Page 8 - Adobe Illustrator CC 2020

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements iii Stage 2 / Drawing with Basic Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Numerically Transform Drawing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Walk-Through iv Shear and Reflect Drawing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Manage Artwork with Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the Group Selection Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Projects at a Glance vi
Create Artwork with Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
The Stroke Panel in Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Getting Started xii Draw with Live Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transforming Objects with the Bounding Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
The Illustrator User Interface 1 Understanding the Free Transform Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Explore the Illustrator Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Explore Artwork Outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Understanding the Application Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Working with GPU Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Explore the Arrangement of Illustrator Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Draw with the Shaper Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Identifying and Accessing Illustrator Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Draw with the Pencil Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Customizing Tools Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Edit Individual Grouped Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Create a Saved Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Editing Similar Shapes with Global Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Project Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Explore the Illustrator Document Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Portfolio Builder Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Explore the Arrangement of Multiple Documents . . . . . . . . . . 19
More about the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Project 2
Moving Around an Illustrator File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Regatta Artwork 89
Project 1 Stage 1 / Drawing Complex Artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Campground Icons 25 Prepare the Drawing Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Use the Pen Tool to Trace the Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Stage 1 / Setting up the Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Understanding Anchor Points and Handles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Create a New Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Understanding Anchor Point and Bézier Curve Tools . . . . . . . . 96
Define Smart Guide Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Reshape Line Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Draw Rounded Rectangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Editing Anchor Points with the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
More about Working with Live Corners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Drawing with the Curvature Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Understanding Selection Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Build Shapes from Overlapping Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Control Fill and Stroke Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Use the Draw Behind Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Control Object Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
More about the Shape Builder Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Understanding Alignment Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the Draw Inside Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Align and Distribute Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Import Template Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Stage 2 / Coloring and Painting Artwork . . . . . . . . . 106
Manage Multiple Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Create Global Custom Color Swatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Add a Color Gradient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Edit Global Color Swatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Understanding Color Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

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