Adobe Illustrator CS Help Using Help Using Help | Contents | Index Back 1 Using Help About Help Adobe Systems Incorporated provides complete documentation in an Adobe PDF-based help system. This help system includes information on all tools, commands, and features of an application. It is designed for easy on-screen navigation and can also be printed and used as a desktop reference. Additionally, it supports third-party screen-reader applications that run in a Windows environment. Navigating in Help Help opens in an Adobe Acrobat window with the Bookmarks pane open. (If the Bookmarks pane is not open, click the Bookmarks tab at the left edge of the window.) At the top and bottom of each page is a navigation bar containing links to this page (Using Help), the table of contents (Contents), and the index (Index). 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Using Help | Contents | Index Back 2 Adobe Illustrator CS Help Contents Using Help | Contents | Index Back 3 Contents Learning about Adobe Illustrator 4 What's New in Illustrator CS 12 Tutorials 19 Looking at the Work Area 35 Creating Artwork in Illustrator 60 Basic Drawing 85 Arranging and Combining Objects 116 Reshaping Objects 159 Applying Color, Fills, and Strokes 195 Producing Consistent Color 218 Using Transparency, Gradients, and Patterns 236 Enhancing the Appearance of Objects 264 Advanced Drawing 294 Working with Bitmap Images 319 Adding Type to Artwork 323 Formatting Type 348 Creating Web Graphics 392 Saving and Exporting Artwork 423 Printing Artwork 446 Producing Color Separations 479 Automating Tasks 492 Creating Graphs 510 Keyboard Shortcuts 532 Legal Notices 543 Using Help | Contents | Index Back 3 Adobe Illustrator CS Help Learning about Adobe Illustrator Using Help | Contents | Index Back 4 Learning about Adobe Illustrator Getting Help Adobe provides a variety of options for you to learn Illustrator, including printed guides, online Help, and tool tips. You can easily access a host of continually updated Web resources for learning Illustrator, from tips and tutorials to tech support information. Getting up to speed depends on your experience with previous versions of Illustrator. Finding Help for Illustrator features If you... Are new to Illustrator and want an overview of tools and features Try this... · Browse through the information in "Working with Illustrator" on page 6 for information on specific tasks. · See the "Looking at the Work Area" chapter to get familiar with the work area and tools. · Go to the Tutorials chapter for hands-on lessons. · Use the Illustrator tool tips feature to help identify tools, buttons, and palette controls as you work in Illustrator. (See "Using tool tips" on page 45.) Are upgrading from a previous ver- · See the "What's New" chapter for information on new funcsion of Illustrator tionality in Illustrator CS. · Browse through the information in "Working with Illustrator" on page 6 for information on specific tasks. Are looking for a detailed informa- · Search for the feature in Illustrator Help or looking it up in tion about a feature the index. Want to learn about free content included with Illustrator · Choose Help > Welcome Screen, and click Cool Extras to view a catalog of templates, brushes, styles, symbols, swatches, fonts, and sample files. Want a PDF version of the Illustrator · See the AICSHelp file on the CD. User Guide and Help system Want information on keyboard shortcuts · See the Keyboard Shortcuts appendix. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 4 Adobe Illustrator CS Help Learning about Adobe Illustrator Using Help | Contents | Index Back 5 Finding Illustrator training resources If you... Want to learn new techniques for using Illustrator Try this... · Complete one of the tutorials available on the Adobe Illustrator Web site. · Choose Help > Illustrator Online to open the main Adobe Illustrator Web page. · Choose Help > Online Support to go directly to the Adobe Illustrator support page. · Open Adobe's home page at www.adobe.com. Then select Products and click the Illustrator link. Note: You must have an Internet connection and an Internet browser in order to access the Adobe Web site using these commands. Resources on the Adobe Web site are continually updated and include the following step-by-step tutorials; updates, patches, and plug-ins; Illustrator Top Issues containing the latest Illustrator technical support solutions; technical guides; a searchable database of answers to technical questions; and links to user forums. Are a developer looking for techni- Go to http://partners.adobe.com/asn/techresources.jsp. cal resources The Adobe Solutions Network (ASN) provides resources for developers, print service providers, and others interested in making the most of Adobe products and technologies. Here, you can find access to such information as SDKs, the developer knowledgebase, and technical guides for areas such as PDF, PostScript and printing technologies, fonts, XMP, and SVG. Are looking for a book or selfguided training option Visit the Adobe Press site at www.adobe.com/misc/ books.html or contact your local bookseller. Adobe Press books provide in-depth training in Adobe software, including the acclaimed Classroom in a Book® series developed by experts at Adobe. Want information about becoming Visit the Partnering with Adobe Web site at http://partan Adobe Certified Expert, Adobe ners.adobe.com. Certification is available worldwide. Certified Instructor, or Adobe Authorized Learning Provider Finding support for Illustrator If you... Try this... Want answers to common trouble- Choose Help > Online Support and follow the links to the Supshooting questions port Knowledgebase. You can browse top issues for Illustrator and search a database with answers to technical questions. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 5 Adobe Illustrator CS Help Learning about Adobe Illustrator Using Help | Contents | Index Back 6 Finding support for Illustrator If you... Want customer or technical support Try this... · Refer to the technical support card provided with your software. · When you register your product, you may be entitled to technical support for up to 90 days from the date of your first call. Terms may vary depending on the country of residence. To register online, choose Help > Registration. You can also register by filling out and returning the warranty registration card included with your software package. · See the ReadMe installed with the program for additional information. · See the Adobe Illustrator support page for information on top support issues and troubleshooting information for common problems. This support page includes access to an extensive Support Knowledgebase, which you can search for answers to specific Illustrator questions and problems. To access the Adobe Illustrator support page, choose Help > Online Support. Working with Illustrator You can work with Illustrator in different ways. Whether you're creating graphics for the Web or high-resolution images for print, Illustrator delivers easy-to-use tools and editable effects to let you experiment at will--or revise as needed--and still meet your deadlines. If you want to jump-start a project Illustrator provides a variety of professionally-designed resources to help get your creative juices flowing: · Use templates to start typical design projects. Illustrator comes with templates for business documents (letterhead, business cards, envelopes, and so on), CD and DVD booklets, brochures, certificates, greeting cards, Web sites, and more . In addition, you can create new templates to meet your design and production needs. (See "Creating new documents" on page 62 and "Creating new templates" on page 63.) · Use libraries of symbols, brushes, styles, and swatches to speed up the design process. For a catalog of the libraries, choose Help > Welcome Screen, and click Cool Extras. If you want to draw an illustration From the industry-standard Pen tool to versatile brushes and symbols, Illustrator supplies tools that support your illustration style: · Use the Pen tool to draw precise paths--smooth, flowing curves or straight lines--or use the dynamic pencil to draw on-screen as easily as you do on paper. (See "Drawing precise paths with the Pen tool" on page 98 and "Drawing freeform paths with the Pencil tool" on page 96.) Use the specialized shape tools to draw rectangles, circles, arcs, grids, spirals, stars, and more. (See "Drawing simple lines and shapes" on page 87.) · Using Help | Contents | Index Back 6 Adobe Illustrator CS Help Learning about Adobe Illustrator Using Help | Contents | Index Back 7 · Use brushes to create hand-drawn effects, such as calligraphic strokes, and paint patterns that flow along a path. Customize the brushes or edit the strokes at any time to fine-tune the image. (See "Using brushes" on page 294.) If you start an illustration by sketching it on paper, simply scan your drawing and place it into Illustrator as a template layer. Then use the Auto Trace tool to automatically trace the image. (See "Tracing artwork" on page 113.) Use symbols to add individual design elements to an illustration or create naturallooking masses of repeating elements such as foliage or crowds. (See "Drawing with symbols" on page 306 and "Using the symbolism tools" on page 310.) Create complex shapes quickly by combining simple shapes into compounds. Then edit the compounds if you need to without redrawing the original shapes. (See "Combining objects into complex shapes" on page 148.) Reshape objects with the Illustrator transformation tools. You can apply the changes interactively, or enter specific settings to control the results precisely. (See "Choosing a reshaping method" on page 159.) · · · · If you want to apply sophisticated color effects Illustrator offers advanced fill and stroke options such as patterns, gradients, and the ability to add multiple fills and strokes to a single object. In addition, you can apply transparency and masks to produce painterly, see-through effects: · Use the Transparency palette to apply transparency to vector objects, bitmap images, or type. You have the option of limiting transparency to a layer, a group, or an object's fill or stroke, and transparent objects and type remain fully editable. (See "Working with transparency" on page 236.) Apply blending modes to blend the colors of graphics and type with the colors on underlying layers. By experimenting with different mode settings in the Transparency palette, you can create a wide range of effects. (See "Using blending modes" on page 239.) Use clipping masks to cut an object away from its background, or create opacity masks to let elements on an underlying layer show through an object. (See "Using cl ...