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| Getting Started | |
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| About Classroom in a Book | |
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| Prerequisites | |
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| Installing the program | |
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| Installing the Classroom in a Book fonts | |
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| Copying the Classroom in a Book files | |
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| Restoring default preferences | |
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| Additional resources | |
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| A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Creating a basic blend | |
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| Creating a symbol | |
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| Creating a clipping mask | |
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| Using the align feature | |
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| Using the pathfinder feature | |
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| Creating a clipping mask | |
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| Using the new 3-D effect | |
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| Cloning the crayon | |
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| Changing the color of the crayon | |
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| Applying transparency | |
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| Creating the crescent shape | |
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| Adding live effects | |
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| Getting to Know the Work Area | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Viewing artwork | |
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| Changing the view of artwork | |
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| Using Adobe online services | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Selection Basics | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Using the Selection tool | |
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| The Direct Selection tool | |
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| Exploring on your own | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Creating Basic Shapes | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Setting up the document | |
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| Using basic shape tools | |
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| Drawing the pencil shape | |
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| Drawing the piece of stationery | |
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| Drawing with the Rectangular Gird tool | |
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| Decorating the stationery border | |
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| Tips for drawing polygons, spirals, and stars | |
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| Painting the logo | |
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| Copying and scaling shapes | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Drawing with the Pen tool | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Creating straight lines | |
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| Creating curved paths | |
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| Building a curve | |
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| Curves and corner anchor points | |
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| Creating the pear illustration | |
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| Editing curves | |
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| Finishing the pear illustration | |
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| Exploring on your own | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Painting | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Filling with color | |
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| Stroking with color | |
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| Building custom swatches | |
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| Copying paint attributes | |
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| Copying appearance attributes | |
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| Saturating a color | |
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| Painting with patterns and gradients | |
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| Painting with a Pattern brush | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Applying Transparency and Blending Modes | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Changing the opacity of an object | |
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| Changing the blending modes | |
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| Isolating the blending | |
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| Using an opacity mask | |
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| Editing an opacity mask | |
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| Exploring on your own | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Working with Layers | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Creating layers | |
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| Locking layers | |
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| Viewing layers | |
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| Pasting layers | |
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| Creating clipping masks | |
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| Merging layers | |
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| Applying appearance attributes to layers | |
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| Exploring on your own | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Transforming Objects | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Scaling objects | |
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| Rotating objects | |
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| Distorting objects | |
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| Shearing objects | |
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| Positioning objects precisely | |
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| Reflecting objects | |
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| Changing the perspective | |
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| Using the Free Transform tool | |
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| Making multiple transformations | |
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| Exploring on your own | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Working with Placement and Order of Objects | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Creating custom guides | |
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| Creating the vector logo | |
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| Applying the warp and pathfinder features | |
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| Arrangement and object order | |
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| Putting the logo together | |
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| Exploring on your own | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Applying Appearance Attributes, Styles, and Effects | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Using appearance attributes | |
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| Copying, applying, and removing styles and appearances | |
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| Saving and printing files with transparency effects | |
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| Exporting and importing flattening settings | |
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| Exploring on your own | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Working with type | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Adding type to a document | |
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| Sampling type | |
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| Changing the character size | |
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| Reshaping text with an envelope | |
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| Creating columns of type | |
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| Changing character attributes of placed text | |
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| Changing paragraph attributes | |
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| Saving and Using Styles | |
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| Wrapping type around a graphic | |
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| Typing along a path | |
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| Creating type outlines | |
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| Creating type masks | |
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| Saving your file for electronic distribution | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Blending Shapes and Colors | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Creating a gradient fill | |
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| Adjusting the direction of the gradient blend | |
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| Adding colors to a gradient | |
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| Creating smooth-color blends | |
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| Blending intermediate steps | |
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| Modifying the blend | |
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| Combining blends with gradients | |
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| Exploring on your own | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Working with Symbols | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Creating a symbol | |
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| Using the Symbolism tools | |
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| Editing symbols | |
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| Updating a symbol | |
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| Using the Symbols palette as a database | |
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| Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork | |
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| Exploring on your own | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Working with Brushes and Scribbles | |
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| Applying brushes to paths | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Using Art brushes | |
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| Using Scatter brushes | |
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| Applying a scatter brush to paths | |
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| Changing the color attributes of brushes | |
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| Using a fill color with brushes | |
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| Using Calligraphic brushes | |
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| Using Pattern brushes | |
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| Creating brushes | |
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| Applying the Scribble effect | |
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| Exploring on your own | |
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| Using a brush library | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Creating Airbrush Effects | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Setting Smart Guides preferences | |
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| Painting with the Mesh tool | |
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| Applying colors to the mesh | |
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| Highlighting a mesh object | |
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| Editing mesh points | |
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| Reflecting mesh objects | |
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| Modifying mesh lines | |
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| Warping a mesh | |
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| Applying transparency to a mesh | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Using the 3D Effect | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Creating a banner logo with the Warp effect | |
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| Using Brushes for decoration | |
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| Turning the artwork into symbols | |
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| Creating the 3D cylinder | |
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| Using the 3D Extrude effect | |
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| Using the 3D Rotate effect | |
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| Exploring on your own | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Printing Artwork and Producing Color Separations | |
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| Printing: An overview | |
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| About printing devices | |
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| About color | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Color management | |
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| Printing black-and-white proofs | |
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| Soft-proofing colors | |
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| Using the Document Info command | |
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| Creating color separations | |
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| Working with two-color illustrations | |
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| Creating a trap | |
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| Overprinting objects | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Combining Illustrator Graphics and Photoshop Images | |
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| Combining artwork | |
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| Vector versus bitmap graphics | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Placing an Adobe Photoshop file | |
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| Duplicating a placed image | |
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| Adjusting color in a placed image | |
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| Masking an image | |
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| Sampling colors in placed images | |
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| Replacing a placed image | |
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| Exporting a layered file to Photoshop | |
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| Exploring on your own | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Creating a Web Publication | |
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| About Web format and compression options | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Slicing artwork for Web pages | |
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| Exporting flat-color artwork | |
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| Exporting continuous-tone and gradient artwork | |
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| Linking slices to URLs | |
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| Saving your Web page as an HTML file with images | |
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| Creating a Flash animation from symbols | |
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| Exploring on your own with Adobe Photoshop | |
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| Review questions | |
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| Review answers | |
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| Working with Version Cue | |
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| Index | |