Adobe Illustrator 9.0 Classroom in a Book

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Features

• The official training series from Adobe Systems tested in Adobe's own classrooms and labs.

  • Provides students with expert and comprehensive training from Adobe. Ex.___

• Self-paced modular lessons cover a complete tour of the software.

  • Lessons build on one another so as students work through the exercises and projects they gain a complete understanding of the program. Also, lessons also can be chosen individually to learn a specific aspect of the program. Ex.___

• Lesson Objectives and Review Section—Chapter lessons open with clearly stated objectives and conclude with a review section of questions and answers.

  • Students can plan and assess their progress as they proceed from lesson to lesson. Ex.___

• CD-ROM component.

  • CD-ROM contains all the project files for the lessons. Ex.___

Description

Adobe Illustrator 9.0 Classroom in a Book shows users how to master Adobe Illustrator in short, focused lessons. Created by Adobe's own training experts, it covers all the new features of Illustrator 9, including added compatibility with Macromedia Flash, a new Transparency Palette, and superior vector and raster graphics. Readers start with an introduction to Illustrator's many tools, brushes, and palettes. Lessons include making selections, painting, gradient fills, drawing straight lines, using type and creating type masks, outlining paths with patterns, printing artwork, producing color separations, and preparing finished artwork for print or the Web. Each lesson builds upon the knowledge learned in previous lessons, so readers have a full tour of the software by the time they have finished the book. The cross-platform CD provides all the lessons and images needed for each chapter. Previous Edition ISBN: 1-56830-470-6

Sample Content

Table of Contents

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with Review Questions and Review Answers.)

Getting Started.

About Classroom in a Book. Prerequisites. Installing the Program. Installing the Classroom in a Book Fonts. Copying the Classroom in a Book Files. Restoring Default Preferences. Additional Resources.

Getting Started. Creating Basic Shapes. Combining Shapes. Creating Blends. Editing Your Drawing. Drawing Straight Lines. Painting. Scaling and Rotating Objects. Using Layers. Applying Bitmap Image Filters. Adding Type.

Getting Started. Viewing Artwork. Using the Illustrator Tools. Changing the View of Artwork. Working with Palettes. Using Context Menus. Calibrating Your Monitor. Using Online Help. Using Adobe Online Services.

Getting Started. Setting up the Document. Using Basic Shape Tools. Drawing the Pencil Shape. Drawing the Piece of Stationery. Decorating the Stationery Border. Tips for Drawing Polygons, Spirals, and Stars. Painting the Logo. Copying and Scaling Shapes. Review Questions. Review Answers. Painting Getting Started. Filling with Color. Stroking with Color. Building a Custom Palette. Copying Paint Attributes. Copying Appearance Attributes. Saturating Colors. Painting with Patterns and Gradients. Painting with a Pattern Brush.

Getting Started. Drawing Straight Lines. Drawing Curves. Editing Curves. Finishing the Pear Illustration. Exploring on Your Own.

Applying Brushes to Paths. Getting Started. Using Art Brushes. Using Scatter Brushes. Changing the Color Attributes of Brushes. Using a Fill Color with Brushes. Using Calligraphic Brushes. Using Pattern Brushes. Creating Brushes. Exploring on Your Own.

Getting Started. Scaling Objects. Rotating Objects. Distorting Objects. Shearing Objects. Positioning Objects Precisely. Reflecting Objects. Changing the Perspective. Using the Free Transform Tool. Making Multiple Transformations.

Getting Started. Adding Type to a Document. Sampling Type. Changing the Character Size. Creating Columns of Type. Changing Character Attributes of Placed Text. Changing Paragraph Attributes. Adjusting the Text Flow. Wrapping Type Around a Graphic. Typing Along a Path. Creating Type Outlines. Creating Type Masks. Saving Your File for Electronic Distribution.

Getting Started. Creating a Gradient Fill. Adjusting the Direction of the Gradient Blend. Adding Colors to a Gradient. Creating Smooth-Color Blends. Blending Intermediate Steps. Modifying the Blend. Combining Blends with Gradients. Exploring on Your Own.

Getting Started. Using Appearance Attributes. Using Live Effects. Editing an Effect. Using Styles. Copying, Applying, and Removing Styles and Appearances. Printing and Saving Files with Transparency Effects. Exploring on Your Own.

Creating Layers. Moving Objects and Layers. Locking Layers. Viewing Layers. Pasting Layers. Creating Clipping Masks. Merging Layers. Applying Appearance Attributes to Layers. Exploring on Your Own.

Getting Started. Setting Smart Guides Preferences. Painting with the Gradient Mesh Tool. Specifying the Number of Mesh Lines. Applying Colors to the Mesh. Highlighting a Mesh Object. Editing Mesh Points. Reflecting Mesh Objects. Modifying Mesh Lines. Applying Transparency to a Mesh.

Getting Started. Drawing Three-dimensional Objects. Drawing Cylinders. Drawing Boxes.

Printing: An Overview. About Printing Devices. About Color. Getting Started. Color Management. Printing Black-and-White Proofs. Soft-Proofing Colors. Using the Document Info Command. Creating Color Separations. Working with Two-color Illustrations. Creating a Trap. Overprinting Objects.

Combining Artwork. Vector Versus Bitmap Graphics. Getting Started. Placing an Adobe PhotoShop File. Duplicating a Placed Image. Adjusting Color in a Placed Image. Masking an Image. Sampling Colors in Placed Images. Replacing a Placed Image. Exporting a Layered File to PhotoShop. Exploring on Your Own.

Optimizing Images for the Web Getting Started. Exporting Flat-Color Artwork. Exporting Continuous-Tone and Gradient Artwork. Linking Objects in an Image Map to URLs. Creating a Flash Animation. Exploring on Your Own.

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