Adobe ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Manual

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User Guide

Adobe® Illustrator® CS2 User Guide for Windows® and Macintosh

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Contents

Chapter 1: Getting started

Installation and registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Adobe Help Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Tips and training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

What’s new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 2: Tutorials

Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 3: Work area

Work area basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Palettes, tools, and menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Files and templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Viewing artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Rulers, grids, and guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Customizing the work area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Setting preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Recovery and undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Chapter 4: Adobe Bridge

The basics of Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Files and folders in Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Bridge Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Running automated tasks with Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Metadata in Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Using Version Cue with Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Chapter 5: Adobe Stock Photos

Adobe Stock Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Comp images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Buying stock photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Stock Photos accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Chapter 6: Adobe Version Cue

Using Adobe Version Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Working with Version Cue projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Working with files in Version Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Disconnecting from projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Deleting files, folders, and projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Version Cue versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Version Cue alternates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Editing and synchronizing offline files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

The Version Cue Administration utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Creating and editing projects in Version Cue Administration . . . . . . . 127

Backing up and restoring from Version Cue Administration . . . . . . . .132

Working with users and privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Viewing logs, reports, and workspace information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Version Cue PDF reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Chapter 7: Drawing

About drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Drawing simple lines and shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Drawing with the Pencil tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Drawing with the Pen tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Reshaping paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Adding, deleting, and converting anchor points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Smoothing and simplifying paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Erasing, splitting, and joining paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Tracing artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Template layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Sets of symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Drawing flares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Chapter 8: Color

About color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Selecting colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Using and creating swatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Managing swatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Adjusting colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Chapter 9: Color management

Understanding color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Keeping colors consistent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Color-managing imported images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Color-managing documents for online viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Proofing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Color-managing documents when printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Working with color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Color settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Chapter 10: Painting

About painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Fills and strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Live Paint groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

Creating and modifying brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Blending modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Gradients, meshes, and color blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Chapter 11: Arranging objects

Selecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262

Moving objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Aligning and distributing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272

Rotating objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

Reflecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

Using layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Stacking objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Grouping and expanding objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Duplicating objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

Locking, hiding, and deleting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

Chapter 12: Reshaping objects

Transforming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Scaling objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Shearing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295

Distorting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297

Combining objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Cutting, dividing, and trimming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Clipping masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

Blending objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Reshaping objects with effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Creating 3D objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Chapter 13: Importing, exporting, and saving

Importing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

Bitmap images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

Adobe PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330

EPS and DCS files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331

Importing artwork from Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Saving artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Exporting artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Creating Adobe PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Adobe PDF options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

File information and metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

Chapter 14: Type

Updating legacy text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360

Creating type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Importing and exporting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364

Area type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Type on a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Letterforms as graphic objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378

Selecting type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380

Formatting characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381

Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Line and character spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Underline, strikethrough, caps, superscripts, and subscripts . . . . . . . .388

Special characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389

Scaling and rotating type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394

Formatting paragraphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395

Hyphenation and line breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400

Character and paragraph styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Formatting Asian characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Mojikumi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411

Kinsoku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Burasagari, leading, and kurikaeshi moji shori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414

Creating composite fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416

Chapter 15: Creating special effects

Appearance attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Copying appearance attributes between objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Working with effects and filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Summary of effects and filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426

Drop shadows, glows, and feathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434

Making objects look hand-sketched . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436

Changing vector graphics to bitmap images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Creating mosaics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438

Graphic styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Chapter 16: Web graphics

Best practices for creating web graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442

Slices and image maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

SVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447

Creating animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450

Optimizing and saving web graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Web graphics formats and options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Output settings for web graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464

Chapter 17: Printing

Basic printing tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468

Printing color separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .469

Setting up pages for printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472

Cropping artwork for printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .475

Printer’s marks and bleed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .476

PostScript printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Printing with color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480

Printing gradients, meshes, and color blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481

Printing and saving transparent artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Overprinting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490

Trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .492

Print presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496

Chapter 18: Automating tasks

Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .498

Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504

Data-driven graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505

Chapter 19: Graphs

Creating graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Formatting graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Adding pictures and symbols to graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .520

Chapter 20: Keyboard shortcuts

Customizing keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Default keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526

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Chapter 1: Getting started

Installation and registration

To install

1 Close any Adobe® applications that are open.

2 Insert the product CD into your computer’s CD drive.

3 Double-click the CD icon, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

After the installation, you may be prompted to activate your copy of the product. (See “To activate” on page 1.)

For more detailed instructions about installing the product, see the How To Install file on the product CD. For instructions about uninstalling the product, see the How To Uninstall file on the product CD.

To activate

Activation is a simple, anonymous process you must complete within 30 days of installing the product. Activation allows you to continue using the product, and it helps prevent casual copying of the product onto more computers than the license agreement allows. To learn more about activation, visit the Adobe website at

www.adobe.com/activation/main.html.

1 Start the product to access the Activation dialog box. (If you’ve just installed Adobe Creative Suite or Adobe

Photoshop®, the Activation dialog box appears automatically.)

2 Follow the on-screen instructions.

Important: If you intend to install the product on a different computer, you must first transfer the activation to that computer. To transfer an activation, choose Help > Transfer Activation.

For more detailed instructions about activating the product and transferring an activation, see the How To Install file on the product CD.

To register

Register your Adobe product to receive complimentary support on installation and product defects and notifications about product updates. Registering your product also gives you access to the wealth of tips, tricks, and tutorials in Adobe Studio® and access to Adobe Studio Exchange, an online community where users download and share thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products. Adobe Studio is available in English, French, German, and Japanese. Find it from the home page of the Adobe website.

❖ Do one of the following:

• Install and activate the software to access the Registration dialog box, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

An active Internet connection is required.

• Register at any time by choosing Help > Registration.

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“Adobe Studio” on page 7

“Extras” on page 9

Adobe Help Center

About Adobe Help Center

Adobe Help Center is a free, downloadable application that includes three primary features.

Product Help Provides Help topics for Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe CS2 products installed on your

system. (If none of these products are installed, Help topics for them aren’t available.) Help topics are updated periodically and can be downloaded through Adobe Help Center preferences.

Expert Support Provides information about Adobe Expert Support plans and lets you store details about plans

you’ve purchased. If you have an active support plan, you can also use the Expert Support section to submit web cases—questions sent to Adobe support professionals over the web. To access links in the Expert Support section, you must have an active Internet connection.

More Resources Provides easy access to the extensive resources on Adobe.com, including support pages, user

forums, tips and tutorials, and training. You can also use this area to store contact information for friends, colleagues, or support professionals, or even websites you turn to for inspiration or troubleshooting information.

Product Help, Expert Support, and More Resources in Adobe Help Center

See also

“Using Help” on page 3

“To search Help topics” on page 5

“To navigate Help” on page 4

To check for updates

Adobe periodically provides updates to software and to topics in Adobe Help Center. You can easily obtain these updates through Adobe Help Center. An active Internet connection is required.

1 Click the Preferences button

2 In the Preferences dialog box, click Check For Updates. If updates are available, follow the on-screen directions to

download and save them.

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To set Adobe Help Center preferences

1 Click the Preferences button . Set any of the following options:

Region Specifies your geographical location. Changing this option may affect which services are available to you.

Language Specifies the language in which Expert Support content is displayed.

Display Renewal Reminders For Expert Support Contracts Displays reminder screens when your Expert Support

plan has almost expired. Deselect this option if you’d like to turn off these reminders.

Enable Auto Login For Web Case Submission Allows you to submit support questions over the web. This option is

available only if you have an active Expert Support plan.

User Interface Language Specifies the language in which Adobe Help Center interface text is displayed.

Check For Updates Searches for new updates to software and Help topics as they become available from Adobe.

Network Administrators Displays options for network administration.

2 Click OK.

To display More Resources

The More Resources section in Adobe Help Center provides easy access to some of the content and services available from the Adobe website, including support, training, and tutorials.

❖ To display this section, click More Resources.

To add contact information in More Resources

1 Click More Resources, and then click Personal Contacts.

2 Do any of the following:

• To add a contact, click New, type the contact information you want to save, and click OK.

• To edit a contact, click a contact in the list, click Edit, make changes to the information, and click OK.

• To delete a contact, click a contact in the list, and then click Delete. To confirm the deletion, click Yes when

prompted, or click No to cancel.

Using Help

The complete documentation for using your Adobe product is available in Help, a browser-based system you can access through Adobe Help Center. Help topics are updated periodically, so you can always be sure to have the most recent information available. For more information, see “To check for updates” on page 2.

Important: Adobe Help systems include all of the information in the printed user guides, plus additional information not included in print. The Resources and Extras CD included with the software also includes a PDF version of the complete Help content, optimized for printing.

A B C D E

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Product Help section of Adobe Help Center

A. Returns you to Help home page B. Adds bookmark for current topic C. Prints contents of right pane D. Opens Preferences dialog box E. Opens About Adobe Help Center window

See also

“To navigate Help” on page 4

“To search Help topics” on page 5

To navigate Help

❖ Do any of the following:

• To view Help for a product, choose the product name from the Help For menu. (To view only topics that apply

across all Creative Suite products, choose Adobe Creative Suite.)

• To expand or collapse a section, click the blue triangle to the left of the section name.

• To display a topic , click its title.

See also

“To use bookmarks” on page 6

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To search Help topics

Search using words or phrases to quickly find topics. You can search Help for one product or for all Adobe products you’ve installed. If you find a topic that you may want to view again, bookmark it for quick retrieval.

1 In Adobe Help Center, click Product Help.

2 Type oneormorewords in theSearchbox.TosearchacrossHelpfor allAdobe products youhaveinstalled,click

the black triangle to the left of the Search box and choose Search All Help.

Search Help for one product or for all products you’ve installed

3 Click Search. Topics matching the search words appear in the navigation pane.

4 To view a topic, click its title.

5 To return to the navigation pane, do one of the following:

• Click the Home button.

• Click the Back button.

• Click Next Topic or Previous Topic.

See also

“To print a topic from Help” on page 5

“To use bookmarks” on page 6

Search tips

Adobe Help search works by searching the entire Help text for topics that contain all of the words typed in the Search box. These tips can help you improve your search results in Help:

• If you search using a phrase, such as “shape tool,” put quotation marks around the phrase. The search returns only

those topics containing all words in the phrase.

• Make sure that the search terms are spelled correctly.

• If a search term doesn’t yield results, try using a synonym, such as “web” instead of “Internet.”

To print a topic from Help

1 Select the topic you want to print, and click the Print button.

2 Choose the printer you’d like to use, and then click Print.

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To change the view

By default, Adobe Help Center opens in Full view. Full view gives you access to the Product Help, Expert Support, and More Resources sections. Switch to Compact view when you want to see only the selected Help topic and you want to keep the Help window on top of your product workspace.

❖ Click the view icon to switch between Full and Compact views.

To use bookmarks

You can bookmark especially helpful topics for easy access, just as you bookmark pages in a web browser, and reread them at another time.

1 Click the Bookmarks tab in the navigation pane to view the bookmarks.

2 Do any of the following in the Bookmarks pane:

• To create a bookmark, select the topic you want to mark, and click the Bookmark button . When the Bookmark

dialog box appears, type a new name in the text box if desired, and then click OK.

• To delete a bookmark, select it and click the Delete button. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.

• To rename a bookmark, select it and then click the Rename button . In the dialog box, type a new name for the

bookmark and then click OK.

• To move a bookmark, select it and then click the Move Up button or the Move Down button .

Tips and training

Learning resources

Adobe provides a wide range of resources to help you learn and use Adobe products.

• “Tutorials in Help” on page 7: Short step-by-step lessons through Adobe Help Center.

• “Total Training Video Workshop CD” on page 7: Professional training videos from experts.

• “Adobe Studio” on page 7: Videos, tips and tricks, and other learning material on Adobe products.

• Adobe Creative Suite Design Guide (Adobe Creative Suite only): A full-color printed book about using Adobe

Creative Suite 2 as a complete design and publishing toolbox, including five guided projects on print, web, and mobile workflows.

• “Technical information” on page 8: Reference material, scripting guides, and other in-depth information.

• “Other resources” on page 8: Training, books, user forums, product certification, and more.

• Support: Complimentary and paid technical support options from Adobe.

• “Extras” on page 9: Downloadable content and software.

See also

“About Adobe Help Center” on page 2

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Tutorials in Help

The Help system for each Adobe CS2 product includes several step-by-step tutorials on key features and concepts. These tutorials are also available in the complete, printable, PDF version of the Help contents, included on the Resources and Extras CD.

To use these tutorials with the product, select the tutorial you want from the Contents pane in Adobe Help Center, and click the View icon to switch to Compact view. Compact view keeps the Help window on top of the application windows, regardless of what window or application is selected. Drag an edge or a corner of the Help window to resize it.

See also

“Adobe Studio” on page 7

“Total Training Video Workshop CD” on page 7

“Other resources” on page 8

Total Training Video Workshop CD

Presented by experts in their fields, Total Training videos provide overviews, demos of key new features, and many useful tips and techniques for beginning and advanced users. Look for accompanying step-by-step instructions to selected Total Training videos in monthly updates to Adobe Studio.

Short Total Training web videos on a variety of products and topics are also available in Adobe Studio, and complete Total Training courseware can be purchased online from the Adobe Store.

See also

“Adobe Studio” on page 7

“Other resources” on page 8

Adobe Studio

Adobe Studio provides a huge wealth of tips and tricks, tutorials, and instructional content in video, Adobe PDF, and HTML, authored by experts from Adobe and its publishing partners. You can search the entire collection or sort by product, topic, date, and type of content; new content is added monthly. Adobe Studio is available in English, French, German, and Japanese. Find it from the home page of the Adobe website.

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Tips and tutorials in Adobe Studio

See also

“Total Training Video Workshop CD” on page 7

“Other resources” on page 8

Technical information

The Technical information folder on the Resources and Extras CD included with your Adobe product includes several useful documents in PDF, fully searchable and optimized for printing. These documents provide conceptual and reference material on various in-depth topics, such as scripting, transparency, and high-end printing. For complete developer documentation and resources, visit the Developers area of the Adobe website at

http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/main.html. For additional backgrounders and instructional content,

visit Adobe Studio.

The Resources and Extras CD also includes the entire Help content optimized for printing. Note that the Help content includes everything in the printed Adobe user guides, plus much more.

See also

“Adobe Studio” on page 7

“Other resources” on page 8

Other resources

Additional sources of information and help are available for Adobe products.

• Visit the Training area of the Adobe website for access to Adobe Press books; online, video, and instructor-led

training resources; Adobe software certification programs; and more.

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• Visit the Adobe user forums, where users share tips, ask questions, and find out how others are getting the most

out of their software. User forums are available in English, French, German, and Japanese on the main Support page of your local Adobe website.

• Visit the Support area of the Adobe website for additional information about free and paid technical support

options. Top issues are listed by product on the Adobe U.S. and Adobe Japan websites.

• Visit the Developers area of the Adobe website to find information for software and plug-in developers, including

SDKs, scripting guides, and technical resources.

• ClickMoreResources in AdobeHelpCentertoaccessmanyofthe resourcesonthe Adobewebsite andtocreate

your own list of frequently visited user groups and websites and valuable contacts.

• Look in Bridge Center for RSS feeds on the latest technical announcements, tutorials, and events. To access Bridge

Center, select it in the Favorites panel in Adobe Bridge. (Bridge Center is available with Adobe Creative Suite only.)

See also

“To display More Resources” on page 3

“Learning resources” on page 6

Extras

The Resourcesand Extras CD included withyour CS2 product includes a Goodies folder that containsbonus content and files for use with your Adobe product. For more free content and add-ons, visit Adobe Studio Exchange, an online community where users download and share thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobeproducts. To visitAdobe Studio Exchange,gotoAdobe Studio from thehomepageofthe Adobewebsite.

In addition,your CS2product includesAdobe Stock Photos, an integratedservice available within Adobe Bridge that lets you search, view, try, and buy royalty-free stock photography from leading stock libraries. Because of the tight integration between Stock Photos and CS2 products, you can download images directly into your Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, and Adobe GoLive® projects. From Photoshop, you can open any downloaded image.

See also

“Adobe Studio” on page 7

“About Adobe Stock Photos” on page 71

“About Adobe Bridge” on page 48

Other downloads

TheDownloads area of theAdobe websiteincludesfreeupdates,tryouts, andother useful software.Inaddition, the Plug-ins section of the Adobe Store provides access to thousands of plug-ins from third-party developers, helping you automate tasks, customize workflows, create specialized professional effects, and more.

See also

“About Adobe Stock Photos” on page 71

“Other resources” on page 8

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What’s new

New features

Live Trace LiveTraceautomaticallyturnsplacedimagesintobeautifullydetailedvectorgraphicsthatareeasytoedit,

resize, and manipulate without distortion. Live Trace reduces the amount of time it takes to recreate a scanned drawing on-screen from days to minutes or seconds, without loss of quality. You can interactively adjust the results of a Live Trace using a rich assortment of vectorization options, including preprocessing, tracing, and overlay options. (See “About tracing artwork” on page 165.)

Live Paint Live Paint lets you paint vector graphics more intuitively by automatically detecting and correcting gaps

that previously would have affected how fills and strokes were applied. Instead of having to plan every detail of an illustration in advance to ensure the right shading and colors, you can work more as you would coloring by hand on paper. (See “About Live Paint” on page 228.)

Enhanced support for spot colors in raster images and effects Use spot colors in new ways:

• Apply spot colors in raster-based effects, such as drop shadows, glows, feathers, and blurs.

• Colorize an embedded grayscale image with one spot or process color, in either CMYK or RGB document color

spaces. Color can be applied by dragging onto the image or just by clicking on the Swatches palette. (See “To colorize grayscale or 1-bit images” on page 196.)

• Preserve spot-color rasters and spot-colorized grayscale images when saving to AI, EPS, or PDF files or when

exporting to legacy EPS or legacy AI formats. These spot colors will print accurately from Adobe InDesign® CS2 or QuarkXPress 6 or later, and from Adobe Acrobat® 6.0 or 7.0 Professional.

Offset a stroke on its path Control whether a stroke is centered on a path or positioned on the inside or the outside

of the path. (See “To change the stroke’s color, width, and alignment” on page 224.)

Type enhancements Apply underlining and strikethrough to text using the Character palette. (See “To underline or

strike through text” on page 388.) Experience improved performance working with advanced typographical controls.

Workspace management Customize your Illustrator workspace to suit your creative workflow:

• Select commonly used options from the context-sensitive Control palette, which reduces the number of palettes

you need to have open. In addition, the Control palette makes options more accessible and allows you to work with different features more quickly. (See “About the Control palette” on page 33.)

• Arrange palettes and defaults to support a specific workflow or client project, and then save the setup as a named

workspacethatyou canactivateatany time or sharewithother people or computers. Workspaces help youcontrol on-screen clutter and streamline the tools available to you for different tasks. (See “To save a custom workspace” on page 45.)

Expanded support for Wacom tablets Take advantage of new Wacom tablet features, including pressure tip and

eraser, tilt two side switches, barrel rotation, and large felt-marker-shaped nib. Illustrator® CS2 has built-in support for the new Wacom Intuos3 tablet.

Place Photoshop® layer comps You can now control the visibility of layer comps in linked, embedded, and opened

Photoshop files as easily as you control the visibility of regular Photoshop layers. (See “Photoshop import options” on page 333.)

New SVG and SWF options Save rich graphical content in SVG-Tiny format, which is optimized for mobile wireless

devices. Then incorporate these graphics into your mobile design and development workflows. (See “SVG format options” on page 338.)

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Export Adobe Illustrator artwork as SWF (Flash) files with more control over mapping layers to animation frames, maintaining the appearance of stylized text, and file compression. (See “Macromedia Flash export options” on page 342.)

New Adobe PDF options Illustrator has long used Adobe PDF as its native file format, which makes it easy for clients

and others to open and review your artwork files in Adobe Acrobat or the free Adobe Reader®. Now you can export Illustrator artwork to multipage PDF files and take advantage of PDF/X standards. (See “About Adobe PDF” on page 346.)

Adobe Bridge Organize and browse Illustrator and other creative assets using Adobe Bridge, an independent file-

management system that you can launch from within Illustrator CS2. Through Adobe Bridge, you can automate workflows across Adobe Creative Suite 2 applications, apply consistent color settings across Adobe applications, and access version control features and online stock photo purchase services. A Start Page provides centralized control of settings, as well as ongoing access to tips and tutorials in Adobe Studio. (See “About Adobe Bridge” on page 48.)

Templates and other professionally designed content Get a jump on the design process with new professionally

designed templates and other easily accessible content. Click Browse Cool Extras on the Welcome Screen (choose Help > Welcome Screen) to view templates and sample files in Adobe Bridge.

Chapter 2: Tutorials

Tutorials

Below you will find a list of tutorials that will help you get started using Illustrator quickly. Before going through the tutorials, it’s helpful to know how to create and save documents. (See “To create a new document” on page 34 and “Saving and exporting artwork” on page 334.)

In addition to these tutorials, Adobe provides a variety of resources for learning Illustrator. (See “Learning resources” on page 6.)

For more advanced tutorials, go to Adobe Studio at

See also

“Design a quick logo or web button” on page 12

“Discover the power of compound shapes” on page 15

“Paint illustrations with graphic styles” on page 19

“Create headline type with a twist” on page 22

“Play with hand-painted effects” on page 25

http://studio.adobe.com. (A one-time registration is required.)

Design a quick logo or web button

Adobe Illustrator provides a variety of tools for creating basic geometric shapes, as well as hundreds of professionally designed symbols. Follow along and learn how to use shapes and symbols as building blocks for artwork.

1. Draw a shape.

Hold down the mouse on a shape tool in the toolbox, and select the shape tool you want to use. Then drag in the document window to draw the shape.

We selected the Ellipse tool and held down the Shift key while dragging to draw a circle. Holding down the Shift key tells Illustrator to constrain proportions. For example, you can use the Shift key with the Rectangle tool to draw a square.

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2. Fill the shape with color.

Click the Fill box in the Control palette. (The Control palette is at the top of the work area, just beneath the menu bar. If you don’t see it, choose Window > Control Palette.) This tells Illustrator that you want to apply color inside the shape rather than to its stroke (or outline). Then click any swatch to fill the shape with color.

If you don’t like any of the default swatches, there are several other ways to select a color. Double-click the Fill box in the toolbox to select a color using the Color Picker, or choose Window > Color to select a color using the Color palette. Or choose Window > Swatch Libraries, and choose a swatch library from the submenu.

3. Change the shape’s stroke weight.

In the Control palette, type a different value in the Stroke Weight box, and press Enter or Return to apply the change.

We increased the stroke weight to 3 points. Although we decided to stick with a black stroke, you can change the stroke color by clicking the stroke box in the Control palette and selecting a different color.

4. Place a symbol instance.

If the Symbols palette isn’t showing, choose Window > Symbols. The Symbols palette displays a variety of default symbols; however, many additional symbols are available to you through symbol libraries.Toopenasymbol library, click the triangle icon at the top right corner of the Symbols palette, and choose an option from the Open Symbol Library submenu.

Once you locate the symbol you want to use, drag it from the palette into the document window. The placed symbol is called a symbol instance. We used the Home symbol from the Web Icons symbol library.

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5. Resize the symbol instance.

Depending on the size of the symbol instance, you may want to make it larger or smaller. First select the Selection tool in the toolbox and click the symbol instance. Then drag one of the corner handles on the symbol instance to enlarge or reduce it. As with drawing shapes, holding down the Shift key as you drag causes Illustrator to constrain the proportions of the symbol instance.

You can also use the Scale tool or the Transform palette to resize selected objects in the document window. (See “Scaling objects” on page 293.)

6. Align the symbol instance and the shape.

Make sure the Selection tool is still active in the toolbox, and drag a marquee around both the shape and symbol instance. Then choose Window > Align to show the Align palette.

The Align palette contains buttons for aligning and distributing objects. First, we clicked the Horizontal Align Center button. Then we clicked the Vertical Align Center button.

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7. Experiment with design variations.

Now that you have a basic design, experiment with different variations. For example, if you want to apply a different fill and stroke to the symbol instance, select the instance in the document window and click the Break Link To Symbol button in the Symbols palette. Once the link to the symbol is broken, the object is no longer a symbol, so you can apply different fills and strokes to it.

We went one step further by applying a variety of gradients to our design. First, we drew another circle, chose Object > Arrange > Send To Back, and realigned all three objects using the Align palette. We filled the objects with a default gradient from the Swatches palette. Then, we selected just the outer circle and used the Gradient tool to reverse the direction of the gradient. (See “To apply a gradient in a different direction” on page 252.) Our final design will make a great web button, so we used the Save For Web command to save it in GIF format. (See “To optimize and save web graphics” on page 452.)

Discover the power of compound shapes

Using compound shapes is one of the easiest ways to create illustrations in Adobe Illustrator. You start by drawing basic shapes and then use the Pathfinder palette to combine them in different ways. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to add and subtract shapes, as well as how to use the Layers palette.

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1. Draw a series of overlapping ellipses.

First, click the Default Fill And Stroke button in the toolbox. This sets the fill to white and the stroke to black. Then select the Ellipse tool, and drag to draw a series of overlapping ellipses.

To move an ellipse, select it with the Selection tool and drag it to a different location. When you’re satisfied with the placement of all the shapes, drag around all the ellipses to select them.

2. Add the ellipses together.

If the Pathfinder palette isn’t showing, choose Window > Pathfinder. Then click the Add To Shape Area button in the Pathfinder palette.

You just created a compound shape (a shape that consists of two or more objects). You can verify this by looking in the Layers palette. If the Layers palette isn’t showing, choose Window > Layers. Then click the triangle to the left of Layer 1 to see the listing for the compound shape.

3. Subtract a rectangle.

Select the Rectangle tool and draw a rectangle that overlaps the bottom of the compound shape. When you’re finished drawing, use the Selection tool to select all the shapes. Then click the Subtract From Shape Area button in the Pathfinder palette.

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It may be difficult to tell what changed while all the shapes are selected, so click anywhere on the artboard to deselect them. Now you can see that the rectangle has been subtracted from the ellipses. If you look in the Layers palette, you’ll see that Illustrator created a new compound shape containing the rectangle and the first compound shape.

4. Rename the compound shape in the Layers palette.

Double-click the words “Compound Shape” in the Layers palette. Enter a more meaningful name for the shape, and click OK. We named our shape “Cloud.”

The Layers palette is very useful for keeping track of the objects in a document. In addition, you can use it to select objects by clicking in the selection column between the circle and the scroll bar. (See “About the Layers palette” on page 278.)

5. Draw three nested circles.

You’ll use the circles to create a sun, so draw them in proportion to the cloud. Start by selecting the Ellipse tool, and Shift+dragging to draw the outer circle. Then position the pointer over the center of the circle, and Shift+Alt+drag (Windows) or Shift+Option+drag (Mac OS) to draw the middle circle. (Holding down the Alt or Option key lets you draw the circle from the center outward.) Repeat again to draw the inner circle.

We named the circles “Outer Circle,” “Middle Circle,” and “Inner Circle” in the Layers palette.

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6. Create the sun’s rays.

Select the outer circle and choose Effect > Distort & Transform > Zig Zag. Select Preview, and adjust the values for Size and Ridges Per Segment. When you’re satisfied with the results, click OK.

7. Make the sun a compound shape.

Select the outer circle, then hold down Shift and select the middle circle. (Holding down Shift lets you select multiple objects.) Click the Subtract From Shape Area button in the Pathfinder palette to combine the two shapes. Hold down Shift, select the inner circle, and click the Add To Shape Area button in the Pathfinder palette.

We named the compound shape “Sun” in the Layers palette.

8. Move the sun behind the cloud.

Select the sun, and choose Object > Arrange > Send Backward. Then use the Selection tool to drag the sun behind the cloud.

Notice how the sun is now listed below the cloud in the Layers palette. This is because the Layers palette reflects the stacking order of your artwork. You can change the stacking order by dragging objects up or down in the Layers palette. (See “About the stacking order” on page 282.)

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Paint illustrations with graphic styles

In the previous tutorial, you learned how to create the outlines, or paths, of an illustration. Now you’ll use graphic styles to paint your illustration with colors and effects. Adobe Illustrator comes with hundreds of professionally designed graphic styles that let you change the appearance of artwork with a single click. And graphic styles are fully reversible, so you can always go back to your original illustration if you don’t like the results.

1. Target the cloud in the Layers palette.

In the Layers palette, click the circle (called the target icon) at the right edge of the cloud’s listing. When the target icon displays a double ring, the item is targeted.

Targeting may seem simple, but it’s a commonly forgotten step when applying graphic styles and effects. Targeting is especially important when you want to apply a style or effect to everything in a layer. (See “About targeting” on page 420.)

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2. Apply a graphic style to the cloud.

If the Graphic Styles palette isn’t showing, choose Window > Graphic Styles. The Graphic Styles palette displays a variety of default graphic styles; however, many additional graphic styles are available to you through graphic style libraries. To open a graphic style library, click the triangle icon at the top right corner of the Graphic Styles palette, and choose an option from the Open Graphic Style Library submenu.

Once you locate the graphic style you want to use, click it. We used the Raised Edges graphic style from the Image Effects library.

3. View appearance attributes of the graphic style.

Choose Select > Deselect to deselect the clouds, and if the Appearance palette isn’t showing, choose Window > Appearance. The Appearance palette lists appearance attributes—propertiesthataffectthe look of an object without altering its underlying structure. These include fills, strokes, transparency settings, and effects.

In ourcase, no artworkistargeted, so thetop listingshouldread“No Selection:” followed by thenameofthe current graphic style. The specific appearance attributes depend on the graphic style you selected in step 2. Some attributes may have triangles to the left of them. This means that the attribute includes effects or transparency settings. You can expand or collapse the attribute by clicking the triangle. (See “Using the Appearance palette” on page 419.)

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4. Edit the graphic style.

Click each color swatch in the Appearance palette and choose different colors using the Swatches palette or Color palette. You probably want to choose colors in the yellow to red range because you’ll apply the new graphic style to the sun.

You can also use the Appearance palette to edit other aspects of a graphic style. For example, you can change the order in which Illustrator applies attributes by dragging any attribute to a different position in the palette. If the graphic style includes effects, double-click an effect name to change the effect’s settings.

5. Create a new style.

Clickthe NewGraphic Stylebuttoninthe GraphicStylespalette. Thenew styleappears as thelastiteminthe palette, so you may need to scroll down to see it. Double-click the style, enter a descriptive name, and click OK.

We named our new graphic style “Orange Raised Edge.”

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6. Apply the new graphic style to the sun.

Target the sun in the Layers palette, and click the graphic style you just created in the Graphic Styles palette.

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7. Experiment with design variations.

Now that you know how to apply and edit graphic styles, experiment with design variations. Start by creating a duplicate of the sun and cloud by dragging Layer 1 in the Layers palette onto the Create New Layer button. Then click in the selection column for the copied layer, and press the arrow keys on your keyboard to reposition the duplicate sun and cloud. (Hold down the Shift key to move the selection in bigger increments.)

If you want to remove the existing graphic styles before applying new ones, click the Clear Appearance button in the Appearance palette. This removes all appearance attributes (including the fill and stroke) so the sun and cloud won’t be visible in the document window until you target them and apply new graphic styles.

Create headline type with a twist

Adobe Illustrator provides powerful, flexible features for creating and modifying type. You can add type anywhere in your artwork—horizontally, vertically, along paths, inside shapes, around shapes, in rows and in columns. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a headline that you can reuse for a variety of purposes.

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1. Draw a curved path.

Select the Pen tool, and position the pointer where you want to start your path. Click and drag in the direction you want the curve to go. Release the mouse button and move the pointer; then click and drag again in the direction you want the curve to go. You can repeat this as many times as you want. When you are finished drawing, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) away from the line.

If this is your firsttimeusing thePen tool,itmay take some practice to getthe hang of it;however,itwillbetimewell spent. When you’re comfortable using the Pen tool, you can draw any line or shape with precision. (See “To draw curves with the Pen tool” on page 154.)

2. Add type along the path.

Select theTypeOnAPath tool.Click thepathtoset theinsertion point, andtypethe desiredtext. Don’tworry about the position of the type on the path—you’ll learn how to adjust it later on.

3. Format the type.

Click the Selection tool to select the type, and choose a font family, font style, and font size in the Control palette. You can also change the color of the type by selecting a Fill color in the Control palette.

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