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Page 2 Adobe Systems Incorporated to distribute for use only in combination with Adobe Illustrator. PANTONE Color Data and/or Software shall not be copied onto another disk or into memory unless as part of the execution of Adobe Illustrator software. The Spelling portion of this product is based on Proximity Linguistic Technology.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
........69 Chapter 5: Adobe Stock Photos Adobe Stock Photos .
Page 4 The Version Cue Administration utility ......122 Creating and editing projects in Version Cue Administration .
Page 5 Creating Adobe PDF files ........
Page 6 Letterforms as graphic objects ........378 Selecting type .
Page 7 Printing gradients, meshes, and color blends ..... .481 Printing and saving transparent artwork ......484 Overprinting .
Page 8: Chapter 1: Getting Started
To learn more about activation, visit the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/activation/main.html. 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.) Follow the on-screen instructions.
Page 9: Adobe Help Center
“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. Click the Preferences button In the Preferences dialog box, click Check For Updates.
Page 10: 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.
Page 11 • 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.
Page 12 “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: •...
Page 13: Tips And Training
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.
Page 14 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.
Page 15 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.
Page 16 User Guide • 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.
Page 17: What's New
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.
Page 18 New Adobe PDF options 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.)
Page 19: Chapter 2: Tutorials
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.
Page 20 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 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).
Page 21 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 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.
Page 22 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...
Page 23 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 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.
Page 24 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 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.
Page 25 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 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.
Page 26 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.
Page 27 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 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.
Page 28 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 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.
Page 29 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...
Page 30 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 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.
Page 31 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Illustrator comes with a variety of fonts that you can use in your artwork. To view a catalog of fonts, choose Help > Welcome Screen and click Browse Cool Extras. 4. Reposition the type if necessary.
Page 32 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 7. Save the headline. The format you save in depends on how you want to use the headline. We chose File > Save For Microsoft Office to save our headline for use in Microsoft Word. We also saved our headline as a web banner using the Save For Web dialog box.
Page 33 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 2. Import the image into Illustrator. Start by creating a new document in RGB color mode. (This is important because the Artistic filters don’t work on CMYK images.) Then choose File > Place, and select the image file. Make sure the Link option is deselected, and click OK.
Page 34 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 4. Apply the Watercolor effect. Choose Effect > Artistic > Watercolor. Adjust the settings until you are satisfied with the preview, and then click OK. The Watercolor effect paints the image in a watercolor style, simplifying details in an image, using a medium brush loaded with water and color.
Page 35 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 6. Apply a brush stroke. Select the Paintbrush tool, and select a color. We used the Eyedropper tool to sample a color in our artwork. Then drag to apply the stroke. If you want more precision, use the Pen tool to draw a path, and then apply the brush to the path. (See “To apply brush strokes”...
Page 36: Chapter 3: Work Area
Click the status bar to do any of the following: • Change the type of information displayed in the status bar by selecting an option from the Show submenu. • Show the current file in Adobe Bridge by choosing Reveal In Bridge. • Access Version Cue® commands. See also “About Adobe Bridge”...
Page 37 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Toolbox overview Selection tools Type tools Symbol tools Selection (V) Type (T) Symbol Sprayer (Shift +S) Area Type Direct Selection (A) Symbol Shifter Type On a Path Group Selection Symbol Scruncher Vertical Type Magic Wand (Y)
Page 38 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide “Graph tool gallery” on page 510 “Slicing and cutting tool gallery” on page 444 “Moving and zooming tool gallery” on page 37 Using tools You use tools in the toolbox to create, select, and manipulate objects in Illustrator. You can select a tool by clicking it or pressing the tool’s keyboard shortcut.
Page 39 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To hide or show all palettes including the toolbox and Control palette, press Tab. To hide or show all palettes except for the toolbox and Control palette, press Shift+Tab. • To display a palette menu, position the pointer on the triangle in the upper right corner of the palette, and press the mouse button.
Page 40 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Ways to enter values A. Arrow buttons B. Text box C. Menu arrow D. Slider E. Dial To calculate values in palettes and dialog boxes You can perform simple math in any box that accepts numeric values. For example, if you want to move a selected object 3 units to the right using the current measurement units, you don’t have to work out the new horizontal...
Page 41: Files And Templates
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To customize the Control palette • To change the kinds of options that appear in the Control palette, select or deselect options in the Control palette menu. • To dock the palette at the bottom of the work area, choose Dock To Bottom from the Control palette menu.
Page 42 To browse for files using Adobe Bridge Adobe Bridge lets you search for, preview, open, organize, process, rate, and share files. You can use it to create new folders and rename and delete files, as well as view and add file information. Adobe Bridge lets you unify common settings so that you can update all your Adobe CS2 applications at once.
Page 43: Viewing Artwork
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About Adobe Bridge” on page 48 Viewing artwork About the artboard The artboard represents the entire region that can contain printable artwork. However, the artboard’s dimensions do not necessarily match the current page size. For example, your artboard may be 10 x 20 inches while your print settings specify 8-1/2 x 11 inch paper.
Page 44 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide About page tiling By default, Illustrator prints your artwork on a single sheet of paper. However, if the artwork is larger than the page sizes available on your printer, you can print onto multiple sheets of paper.
Page 45 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About the toolbox” on page 29 To change the size and color of the artboard Choose File > Document Setup. From the menu at the top left of the Document Setup window, do either of the following: •...
Page 46 About viewing artwork as outlines By default, Adobe Illustrator sets the view so that all artwork is previewed in color. However, you can choose to display artwork so that only its outlines (or paths) are visible. Viewing artwork without paint attributes speeds up the...
Page 47 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide In Outline mode, linked files are displayed by default as outlined boxes with an X inside. To view the contents of linked files, choose File > Document Setup, choose Artboard at the top of the dialog box, and select Show Images In Outline.
Page 48: Rulers, Grids, And Guides
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Previewing artwork in its final output medium Illustrator provides several ways to preview how aspects of artwork will look when printed or viewed on the web: Provides an “ink preview” that approximates how blending, Overprint Preview mode (View > Overprint > Preview) transparency, and overprinting will appear in color-separated output.
Page 49 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To change the unit of measurement The default unit of measurement in Illustrator is points (a point equals .3528 millimeter). You can change the unit that Illustrator uses for general measurements, strokes, and type. You can override the default unit while entering values in boxes.
Page 50 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To create guides If the rulers aren’t showing, choose View > Show Rulers. Position the pointer on the left ruler for a vertical guide or on the top ruler for a horizontal guide. Drag the guide into position.
Page 51 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Note: When Snap To Grid is turned on, you cannot use Smart Guides (even if the menu command is selected). Smart Guide preferences Choose Edit > Preferences > Smart Guides & Slices (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Smart Guides & Slices...
Page 52: Customizing The Work Area
Preferences are options regarding how you want Illustrator to work, including those for display, tools, ruler units, and exporting information. Your preferences are saved in a file called AIPrefs (Windows) or Adobe Illustrator Prefs (Mac OS), which is launched each time you start Illustrator. To restore Illustrator’s default settings, you can remove or rename preferences file and relaunch Illustrator.
Page 53 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Note: It is safe to remove the entire Adobe Illustrator CS Settings folder. This folder contains various preferences that can be regenerated. You set preferences in the Preferences dialog box. To open the Preferences dialog box, choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Illustrator >...
Page 54: Recovery And Undo
Undoing and redoing changes You can use the Undo command (Edit > Undo) to correct mistakes you make while using the Adobe Illustrator program. You can even undo an operation after you select the Save command (but not if you have closed and then reopened the file).
Page 55: Chapter 4: Adobe Bridge
About Adobe Bridge Adobe Bridge is the control center for Adobe Creative Suite. You use it to organize, browse, and locate the assets you need to create content for print, the web, and mobile devices. Adobe Bridge keeps native PSD, AI, INDD, and Adobe PDF files as well as other Adobe and non-Adobe application files available for easy access.You can drag assets into...
Page 56 Gives you quick access to folders as well as to Version Cue, Adobe Stock Photos, collections, and The Favorites panel Bridge Center (Adobe Creative Suite only). Like all panels, it’s located on the left side of the Bridge window. Shows the folder hierarchy. Use it to navigate to the correct folder.
Page 57 • To open Bridge from an application, choose File > Browse from your application. • (Windows) To open Bridge directly, choose Adobe Bridge from the Start menu. • (Mac OS) To open Bridge directly, double-click the Adobe Bridge icon . By default, this is located in the Appli...
Page 58 You can save the current Bridge layout (that is, the work area configuration) as a workspace and reuse it later. By saving Bridge in various configurations, you can work in (and quickly switch between) different layouts of the work area. For instance, you might use one workspace to sort new photos and another to work with Adobe InDesign files.
Page 59 This affects only those files that you open with Bridge, and overrides the Explorer (Windows) and Finder (Mac OS) settings. Specifies Adobe Stock Photos settings. See “To set Adobe Stock Photos preferences” on page 79. Adobe Stock Photos Specifies advanced settings, including cache options and language options. See “Bridge Advanced prefer...
Page 60 Sets the language used in the Bridge interface. Select Automatic to set the language to the one specified Language for Bridge by the program that installed it. Opens camera raw files in the Adobe Camera Raw dialog box in Adobe Show Camera Raw Interface On Open Photoshop.
Page 61: Files And Folders In Bridge
CD. This option is active only if you chose Use A Centralized Cache File in the Preferences dialog box. See also “About Adobe Bridge” on page 48 Files and folders in Bridge To view file and folder thumbnails in Bridge The content area of Bridge displays thumbnails of the files and folders of the selected folder, along with information about them (depending on your view).
Page 62 • Show Camera Raw Files Only to display only camera raw files. • Show Vector Files Only to display only files created with drawing programs such as Adobe Illustrator, and EPS and PS files. • Refresh (or choose Refresh from the Folders panel menu) to update the content area. This is useful, for instance, when you perform certain Version Cue actions that don’t automatically refresh the view in the content area.
Page 63 “To manage folders with Bridge” on page 58 To open files in Bridge You can open files in Bridge, even files that were not made with Adobe Creative Suite applications. Select the file in the current folder. Do one of the following: •...
Page 64 Note: From Bridge, you can also use Adobe Version Cue to manage files you author in Adobe Creative Suite applications. You can create and manage revisions to files kept in Version Cue projects. Version Cue is also a convenient environment for collaborative file management in workgroups.
Page 65 Click the folder name, type a new name, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). To rename folders See also “About Adobe Bridge” on page 48 “To manage files with Bridge” on page 57 To rotate images with Bridge You can rotate the view of JPEG, PSD, TIFF, and camera raw file images in Bridge.
Page 66 • To remove labels from files, choose Label > No Label. See also “About Adobe Bridge” on page 48 “To specify how files and folders are shown in Bridge” on page 55 To rate files with Bridge You can assign ratings to files, awarding from zero to five stars. Using the View > Sort menu or Unfilter button, you can choose to view files according to their rating.
Page 67 (Optional) Select Include All Subfolders to expand the search to any subfolders in the source folder. (Optional) Select Search Past Versions Of Version Cue Files to include past versions of Adobe Version Cue files, as well as current ones, in the search.
Page 68: Bridge Center
About Bridge Center If you are working with the Adobe Creative Suite, Bridge Center gives you quick access to your most recent files and folders, RSS newsreaders for the latest information, tips and tricks for using Adobe products, color management features, and Help documentation.
Page 69: Running Automated Tasks With Bridge
The Tools menu contains submenus for various commands available in the different Adobe Creative Suite applica tions. For instance, if you have Adobe Photoshop installed, you can use the commands under the Tools > Photoshop submenu to make picture packages and create Photomerge panoramas using photos you select in Bridge. Running...
Page 70 For information about a particular command, see the documentation for that application. See also “About Adobe Bridge” on page 48 “To manage files with Bridge” on page 57 “To batch-rename files with Bridge” on page 63 To batch-rename files with Bridge You can rename files and folders in a group, or batch.
Page 71: Metadata In Bridge
Metadata that is stored in other formats, such as EXIF, IPTC (IIM), GPS, and TIFF, is synchronized and described with XMP so that it can be more easily viewed and managed. Other applications and features (for example, Adobe Version Cue) also use XMP to communicate and store information such as version comments. For instance, when you save a file in Version Cue, you might add the comment that you rotated the file when you worked on it.
Page 72 Displays settings applied by the Camera Raw plug-in. Camera Raw Keeps a log of changes made to images with Photoshop. Edit History Lists information about images obtained from Adobe Stock Photos. Adobe Stock Photos Lists any Version Cue version information about the file. Version Cue Note: Depending on the applications you are using, custom panels for various properties may appear here as well.
Page 73 Select the Hide Empty Fields option if you don’t want to view fields with no information in them. Click OK. See also “About Adobe Bridge” on page 48 “To create and close Bridge windows” on page 50 “About the Metadata panel in Bridge” on page 64 To add metadata using the File Info dialog box The File Info dialog box displays camera data, other file properties, an edit history, copyright and authorship infor...
Page 74 You can modify the metadata in the File Info dialog box and save it as a template for use with other files. Create a new file using an Adobe Creative Suite application. This creates a file without metadata from any other source.
Page 75 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Enter the desired information in the File Info dialog box. Choose any of the following from the menu at the upper right of the File Info dialog box: • To save the metadata in the File Info dialog box as a template for use with other files, choose Save Metadata Template.
Page 76: Using Version Cue With Bridge
Using Version Cue with Bridge Working with Version Cue in Bridge Adobe Bridge and Version Cue work together to give you an intuitive way to access and manage Version Cue files and projects. Bridge provides comprehensive visualization of and centralized command over all aspects of Version Cue files and projects.
Page 77 (metadata) in the Details view, Versions And Alternates view, in tooltips, and in the Metadata panel. Bridge is instru mental in helping you create and track versions of non-Adobe file types that are in the projects in your Version Cue Workspace.
Page 78: Chapter 5: Adobe Stock Photos
Adobe Stock Photos directly into your Illustrator, InDesign, and GoLive projects. From Photoshop, you can open any downloaded image. In the design process, you need the flexibility to try different images before deciding which one you want. Adobe Stock Photos gives you the option to download low-resolution, complementary (comp) versions of images you’re considering.
Page 79 “To view file and folder thumbnails in Bridge” on page 54 To search for stock photos In Bridge, click Adobe Stock Photos in the Favorites pane. In the text box at the top of the screen, type the word or phrase that describes the subject of the photos you want to search for.
Page 80 Note: The currency displayed in the Price & Keywords dialog box may not be the native currency of your billing country; it is the supported currency for purchases made from your country. When you purchase photos from Adobe Stock Photos, your credit card will be billed in the supported currency.
Page 81: Comp Images
Click Get Prices & Keywords and select Free Comp Image in the dialog box. Click the icon to download the comp. To view comps in an Adobe Creative Suite application From Adobe Stock Photos, you can open and edit a comp in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, or GoLive. You can also drag a comp into an application.
Page 82: Buying Stock Photos
Buying stock photos It’s simple to buy images through Adobe Stock Photos. When you find the photos you want to buy, put them in your shopping cart. The photos remain in your cart until you’re ready to complete your purchase. When you finish browsing, you can check out and have your images automatically downloaded to your computer.
Page 83 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • If you want to open an Adobe account, click Set Up An Account. You are prompted to enter your billing and account information. • If you want to buy the images without an account, click Continue As Guest. You are prompted to enter your billing information.
Page 84: Stock Photos Accounts
Stock Photos accounts Benefits of Stock Photos accounts Creating an Adobe account makes purchasing photos quick and easy. When you log in with your e-mail address and password, you can work with your account in several ways: After you complete the registration process, modify your account information anytime by Manage your profile clicking the Your Account link in the navigation bar.
Page 85 • To sign up to get e-mail from Adobe Stock Photos about promotions or other special information, select the check box. To confirm your changes, click Save. To go back to the main Your Account page without saving changes, click Return To Your Account.
Page 86 Photos/PurchasedItems (Mac OS). To set Adobe Stock Photos preferences In Adobe Bridge, choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Bridge > Preferences (Mac OS). Select Adobe Stock Photos from the list on the left. Set any of the following preferences, and then click Save:...
Page 87 The currency displayed next to the Billing Country menu may not be the native currency of that country (not all currencies are supported). Instead, it’s the currency Adobe allows for that country. Your credit card is billed in the supported currency.
Page 88: Chapter 6: Adobe Version Cue
If you use only one component of Adobe Creative Suite, or if you use InCopy and not Adobe Creative Suite, you have access to the features of the Adobe dialog box only. You can use Bridge, rather than the Adobe dialog box, for file browsing.
Page 89 • If you don’t have Adobe Creative Suite, you can gain access to the full Version Cue feature set by participating in a shared project; that is, if another user on your network installs Adobe Creative Suite and gives you access to a Version Cue project in a Version Cue Workspace.
Page 90 By default, when you choose the Open, Import, Export, Place, Save, or Save As commands, the operating system (OS) dialog box appears. To use the Adobe dialog box instead and set it as the default, click Use Adobe Dialog. Use the View menu options to customize the display.
Page 91 To set Version Cue Workspace preferences Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, which is available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 92 In the Memory Usage text box, enter the amount of RAM that you want to make available to Version Cue. The default is 128 MB. This setting allocates RAM to optimize interoperability between Version Cue and Adobe Creative Suite components. For more robust requirements, such a larger workgroup or many assets, set the RAM to 256 MB or higher.
Page 93: Working With Version Cue Projects
To turn Version Cue on or off By default, access to Version Cue is turned on in InCopy CS2 and in all Adobe Creative Suite components, except for Acrobat 7. If you disable Version Cue, you won’t have access to any Version Cue Workspace, which could affect files in a project.
Page 94 To open a project Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 95 To open a project, double-click it. If the Use Adobe Dialog button doesn’t appear in the Open, Save As, Save A Copy, or Place dialog boxes, make sure that you’ve turned on the Version Cue preference in InCopy or in the Adobe Creative Suite component you’re using.
Page 96 To view Version Cue Workspace, project, and file information Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 97 To view Version Cue Workspace, project, and file information in Bridge Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 98: See Also
To create a project Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 99: About The Adobe Dialog Box
To create a project in Bridge Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 100 To share or unshare a project Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 101: Working With Files In Version Cue
To share or unshare a project from Bridge Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 102 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide There are times when you may wish to delete the working copies of your project files. For example, you may want to free up space on your hard drive, or are completely finished working on the project. Version Cue lets you delete your working copies of project files by disconnecting from the project.
Page 103: Version Cue File Statuses
Version Cue Workspace. You can view a file’s status while browsing the files in a Version Cue project, in Bridge, and also in the document window’s Status area after opening a file from the Version Cue Workspace in an Adobe Creative Suite component.
Page 104 To open a file from a project Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 105 To edit a file in use by another user Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 106 To add a file to a project Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 107: The Bridge Work Area
To add a file or folder from a desktop folder to a project in Bridge Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 108 To save changes to a file Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 109 To place a non-Version Cue file into a document Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 110 To view alternates and versions in the Links palette Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 111 To search for files in a project Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 112: Disconnecting From Projects
You can disconnect from a Version Cue project by using Bridge, Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InCopy CS2, or InDesign CS2. GoLive CS2 uses a different method for deleting working copies of site files. Disconnect is not available in Acrobat 7.
Page 113: Deleting Files, Folders, And Projects
To disconnect from a project Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 114 To delete a project Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 115 To delete a project in Bridge Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 116 To restore a file or folder deleted from a project Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 117: Version Cue Versions
To delete a file permanently in Bridge Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 118 To save a version Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 119 To view versions Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 120 To view versions in Bridge Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 121 To promote a version Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 122: Version Cue Alternates
Alternates View. In the Alternates dialog box that appears in Adobe Creative Suite components and in InCopy (in the Links palette or Open dialog box), the primary alternate appears at the top of the list in the Alternates dialog box.
Page 123 To save an alternate Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 124 To view alternates Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 125 To remove an alternate Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 126: Editing And Synchronizing Offline Files
To move an alternate to another alternates group Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 127 To manually mark a file as In Use Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 128 To synchronize files in Bridge Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 81 for more information.
Page 129: The Version Cue Administration Utility
Using the Version Cue Administration utility, you can do more advanced tasks that affect a specified project or an entire Version Cue Workspace. The following table lists the Version Cue-related tasks that you can accomplish through an Adobe Creative Suite component and those that you can accomplish through the Version Cue Administration utility.
Page 130 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Task Adobe Version Cue Creative Administra Suite compo tion nents Duplicate or export Version Cue projects Edit Version Cue Workspace preferences Add and edit users, and define their project privileges Change the properties of a...
Page 131 To log into Version Cue Administration from an Adobe Creative Suite component You can log in the same way from InCopy CS2, InDesign CS2, Illustrator CS2, Photoshop CS2, and Acrobat 7. Choose File > Open, and click the Use Adobe Dialog button in the dialog box.
Page 132 To change the Version Cue Workspace name, type a name in the text box. This name identifies the Workspace Name Version Cue Workspace in Adobe Creative Suite components using Version Cue. When selected, gives other computers access to the Version Make This Version Cue Workspace Visible To Others.
Page 133 • If Version Cue 1.0 and Version Cue 2.0 Workspaces are installed on the same computer, Adobe Creative Suite 1.0 components work only with the Version Cue 1.0 Workspace, because they can communicate only with the port that the Version Cue 1.0 Workspace uses.
Page 134: Creating And Editing Projects In Version Cue Administration
When the migration process is complete, verify the information you’re importing, and confirm the migration. Uninstall Version Cue 1.0. Restart the Version Cue 2.0 Workspace. This resets the port to allow access from both Adobe Creative Suite 1.0 and Adobe Creative Suite 2.0 components.
Page 135 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide If you chose to require login, do any of the following in the Assigned Users content frame, and then click Save: • Choose an option next to each user name in the Privileges column or choose an option from the Set All To menu to define each user’s access.
Page 136 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Do one of the following: • In the Home tab, click Create A Project. • Click the Projects tab, and then click New. In the New Project content frame, do one of the following: •...
Page 137 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To edit Version Cue project properties Log into the Version Cue Administration utility. Click the Projects tab, and then click a project name. Set any of the following options: Gives other users access to the project. Users can be on your subnetwork, or be given Share This Project With Others the Version Cue Workspace IP or DNS address and port number.
Page 138 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To export a Version Cue project to your computer You can export the most recent version of all project files from the Version Cue Workspace. You can use this export to move these files from one host computer (or server) to another or to create a package of the most recent files for output or simply to create an archive of the final versions.Version Cue still manages projects moved between...
Page 139: Backing Up And Restoring From Version Cue Administration
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To remove file locks from a Version Cue project A user with system administrator privileges or with project-specific Administer privileges can remove file locks. Removing file locks forces the removal of In Use status of files designated by specific project or by user throughout all the projects.
Page 140 Select what you want to back up in the Include list of options: Files (which is always selected), Project File Versions to back up all the versions of the project, Project Metadata to back up embedded information entered in Adobe Creative Suite components, and Users/User Assignments to back up information about the users and their project privileges.
Page 141: Working With Users And Privileges
If you’ve configured the Version Cue Workspace to be visible to others in the Version Cue Administration utility, you don’t need to create and assign Version Cue user names to let other Adobe Creative Suite or WebDAV users access your Version Cue projects and the Version Cue Workspace. The users simply need either to be on your subnetwork or be given the Version Cue Workspace IP or DNS address and port number.
Page 142 Type the user’s name in the User Name box. Type a unique login in the Login box. The login is needed in Adobe Creative Suite components, if a project requires it, to log into the Version Cue Workspace Administration utility.
Page 143 Users with privileges set to None can’t access the Version Cue Workspace Administration utility but can access Version Cue projects while working in an Adobe Creative Suite component or an application that supports WebDAV. The following table describes the privileges associated with the User and System Administrator levels.
Page 144 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Administration utility task User System Adminis trator Back up, delete, and restore all Version Cue Workspace data View Version Cue Workspace information, logs, and reports; and save reports Delete reports for projects to which the user is assigned and also granted Administer privi...
Page 145: Viewing Logs, Reports, And Workspace Information
Version Cue Workspace Administration utility. Users who are working in Adobe Creative Suite can use the Version Cue Client URL to connect to Version Cue projects when they’re not on the workspace’s subnetwork. Users who are working in applications that support WebDAV can use the WebDAV Client URL to connect to Version Cue projects.
Page 146: Version Cue Pdf Reviews
Workspace. You can invite selected reviewers by e-mail, create the e-mail message in your e-mail program, and include a direct link to the review document in the e-mail. Invited reviewers only need Adobe Acrobat software and a Version Cue login to access the PDF document using their web browser. As the review progresses, reviewers upload their comments to the Version Cue Workspace.
Page 147 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To access a review, users need an Internet connection. To start a new Version Cue PDF review You can start a Version Cue PDF review for any version of any PDF document that is in a Version Cue Workspace, provided that you have appropriate privileges to access the Version Cue Administration utility.
Page 148 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Do one of the following: • If you don’t know the name of the PDF document under review, or want to view all active reviews, click Active Reviews in the Home tab. Alternatively, click the Documents tab and choose Active from the Review Status menu.
Page 149 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To delete a PDF review When you delete a review, Version Cue permanently removes the review comments. However, review comments for a PDF file are also deleted if you permanently delete the file itself from the Version Cue Workspace. Note that if you delete only a version of a PDF file from the workspace, the review comments for that version are deleted.
Page 150 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide For more information about Acrobat commenting tools, search for “commenting” in Acrobat Help. To view or delete PDF review comments Locate the review (see “To locate PDF reviews” on page 140). Click the PDF document in the Document List.
Page 151: Chapter 7: Drawing
Chapter 7: Drawing About drawing About vector graphics Vector graphics are made up of lines and curves defined by mathematical objects called vectors. Vectors describe an image according to its geometric characteristics. For example, the boot laces in a vector graphic are defined by a specific width and length, set at a specific location, and filled with a specific color.
Page 152 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Paths can have two kinds of anchor points—corner points and smooth points. At a corner point, a path abruptly changes direction. At a smooth point, path segments are connected as a continuous curve. You can draw a path using any combination of corner and smooth points.
Page 153 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide The Line Segment tool (\) The Arc tool draws The Spiral tool draws The Rectangular Grid tool draws individual straight line individual concave or convex clockwise and counter draws rectangular grids. segments. curve segments. clockwise spirals.
Page 154: Drawing Simple Lines And Shapes
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About the toolbox” on page 29 Drawing simple lines and shapes To draw straight lines with the Line Segment tool Use the Line Segment tool when you want to draw one straight line segment at a time.
Page 155 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To create square corners while dragging with the Rounded Rectangle tool, press the Left Arrow key. • To create the most rounded corners while dragging with the Rounded Rectangle tool, press the Right Arrow key.
Page 156 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Drawing tool gallery” on page 145 “Keys for drawing” on page 527 To draw arcs Select the Arc tool Do one of the following: • Position the pointer where you want the arc to begin, and drag to where you want the arc to end.
Page 157 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To draw rectangular grids Select the Rectangular Grid tool Do one of the following: • Drag until the grid is the desired size. • Click to set the grid’s reference point. In the dialog box, click a square on the reference point locator determine the point from which the grid is drawn.
Page 158: Drawing With The Pencil Tool
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Drawing with the Pencil tool Drawing with the Pencil tool The Pencil tool lets you draw open and closed paths as if you were drawing with a pencil on paper. It is most useful for fast sketching or creating a hand-drawn look. Once you draw a path, you can immediately change it if needed.
Page 159 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Pencil tool options” on page 153 To connect two paths with the Pencil tool Select both paths. Select the Pencil tool Position the tool where you want to begin from one path, and start dragging toward the other path.
Page 160: Drawing With The Pen Tool
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Pencil tool options Double-click the Pencil tool to set any of the following options. Controls how far you have to move your mouse or stylus before Illustrator adds a new anchor point to the Fidelity path.
Page 161 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To draw curves with the Pen tool Select the Pen tool Position the Pen tool where you want the curve to begin, and press down the mouse button. The first anchor point appears, and the Pen tool pointer changes to an arrowhead .
Page 162 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Complete the path by doing one of the following: • To close the path, position the Pen tool over the first (hollow) anchor point. A small circle appears next to the Pen tool pointer when it is positioned correctly. Click or drag to close the path.
Page 163 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Reposition the Pen tool where you want the curved segment to end, drag to complete the curve, and release the mouse button. Drawing a curved segment followed by a straight segment (part 1) A. First smooth point of curved segment completed and Pen tool positioned over endpoint B. Dragging to complete the curve Position the Pen tool over the selected endpoint.
Page 164: Reshaping Paths
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Reshaping paths Reshaping paths You can modify the shape of a path by moving any of its anchor points or by moving the direction points of direction lines attached to a curve segment. Editing existing segments is slightly different from drawing them. Keep the following guidelines in mind as you adjust existing segments: •...
Page 165 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Direction lines are always tangent to (perpendicular to the radius of) the curve at the anchor points. The angle of each direction line determines the slope of the curve, and the length of each direction line determines the height, or depth, of the curve.
Page 166 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About paths” on page 144 “Selection tool gallery” on page 262 “Keys for selecting” on page 528 To select all anchor points and segments in a path Select the Direct Selection tool or the Lasso tool Drag a marquee around the entire path.
Page 167: Adding, Deleting, And Converting Anchor Points
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “To select anchor points” on page 158 To stretch parts of a path without distorting its overall shape Select the entire path. Select the Reshape tool (located under the Scale tool Position the cursor over the anchor point or path segment that you want to act as a focal point (that is, a point that pulls selected path segments), and click.
Page 168 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Drawing tool gallery” on page 145 “To select all anchor points and segments in a path” on page 159 To delete anchor points from a path Select the entire path from which you want to delete anchor points.
Page 169: Smoothing And Simplifying Paths
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Clicking a smooth point to create a corner point • To convert a corner point without direction lines to a corner point with independent direction lines, first drag a direction point out of a corner point (making it a smooth point with direction lines). Release the mouse button only (don’t release any keys you may have pressed to activate the Convert Anchor Point tool), and then drag either...
Page 170 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Using the Smooth tool A. Original path B. Dragging across path with the Smooth tool C. Result See also “Drawing tool gallery” on page 145 “Keys for editing shapes” on page 529 To change the amount of smoothing...
Page 171: Erasing, Splitting, And Joining Paths
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Shows the original path behind the simplified path. Show Original To average the position of anchor points Select two or more anchor points (on the same path or on different paths). Choose Object > Path > Average.
Page 172: Tracing Artwork
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide If the endpoints are coincident (on top of each other), drag a marquee through or around both endpoints to select them. Choose Object > Path > Join. If the endpoints are coincident, a dialog box appears to let you specify the type of join you want. Select the Corner option (the default) or the Smooth option, and click OK.
Page 173 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide With the source image selected, do one of the following: • To trace the image using a tracing preset, click the Tracing Presets And Options button in the Control palette, and select a preset. •...
Page 174 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To control the colors in a tracing Create a swatch library that contains the colors you want to use in the tracing. (See “To create swatch libraries” on page 194.) Make sure that the swatch library is open, and click the Tracing Options Dialog button in the Control palette.
Page 175 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Specifies how to display the bitmap component of the tracing object. (See “To change the display of a tracing Raster object” on page 166.) Specifies how to display the tracing result. (See “To change the display of a tracing object” on page 166.) Vector Select Preview in the Tracing Options dialog box to preview the result of the current settings.To set the default tracing...
Page 176: Template Layers
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To create a tracing and convert the tracing object in one step, choose Object > Live Trace > Make And Expand or Object > Live Trace > Make And Convert To Live Paint. To release a tracing object If you want to discard a tracing but keep the original placed image, you can release the tracing object.
Page 177: Symbols
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Symbols About symbols A symbol is an art object that you can reuse in a document. For example, if you create a symbol from a flower, you can then add instances of that symbol multiple times to your artwork without actually adding the complex art multiple times.
Page 178 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can move selected symbols in symbol libraries into the Symbols palette simply by dragging, or by using the Add To Symbols command from the Symbols palette menu. Additionally, a symbol is automatically added to the Symbols palette whenever you use it in a document.
Page 179 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Edit and select the artwork. Do one of the following: • Make sure the symbol you want to redefine is selected in the Symbols palette, and choose Redefine from the Symbols palette menu. • Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the modified symbol on top of the old symbol in the Symbols palette.
Page 180: Sets Of Symbols
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To select all symbols that aren’t used in a document, choose Select All Unused from the Symbols palette menu. Choose Save Symbol Library from the Symbols palette menu. You can save the library anywhere. However, if you save the library file in the default location, the library name will appear in the Symbol Libraries submenu and the Open Symbol Library submenu when you restart Illustrator.
Page 181 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Symbolism tool gallery The symbolism tools let you create and modify sets of symbol instances. You create a symbol set using the Symbol Sprayer tool. You can then use the other symbolism tools to change the density, color, location, size, rotation, trans...
Page 182 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Specifies the rate of change (higher values equal faster changes), or select Use Pressure Pen to use the Intensity input from a tablet or pen instead of the Intensity value. • Specifies an attraction value for the symbol set (higher values result in more densely packed Symbol Set Density symbol instances).
Page 183 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To delete symbol instances, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you click or drag where you want to remove instances. See also “To set options for the symbolism tools” on page 174...
Page 184 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Symbolism tool gallery” on page 174 “To set options for the symbolism tools” on page 174 To rotate symbol instances Select the Symbol Spinner tool Click or drag in the direction you want the symbol instances to orient.
Page 185 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click or drag where you want to decrease the symbol’s trans parency. See also “Symbolism tool gallery” on page 174 “To set options for the symbolism tools” on page 174 To apply a graphic style to symbol instances The Symbol Styler tool lets you apply or remove a graphic style from a symbol instance.
Page 186: Drawing Flares
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Symbolism tool gallery” on page 174 “To set options for the symbolism tools” on page 174 Drawing flares About flares The Flare tool creates flare objects with a bright center, a halo, and rays and rings. Use this tool to create an effect similar to a lens flare in a photograph.
Page 187 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Before releasing the mouse, Press Up Arrow or Down Arrow to add or subtract rings. Press the tilde (~) key to randomly place the rings. Release the mouse when the end handle is in the desired location.
Page 188: Chapter 8: Color
A color space is a variant of a color model and has a specific gamut (range) of colors. For example, within the RGB color model are a number of color spaces: Adobe RGB, sRGB, and Apple RGB.
Page 189 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Additive colors (RGB) R. Red G. Green B. Blue You can work with color values using the RGB color mode, which is based on the RGB color model. In RGB mode, each of the RGB components can use a value ranging from 0 (black) to 255 (white). For example, a bright red color might have an R value of 246, a G value of 20, and a B value of 50.
Page 190 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can work with color values using the CMYK color mode, which is based on the CMYK color model. In CMYK mode, each of the CMYK process inks can use a value ranging from 0 to 100%. The lightest colors are assigned small percentages of process ink colors;...
Page 191 About color spaces and gamuts A color space is a range of colors in the visible spectrum. A color space can also be a variant of a color model. Adobe RGB, Apple RGB, and sRGB are examples of different color spaces based on the same color model.
Page 192: Selecting Colors
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To change the color mode of a document ❖ Choose File > Document Color Mode > CMYK Color or RGB Color. Note: Most raster effects in Illustrator can only be applied while you are in RGB mode.
Page 193 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Drag the triangles along the color slider or click inside the color slider. • Enter values in any of the text boxes • Click Color Swatches, select a swatch, and click OK. To work with the Color palette You use the Color palette to apply color to an object’s fill and stroke, and also to edit and mix colors.
Page 194 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To change a color to its inverse or complement Select the color you want to change. In the Color palette, select an option from the palette menu: Changes each component of a color to the opposite value on the color scale. For example, if an RGB color has Invert an R value of 100, the Invert command will change the R value to 155 (255 –...
Page 195: Using And Creating Swatches
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Using and creating swatches About swatches Swatches are named colors, tints, gradients, and patterns. The swatches associated with a document appear in the Swatches palette. In addition, you can open libraries of swatches from other Illustrator documents and various color systems.
Page 196 Lab values, when used in conjunction with the correct device profiles, give you the most accurate output across all devices. If color management is critical to your project, Adobe recommends that you display, export, and print spot colors using their Lab values.
Page 197 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Swatches palette A. Spot color B. Global color C. Show All Swatches button D. Show Color Swatches button E. Show Gradient Swatches button F. Show Pattern Swatches button G. New Swatch button H. Fill or stroke of None I. Registration swatch (prints on all plates) J. CMYK symbol (when document is open in CMYK mode) K.
Page 198 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • The final color values of a process color are its values in CMYK, so if you specify a process color using RGB, those color values will be converted to CMYK when you print color separations. These conversions differ based on your color management settings and document profile.
Page 199 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To create spot-color swatches Select a color using the Color Picker or Color palette, or select an object with the color you want. Do one of the following: • Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the New Swatch button in the Swatches palette.
Page 200: Managing Swatches
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To create gradient swatches Create a gradient using the Gradient palette, or select an object with the gradient you want. Do one of the following: • Click the New Swatches button in the Swatches palette.
Page 201 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To move swatches from a swatch library to the Swatches palette Do any of the following: • Drag one or more swatches from the swatch library palette to the Swatches palette. • Select the swatches you want to add, and select Add To Swatches from the library’s palette menu.
Page 202: Adjusting Colors
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Adjusting colors To blend colors The Blend filters create a series of intermediate colors from a group of three or more filled objects, based on the objects’ vertical or horizontal orientation, or on their stacking order. The filters do not affect strokes or unpainted objects.
Page 203 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To convert grayscale images to RGB or CMYK Select the grayscale image. Choose Filter > Colors > Convert To CMYK or Convert To RGB (depending on the color mode of the document). To colorize grayscale or 1-bit images Select the bitmap object.
Page 204 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To mix colors by specifying a mixing rate, choose Effect > Pathfinder > Soft Mix. Enter a value between 1% and 100% in the Mixing Rate text box to determine the percentage of visibility you want in the overlapping colors, and click OK.
Page 205: Chapter 9: Color Management
For example, a scanner profile tells a color management system how your scanner “sees” colors. Adobe applications use ICC profiles, a format defined by the International Color Consortium (ICC) as a cross-platform standard. (See “About color profiles” on page 211.)
Page 206 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Because no single color-translation method is ideal for all types of graphics, a color management system provide a choice of rendering intents, or translation methods, so that you can apply a method appropriate to a particular graphical element.
Page 207: Keeping Colors Consistent
Keeping colors consistent About color management in Adobe applications Adobe’s color management system helps you maintain the appearance of colors as you bring images in from external sources, edit documents and transfer them between Adobe applications, and output your finished compositions.
Page 208 Adobe applications” on page 202.) • If you use only one Adobe application, or if you want to customize advanced color management options, you can change color settings for a specific application. (See “To set up color management for Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop”...
Page 209 Color Settings dialog box. However, customizing is recommended for advanced users only. Note: If you work with more than one Adobe application, it is highly recommended that you synchronize your color settings across applications. (See “To synchronize color settings across Adobe applications” on page 202.) See also “To customize color settings”...
Page 210 Customizing the working spaces, color management policies, and color conversion options is recommended for advanced users only. Note: If you work with more than one Adobe application, it is recommended that you synchronize your color settings across applications. (See “To synchronize color settings across Adobe applications” on page 202.)
Page 211: Color-Managing Imported Images
To share swatches between applications You can share the solid swatches you create in one Adobe CS2 application with any other Adobe CS2 application by saving a swatch library for exchange. The colors appear exactly the same across applications as long as your color settings are synchronized.
Page 212 “Color Management Policy options” on page 217 Preparing imported graphics for color management Use the following general guidelines to prepare graphics for being color-managed in Adobe applications: • Embed an ICC-compliant profile when you save the file. The file formats that support embedded profiles are JPEG, PDF, PSD (Photoshop), AI (Illustrator), INDD (InDesign), and TIFF.
Page 213: Color-Managing Documents For Online Viewing
When you color-manage documents that will be viewed exclusively on the web, Adobe recommends that you use the sRGB color space. sRGB is the default working space for most Adobe color settings, but you can verify that sRGB is selected in the Color Settings dialog box of any Creative Suite application. With the working space set to sRGB, any RGB graphics you create will use sRGB as the color space.
Page 214: Proofing Colors
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Proofing colors Soft-proofing colors In a traditional publishing workflow, you print a hard proof of your document to preview how its colors will look when reproduced on a specific output device. In a color-managed workflow, you can use the precision of color profiles to soft-proof your document directly on the monitor.
Page 215 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Creates a soft proof of colors using the document’s CMYK profile. Document CMYK (InDesign) Working Cyan Plate, Working Magenta Plate, Working Yellow Plate, Working Black Plate, or Working CMY Plates Creates a soft proof of specific CMYK ink colors using the current CMYK working space.
Page 216: Color-Managing Documents When Printing
Your options for printing color-managed documents depend on the Adobe application you use, as well as the output device you select. In general, you have the following choices for handling colors during printing: •...
Page 217 Color-managing PDF files for printing When you create Adobe PDF files for commercial printing, you can specify how color information is represented. The easiest way to do this is using a PDF/X standard; however, you can also specify color-handling options manually in the Output section of the PDF dialog box.
Page 218: Working With Color Profiles
Describe what colors an input device is capable of capturing or scanning. If your digital camera Input device profiles offers a choice of profiles, Adobe recommends that you select Adobe RGB. Otherwise, use sRGB (which is the default for most cameras). Advanced users may also consider using different profiles for different light sources. For scanner profiles, some photographers create separate profiles for each type or brand of film scanned on a scanner.
Page 219 The overall level and range, respectively, of display intensity. These parameters work just as Brightness and contrast they do on a television. Adobe Gamma helps you set an optimum brightness and contrast range for calibration. The brightness of the midtone values. The values produced by a monitor from black to white are Gamma nonlinear—if you graph the values, they form a curve, not a straight line.
Page 220 Busy patterns or bright colors surrounding a document interfere with accurate color perception. Do one of the following to calibrate and profile your monitor: • In Windows, use the Adobe Gamma utility, located in the Control Panel. • In Mac OS, use the Calibrate utility, located in the System Preferences/Displays/Color tab.
Page 221 In order to embed a color profile in a document you created in Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign, you must save or export the document in a format that supports ICC profiles. Save or export the document in one of the following file formats: Adobe PDF, PSD (Photoshop), AI (Illustrator), INDD (InDesign), JPEG, or TIFF.
Page 222: Color Settings
Color settings To customize color settings For most color-managed workflows, it is best to use a preset color setting which has been tested by Adobe Systems. Changing specific options is recommended only if you are knowledgeable about color management and very...
Page 223 About color working spaces A working space is an intermediate color space used to define and edit color in Adobe applications. Each color model has a working space profile associated with it. You can choose working space profiles in the Color Settings dialog box.
Page 224 Note: In Photoshop, you can create custom working space profiles. However, Adobe recommends that you use a standard working space profile rather than creating a custom working space profile. For more information, see the Photoshop support knowledgebase at http://www.adobe.com/support/products/photoshop.html.
Page 225 Preserves color numbers when opening files and importing images, but still allows you to use color management to view colors accurately in Adobe applications. Select this option if you want to use a safe CMYK workflow. (See “Using a safe CMYK workflow” on page 204.) In InDesign, you can override this policy on a per-object basis by choosing Object >...
Page 226 In general, it is best to use the default rendering intent for the selected color setting, which has been tested by Adobe Systems to meet industry standards. For example, if you choose a color setting for North America or Europe, the default rendering intent is Relative Colorimetric.
Page 227 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Controls how RGB colors blend together to produce composite data (for example, Blend RGB Colors Using Gamma when you blend or paint layers using Normal mode). When the option is selected, RGB colors are blended in the color space corresponding to the specified gamma.
Page 228: Chapter 10: Painting
Chapter 10: Painting About painting Painting methods Illustrator provides two methods of painting: the existing method used in previous versions of Illustrator and the new Live Paint method. With the existing method, you can draw an object and assign a fill or stroke to it. You can then draw other objects that you can paint similarly, layering each new object on top of the previous ones.
Page 229: Fills And Strokes
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Painting tool gallery Illustrator provides the following painting tools: The Paintbrush tool (B) The Mesh tool (U) creates The Gradient tool (G) The Eyedropper tool (I) draws freehand and calli and edits meshes and mesh...
Page 230 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Fill and Stroke controls To use the Fill and Stroke controls in the toolbox Do any of the following: • Double-click the Fill or Stroke button to select a color using the Color Picker. •...
Page 231 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To apply a color, pattern, or gradient to an object Select the object. If you use the Selection tool to select a Live Paint group, all of the faces and edges are selected. To select a face of a Live Paint group, use the Live Paint Selection tool.
Page 232 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Stroke box Select a color from the Color palette or a swatch from the Swatches palette or the Control palette. Alternatively, double-click the Stroke box to select a color using the Color Picker. Select a weight in the Strokes palette or Control palette.
Page 233 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Creates stroked lines with squared corners. Bevel Join To create dotted or dashed lines You can create a dotted or dashed line by editing an object’s stroke attributes. Select the object. In the Stroke palette, select Dashed Line. If the Dashed Line option isn’t showing, choose Show Options from the Stroke palette menu.
Page 234 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About targeting” on page 420 “About effects and filters” on page 423 To remove the fill or stroke from an object Select the object. Click the Fill box or the Stroke box in the toolbox. Doing so indicates whether you want to remove the object’s fill or its stroke.
Page 235: Live Paint Groups
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Select Add New Fill or Add New Stroke from the Appearance palette menu. Alternatively, select a fill or stroke in the Appearance palette, and click the Duplicate Selected Item button Set the color and other properties for the new fill or stroke.
Page 236 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Once you’ve made a Live Paint group, each path remains fully editable. When you move or adjust a path’s shape, the colors that had been previously applied don’t just stay where they were, like they do in natural media paintings or image editing programs.
Page 237 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Live Paint group before (left) and after adding a new path and painting the new faces and edges created by it (right) You can use the Live Paint Selection tool to select and then delete faces and edges. Deleting edges causes the fill to merge across any newly expanded faces.
Page 238 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “To create a Live Paint group” on page 232 “To select faces and edges with the Live Paint Selection tool” on page 267 Limits to Live Paint groups Fill and paint attributes are attached to faces and edges of a Live Paint group—not to the actual paths that define them, as in other Illustrator objects.
Page 239 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Commands that act on the entire Live Paint group even if only parts of the group are selected: • Object > Rasterize • Object > Slice > Make • Make Opacity Mask from the Transparency palette menu See also “About Live Paint”...
Page 240 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To convert objects to Live Paint groups Certain types of objects, such as type, bitmap images, and brushes, cannot be directly made into Live Paint groups. You first need to convert these objects into paths. For example, if you try to convert an object that uses brushes or effects, the complex visual appearance is lost in the conversion to Live Paint.
Page 241 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Drag across multiple faces to paint more than one face at a time. • Double-click a face to fill across unstroked edges into adjacent faces (flood fill). • Triple-click a face to fill all faces of the same fill.
Page 242: Brushes
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To set Live Paint gap options The Gap Options dialog box lets you preview and control gaps that may occur in your Live Paint groups. Gaps are small spaces between paths. Often, you don’t want paint to flow though gaps when coloring faces. You could manually edit paths to close gaps, or you can select Gap Detection and fine tune the setting so that Illustrator prevents paint from leaking through the gap size that you specify.
Page 243 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 236 User Guide There are four types of brushes in Illustrator—calligraphic, scatter, art, and pattern. You can achieve the following effects using these brushes: Create strokes that resemble those drawn with the angled point of a calligraphic pen and are Calligraphic brushes drawn along the center of the path.
Page 244 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can customize brush libraries and the Brushes palette in the following ways: • To show or hide a type of brush, choose any of the following from the palette menu: Show Calligraphic Brushes, Show Scatter Brushes, Show Art Brushes, Show Pattern Brushes.
Page 245 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Illustrator sets down anchor points as you draw. The number of anchor points is determined by the length and complexity of the line and by the Paintbrush tolerance settings. To adjust the shape of a brushed line after you finish drawing it, first select the line. Then position the Paintbrush tool on the line, and drag until the line is the desired shape.
Page 246: Creating And Modifying Brushes
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Creating and modifying brushes About creating brushes You can create new calligraphic, scatter, art, and pattern brushes based on your own settings. For scatter, art, and pattern brushes, you must first create the artwork you want to use. Follow these guidelines when creating artwork for brushes: •...
Page 247 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About brush libraries and the Brushes palette” on page 236 Calligraphic brush options Determines the angle of rotation for the brush. Drag the arrowhead in the preview, or enter a value in the Angle Angle text box.
Page 248 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Art brush options Determines the direction of the artwork in relation to the line. Click an arrow to set the direction: Direction place the left side of the art is the end of the stroke;...
Page 249 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Fit options A. Stretch To Fit B. Add Space To Fit C. Approximate Path See also “About patterns” on page 255 “To create corner tiles for brush patterns” on page 259 Colorization options for brushes The colors that a scatter, art, or pattern brush paints depend on the current stroke color and the colorization method of the brush.
Page 250: Transparency
Applying effects or graphic styles that include transparency, such as drop shadows. • Importing Adobe Photoshop files that include transparency. It’s important to be aware of when you’re using transparency, because you need to set some extra options when printing and saving transparent artwork. You can display a checkered background grid to identify transparent areas of your artwork by selecting View >...
Page 251 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide If you want to change the opacity of a fill or stroke, select the object, and then select the fill or stroke in the Appearance palette. Set the Opacity option in the Transparency palette or Control palette.
Page 252 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 245 User Guide Selecting the Knockout Group option cycles it through three states: on (check mark), off (no mark), and neutral (square). Use the neutral option when you want to group artwork without interfering with the knockout behavior determined by the enclosing layer or group.
Page 253 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To create opacity masks • To create a mask from an existing object, select at least two objects or groups, and choose Make Opacity Mask from the Transparency palette menu. The topmost selected object or group is used as the mask.
Page 254 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To clip or invert opacity masks Target the masked artwork in the Layers palette. Select either of the following options in the Transparency palette: Gives the mask a black background which crops the masked artwork to the boundaries of the masking object.
Page 255: Blending Modes
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Knocking out shapes using a bitmap object A. Lighthouse with transparent background B. Darken blending mode applied to lighthouse C. Lighthouse and moon grouped and Knockout Group option selected D. Opacity & Mask Define Knockout shape option applied to lighthouse See also “About the Transparency palette”...
Page 256 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 249 User Guide Topmost object with Normal blending (left) compared to Hard Light blending mode (right) A. Base colors in underlying objects at 100% opacity B. Blend color in topmost object C. Resulting colors after applying the Hard Light...
Page 257 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Subtracts either the blend color from the base color or the base color from the blend color, depending on Difference which has the greater brightness value. Blending with white inverts the base-color values. Blending with black produces no change.
Page 258: Gradients, Meshes, And Color Blends
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide “Using the Appearance palette” on page 419 “Printing and exporting transparent artwork” on page 484 Gradients, meshes, and color blends About gradients, meshes, and color blends Depending on the effect you want, you can use the following methods to apply blends or color gradients to objects.
Page 259 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To apply a gradient in a different direction Once you have filled an object with a gradient, the Gradient tool lets you modify the gradient by “repainting” the fill along an imaginary line you drag. This tool lets you change the direction of a gradient, change the beginning point and endpoint of a gradient, and apply a gradient across multiple objects.
Page 260 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To adjust the endpoints of the gradient’s color stops, drag the leftmost or rightmost gradient stop below the gradient slider. Once you create or modify a gradient, save it as a swatch by clicking the New Swatch button in the Swatches palette.
Page 261 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To create a mesh object with a regular pattern of mesh points, select the object and choose Object > Create Gradient Mesh. Set the number of rows and columns, and select the direction of the highlight from the Appearance menu: Flat applies the object’s original color evenly across the surface, resulting in no highlight;...
Page 262: Patterns
Brushes palette (brush patterns). For best results, use fill patterns to fill objects and brush patterns to outline objects. When designing patterns, it helps to understand how Adobe Illustrator tiles patterns: •...
Page 263 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Guidelines for constructing pattern tiles Follow these general guidelines for constructing pattern tiles: • To make the pattern less complex so that it prints more rapidly, remove any unnecessary detail from the pattern artwork, and group objects that are painted with the same color so that they are adjacent in the stacking order.
Page 264 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About swatches” on page 188 To create seamless, geometric patterns Make sure that Smart Guides are turned on and that Snap To Point is selected in the View menu. Select the geometric object. For precise positioning, position the Direct Selection tool on one of the object’s anchor points.
Page 265 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To construct irregularly textured patterns Choose View > Snap To Point. Draw a bounding box. If you are creating a brush pattern, skip to step 13. Draw the texture with the objects or lines that intersect only the left side of the bounding rectangle.
Page 266 (reflected –135˚) corner tiles. Choose File > Open, locate a brush pattern file (supplied with Adobe Illustrator) that you want to use, and click Open.
Page 267 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Rotate 90˚ and copy left tile (left), and then Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) a corner tile to make a copy beneath it (right). Select the artwork in the right tile. Drag it to the left, pressing Alt+Shift (Windows) or Option+Shift (Mac OS) so that the right-tile artwork overlaps that in the corner tile.
Page 268 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide In the Swatches palette, select the pattern swatch you want to modify. Drag the pattern swatch onto your artboard, and edit the pattern tile on the artboard. Select the pattern tile and Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the modified pattern on top of the old pattern swatch in the Swatches palette.
Page 269: Chapter 11: Arranging Objects
Chapter 11: Arranging objects Selecting objects Selecting objects Before you can modify an object, you need to distinguish it from the objects around it. You do that by selecting the object. Once you’ve selected an object, or a part of an object, you can edit it. Illustrator provides the following selection methods and tools: •...
Page 270 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide The Selection tool (V) selects The Direct Selection tool (A) The Group Selection tool The Magic Wand tool (Y) entire objects. selects points or path selects objects and groups selects objects with similar segments within objects.
Page 271 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To select objects with the Selection tool Select the Selection tool Do either of the following: • Click an object. • Drag a marquee around part or all of one or more objects. To add or remove objects from the selection, hold down Shift and click or drag around the objects you want to add or remove.
Page 272 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide With Object Selection By Path Only selected, dragging with the Direct Selection tool selects points and segments within a marquee. See also “To view artwork as outlines” on page 40 To select objects with the Lasso tool Select the Lasso tool Drag around or across the objects.
Page 273 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Click to select an object within the selected group. • Draw to add an object to the selected group. Double-click outside the group to deselect the group. See also “To group or ungroup objects” on page 284...
Page 274 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “To group or ungroup objects” on page 284 To select objects with the Magic Wand tool Select the Magic Wand tool Do one of the following: • To create a new selection, click the object containing the attributes you want to select. All objects with the same attributes that were clicked are selected.
Page 275 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Move the tool over the Live Paint group until the face or edge you want to select is highlighted. (When the Live Paint Selection tool is over an edge, the tool changes to Do any of the following: •...
Page 276: Moving Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To select the next object in the stacking order You can select an object above or below a selected object in the stacking order. ❖ Do one of the following: • To select the nearest object above or below the selected object, choose Select > Next Object Above or Select > Next Object Below.
Page 277 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can use snapping to help you position objects as you move them. For example, you can snap the pointer to guides and anchor points and snap object boundaries to gridlines. You can also use the Align palette to position objects in relation to each other.
Page 278 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can use the Snap To Point command in the View menu to have the cursor snap to an anchor point or guide when you drag an object within 2 pixels of the anchor point or guide.
Page 279: Aligning And Distributing Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To move objects using x and y coordinates Select one or more objects. In the Transform palette or Control palette, enter new values in either the X or Y text box, or both. To change the reference point, click a white square on the reference point locator before you enter the values.
Page 280: Rotating Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide In the Align palette, do any of the following: • To align or distribute relative to the bounding box of all selected objects, click the button for the type of alignment or distribution you want.
Page 281 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Results of Rotate tool (left) compared to Transform Each command (right) To rotate objects using the bounding box Select one or more objects. With the Selection tool , move the pointer outside the bounding box and near a bounding box handle so that the pointer changes to , and then drag.
Page 282 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Enter the rotation angle in the Angle text box. Enter a negative angle to rotate the object clockwise; enter a positive angle to rotate the object counterclockwise. If the objects contain a pattern fill, select Patterns to rotate the pattern. Deselect Objects if you want to rotate the pattern but not the objects.
Page 283: Reflecting Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Rotating the axes is useful if your artwork consists of elements that are rotated to the same angle, such as a logo and text displayed on a 20˚ angle. Instead of rotating each element you add to the logo, you can simply rotate the axes by 20˚.
Page 284 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Position the pointer at another point to define the invisible axis, and do one of the following: • Click to set the second point of the invisible axis. When you click, the selected object flips over the defined axis.
Page 285: Using Layers
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Using layers About layers When creating complex artwork, it’s a challenge to keep track of all the items in your document window. Small items get hidden under larger items, and selecting artwork becomes difficult. Layers provide a way to manage all the items that make up your artwork.
Page 286 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Selects items in order to edit them. A selection color box indicates that the item is selected. If an Selection column item, such as a layer or group, contains some objects that are selected and other objects that are unselected, a smaller selection color box appears next to the parent item.
Page 287 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To create a new layer In the Layers palette, click the name of the layer above which (or in which) you want to add the new layer. The layer listing is highlighted and the current-listing indicator appears at the far right in the Layers palette.
Page 288 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About the Layers palette” on page 278 To release items to separate layers The Release To Layers command redistributes all of the items in a layer into individual layers and can build new objects in each layer based on the object’s stacking order.
Page 289: Stacking Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To flatten layers, click the name of the layer into which you want to consolidate the artwork. Then select Flatten Artwork from the Layers palette menu. See also “About the Layers palette” on page 278...
Page 290 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To change the stacking order using the Layers palette ❖ Do any of the following: • Drag the item’s name and release the mouse button when black insertion marks appear in the desired position. Black insertion marks appear either between two other items in the palette or on the left and right edges of a layer or group.
Page 291: Grouping And Expanding Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Turn on Paste Remembers Layers if you’re pasting artwork between documents and you want to automatically place it into a layer of the same name as that from which it originated. If the target document does not have a layer of the same name, Illustrator creates a new layer.
Page 292: Duplicating Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Before (left) and after (right) expanding an object that has a fill and stroke Expanding is particularly helpful if you are having difficulty printing transparency effects, 3D objects, patterns, gradients, strokes, blends, flares, envelopes, or symbols.
Page 293 About the Clipboard You can use the Clipboard to transfer selections between an Illustrator file and other Adobe applications including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe GoLive, and Adobe InDesign. The Clipboard is particularly useful for importing paths because paths are copied to the Clipboard as PostScript language descriptions.
Page 294: Locking, Hiding, And Deleting Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Selections are copied to the desktop as a picture clipping, which can be dragged and dropped into the desired document. Picture clippings are converted to PICT format when dragged to the desktop. To offset objects when duplicating You can create a replica of an object, set off from the selected object by a specified distance, by using the Offset Path command.
Page 295 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To lock all the layers, select all the layers in the Layers palette, and then choose Lock All Layers from the palette menu. • To unlock all objects in the document, choose Object > Unlock All.
Page 296 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Note: A document must have a least one layer. If a document has only one layer, the Delete icon and Delete command are not available. See also “About the Layers palette” on page 278...
Page 297: Chapter 12: Reshaping Objects
Chapter 12: Reshaping objects Transforming objects Transforming objects Transforming encompasses moving, rotating, reflecting, scaling, and shearing objects. You can transform objects using the Transform palette, Object > Transform commands, and specialized tools. You can also perform many types of transformations by dragging the bounding box for a selection. Sometimes you may want to repeat the same transformation several times, especially when you are copying objects.
Page 298 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 291 User Guide The Reshape tool adjusts The Free Transform tool (E) The Blend tool (W) creates a selected anchor points while scales, rotates, or skews a series of objects blended keeping the overall detail of selection.
Page 299 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide All values in the palette refer to the bounding boxes of the objects except for the X and Y values, which refer to the selected reference point. Transform palette A. Reference point locator B. Palette menu C. Lock proportions icon To transform an object’s patterns...
Page 300: Scaling Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “To scale objects with the bounding box” on page 294 “To move an object by dragging” on page 270 “To rotate objects using the bounding box” on page 274 Scaling objects Scaling objects Scaling an object enlarges or reduces it horizontally (along the x axis), vertically (along the y axis), or both.
Page 301 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To scale objects with the bounding box Select one or more objects. Select the Selection tool or the Free Transform tool Drag a bounding box handle until the object is the desired size. Objects scale relative to the opposite handle of the bounding box.
Page 302: Shearing Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Click OK, or click Copy to scale a copy of the objects. To scale multiple objects with the Transform Each command Select the objects. Choose Object > Transform > Transform Each. Set percentages for horizontal and vertical scaling in the Scale section of the dialog box.
Page 303 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To shear along the object’s vertical axis, drag anywhere in the document window in an up or down direction. To constrain the object to its original width, hold down Shift. • To shear along the object’s horizontal axis, drag anywhere in the document window in a left or right direction. To constrain the object to its original height, hold down Shift.
Page 304: Distorting Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can also call up the Transform palette by clicking X, Y, W, or H in the Control palette. See also “About the Transform palette” on page 291 Distorting objects To distort objects with the Free Transform tool Select one or more objects.
Page 305 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Liquify tool options Double-click a liquify tool to set tool options. Controls the size of the tool cursor. Width and Height Controls the orientation of the tool cursor. Angle Specifies the rate of change for the distortion. Higher values equal faster changes.
Page 306 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide The Layers palette lists envelopes as <Envelope>. Once you apply an envelope, you can continue to edit the original objects. You can also edit, delete, or expand an envelope at any time. You can edit an envelope shape or the enveloped object, but not both at the same time.
Page 307: Combining Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Do one of the following: • To reset or switch to a preset warp style, choose Object > Envelope Distort > Reset With Warp. In the Warp Options dialog box, select a warp style and set options.
Page 308 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Compound shapes Compound shapes let you combine multiple objects and specify how you want each object to interact with the other objects. Compound shapes are more versatile than compound paths because they provide four kinds of interactions: add, subtract, intersect, and exclude.
Page 309 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To create a compound shape Creating a compound shape is a two-part process. First, you establish a compound shape in which all components have the same shape mode. Then, you assign shape modes to the components until you obtain the desired combi...
Page 310 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Shape modes A. All components in Add mode B. Subtract mode applied to squares C. Intersect mode applied to squares D. Exclude mode applied to squares The bottom row of buttons in the palette, called pathfinder effects, let you create final shape combinations on the first click.
Page 311 Moving compound shapes between Illustrator and Photoshop The shape layers and layer clipping paths (vector masks) in Adobe Photoshop are types of compound shapes. You can import shape layers and layer clipping paths into Illustrator as compound shapes and continue to manipulate them.
Page 312 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To apply a Pathfinder effect using the Pathfinder palette Select the objects to which you want to apply the effect. To apply a Pathfinder effect to a group or layer, target the group or layer.
Page 313: Cutting, Dividing, And Trimming Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Pathfinder options” on page 306 “To mix colors using the Hard Mix or Soft Mix effect” on page 196 “To create a trap” on page 493 Pathfinder options You can set Pathfinder Options from the Pathfinder palette menu or by double-clicking a Pathfinder effect in the Appearance palette.
Page 314 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To cut objects with the Knife tool Select the Knife tool Do one of the following: • To cut in a curved path, drag the pointer over the object. • To cut in a straight path, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you click on the artboard with the Knife tool, and then drag.
Page 315 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Select all the objects you want to include in the compound path. Choose Object > Compound Path > Make. About filling compound paths You can specify whether a compound path is a nonzero winding path or an even-odd path. Both the nonzero winding fill rule and the even-odd fill rule use mathematical equations to determine if a point is outside or inside a shape.
Page 316: Clipping Masks
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To return a compound path to its original components Select the compound path using the Selection tool or Layers palette. Choose Object > Compound Path > Release. Clipping masks About clipping masks A clipping mask is an object whose shape masks other artwork so that only areas that lie within the shape are visible—...
Page 317 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Move the clipping path above the objects you want to mask in the stacking order. Select the clipping path and the objects you want to mask. Choose Object > Clipping Mask > Make. To use more than one object as a clipping path, group the objects first.
Page 318: Blending Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To release objects from a clipping mask ❖ Do one of the following: • Select the group that contains the clipping mask, and choose Object > Clipping Mask > Release. • In the Layers palette, click the name of the group or layer that contains the clipping mask. Click the Make/Release Clipping Masks button at the bottom of the palette, or select Release Clipping Mask from the palette menu.
Page 319 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Colors in blended objects The following rules apply to blended objects and their associated colors: • You cannot blend between mesh objects. • If you blend between one object painted with a process color and another object painted with a spot color, the blended shapes are painted with a blended process color.
Page 320 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Blending options You set blending options by double-clicking the Blend tool or choosing Object > Blend > Blend Options. To change options for an existing blend, select the blended object first. Determines how many steps are added to the blend.
Page 321: Reshaping Objects With Effects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Reshaping paths” on page 157 To reverse the stacking order in a blended object Select the blended object. Choose Object > Blend > Reverse Front To Back. Original stacking order (top) compared to applying Reverse Front To Back command (bottom) See also “About the stacking order”...
Page 322 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can use the following effects to reshape objects: Converts the shape of vector objects and bitmap images to a rectangle, rounded rectangle, or Convert To Shape ellipse. Set the dimensions of the shape using absolute or relative dimensions. For rounded rectangles, specify a corner radius to determine the curvature of the rounded edge.
Page 323: Creating 3D Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can achieve the same results with the Round Corners filter (Filter > Stylize > Round Corners). However, you can’t change a filter after you apply it, whereas you can modify or remove the effect at any time.
Page 324 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 317 User Guide Revolving an object Note: 3D objects may display anti-aliasing artifacts on screen, but these artifacts won’t print or appear in artwork optimized for the web. To apply or modify 3D effects for an existing 3D object, select the object and then double-click the effect in the Appearance palette.
Page 325 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Note: Applying the 3D Revolve effect to one or more objects simultaneously revolves each object around its own axis. Each object resides in its own 3D space and can’t intersect other 3D objects. Applying the Revolve effect to a targeted group or layer, on the other hand, revolves the objects around a single axis.
Page 326 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To constrain the rotation around an object axis, drag an edge on the track cube. The pointer changes to a double- sided arrow , and the cube edge changes color to identify the axis around which the object will rotate. Red edges represent the object’s x axis, green edges represent the object’s y axis, and blue edges represent the object’s z...
Page 327 “To add a custom bevel path” on page 320 To add a custom bevel path Open the Bevels.ai file located in the Adobe Illustrator Plug-ins folder. Create a single open path in the Bevels.ai file. Choose Window > Symbols, and do one of the following to make the path a symbol: •...
Page 328 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Specifies whether the object appears solid (Revolve Cap On ) or hollow (Revolve Cap Off Adds distance between the revolve axis and the path, to create a ring-shaped object, for instance. You can Offset enter a value between 0 and 1000.
Page 329 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 322 User Guide Examples of different surface shading choices A. Wireframe B. No shading C. Diffuse shading D. Plastic shading Lighting options Defines where the light is. Drag the light to where you want it on the sphere.
Page 330 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 323 User Guide Mapping artwork to a 3D object Every 3D object is composed of multiple surfaces. For example, an extruded square becomes a cube that is made of six surfaces: the front and back faces, and the four side faces. You can map 2D artwork to each surface on a 3D object.
Page 331 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Do any of the following: • To move the symbol, position the pointer inside the bounding box and drag; to scale, drag a side or corner handle; to rotate, drag outside and near a bounding box handle.
Page 332: Chapter 13: Importing, Exporting, And Saving
• If you place a PDF file with multiple pages, you can choose which page you want to place and how to crop the artwork. (See “Adobe PDF placement options” on page 330.) • If you embed a Photoshop file, you can choose how to convert layers. If the file contains layer comps, you can also choose which version of the image to import.
Page 333 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To use the Links palette You use the Links palette to see and manage all linked or embedded artwork in an Illustrator document. The palette displays a small thumbnail of the artwork and uses icons to indicate artwork’s status.
Page 334 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “To use the Links palette” on page 326 “About linked and embedded artwork” on page 325 “About the Control palette” on page 33 To update linked artwork if the source file changes ❖...
Page 335: Bitmap Images
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide If you select an option other than Transforms or Bounds, you can select a point on the Alignment icon from which you want to align the artwork, relative to the bounding box. If you want to keep the artwork from overlapping the bounding box, select Clip To Bounding Box.
Page 336 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Bitmap images are the most common electronic medium for continuous-tone images, such as photographs or digital paintings, because they can represent subtle gradations of shades and color. Bitmap images are resolution- dependent—that is, they contain a fixed number of pixels. As a result, they can lose detail and appear jagged if they are scaled on-screen or if they are printed at a lower resolution than they were created for.
Page 337: Adobe Pdf Files
Adobe PDF placement options When you place an Adobe PDF file, you can also specify how to crop the artwork by selecting a Crop To option: Places the PDF page’s bounding box, or the minimum area that encloses the objects on the page, Bounding Box including page marks.
Page 338: Eps And Dcs Files
Importing monotone, duotone, and tritone images from Adobe PDF files When you import artwork from an Adobe PDF file, it’s possible to introduce data that you can’t create within Illustrator. This is called non-native art and includes monotone, duotone, and tritone images. You can also generate non-native art within Illustrator by attempting to preserve spot colors when applying the Flatten Transparency command.
Page 339 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • You may receive an error message when printing or saving artwork that includes linked EPS files, if those files were saved in binary format (for example, in Photoshop's default EPS format). In this case, resave the EPS files in ASCII format, embed the linked files into the Illustrator artwork, print to a Binary print port instead of an ASCII print port, or save the artwork in AI or PDF format instead of EPS format.
Page 340: Importing Artwork From Photoshop
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Importing artwork from Photoshop Importing artwork from Photoshop Illustrator supports most Photoshop data, including layer comps, layers, editable text, and paths. This means that you can transfer files between Photoshop and Illustrator without losing the ability to edit the artwork. You can bring artwork from Photoshop (PSD) files into Illustrator using the Open command, the Place command, the Paste command, and the drag-and-drop feature.
Page 341: Saving Artwork
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Imports the file as a single bitmap Flatten Photoshop Layers To A Single Image And Preserve Text Appearance image. The converted file retains no individual objects, except for the document clipping path (if one exists). Opacity is retained as part of the main image, but is not editable.
Page 342 Saves a PDF representation of the document in the Illustrator file. Select this option if Create PDF Compatible File you want the Illustrator file to be compatible with other Adobe applications. Embeds files that are linked to the artwork. Include Linked Files...
Page 343 Virtually all page layout, word-processing, and graphic applications accept imported or placed encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files. The EPS format preserves many of the graphic elements you can create with Adobe Illustrator, which means that EPS files can be reopened and edited as Illustrator files. Because EPS files are based on the PostScript language, they can contain both vector and bitmap graphics.
Page 344 Embedding fonts ensures that the original font is displayed and printed if the file is placed into another application, such as Adobe InDesign. However, if the file is opened in Illustrator on a computer that does not have the font installed, the font will be fauxed or substituted.
Page 345 Specifies how fonts are exported: Font Type • Uses font hinting for better rendering of small fonts. This font type is supported by the Adobe SVG Adobe CEF Viewer but may not be supported by other SVG viewers. •...
Page 346 UTF-16 encoding do not preserve file metadata. Maintains the highest level of Illustrator data while still allowing the SVG file to be Optimize For Adobe SVG Viewer manually edited. Select this option to take advantage of faster rendering for features such as SVG filter effects.
Page 347: Exporting Artwork
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Displays the SVG file in a browser window. Preview See also “To save in SVG format” on page 337 “About SVG” on page 447 To save artwork for Microsoft Office The Save For Microsoft Office command lets you create a PNG file that you can use in Microsoft Office applications.
Page 348 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide A standard Windows image format. You can specify a color model, resolution, and anti-alias setting for raster izing the artwork, as well as a format (Windows or OS/2) and a bit depth to determine the total number of colors (or shades of gray) that the image can contain.
Page 349 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Saving and exporting artwork” on page 334 “To export artwork” on page 340 JPEG export options When you export artwork to JPEG format, you can set the following options: Determines the quality and size of the JPEG file. Choose an option from the Quality menu or enter a value Quality between 0 and 10 in the Quality text box.
Page 350 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Compresses the SWF data, resulting in a smaller file size. Note that Flash players prior to Flash Player Compress File 6 can’t open or display compressed files. Do not use this option if you’re not sure what version of the Flash player the file will be viewed on.
Page 351 If you change the color model, you must export the artwork as a flat image (the Write Layers option is not available). Note: If you want to export image maps, set Color Model to RGB. This is because Adobe ImageReady® only supports RGB documents.
Page 352 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide PNG export options When you export artwork to PNG format, you can set the following options: Determines the resolution of the rasterized image. Higher resolution values result in better image quality Resolution but larger file sizes.
Page 353: Creating Adobe Pdf Files
Choose Adobe PDF (*.PDF) as the file format, and click Save. Either choose a preset from the Adobe PDF Preset menu, or select a category from the list on the left of the dialog box and then customize the options.
Page 354 You can create a PDF/X-compliant file during the process of saving a PDF file. In the Save Adobe PDF dialog box, choose a PDF/X preset, or choose a PDF/X format from the Standard menu. Click Output on the left side of the Save Adobe PDF dialog box, and set PDF/X options.
Page 355 5.0 and Acrobat Reader 5.0 and later. Note: Before creating an Adobe PDF file to send to a commercial printer or prepress service provider, find out what the output resolution and other settings should be, or ask for a .joboptions file with the recommended settings. You may need to customize the Adobe PDF settings for a particular provider and then provide a .joboptions file of your own.
Page 356 To load PDF presets into all of your Creative Suite 2 applications, do one of the following: • Double-click the .joboptions file. • Choose Edit > Adobe PDF Presets. Click Import, and select the .joboptions file you want to load. See also “About Adobe PDF” on page 346...
Page 357: Adobe Pdf Options
Adobe PDF options are divided into categories. Changing any option causes the name of the preset to change to Custom. The categories are listed on the left side of the Save Adobe PDF dialog box, with the exception of the Standard and Compatibility options, which are at the top of the dialog box.
Page 358 Adobe PDF compatibility levels When you create Adobe PDF files, you need to decide which PDF version to use. You can change the PDF version by switching to a different preset or choosing a Compatibility option in the Save Adobe PDF dialog box.
Page 359 Saves Illustrator’s top-level layers as Acrobat layers within the PDF file. Create Acrobat Layers From Top-level Layers This allows Adobe Acrobat 6 and 7 users to generate multiple versions of the document from a single file. (See “To create a layered Adobe PDF file” on page 347.) Note: This option is only available when Compatibility is set to Acrobat 6 (1.5) or Acrobat 7 (1.6).
Page 360 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide The Compression area of the Save Adobe PDF dialog box is divided into three sections. Each section provides the following options for compressing and resampling color, grayscale, or monochrome images in your artwork. Important: The Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities option (in the General preferences area) counteracts aggressive compression and downsampling.
Page 361 The Marks & Bleed area of the Save Adobe PDF dialog box lets you specify the extent of the bleed and add a variety of printer’s marks to the file.
Page 362 PDF/X-compliant files. This menu is only available if a PDF/X standard (or preset) is selected in the Save Adobe PDF dialog box. The available options depend on whether color management is on or off. For example, if color management is off, the menu lists available printer profiles. If color management is on, the menu lists the same profile selected for Destination Profile (provided it is a CMYK output device), in addition to other predefined printer profiles.
Page 363 Use A Password To Restrict Editing Security And Permissions Settings settings. If the file is opened in Adobe Acrobat, the user can view the file but must enter the specified Permissions password in order to change the file’s Security and Permissions settings. If the file is opened in Illustrator, Photoshop, or InDesign, the user must enter the Permissions password, since it is not possible to open the file in a view-only mode.
Page 364: File Information And Metadata
PDF, as well as access content using software tools for the visually impaired. This option is only available for low (40-bit RC4) encryption. See also “About Adobe PDF” on page 346 File information and metadata About metadata File information—also called metadata—is increasingly important in all types of publishing.
Page 365 The information you add is embedded in the file using XMP (eXtensible Metadata Platform). XMP facilitates the exchange of metadata between Adobe applications and across publishing workflows. For example, you can save metadata from one file as a template, and then import the metadata into other files.
Page 366 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Do one of the following: • Click the triangle icon at the top of the File Info dialog box, and choose a template name from the top section of the pop-up menu. The metadata from the template will replace the current metadata. To append the current metadata instead, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) when you choose the template name.
Page 367: Chapter 14: Type
Type objects created in Illustrator 10 and earlier are uneditable until you update them for use in later versions. After you update you have access to all the text features in Illustrator CS2, such as paragraph and character styles, optical kerning, and full OpenType®...
Page 368: Creating Type
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Creating type Entering text in artwork In Illustrator, there are three methods for creating type: at a point, inside an area, and along a path. • Point type is a horizontal or vertical line of text that begins where you click on the artboard and expands as you enter characters.
Page 369 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide The Type tool (T) creates The Area Type tool changes The Path Type tool changes The Vertical Type tool creates individual type and type closed paths to type paths to type paths, and lets vertical type and vertical...
Page 370 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To enter text in an area Define the bounding area: • Select the Type tool or the Vertical Type tool , and drag diagonally to define a rectangular bounding area. • Draw the object you want to use as the bounding area. (It doesn’t matter if the object has stroke or fill attributes, because Illustrator automatically removes them.) Then select the Type tool...
Page 371: Importing And Exporting Text
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Enter the text. When you finish entering text, click the Selection tool to select the type object. Alternatively, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the text. See also “To move or flip text along a path” on page 370 “To apply path type effects”...
Page 372: Area Type
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 365 User Guide • Select the Extra Spaces option if you want Illustrator to replace strings of spaces in the file with tabs. Enter the number of spaces to be replaced by a tab. To export text to a text file Using a type tool, select the text you want to export.
Page 373 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Select the type object using the Selection tool or Layers palette, and choose Type > Area Type Options. Enter values for Width and Height, and click OK. If the text area is not a rectangle, these values determine the dimen...
Page 374 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 367 User Guide The top of the em box in Asian fonts touches the top of the type object. This option is available only Em Box Height when the Show Asian Options preference is selected. Specifies the distance between the baseline of the first line of text and the top of the type object in the Min text Fixed box.
Page 375 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To fit a headline across the full width of a type area Select a type tool, and click in the paragraph you want to fit across the type area. Choose Type > Fit Headline. Note: If you change the formatting of the type, be sure to reapply the Fit Headline command.
Page 376 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To work with text threads You can break threads and have the text flow into either the first or the next object, or you can remove all threads and have the text stay in place.
Page 377: Type On A Path
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Important: If the layer contains multiple type objects, move any that you don’t want to wrap around the wrap object either into another layer or above the wrap object. Choose Object > Text Wrap > Make Text Wrap.
Page 378 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To flip the direction of text along a path, drag the bracket across the path. Alternatively, choose Type > Type On A Path > Type On A Path Options, select Flip, and click OK.
Page 379 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Path type effects A. Rainbow B. Skew C. 3D Ribbon D. Stair Step E. Gravity To adjust the vertical alignment of type on a path Select the type object. Choose Type > Type On A Path > Type On A Path Options.
Page 380: Editing Text
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide For Spacing, type a value in points. Higher values remove the extra space from between characters positioned on sharp curves or angles. Type without spacing adjustment (left) compared to type with spacing adjustment (right) Note: The Spacing value has no effect on characters positioned on straight segments. To change spacing of characters anywhere along the path, select them, and then apply kerning or tracking.
Page 381 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can use the Smart Punctuation command to replace straight quotes with typographer’s quotes. See also “Assigning languages to text” on page 377 “To use smart punctuation” on page 376 To check spelling Choose Edit > Check Spelling.
Page 382 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To limit the search to a range of characters, select the characters. Choose Edit > Find and Replace. Enter the text string you want to find and, if desired, the text string with which to replace it.
Page 383 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “To apply all caps and small caps” on page 388 To use smart punctuation The Smart Punctuation command searches for keyboard punctuation characters and replaces them with their typographic equivalents. In addition, you can use the Smart Punctuation command to globally insert ligatures and fractions, if the font includes these characters.
Page 384: Language
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Language Unicode Illustrator supports Unicode, a standard that assigns a unique number to every single character, no matter which language or type of computer you use. Unicode is: Letters and numbers will not change when you move the file from one workstation to another. Adding a Portable foreign language to a document doesn’t cause confusion, because foreign characters have their own designations that...
Page 385: Letterforms As Graphic Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Character palette” on page 381 Letterforms as graphic objects Modifying letterforms as graphic objects The Create Outlines command (and the same command as an effect—Outline Object) lets you turn type into a set of compound paths that you can edit and manipulate as you would any other graphic object.
Page 386 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Modifying letterforms as graphic objects” on page 378 “About compound paths” on page 307 Transforming type You can rotate, reflect, scale, and shear type just as you do other objects. However, how you select the type affects the transformation results: •...
Page 387: Selecting Type
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Selecting type About selecting type You must select type before you can format or edit it. You can select one or more characters, an entire type object, or a type path. • Selecting characters lets you edit them, format them using the Character palette, apply fill and stroke attributes to them, and change their transparency.
Page 388: Formatting Characters
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Selection tool gallery” on page 262 To select a type path Select the Direct Selection tool or the Group Selection tool If the type object is selected, click outside the object’s bounding box to deselect it.
Page 389: Fonts
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To set an option in the Character palette, choose a value from the pop-up menu on the right side of the option. For options with numeric values, you can also use the up and down arrows to set the value, or you can edit the value directly in the text box.
Page 390 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To select a font family and style Select the characters or type objects you want to change. If you don’t select any text, the font applies to new text you create. Select a font family and style using the Control palette, Type menu, or Character palette: •...
Page 391 Greeking type Adobe Illustrator greeks—displays as a dimmed gray bar—type below a specified point size. Greeking type affects only artwork displayed on-screen, not the printed image. To change the greeking limit, choose Edit > Preferences >...
Page 392: Line And Character Spacing
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Line and character spacing Leading The vertical space between lines of type is called leading (rhymes with sledding). Leading is measured from the baseline of one line of text to the baseline of the line above it. Baseline is the invisible line on which most letters sit.
Page 393 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Character palette” on page 381 “To raise or lower the first baseline in a text area” on page 366 “Keys for working with type” on page 531 Kerning and tracking Kerning is the process of adding or subtracting space between specific pairs of characters. Tracking is the process of loosening or tightening the spacing between the characters in selected text or an entire block of text.
Page 394 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “To turn fractional character widths off or on” on page 387 To adjust kerning ❖ Do any of the following: • To use a font’s built-in kerning information for selected characters, select Auto for the Kerning option vertical text) in the Character palette.
Page 395: Underline, Strikethrough, Caps, Superscripts, And Subscripts
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Underline, strikethrough, caps, superscripts, and subscripts To underline or strike through text Select the characters or type objects you want to change. If you don’t select any text, the setting applies to new text you create.
Page 396: Special Characters
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Choose Superscript or Subscript from the Character palette menu. If you’re using an OpenType font, use the Position menu in the OpenType palette to set superscript and subscript type. See also “Character palette” on page 381 To change the size and position of superscripts or subscripts When you create superscript or subscript type, Illustrator applies a predefined baseline shift value and type size.
Page 397 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Glyphs palette A. Show menu B. Font family C. Font style D. Zoom buttons When you select an OpenType font in the Glyphs palette, you can restrict the palette to display certain kinds of glyphs by selecting a category from the Show menu. You can also display a pop-up menu of alternate glyphs by clicking the triangle in the lower right corner of the glyph box where applicable.
Page 398 Select Substituted Glyphs, and click OK. Substituted glyphs in the text are highlighted. OpenType fonts The OpenType font standard was developed jointly by Adobe and Microsoft, and it brings the advantages of the PostScript Type 1 and TrueType font formats into a new format that takes advantage of Unicode character encoding.
Page 399 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “To set Asian OpenType font attributes” on page 406 “To work with palettes” on page 31 To use superscripts and subscripts in OpenType fonts Select the characters you want to change to superscript or subscript. If you don’t select any text, the setting applies to new text you create.
Page 400 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide About ligatures and contextual alternates Ligatures are typographic replacement characters for certain letter pairs. Most fonts include ligatures for standard letter pairs such as fi, fl, ff, ffi, and ffl. In addition, some fonts include discretionary ligatures for letter pairs such as ct, st, and ft.
Page 401: Scaling And Rotating Type
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “OpenType fonts” on page 391 “The OpenType palette” on page 391 To format fractions and ordinals When using an OpenType font, you can automatically format ordinal numbers with superscript characters (for example, ). Characters such as the superscript “a” and “o” in the Spanish words segunda ( ) and segundo ( are also typeset properly.
Page 402: Formatting Paragraphs
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To rotate an entire type object (both the characters and the type bounding box), select the type object and use the bounding box, Free Transform tool, Rotate tool, Rotate command, or Transform palette to perform the rotation.
Page 403 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To align text Area type and type on a path can be aligned with one or both edges of a type path. To align existing text, select the type object or insert the cursor in the paragraph you want to change. If you don’t select a type object or insert the cursor in a paragraph, the alignment applies to new text you create.
Page 404 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Set the Single Word Justification option to specify how you want to justify single-word paragraphs. See also “About the Paragraph palette” on page 395 “Leading” on page 385 To indent text Indention is the amount of space between text and the boundary of a type object. Indention affects only the selected paragraph or paragraphs, so you can easily set different indentions for different paragraphs.
Page 405: Hyphenation And Line Breaks
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Paragraph without hanging punctuation (left) compared to paragraph with hanging punctuation (right) Illustrator provides the following options for hanging punctuation: Controls the alignment of punctuation marks for a specific paragraph. When Roman Roman Hanging Punctuation Hanging Punctuation is turned on, the following characters appear 100% outside the margins: single quotes, double quotes, hyphens, periods, and commas;...
Page 406 Specifies a distance from the right edge of a paragraph, demarcating a portion of the line where Hyphenation Zone hyphenation is not allowed. A setting of 0 allows all hyphenation. This option applies only when you use the Adobe Single-line Composer.
Page 407: Tabs
Illustrator offers two composition methods: the Adobe Every-line Composer and the Adobe Single-line Composer. Both methods evaluate possible breaks and choose the one that best supports the hyphenation and justification options you’ve specified for a given paragraph.
Page 408 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can position the Tabs palette anywhere in the work area; however, it is usually helpful to align the Tabs palette with a type object. To align the Tabs palette with the selected type object, click the magnet icon .
Page 409 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Note: When you use the tab ruler, you cannot set tab stops in increments smaller than 1. However, if you specify a position in the X or Y box, you can set stops at intervals as small as 0.01 point.
Page 410 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To specify characters for decimal tabs You use decimal tabs to align text with a character you specify, such as a period or a dollar sign. In the Tabs palette, create or select a decimal tab on the tab ruler.
Page 411: Character And Paragraph Styles
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Character and paragraph styles About character and paragraph styles A character style is a collection of character-formatting attributes that you can apply to a selected range of text. A paragraph style includes both character- and paragraph-formatting attributes, and can be applied to a selected paragraph or range of paragraphs.
Page 412 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To edit character or paragraph styles You can change the definition of the default character and paragraph styles, as well as any new styles you create. When you change the definition of a style, all of the text formatted with that style changes to match the new style definition.
Page 413: Formatting Asian Characters
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To load character and paragraph styles from another Illustrator document In the Character Styles palette or the Paragraph Styles palette, do one of the following: • Choose Load Character Styles or Load Paragraph Styles from the palette menu.
Page 414 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About character sets and alternate glyphs” on page 389 “OpenType fonts” on page 391 “The OpenType palette” on page 391 To replace Asian characters with a different glyph form Select the characters you want to replace.
Page 415 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Select with the Type tool any characters you want to adjust, and do any of the following in the Character palette: • To add aki before or after a character, choose the amount of aki you want to add from the Insert Aki (Left) Insert Aki (Right) menu in the Character palette.
Page 416 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “To adjust tracking” on page 387 “To display Asian type options” on page 406 To rotate half-width characters in vertical text The direction of half-width characters, such as roman text or numbers, changes in vertical text.
Page 417 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Specifies the alignment of warichu characters. For example, in a vertical frame grid, selecting Top will Alignment align the beginning of the warichu characters at the top of the frame. The alignment proxy shows how the warichu text appears relative to the parent text.
Page 418: Mojikumi
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Mojikumi About mojikumi Mojikumi specifies Japanese text composition for spacing of Japanese characters, roman characters, punctuation, special characters, line start, line end, and numbers. You can also specify paragraph indents. The existing character spacing rules in Illustrator follow the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) specification, JISx4051-1995.
Page 419 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To create a new mojikumi set Do one of the following: • Choose Type > Mojikumi Settings. • Choose Mojikumi Settings from the Mojikumi Set pop-up menu in the Paragraph palette. Click New in the Mojikumi Settings dialog box.
Page 420: Kinsoku
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Kinsoku About kinsoku Kinsoku specifies line breaks for Japanese text. Characters that cannot be placed at the beginning or end of a line are known as kinsoku characters. Illustrator has hard kinsoku sets and soft kinsoku sets. Soft kinsoku sets omit long vowel symbols and small hiragana characters.
Page 421: Burasagari, Leading, And Kurikaeshi Moji Shori
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To work with kinsoku sets ❖ In the Kinsoku Shori Settings dialog box, do any of the following: • To export a kinsoku set, click Export. Select a location for the file, enter a file name, and click Save.
Page 422 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To force punctuation outside the bounding box by spreading lines that end within the bounding box and Forced end with one of the hanging characters. Note: The Burasagari options are not available when Kinsoku Shori is set to None.
Page 423: Creating Composite Fonts
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “To display Asian type options” on page 406 Creating composite fonts To create a composite font You can mix characters from Japanese and roman fonts and use them as one composite font. Composite fonts are displayed at the beginning of the font list.
Page 424 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Font attributes A. Font Family B. Font Style C. Size D. Baseline E. Vertical Scale F. Horizontal Scale G. Scale at Center To view a sample of the composite font, click Show Sample. You can change the sample in the following ways: •...
Page 425 To export a composite font Composite fonts exported from Illustrator can be imported into the Japanese version of Adobe InDesign 2 or later. Choose Type > Composite Fonts. If you don’t see this command, select Show Asian Options in the Type prefer...
Page 426: Chapter 15: Creating Special Effects
Chapter 15: Creating special effects Appearance attributes About appearance attributes Appearance attributes are properties that affect the look of an object without altering its underlying structure. Appearance attributes include fills, strokes, transparency, and effects. If you apply an appearance attribute to an object and later edit or remove that attribute, it does not change the underlying object or any other attributes applied to the object.
Page 427 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To show or hide thumbnails, choose Show Thumbnail or Hide Thumbnail from the Appearance palette menu. To specify how appearance attributes are applied to new objects You can specify whether you want new objects to inherit appearance attributes or have only basic attributes.
Page 428: Copying Appearance Attributes Between Objects
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Drag the appearance attribute onto the Duplicate Selected Item button in the palette. To change the stacking order of appearance attributes ❖ Drag an appearance attribute up or down in the Appearance palette. (If necessary, click the toggle triangle next to an item to display its contents.) When the outline of the appearance attribute you are dragging appears in the desired...
Page 429 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the target icon in the Layers palette onto the item to which you want to copy appearance attributes. • To move appearance attributes instead of copying them, drag the target icon in the Layers palette from any item that has the desired attributes onto the item to which you want to apply it.
Page 430: Working With Effects And Filters
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Select the attributes you want to copy with the Eyedropper tool. You can sample appearance attributes including transparency, and various fill and stroke properties, as well as character and paragraph properties. Choose the sample size area from the Raster Sample Size menu.
Page 431 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About targeting” on page 420 Unavailable effect and filter commands Effect and filter commands are dimmed when they aren’t available for the targeted item. For example, the command may work on vector objects, but not on bitmap images.
Page 432 • Adobe Illustrator supports plug-in filters and effects from Adobe products such as Adobe Photoshop and from non-Adobe software developers. Once installed, most plug-in filters and effects appear in the Filter and Effect menus and work the same way as do built-in filters and effects.
Page 433: Summary Of Effects And Filters
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Change the settings. Some commands, such as Glass, are extremely memory-intensive. Try different settings to increase their speed. • Make sure Illustrator has enough RAM allocated for performing tasks and for the scratch disk (the temporary disk space used to work with bitmap images).
Page 434 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Effect/Filter Action Filter > Colors Modify an object’s color, blend colors between multiple objects, and set over printing options. See also: “To blend colors” on page 195, “To adjust multiple colors at the same time” on page 195, “To convert colors to grayscale”...
Page 435 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Effect/Filter Action Effect > Pathfinder Combine groups, layers, or sublayers into single editable objects. See also: “Pathfinder effects” on page 304 Effect > Pixelate Sharply define a selection by clumping pixels of similar color values.
Page 436 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Effect/Filter Action Effect > Texture Give an image the appearance of depth or substance, or add an organic look. Filter > Texture Available: RGB mode only See also: “Texture filters and effects” on page 433 Effect >...
Page 437 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Makes an image appear as if stroked with colored pastel chalk on a textured background. In areas of Rough Pastels bright color, the chalk appears thick with little texture; in darker areas, the chalk appears scraped off to reveal the texture.
Page 438 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Replicates the effect of a spatter airbrush. Increasing the values of the options simplifies the overall effect. Spatter Repaints an image using its dominant colors with angled, sprayed strokes of color. Sprayed Strokes Paints an image in Japanese style as if with a wet brush full of black ink on rice paper. The effect is soft, blurry Sumi-e edges with rich blacks.
Page 439 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Effects and filters quick reference” on page 426 Sharpen filter and effect The Unsharp Mask command in the Sharpen submenu in the Filter or Effect menu focuses blurry images by increasing the contrast of adjacent pixels. This effect is raster-based and uses the document’s raster effects settings whenever you apply the effect to a vector graphic.
Page 440 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Simplifies the image to appear stamped with a rubber or wood stamp. This command is best used with black- Stamp and-white images. Reconstructs the image as ragged, torn pieces of paper, and then colorizes the image using black and Torn Edges white.
Page 441: Drop Shadows, Glows, And Feathering
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Video filters and effects The Video effects are raster-based and use the document’s raster effects settings whenever you apply the effect to a vector graphic. They are available only for documents in RGB color mode.
Page 442 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Specifies the distance you want the drop shadow to be offset from the object. X Offset and Y Offset Specifies the distance from the edge of the shadow where you want any blurring to occur. Illustrator creates a Blur transparent raster object to simulate the blur.
Page 443: Making Objects Look Hand-Sketched
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Choose Effect > Stylize > Feather. Set the distance over which the object fades from opaque to transparent, and click OK. Original object selected (left) and using feather effect (right) See also “About effects and filters” on page 423 “About targeting”...
Page 444: Changing Vector Graphics To Bitmap Images
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide “To modify or delete an effect” on page 426 “Selecting objects” on page 262 Scribble options Controls the direction of the scribble lines. You can click any point on the angle icon, drag the angle line Angle around the angle icon, or enter a value between –179 and 180 in the box.
Page 445: Creating Mosaics
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About effects and filters” on page 423 “To modify or delete an effect” on page 426 Creating mosaics To create a mosaic Import a bitmap image to use as the basis for the mosaic. The image must be embedded, not linked.
Page 446 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can apply graphic styles to objects, groups, and layers. When you apply a graphic style to a group or layer, every object in the group or layer takes on the attributes of the graphic style. For example, assume you have a graphic style that consists of 50% opacity.
Page 447 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To use the Graphic Styles palette You use the Graphic Styles palette to create, name, and apply sets of appearance attributes. The palette lists a default set of graphic styles when you create a new document. Graphic styles that are saved with the active document will display in the palette when that document is open and active.
Page 448 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Drag the thumbnail from the Appearance palette to the Graphic Styles palette to save the attributes. To replace graphic style attributes • Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the graphic style you want to use onto the graphic style you want to replace.
Page 449: Chapter 16: Web Graphics
Chapter 16: Web graphics Best practices for creating web graphics About web graphics When designing graphics for the web, you must consider different issues than when designing graphics for print. To help you make informed decisions about web graphics, keep in mind the following three guidelines: 1.
Page 450: Slices And Image Maps
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Pixel Preview off (top) compared to on (bottom) Important: The pixel grid is sensitive to the ruler origin (0,0). Moving the origin of the ruler will change how Illustrator rasterizes artwork. See also “About bitmap images” on page 328...
Page 451 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can view slices on the artboard and in the Save For Web dialog box. Illustrator numbers slices from left to right and top to bottom, beginning in the upper left corner of the artwork. If you change the arrangement or total number of slices, slice numbers are updated to reflect the new order.
Page 452 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Use the Object > Slice > Make command when you want the slice dimensions to match the boundary of an element in your artwork. If you move or modify the element, the slice area automatically adjusts to encompass the new artwork.
Page 453 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide page. To edit the text, update the text in your artwork. Set the Horiz and Vert options to change the alignment of text in the table cell. You can also select a background color for the table cell.
Page 454: Svg
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • To delete all slices, choose Object > Slice > Delete All. Slices created with the Object > Slice > Make command are released, not deleted. • To release a slice, select the slice and choose Object > Slice > Release.
Page 455 SVG effects. To modify Illustrator’s default SVG filters, use a text editor to edit the Adobe SVG Filters.svg file in the Plug-ins folder inside the Adobe Illustrator application folder. You can modify existing filter definitions, delete filter definitions, and add new filter definitions.
Page 456 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Do one of the following: • To apply an effect with its default settings, select the effect from the bottom section of the Effect > SVG Filters submenu. • To apply an effect with custom settings, choose Effect > SVG Filters > Apply SVG Filter. In the dialog box, select the effect, and click the Edit SVG Filter button .
Page 457: Creating Animations
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Enter the corresponding JavaScript, and press Enter. SVG events Triggers the action when the element receives focus, such as selection by the pointer. onfocusin Triggers the action when the element loses focus (often when another element receives focus).
Page 458 Illustrator layer, and select the AI Layers To SWF Frames option when you export the artwork. Go to Adobe Studio (http://studio.adobe.com) for tips and tutorials on creating Flash animations. Create the artwork you want to animate. Use symbols to reduce the file size of the animation and simplify your work.
Page 459: Optimizing And Saving Web Graphics
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Choose File > Export, choose Macromedia Flash (SWF) for the format, and click Export. In the Macromedia® Flash™ Format Options dialog box, select AI Layers To SWF Frames for Export As. Set additional animation options, and click OK. (See “Macromedia Flash export options” on page 342.)
Page 460 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Select a Save As Type option to specify what kind of files you want to save: HTML file and image files, only image files, or only an HTML file. • (Optional) Set output settings for HTML and image files. (See “Output settings for web graphics” on page 464.) •...
Page 461 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To resize web graphics You can use the Image Size palette in the Save For Web dialog box to change the pixel dimensions of web graphics. Click the Image Size tab in the Save For Web dialog box.
Page 462 Visible Creates a hidden CSS layer in the resulting HTML file. Hidden CSS layers are the same as GoLive layers. Using Adobe GoLive, you can animate a CSS layer and use built-in JavaScript actions to create interactive effects. See also “About the Save For Web dialog box”...
Page 463: Web Graphics Formats And Options
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Web graphics formats and options Comparing web graphics formats Web graphics formats fall into two categories: bitmap and vector. The bitmap formats—GIF, JPEG, PNG, and WBMP—describe artwork as a series of colored dots called pixels. Each pixel in a bitmap image has a fixed size and is therefore resolution-dependent, meaning that dimensions of the image depend on the resolution of the monitor on which it is viewed.
Page 464 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide WBMP WBMP format is the standard format for optimizing images for mobile devices, such as cell phones. WBMP supports 1-bit color, which means that WBMP images contain only black and white pixels. (See “Optimization options for WBMP format”...
Page 465 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Determines the method and amount of application dithering. Dithering refers to the Dithering Method and Dither method of simulating colors not available in the color display system of your computer. A higher dithering percentage creates the appearance of more colors and more detail in an image, but can also increase the file size. For optimal compression, use the lowest percentage of dither that provides the color detail you require.
Page 466 • To save a color table, select Save Color Table from the Color Table palette menu. By default, the color table file is given the extension .act (for Adobe Color Table). • To load a color table, select Load Color Table from the Color Table palette menu. You can load a color table from an .act file or a GIF file (to load the file’s embedded color table).
Page 467 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About the Save For Web dialog box” on page 452 “To optimize and save web graphics” on page 452 Optimization options for JPEG format Optimization settings for JPEG A. File format menu B. Compression Quality menu Determines the level of compression.
Page 468 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Creates an image that displays as a low-resolution version in a browser while the full image file is Interlace downloading. Interlacing can make downloading time seem shorter and can assure viewers that downloading is in progress.
Page 469 SVG file is dynamic (such as server-generated text or user-interactive text). Specifies how fonts are exported. Font Type • Uses font hinting for better rendering of small fonts. This font type is supported by the Adobe SVG Adobe CEF Viewer but may not be supported by other SVG viewers.
Page 470 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Does not use font hinting. This font type is supported by all SVG viewers. • Converts type to vector paths. Use this option to preserve the visual appearance of type in all Convert To Outlines SVG Viewers.
Page 471: Output Settings For Web Graphics
Include Zero Margins On Body Tag marginwidth, marginheight, leftmargin, and topmargin tags with values of zero to the body tag. Reformats JavaScript code so that rollovers are fully editable in Adobe Included GoLive Interoperability Code GoLive. (Also creates an SVG file for every slice for the GoLive Save For Web feature to use during optimization.)
Page 472 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Output settings for web graphics” on page 464 “To optimize and save web graphics” on page 452 Slices output settings You can set the following options in the Slices options in the Output Settings dialog box: Controls the layout of slices using an HTML table, rather than a Cascading Style Sheet.
Page 473 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Note: Contact your Internet service provider to find out whether to use NCSA or CERN specifications for server-side image maps. Specifies the location of the image map declaration (the <MAP> tag) in the HTML file: Placement •...
Page 474 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Includes any metadata file information that was added to the document. Metadata is supported by GIF, Include XMP JPEG, and PNG file formats. See also “Output settings for web graphics” on page 464 “To optimize and save web graphics” on page 452...
Page 475: Chapter 17: Printing
(such as PostScript errors). Choose File > Print. Select a printer from the Printer menu. To print to a file instead of a printer, select Adobe PostScript® File or Adobe PDF.
Page 476: Printing Color Separations
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Print dialog box options Each category of options in the Print dialog box—from General options to Summary options—is organized to guide you through the process of printing your document. To display a set of options, select the set name on the left side of the dialog box.
Page 477 To print color separations Choose File > Print. Select a printer and PPD file. To print to a file instead of a printer, select Adobe PostScript® File or Adobe PDF. Select Output on the left side of the Print dialog box.
Page 478 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide In particular, you can specify how to position, scale, and crop the artwork; set up printer’s marks and a bleed; and choose flattening settings for transparent artwork. Click Print. See also “To print an object on all plates” on page 471 Color separation modes Illustrator supports two common PostScript workflows, or modes, for creating color separations.
Page 479: Setting Up Pages For Printing
To change the printer resolution and screen frequency Adobe Illustrator prints fastest and best by using the default printer resolution and screen frequency. However, in some cases, you might want to change the printer resolution and screen frequency—for example, if you draw a very long curved path that won’t print due to a limit-check error, if printing is slow, or if gradients and meshes show...
Page 480 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Select Setup on the left side of the Print dialog box. Click a square or arrow on the Placement icon to specify the origin point for aligning the artwork in relation to the page. Enter values for Origin X and Origin Y to fine-tune the position of the artwork.
Page 481 About page size and orientation Adobe Illustrator normally uses the default page size defined by the PPD file for the selected printer. However, you can change the media size to any of the sizes listed in the PPD file as well as specify portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) orientation.
Page 482: Cropping Artwork For Printing
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Cropping artwork for printing Cropping artwork By default, Illustrator crops artwork to the boundaries of the artboard. However, you can choose to crop to the edges of the artwork or to a crop area that you define. The option you choose sets the position of the printer’s marks on your document and defines the printable boundaries of the artwork.
Page 483: Printer's Marks And Bleed
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To create crop marks around an object Select the object. Choose Filter > Create > Crop Marks. To use Japanese-style crop marks Japanese-style crop marks have double lines, which visually define a default bleed value of 8.5 points (3 millimeters).
Page 484: Postscript Printing
For best printing results, Adobe recommends that you obtain the latest version of the PPD file for your output device from the manufacturer. Many prepress service providers and commercial printers have PPDs for the imagesetters they use.
Page 485 Printing long, complex paths If you are printing Adobe Illustrator files containing overly long or complicated paths, the file may not print and you may receive limit-check error messages from your printer. To simplify long, complex paths, you can split them into two or more separate paths.
Page 486 For font software licensed from Adobe, your license agreement provides that you may take a copy of the font(s) you have used for a particular file to a commercial printer or other service provider, and the service provider may use the font(s) to process your file, provided the service provider has informed you that it has the right to use that particular software.
Page 487: Printing With Color Management
Level 3 provides the best speed and output quality on a PostScript 3 device. (Optional) If you chose Adobe PostScript® File as the printer, select a Data Format option to specify how Illustrator sends the image data from your computer to a printer.
Page 488: Printing Gradients, Meshes, And Color Blends
To let your printer manage colors when printing Choose File > Print. Select a PostScript printer from the Printer menu. To print to a file instead of a printer, select Adobe PostScript® File or Adobe PDF. Select Color Management on the left side of the Print dialog box.
Page 489 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide • Use lighter colors, or make dark blends short. Banding is most likely to occur between very dark colors and white. • Use an appropriate line screen that retains 256 levels of gray. • If you create a gradient between two spot colors, assign different screen angles to the spot colors when you create color separations.
Page 490 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Final Imagesetter Maximum Line Resolution Screen to Use 3252 3600 4000 See also “Printer resolution and screen frequency” on page 472 “To change the printer resolution and screen frequency” on page 472 To calculate the maximum blend length for gradients Illustrator calculates the number of steps in a gradient based on the percentage of change between the colors in the gradient.
Page 491: Printing And Saving Transparent Artwork
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Number of Maximum Blend Length Steps Adobe Points Inches Illustrator Recommends 216.0 7.620 237.6 8.382 259.2 9.144 280.8 9.906 302.4 10.668 324.0 11.430 345.6 12.192 367.2 12.954 388.8 13.716 410.4 14.478 432.0 15.240 453.6 16.002 475.2...
Page 492 Technical Info/White Papers folder on the Illustrator CD. You can also find more information on printing and flattening files with transparency in the Adobe Illustrator User to User forum. This is a public forum that offers a wealth of tips and answers to frequently asked questions, and can be found at www.adobe.com/support/forums.
Page 493 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Select a flattening preset from the Preset menu, or click Custom to set specific flattening options. (See “Trans parency flattening options” on page 486.) If the artwork contains overprinted objects that interact with transparent objects, select an option from the Overprints menu.
Page 494 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Generally preserves spot colors. Select Preserve Spot Colors And Overprints (Flatten Transparency dialog box only) It also preserves overprinting for objects that are not involved in transparency. Select this option if you are printing separations and the document contains spot colors and overprinted objects. Deselect this option when saving files for use in page-layout applications.
Page 495 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Highlights all strokes that will be outlined because they are involved in transparency or because Outlined Strokes the Convert All Strokes To Outlines option is selected. Highlights all text that will be outlined because it is involved in transparency or because the Convert Outlined Text All Text To Outlines option is selected.
Page 496 You can then apply these settings for print output as well as for saving and exporting files to Adobe Illustrator, PDF 1.3, and EPS formats, and copying to the Clipboard. These settings also control how flattening occurs when exporting to formats that don’t support transparency.
Page 497: Overprinting
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To flatten transparency for individual objects The Flatten Transparency command lets you see what your artwork will look like when flattened. For instance, you might use this command before saving the file in SWF (Flash) format or if you are having problems printing legacy art where transparency may be the culprit.
Page 498 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Colors knocked out (by default) and with overprinting To set up overprinting Select the object or objects that you want to overprint. In the Attributes palette, select Overprint Fill, Overprint Stroke, or both. If you use the Overprint option on a 100% black stroke or fill, the black ink may not be opaque enough to prevent the underlying ink colors from showing through.
Page 499: Trapping
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Trapping About trapping Where colors printed from separate plates overlap or adjoin one another, press misregistration can cause gaps between colors on the final output. To compensate for potential gaps between colors in artwork, print shops use a technique called trapping to create a small area of overlap (called a trap) between two adjoining colors.
Page 500 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide In some cases, the top and bottom objects may have similar color densities so that one color is not obviously darker than the other. In this case, the Trap command determines the trap based on slight differences in color; if the trap specified by the Trap dialog box is not satisfactory, you can use the Reverse Trap option to switch the way in which the Trap command traps the two objects.
Page 501 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Reduces the tint of the lighter color being trapped; the darker color remains at 100%. This option is Tint Reduction useful when trapping two light-colored objects, where the trap line may show through the darker of the two colors, resulting in an unsightly dark border.
Page 502 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Choose Window > Stroke. Object stroked with background color A. Overprinted stroke creates choke trap B. Fill creates knockout C. Area of trap D. Area of knockout In the Weight text box, enter a stroke width of between 0.01 and 1000 points. Check with your print shop to determine what value to use.
Page 503: Print Presets
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Drop shadow with a trap (left) is based on the line drawn where the object and its drop shadow meet (right). In the Stroke box in the toolbox or the Color palette, select a color value for the Stroke to create either a spread or a choke.
Page 504 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide You can edit the default preset by choosing Default from the list of presets in the Print dialog box or the Print Presets dialog box. To delete print presets Choose Edit > Print Presets. To delete one or more presets, select the presets from the list and click Delete. Shift-click to select adjacent presets.
Page 505: Chapter 18: Automating Tasks
Chapter 18: Automating tasks Actions About actions An action is a series of tasks that are recorded while using the Illustrator application—menu commands, palette options, tool actions, and so on. When you play an action, Illustrator performs all of the recorded tasks for you. Illustrator comes with prerecorded actions to assist you in performing common tasks.
Page 506 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Actions palette A. Toggles item on or off B. Toggles modal control on or off C. Set D. Action E. Recorded command F. Stop playing/recording G. Begin recording H. Play current selection I. Create new set J. Create new action K. Delete selection See also “To work with palettes”...
Page 507 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Perform the tasks you want to record. Some tasks can’t be recorded directly; however, you can insert most nonre cordable tasks using commands in the Actions palette menu. (See “To insert nonrecordable tasks into actions” on page 500.)
Page 508 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To change settings when playing an action By default, Illustrator completes actions using the values specified when you first recorded the action. If you want to change the settings for a command within an action, you can insert a modal control. A modal control lets you pause a command to display its dialog box and specify different values.
Page 509 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To edit actions ❖ You can edit an action in any of the following ways: • To rearrange a task within an action, drag the task to its new location in the Actions palette. When the highlighted line appears in the desired position, release the mouse button.
Page 510 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Important: The Replace Actions command replaces all sets of actions in the current document. Before using the command, make sure that you have already saved a copy of your current set of actions using the Save Actions command.
Page 511: Scripts
To install a script, copy the script to your computer’s hard disk. If you place the script in the Presets/Scripts folder inside the Adobe Illustrator application folder, the script will appear in the File > Scripts submenu. If you place the script in another location on your hard disk, you can execute the script in Illustrator using the File >...
Page 512: Data-Driven Graphics
If you’re responsible for production, you can use scripts within Illustrator, the Batch command, or a web production tool such as Adobe GoLive 6.0 to render the final graphics. You can also use a dynamic imaging server such as Adobe® Graphics Server to further automate the rendering process.
Page 513 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide The Variables palette uses the following icons to indicate a variable’s type: • Visibility variable • Text String variable • Linked File variable • Graph Data variable • No Type (unbound) variable You can sort the rows by clicking items in the header bar: by variable name, object name, or by variable type.
Page 514 The Variables palette displays the names of dynamic objects as they appear in the Layers palette. If you save the template in SVG format for use with other Adobe products, these object names must conform to XML naming conventions. For example, XML names must begin with a letter, underscore, or colon, and cannot contain spaces.
Page 515 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “About the Variables palette” on page 505 About data sets A data set is a collection of variables and associated data. When you create a data set, you capture a snapshot of the dynamic data that is currently displayed on the artboard.
Page 516 GoLive. For example, a GoLive user can place an SVG template in a page layout, bind its variables to a database using dynamic links, and then use Adobe Graphics Server to generate iterations of the artwork. Likewise, a developer working with Adobe Graphics Server can bind the variables in the SVG file directly to a database or another data source.
Page 517: Chapter 19: Graphs
Chapter 19: Graphs Creating graphs Graph tool gallery Illustrator provides nine graph tools, each one for creating a different type of graph. The type of graph you choose depends on the information you want to communicate. 0 1020304050607080 0 20 40 60 80 100 The Column Graph tool (J) The Stacked Column graph The Bar Graph tool creates...
Page 518 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide The Radar Graph tool creates graphs that compare sets of values at given points in time or in particular categories, and is displayed in a circular format. This type of graph is also called a web graph.
Page 519 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Entering graph data You use the Graph Data window to enter the data for your graph. The Graph Data window appears automatically when you use a graph tool and stays open until you close it. To display the Graph Data window for an existing graph, select the entire graph with the Selection tool, and then choose Object >...
Page 520 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To work with graph labels Labels are words or numbers that describe two things: the sets of data you want to compare, and the categories across which you want to compare them. For column, stacked column, bar, stacked bar, line, area, and radar graphs, you...
Page 521 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 80000 70000 60000 50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 1990 2000 Column graph data • For column, stacked column, bar, and stacked bar graphs, the height of the column or length of the bar corre sponds to the amount being compared. For column or bar graphs, you can combine positive and negative values;...
Page 522: Formatting Graphs
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide See also “Entering graph data” on page 512 “To work with graph labels” on page 513 To enter data sets for pie graphs You organize data sets for pie graphs similarly to other graphs. However, each row of data in the worksheet generates a separate graph.
Page 523 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Keep in mind that a graph is a grouped object that is related to its data. Never ungroup the graph; if you do, you cannot change the graph. To edit a graph, select the parts you want to edit without ungrouping the graph, using either the Direct Selection tool or the Group Selection tool.
Page 524 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To assign different scales to the value axes If your graph has a value axis on both sides, you can assign a different set of data to each axis. This causes Illustrator to generate a different scale for each axis. This technique is especially useful when you combine different graph types in the same graph.
Page 525 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Places the column, bar, or line that corresponds to the first column of data in the Graph Data First Column In Front window on top. This option also determines which column is on top for column and stacked column graphs with a Column Width greater than 100% and for bar and stacked bar graphs with a Bar Width greater than 100%.
Page 526 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Pie graph options Determines the placement of the legend. Legend • Places column labels outside the graph; this is the default. Use this option when you combine Standard Legend pie graphs with other kinds of graphs.
Page 527: Adding Pictures And Symbols To Graphs
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide If a graph uses more than one graph type, you may want one set of data along the right axis and the other set of data along the left axis. In this way, each axis measures different data.
Page 528 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide 1993 2003 1993 2003 Vertically scaled graph design compared to uniformly scaled graph design • A repeating design stacks a design to fill the columns. You can specify the value that each design represents, as well as whether you want to chop or scale designs that represent fractions.
Page 529 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide To create a column design Create a rectangle as the backmost object in the design. The rectangle represents the boundary of the graph design. Copy and paste the smallest column in your graph to use it as the bounding rectangle for your design.
Page 530 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide For example, you can place the value in, above, below, to the left, or to the right of the design. Click and type a percent sign (%) followed by two digits from 0 to 9. The digits control how the data is displayed.
Page 531 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide If you choose the Repeating Column Type, enter a value in the Each Design Represents text box. Also select whether to chop or scale any fractions of the design from the For Fractions pop-up menu. Chop Design cuts off a fraction of the top design as necessary;...
Page 532: Chapter 20: Keyboard Shortcuts
Chapter 20: Keyboard shortcuts Customizing keyboard shortcuts Customizing keyboard shortcuts Illustrator lets you view a list of all shortcuts, and edit or create shortcuts. The Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box serves as a shortcut editor, and includes all commands that support shortcuts, some of which aren’t addressed in the default shortcut set.
Page 533: Default Keyboard Shortcuts
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Default keyboard shortcuts Keys for selecting tools This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips. Result Windows Mac OS...
Page 534 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Result Windows Mac OS Scissors tool Hand tool Zoom tool Keys for viewing artwork This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips.
Page 535 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Result Windows Mac OS Continuously duplicate a shape ‘ (grave accent)-drag ‘ (grave accent)-drag Increase or decrease polygon sides, star Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or...
Page 536 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Result Windows Mac OS Switch to last-used selection tool (Selection Ctrl Command tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, or Live Paint Selection tool) Switch between Direct Selection tool and Option Group Selection tool Add to a selection with Selection tool,...
Page 537 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Result Windows Mac OS Switch Pen tool to Convert Anchor Point Option tool Switch between Add Anchor Point tool and Option Delete Anchor Point tool Switch Scissors tool to Add Anchor Point Option tool Switch Pencil tool to Smooth tool...
Page 538 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Result Windows Mac OS Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill Alt-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Option-click + Live Paint Bucket tool and/or stroke Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color Alt + Shift-click + Live Paint Bucket tool...
Page 539 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Result Windows Mac OS Move one character right or left Right Arrow or Left Arrow Right Arrow or Left Arrow Move up or down one line Up Arrow or Down Arrow Up Arrow or Down Arrow...
Page 540 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Result Windows Mac OS Set options (except for Action and Brush Alt-click New button Option-click New button palettes) Delete without confirmation (except for Alt-click Delete button Option-click Delete button Variable palette) Apply value and keep text box active...
Page 541 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Result Windows Mac OS Increase/decrease the selected value by a Up Arrow or Down Arrow Up Arrow or Down Arrow small increment Increase/decreases the selected value by a Shift + Up Arrow or Down Arrow...
Page 542 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Result Windows Mac OS Select all objects on the layer Alt-click layer name Option-click layer name Show/hide all layers but the selected one Alt-click eye icon Option-click eye icon Select Outline/Preview view for the Ctrl-click eye icon...
Page 543 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Keys for the Transparency palette This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips. Result Windows Mac OS Change mask to grayscale image for editing Alt-click on mask thumbnail...
Page 544 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Keys for working with Adobe Bridge This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips. Result Windows Mac OS...
Page 545 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Result Windows Mac OS Delete selected file Control + Backspace Command + Backspace Move up a folder (in folder view) or a row Up Arrow Up Arrow Move down a folder (in folder view) or a row Down Arrow...
Page 546 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Guide Keys for navigation in Version Cue Result Windows Mac OS Open folder Control + O Command + O New folder Control + N Command + N Up one level Backspace Command + Up Arrow Open selected file...
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Acrobat. See Adobe Acrobat Adobe Creative Suite color accessing commands in status settings 200 bar 29 actions Adobe dialog box, in Version Cue 82 connecting to remote projects 88 about 498 Adobe GoLive disconnecting in 105 batch-processing files 503 creating dynamic data for 509...
Page 548 ALT text anti-aliasing zooming 38 in web pages 445 in envelopes 300 Artistic effects and filters 429 AlterCast. See Adobe Graphics Server for images generated by effects 424 artwork, copying from alternate glyphs in type 379 Photoshop 334 about 389...
Page 549 437 adjusting 51 Change Case commands 375 dimming 279 main components 48 character styles resolution of 329 Bridge. See Adobe Bridge about 404 texturizing 434 brightness Character Styles palette 404 tracing 165 in HSB color model 183...
Page 550 INDEX Clip To Artboard command 446 CMYK 182 applying to objects 221, 222, 224 clipboard, importing and exporting for images generated by effects 424 applying to type 381 artwork with 286 grayscale 184 blending 195, 196, 251 clipping masks HSB 183 changing to complement 187 about 309 Lab 183...
Page 551 INDEX composite fonts copying and pasting objects dashes, en and em 376 creating 416 by dragging 285 data sets customizing 418 about the clipboard 286 about 508 deleting 418 in a circular pattern 274 creating 508 exporting 418 in front or in back 283 data-driven graphics previewing in Font menu 383 into layers 283...
Page 552 INDEX DIC color system 188 opening 35 Edit Custom Dictionary dictionaries scaling 474 command 374 about 377 setting up 38, 39, 40, 42 Edit Original command 328 editing 374 unit of measurement for 42 Edit Properties command 92 Difference blending mode 250 documents folder, in Version Cue 87 Edit Selection command 269 Diffuse Glow command 431...
Page 553 Feather effect 435 managing 57 graphs 517 file browsing, with Bridge 48 navigating 55 Fit Headline command 368 file conflicts in Adobe Version opening in Bridge 56 Fit In Window command 38 Cue 122 opening in Illustrator 35 Flare tool 145...
Page 554 396 Version Cue 126 about 484 swashes 393 full screen mode 29 during printing 485 GoLive. See Adobe GoLive function keys 536 individual objects 490 Goodies folder 9 layers 281 GPS information in files 64, 65 presets for 489...
Page 555 INDEX applying to symbols 178 groups HTTP Proxy server, specifying in Version Cue 126 breaking the link to 440 about 284 hue 183 creating 439, 440 creating 284 Hue blending mode 250 deleting 439 nested 284 hyphenation duplicating 439 selecting in Layers palette 263 composition methods and 400 Graphic Styles palette 440 selecting objects within 265, 266...
Page 556 Bridge 68 In Use By Me file status, in Version pasting objects into 283 Cue 96 kinsoku preserving in Adobe Acrobat 352 Increase Font Size command 65 about 413 releasing objects to 281 Increase Rating command 59 alignment of text 414...
Page 557 Version Cue 117 saving files for 340 about 228 Visual Basic 504 Make Text Wrap command 370 adding to group 232 migrating to Adobe Version Cue Manage Workspaces command 45 compared to traditional 2.0 126 painting 221 mapping 3D objects 323...
Page 558 331 number of undos and redos 29 Open command Move command 271 numbers, formatting 392 Adobe Photoshop files 333 Move To Recycle Bin command 58 DCS files 332 Move To Trash command 57, 58 EPS files 331 moving objects...
Page 559 INDEX options, at top of work area 33, 34 palettes lengthening or shortening 159 ordinals 394 See also individual palette names reshaping 152, 157, 159 Other Layers (Hide) command 288 considerations for using 31, 32 selecting 158, 159 Other Layers (Lock) command 287 keyboard shortcuts for 532 self-intersecting 308 Other Library command 194...
Page 560 INDEX PDF version capabilities 351 Place command ppi (pixels per inch) 329 PDF/X-compliant files about 325 preferences color management Adobe Photoshop files 333 See also specific preferences considerations 210 categories DCS files 332 creating 347 about 45 EPS files 331...
Page 561 INDEX oversized documents 474 options for 424 Reshape tool 160, 290 PostScript level 479 previewing 442 reshaping objects. See distorting objects, transforming transparent artwork 484 rating files, in Bridge 59 resizing objects. See scaling objects process colors recent files, opening 35 resizing web graphics 454 about 190, 469 Rectangle tool 145...
Page 562 Share Project command 93 SVG and SVGZ format 337 Select All command 56, 269 sharing projects transparent 484 Select Labeled command 56 Adobe Creative Suite 93, 94 Scale command 294 Select Unlabeled command 56 using Version Cue Administration Scale tool 290, 293 selecting...
Page 563 77 Sketch filters and effects 432 ligatures and contextual signing in 78 skewing. See shearing objects alternates 393 Stock Photos. See Adobe Stock slanting. See shearing objects numbers 392 Photos Slice Selection tool 444 OpenType palette 391 straight quotes 373, 376...
Page 564 450 duplicating 170, 171 complimentary and paid 6 saving, with Save As editing symbol instances 171 command 337, 338 on Adobe.com 8 expanding 172, 285 saving, with Save For Web importing from another command 452, 462 document 173...
Page 565 INDEX template layers selecting 31 as appearance attributes 419 converting to regular layers 169 tearing off in separate palettes 31 creating knockout groups 244 creating 169 Tools commands, in Bridge 62 file formats that preserve 485 showing and hiding 169 Top-to-top leading 415 masks 245, 246 templates...
Page 566 URLs text in an area 363 OpenType palette 391 assigning to object 447 tools for 361 Paragraph palette 395 Use Adobe Dialog command 83 tutorial 22 paragraph spacing 397 user forums 8 type on a path 363 reflecting 379 user IDs...
Page 567 437 options for 463 working files previewing rasterization of 442 web graphics editing, in Version Cue 119 Version Cue. See Adobe Version Cue See also specific file formats using, in Version Cue 94 versions color management working spaces, color 216...

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