/hiding modifying, 38
adding to perspective drawing, horizontal distribution of objects, moving objects between
366, 374 7071 perspective planes, 368
applying, 348 moving objects perpendicularly,
applying to layers, 354355 I 370
artwork appearance using, 354, nudging anchor points, 161
icons nudging text with, 231
357
accessing thumbnail link, 418 repositioning images with, 413
creating and applying, 349352
arrow, 44 used with perspective drawings,
defined, 348
check mark, 42 365
lesson files for, 330331
collapsing panel to, 42 zooming with, 48
libraries of, 348349
convert-point, 155 Knife tool
multiple, 355
crosshair, 143, 167, 170 crosshair icon for, 167
updating, 352354
using CSS, 443 Illustrator. See also getting started; cutting paths with, 94, 167168
new features; quick tour Scissors vs., 165
Graphic Styles Options dialog box,
351 Illustrator. See Adobe Illustrator
Image Trace, 2223, 110112 L
Graphic Styles panel, 348, 355
graphic tablets, 316 images. See also embedded images; launching Creative Cloud desktop
masking images; raster images app, 221, 251
graphs, 106
cleaning up traced vector, 112 layer comps, 407
grid. See also guides; perspective grid;
placing, 22, 404405
rulers Layer Options dialog box, 253, 254
tracing raster, 2223, 110112
aligning content to pixel, 429 layers, 248271
432, 451 importing
adding content to perspective,
showing/hiding in documents, 84 Microsoft Word text, 218 374
snapping to, 84, 365 Photoshop files, 406408 appearance attributes applied to,
Photoshop layers as objects, 407 266267, 271, 339, 357
grid plane control, 371, 381
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with, 397 letter-spacing, 441
clipping mask, 268270, 271 Mac OS platforms
libraries
color of, 254, 260, 271 location of Windows menus in, 57
brush, 305, 313, 317, 319
creating, 252254 specific instructions for, 1
Creative Cloud, 6, 398
defined, 250 Zoom tool shortcuts on, 49
graphic styles, 348
deleting, 252 swatch, 186 Magic Wand tool, 6667
duplicating content of, 258259 symbol, 385387, 398 magnifying artwork, 4850, 59
flattening Photoshop, 406 Make Mask button (Transparency
line-height, 441
graphic styles applied to, 354355 panel), 416
Line Segment tool, 94
importing Photoshop, 407 markers, 194
inserting symbols on selected, Line Segment Tool Options dialog
box, 97 marquee selection, 6566, 102, 106
385, 393
Isolation mode for, 268269 linear gradients, 275277 masking images, 411418
lesson files for, 250 lines about clipping paths, 411
merging content of, 260262 combining curves with straight, applying clipping masks, 411412
moving layers and content 152153, 173 editing clipping masks, 412414
between layers, 256258 constraining, 145146 objects used as masks, 425
naming, 253 dashed, 166167 opacity masks, 415419
navigating content in, 257 drawing, 9394, 97 using text for, 414
organizing in groups, 255256 selecting, 144145 measurement labels
pasting into other file, 262264, linked images about, 64
271 accessing Links panel for, 420 increments when zooming in, 117
renaming, 252 applying color edits to Photoshop, Smart Guide, 82
reversing ordering of, 264 410411 turning off, 126
saving before modifying text, 246 deselecting Photoshop Link menus
selecting nonsequential, 260 option, 406 Brush Libraries, 305, 313, 317, 319
showing/hiding, 251, 271 effect of transformations on Color Mode, 182
stacking order of, 255, 257, 264 original, 405 Edit Colors, 189
undoing reordering of, 257 embedded vs., 404, 425 Effect, 340, 357
using, 1415 finding information for, 420 Font, 222
viewing, 265266 managing with Links panel, 419 Layers panel, 253
Layers panel replacing, 421424, 425 location of Mac OS Windows, 57
colors for layers in, 254, 260, 271 unavailable as symbols, 399 panel, 47
menu for, 253 linking/unlinking Symbol panel, 386
navigating content in panel, 257 Harmony Colors, 194, 196 merging
options of, 251 symbol instances, 393394 content unavailable for, 262
Paste Remembers Layers option, Links panel, 419, 420 layers, 260262
263, 271 Live Corners widget, 160 objects, 103104
leading, 235, 441 live effects, 339342 paths with Blob Brush tool, 324
Left Vanishing Point dialog box, 372 applying, 340 Microsoft Word documents
lesson files editing, 340341 placing formatted text in
accessing, 23 vector and raster, 339 Illustrator, 237
adding symbols to map, 384 Live Paint, 206207, 209 placing in Illustrator, 218
adding type to poster, 212 Live Paint Bucket tool, 207 Microsoft Word Options dialog box,
artwork selection techniques, 62 218
Live Shapes
brushes, 302 Missing Fonts dialog box, 251, 330,
about, 7
creating artwork with shapes, 80 331, 428
defined, 113
downloading, 10 mobile devices, touch-enabled, 137
ellipse not, 88
gradients and blends, 274 Mop brush, 314316
scaling corners of, 8687
park sign and logo, 176
Locate Object button, 255 moving
perspective drawing, 360
locking/unlocking artwork between layers, 256258
sporting event ticket, 116
objects, 76, 77 grid planes and objects together,
using drawing tools, 142
perspective grid, 364 370372, 381
using Illustrator with other apps,
slices, 435 objects in perspective, 368, 370,
402403
372, 381
using layers, 250
vanishing point, 363

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multiple anchor points, 161, 163 aligning, 6971, 77 changing fill, 334, 335
multiple artboards applying gradient to multiple, 287 opacity masks, 415419
creating, 8081 arranging, 7475 clipping masks vs., 415
navigating, 5254, 59 choosing items without fill, 63, creating, 415416, 425
multiple graphic styles, 355 77, 113 editing, 417419
color controls for painting, open paths, 95, 96
multiple image placements, 409410
178179
opening
coloring, 14, 180
N artboards, 33
converting to Live Paint group,
206 Illustrator files, 3234
named vs. unnamed Web content,
copying appearance attributes out port, 218, 219, 234, 247
433, 451
of, 189 Outline mode
naming
distorting with effects, 129131 effect on paint attributes, 93
layers, 253
distributing spacing of, 7071 making selections in, 68
selections, 67, 77
drawing from center point, 83 toggling between Preview and, 51
sublayers, 254
drawing in perspective, 365366 viewing layer artwork in, 265
navigating
editing blend options for, 291 outlining
artboards, 5456, 119
hiding and locking, 76, 77 key objects, 69
content in Layers panel, 257
joining paths of, 9596 strokes, 100101
multiple artboards, 5254, 59
locating layer of, 254, 271 text, 246, 247
between text fields, 276
making graphic style from, 350 text with SVG paths, 450
Navigator panel, 5456, 59 mapping artwork to 3D, 399 output for documents, 81
nested groups, 7374 masking with, 425 overflow text, 216, 218, 247
New Brush dialog box, 311 measurement labels for, 64
Overprint mode, 51
New Document dialog box modifying color with effects, 425
overrides for paragraph styles, 236
illustrated, 12 moving in perspective, 368, 370,
setting and saving options for, 372, 381
8081 outlining stroke of, 100101 P
setting color mode in, 177 Pathfinder effects on, 103104 Package command
new features, 69 perspective alignment for, 373 packaging files, 424, 425
Creative Cloud Libraries, 6, 398 positioning precisely, 125126 using Typekit fonts with, 225
Curvature tool, 6, 156158 reflecting, 128129, 159160 Paintbrush tool
Illustrator enhancements, 9 resizing and reshaping type, drawing with, 304305, 327
Join tool, 9, 95, 171172 233235
editing paths with, 306307, 314,
Live Shapes, 7, 8687, 88, 113 rotating, 131132 327
path segment reshaping, 8 scaling, 126128, 139 painting with drawing tools vs.,
Pen tool preview and scaling rectangle corners of, 327
enhancements, 8 8687 paths using Blob Brush vs., 322
Pencil tool enhancements, 8 selecting and transforming in precision painting with, 309
Touch workspace, 7 perspective, 367368
using Bristle brushes, 313316
Typekit font library, 8, 2627, selecting behind, 75
Paintbrush Tool Options dialog box,
221, 225, 251 selecting similar, 67
306
New Swatch button (Swatches panel), Selection tool for choosing, 6264
shearing, 133134 painting. See also brushes
276 with Bristle brush, 314316
snapping to grid, 84, 365
New Swatch dialog box, 181 creating Live Paint group, 206
text for masking, 414
New Workspace dialog box, 46 with patterns, 201205
threading text between, 218219,
nonprintable area, 54 247 with precision using Paintbrush
nudging unable to erase, 106 pointer, 309
anchor points, 161 ungrouping, 72 using Live Paint Bucket tool, 207
text, 231 wrapping text around, 245 using Paintbrush tool vs. drawing
tools for, 327
Offset Path effect, 343344
O one-point perspective, 362, 381
panel dock, 43
panel groups, 4345
objects opacity
panel menus, 47
adding effects to, 357 adding transparency to gradient,
adjusting plane to match, 288290 panels
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3839, 40 Live Paint, 208 373
collapsing to icon, 42 merging, 324 automatic plane positioning for,
Control, 4041 open vs. closed, 96 377
custom Tools, 9, 40 placing text on closed, 243244 choosing correct grid plane, 365,
docking, 46 reshaping segments of, 8 373, 374, 381
dragging to panel group, 4344 selecting, 144145 drawing objects in perspective,
hiding all, 44 365366
spine of, 292, 294
illustrated, 35 duplicating content in, 369370
Pattern brushes, 316321
moving between text fields in, 276 editing symbols in, 378379
about, 316
resetting, 42 grid for, 361
applying, 316317, 320
resizing, 39, 44 grouping content in perspective,
creating, 318319 379
using panel menus, 47 editing, 320321 moving objects between
Pantone Plus library, 186 using with raster images, 327 perspective planes, 368
Paragraph panel, 232233, 243 patterns. See also tiles moving objects perpendicularly,
Paragraph Style Option dialog box, about, 202 370, 381
237 adding to Swatches panel, 204, moving planes and objects
paragraph styles 209 together, 370372
character styles vs., 247 applying, 201, 204 releasing content from
creating and applying, 236237 creating, 201204 perspective, 379, 380
defined, 235 defined, 201 selecting and transforming
editing, 237 designing pattern tiles, 202203 objects in, 367368
overrides for, 236 editing, 204205 text in, 375
saving and creating variations tools for, 365
Paragraph Styles panel, 236237
in, 204 perspective grid
paragraphs, 232233, 235
PDF (Portable Document Format), adding symbols to, 378
Paste Remembers Layers option adjusting, 362364
138
(Layers panel), 263, 271 drawing without active, 374
Pen tool
pasting. See copying/pasting editing, 362364
adding/deleting points with,
Path Eraser tool, 306 162163 illustrated, 361
Pathfinder effects, 103104, 342 benefits of, 143 moving planes and objects
Pathfinder panel, 103105 crosshair icon for, 143 together, 370372, 381
paths. See also curves; lines cursor symbols for, 145 releasing content from, 379, 380
adding with Pen tool, 143 drawing curves with, 148150, saving as preset, 364
aligning stroke along, 9293, 167 153156, 173 showing/hiding, 366, 370, 381
applying brush strokes to, 303 learning to use, 142144, 173 using preset, 362, 364, 381
arrowheads added to, 168169 new features of, 8 Perspective Grid Options dialog box,
brackets within type on, 244 Pencil vs., 141 377
Bristle brush, 313, 316 toggling between Selection and, Perspective Grid tool, 361, 381
clipping, 108, 411 144 Perspective Selection tool, 361, 367,
closing with Curvature tool, 158 undoing drawings with, 150 373, 381
components of, 148 Pencil tool Photoshop. See Adobe Photoshop
compound, 100101 adjusting options for, 170, 173
Photoshop Import Option dialog
converting smooth to corner close path circle indicator for, 16
box, 407
points on, 150151, 163, 173 crosshair icon for, 170
drawing with, 1516, 170172 pixel grid, 429432, 451
Curvature tool for creating, 6, 158
curved, 147148 enhancements for, 8 Pixel Preview mode, 51, 429
cutting, 94, 165168 Pen vs., 141 Place command, 404
defined, 96 performance Place dialog box, 110, 407, 409
deselecting, 97, 149 impact of embedded images and placing
drawing with Pencil, 170172 brushes, 311 imported Photoshop files,
editing and combining shapes previewing 3D effects, 347 406408
and, 96100 perspective drawing, 358381. See JPEG image, 22, 404405
editing with Paintbrush, 306307, also perspective grid Microsoft documents, 218
327 adjusting plane to match object, placing multiple images, 409410
filling open path with color, 95 376377 sampling colors in placed images,
inserting text on, 242243 419

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Plane Switching Widget, 361, 365, Width tool, 1718 symbols, 391392
373, 374, 381 repositioning
point type, 213, 215216 R artboard, 118
polygons, 8990, 113 images with keyboard shortcuts,
radial gradient, 282285
positioning objects 413
raster effects
on artboard, 83 resetting
applying Photoshop, 339, 357
automatic plane positioning, 377 panels, 42
defined, 339
precisely, 125126 workspace, 46, 331
using, 344345
precision editing reshaping
raster images
crosshair icon, 143, 167 text with envelope warp, 239242
about, 32
painting with Paintbrush pointer, type object shapes, 233235
converting to vector artwork,
309 2223, 110112, 113 resizing
Pen tool for, 143 embedding with Art brush, 310 artboards, 119, 139
Pencil tool, 170 311, 327 content in perspective, 367
positioning objects with, 125126 placing in Illustrator, 404405 panels, 39, 44
resizing shapes precisely, 105, 370 rasterizing Bristle brush paths, placed images, 406
Preferences dialog box 316 slices, 435
adjusting user interface scaling placed, 405406 type object shapes, 233235
brightness, 36 tracing, 2223, 110112 restoring default preferences, 34,
restoring default preferences, 34 using Art, Pattern, and Scatter 46, 331
setting anchor point options, 65 brushes with, 327 reversing
Preserves Exact Dash And Gap Recolor Artwork dialog box, 196 blends, 295
Lengths button, 166 200, 209 layer order, 264
presets Rectangle dialog box, 84 reverting to last version of file, 66
envelope warp, 240 Rectangle tool, 13 Revolve 3D effect, 346
PDF, 138 rectangles RGB color mode, 177
perspective grid, 362, 364, 381 creating, 8284 Right Vanishing Point dialog box, 371
Preview mode, 51 preventing snapping to content, Rotate dialog box, 130
printable area, 54 101
Rotate 3D effect, 346
process color, 209 rounded, 8586
rotating
profile width, 100 reference point for rotations, 132
gradients, 279280, 299
proxy view area, 55, 59 Reflect dialog box, 159, 160
objects, 131132
Pucker & Bloat effect, 129131 reflecting objects, 128129, 159160 text, 229, 230231
reflowing text, 218 rounded rectangles, 8586
Q releasing ruler origin, 122, 123, 139
clipping masks, 108, 269
quick tour, 1029 rulers
content from perspective grid,
applying color, 14 changing units of measure for,
379, 380
brushes, 2829 123
Relink button, 425 showing/hiding, 82
clipping masks, 23
removing types of, 122, 139
copying content, 1920
appearance attributes, 354
creating documents, 12
drawing shapes, 13
blend from objects, 293 S
brush stroke, 308
drop shadow effects, 29 sampling
editing strokes, 1617 renaming
artboards, 53, 119120, 139 color in placed images, 419
gradients, 2425 text formats, 239
Image Trace, 2223 layers, 252
symbols, 394 Save Adobe PDF dialog box, 138
Pencil tool, 1516
placing images in Illustrator, 22 reordering Save As dialog box, 34
Shape Builder tool, 1819 appearance attributes, 338 Save For Web command
symbols, 2022 artboards, 120121 exporting content with, 429
syncing settings, 5, 9, 1213, 58 panel groups, 45 saving slices with, 432, 435437
type, 2627 symbol thumbnails, 389 saving
using layers, 1415 replacing appearance attributes as graphic
warping text, 28 linked images, 421424, 425 styles, 348

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brushes, 319 tools for, 38, 59 constraining paths with, 145, 146
color groups, 190, 195, 197, 209 using selection marquees, 63, measurement label for, 63, 82, 126
current Illustrator preferences 6566 turning off, 88
file, 34 Shape Builder tool, 1819, 102103, using with perspective grid, 362
custom color to swatch, 181182, 113 viewing alignment guides when
209 shape modes, 104 on, 63
custom work areas, 51, 59 smooth points
shapes
documents with Bristle brush Anchor Point tool for converting,
Blob Brush for editing filled, 327
paths, 316 164, 173
building combined, 101103, 113
files, 34 converting to corner points,
combining into smooth color
gradient, 276 150151, 163
blend, 296298
perspective grid presets, 364 defined, 147, 148
compound, 104105
selections, 77 Smooth tool, 306
creating clipping masks from
stroke width profiles, 100 multiple, 415 Snap Curves To Lines option (Image
symbols in library, 398 deleting multiple, 102 Trace panel), 111
tints, 188 drawing, 13 snapping to grid, 84, 365
Web content, 429437, 451 drawing behind selection,
workspaces, 46 spine of path, 292, 294
106107
Scale dialog box, 286 spot color, 186187, 209
drawing inside artwork, 107108
Scale Strokes & Effects option spraying symbol instances, 394396
editing and combining, 96100
(Transform panel), 139 ellipse, 8889, 283286 stacking order
scaling filling with color, 95 appearance attributes, 332, 337,
338
Live Shape corners, 8687 merging, 103104
defined, 74
objects, 126128, 139 Pathfinder effects for editing, 342
layer, 255, 257
placed images, 405406 polygons, 8990, 113
selecting objects behind, 75
point type, 213 rectangles, 8284
strokes and effects, 356 resizing precisely, 105 stars, 9092
symbol instances, 396 rounded rectangles, 8586 Status bar, 35
text horizontally or vertically, selecting without fill, 63, 77, 113 stroke. See also gradients
229, 230 stars, 9092 adding second, 335337, 357
Scatter brushes, 303, 327 stroke width and alignment for, adjusting width of, 96100
Scissors tool, 94, 165166 9293 applying and editing gradient on,
tools for, 113 280282
scrubbing across paths, 171
tracing raster, 110112 changing width and alignment of,
searching. See finding 9293
warping text into, 28, 239242
Selection tool choosing color of, 14
shearing objects, 133134
choosing objects with, 6264 dashed lines applied to, 166167
Show Import Options (Place dialog
selecting fill and stroke color, 14 editing, 1617
box), 407
selecting paths, 144145 effect of Outline mode on color, 93
toggling between Pen and, 144 showing/hiding
joining paths to display around
document grid, 84
selections, 6077 fill, 95
drop shadow attribute, 334
aligning objects within, 6971, 77 modifying attributes for, 333334
gradient annotator bar, 278
anchor point options for, 65 outlining, 100101
layer content, 257
choosing similar objects, 67 removing brush, 308
layers, 251, 271
Direct Selection tool for, 64 saving width profiles for, 100
objects, 76, 77
groups and items in groups, scaling effects and, 356
7274 panels, 42, 44
selecting, 63, 77
Isolation mode for, 7273 perspective grid, 366, 370, 381
varying with Width tool, 1718
Magic Wand tool for, 6667 rulers, 82
width of, 9293
making in nested groups, 7374 tools, 38
Stroke Options (Pattern Brush) dialog
object, 6264, 7476 Simplify dialog box, 112 box, 317
Outline mode for making, 68 slices Stroke panel, 1617, 92
saving, 77 creating, 432435
styling text with Warp effect,
selecting nonsequential layers, 260 saving, 432, 435437
341342
selecting paths, 144145 selecting and editing, 434435
sublayers
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339, 357 accessing from other documents, paragraph attributes for, 232233
creating, 254 399 placing Microsoft text in
deleting, 252 adding to perspective grid, 378 Illustrator, 218
merging, 260262 breaking link to, 393394 point type, 213, 215216
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files creating, 388389 reflowing, 218
about, 447, 451 defined, 20, 385 reshaping, 233235, 239242
fonts in, 450 duplicating, 390391 Rotate 3D effect for, 346347
Illustrator enhancements for, 9 editing, 385, 387388, 396397 rotating, 229, 230231
saving artwork as, 447449 editing in perspective, 378379 sampling format of, 239
viewing code for, 449 incompatible with perspective scaling, 229, 230
SVG filters, 344, 357 drawing, 378 selecting and dragging, 223
inserting on layers, 385, 393 threading, 218219, 247
SVG Options dialog box, 448, 450
lesson files for, 384 Touch Type tool for editing,
swapping stroke and fill color, 93
linked images unavailable as, 399 229232
swatch libraries, 186 renaming, 394 type on path, 242245
swatches reordering thumbnails of, 389 Type tool for creating, 247
copying, 182 replacing, 391392 using in perspective, 375
customizing and saving, 181182, updating, 399 warping, 28, 239242, 341342
209 uses of, 383, 399 working with, 2627
displaying gradient, 277 using in pattern tiles, 202203 wrapping around objects, 245
displaying in Color Picker, 185 viewing in Symbol panel menu, Text Import Options dialog box, 217
editing, 183 386 Texturizer dialog box, 345
global, 183184 working with, 2022
identifying Pantone, 187 threading text, 218219, 247
Symbols panel
saving gradient, 276277 three-point perspective, 362, 381
creating symbols in, 388
sorting pattern, 201 3D effects, 346347
options on, 385
Swatches panel reordering symbol thumbnails 3D Rotate Options dialog box,
applying pattern from, 204, 209 in, 389 346347
displaying only gradient swatches, storing and retrieving artwork thumbnails
277 in, 398 accessing link icon for image, 418
displaying swatches in Color syncing reordering symbol, 389
Picker, 185 libraries to Creative Cloud, 398 tiled windows, 57, 59
features of, 179 settings, 5, 9, 1213, 58 tiles
identifying Pantone swatches in, Typekit fonts, 221, 223, 251, about pattern, 201
187 330331 changing Pattern brush, 321
switching between
creating, 202203
artboard and global rulers, 122 T Pattern brush, 316, 318319
multiple workspaces, 34
text, 210247. See also area type; tints, 188
perspective planes, 365, 373, 374,
381 fonts; formatting text toggling
symbol instances adding second stroke to, 336 between Preview/Outline modes,
area type, 214215 51
about, 385, 387
autosizing area type, 7, 214215 between Selection/Pen tool, 144
breaking link to, 393394
changing attributes of, 227229 Transform panel on/off, 82
copying/pasting, 386
preventing artwork becoming, 389 changing between area and point tool tips, 38
type, 215216 tools. See also Tools panel; and
sizing, 399
columns of, 220 specific tools
spraying, 394396
converting to outlines, 246, 247 displaying hidden, 38
symbol libraries, 385387, 398
CSS characters styles for, found on Tools panel, 37
Symbol Options dialog box, 20, 389 441442 selecting, 38, 59
Symbol panel, 386 glyphs, 233 Symbolism, 394397, 399
symbol sets, 395, 397 graphic styles with, 352 tool tips for, 38
Symbolism tools, 394397 importing, 216217 used for perspective drawing, 365
Symbol Sizer tool, 397, 399 masking images with, 414
Tools panel
Symbol Sprayer tool, 394396 navigating fields of, 276
column display for, 39, 178
Symbol Styler tool, 397 nudging, 231
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shape tools on, 113 width point changes, 17 width profiles, 100
tools found on, 37 unembedding images, 421 width points
Touch Type tool, 229232, 247 ungrouping objects, 72 creating, 97, 99
Touch workspace, 7, 50 units of measure defined, 17
Transform panel changing for document, 123 editing, 98
aligning to pixel grid, 431 rulers, 82 Width tool
resizing shape width and height, unlocking. See locking/unlocking adjusting stroke width with, 96100
105 unnamed content, 433, 451 paths with outlined stroke
scaling placed images from, uneditable with, 100
updating
405406 working with, 1718
graphic styles, 352354
scaling strokes and effects from, windows. See also artboards;
356 linked files, 404
Document window
toggling on/off, 82 symbols, 399
fitting artboard to active, 48
transforming content, 122137 user interface brightness, 36
tiled, 57, 59
distorting objects with effects, Windows platforms
129131 V
GPU acceleration for, 9
positioning objects precisely, vanishing point, 363 showing AppData folder for, 3
125126
vector artwork specific instructions for, 1
rotating objects, 131132
about, 32 Touch workspaces for, 7, 50
shearing objects, 133134
cleaning up traced, 112 workspaces, 3059
using Free Transform tool, 135
137, 139 converting raster to, 2223, adjusting brightness of, 36
110112, 113 artboards in, 5354
using rulers and guides, 122124
using Live Paint on, 206207, 209 changing artwork views, 4851
turning on/off
vector effects, 339 Control panel, 4041
grid snapping, 84, 365
version compatibility for Typekit, 225 custom Tools panel, 9, 40
measurement labels, 126
vertical extent of perspective, 363 defined, 34
Pen tool preview, 143
Vertical Grid Extent point, 363 deleting saved, 46
pixel grid, 430
elements of, 35
tool tips, 38 View menu, 59
magnifying artwork with Zoom
Typekit fonts, 221 viewing tool, 4850
two-point perspective, 362, 381 layers, 265266 navigating multiple artboards,
Type On A Path Options dialog box, symbols in Symbol panel menu, 386 5254, 59
244245 views panel menus in, 47
type on path, 242245 creating custom artwork, 51, 59 panels in, 4244
Type tool showing/hiding rulers in, 82 resetting, 46, 331
adding area type with, 214215 Visibility column (Layers panel), 251, saving, 46
adding point type with, 213 271 switching between multiple, 34
creating text areas with, 247 syncing with Creative Cloud, 58
Typekit fonts W Tools panel, 3739
about, 2, 8, 221 Touch, 7, 50
Warp effect, 341342
applying, 2627 wrapping text, 245
Warp Options dialog box, 240, 341
Internet connections for, 26, 221,
330 warping text Z
syncing, 221, 223, 251, 330331 about, 28
envelope warp, 239242 Zoom tool, 4850
turning on, 221
styling text with Warp effect, zooming in/out
using with Package command, 225
341342 of artwork, 48, 59
Web content, 426451 keyboard shortcuts for, 48
U
aligning to pixel grid, 429432, 451 measurement label increments
undoing lesson file for, 428429 when, 117
bristle strokes, 314 named vs. unnamed, 433, 451 precision shape resizing with,
edits to perspective grid, 371 saving, 429437, 451 105, 370
Pen tool drawings, 150 slicing, 432435 resizing content in perspective
reordering of layers, 257 by, 367
width
symbol spraying, 395 selecting out port by, 218, 234
changing rectangle, 83

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Contributor
Brian Wood is a web developer and the author of ten books and numerous training titles
covering Adobe products such as Muse, Dreamweaver, InDesign, and Illustrator; as well as
training videos on Dreamweaver & CSS, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Muse, and others.

In addition to training many clients large and small, Brian speaks regularly at national
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Production Notes
The Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2014 release) was created electronically using
Adobe InDesign CC 2014. Art was produced using Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and
Adobe Photoshop.
References to company names, websites, or addresses in the lessons are for demonstration purposes only
and are not intended to refer to any actual organization or person.

Images
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Typefaces used
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