Page 9 - Adobe Photoshop,Illustrator and InDesign 2021

Project 2 Stage 2 / Working with Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Regatta Artwork 105 Create Point-Type Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Point Type vs . Area Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Stage 1 / Drawing Complex Artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
The Character Panel in Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Prepare the Drawing Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Manipulate Type Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Use the Pen Tool to Trace the Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
More about Working with Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Understanding Anchor Points and Handles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Convert Type to Outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Understanding Anchor Point and Bézier Curve Tools . . . . . . . .113
Create Custom Graphics from Letter Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Reshape Line Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Stage 3 / Working with Multiple Artboards . . . . . . . .178
Editing Anchor Points with the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Adjust the Default Artboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Drawing with the Curvature Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Managing Artboard Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Build Shapes from Overlapping Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Use the Layers Panel to Organize Artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
More about the Shape Builder Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Copy the Artboard and Artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Use the Draw Behind Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Convert Mesh Objects to Regular Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Using the Draw Inside Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The Appearance Panel in Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Stage 2 / Coloring and Painting Artwork . . . . . . . . . .123
Add Spot Color to the Two-Color Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Create Global Custom Color Swatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Stage 4 / Combining Text and Graphics . . . . . . . . . . 189
Add a Color Gradient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Work with Placed Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Edit Global Color Swatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Create the Envelope Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Understanding Color Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Print Desktop Proofs of Multiple Artboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Stage 3 / Creating the Finished Poster . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Project Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Manage Artwork with Sublayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Portfolio Builder Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Lock and Hide Artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Create Shapes with the Blob Brush Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Combine Shapes with the Pathfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Project 4
The Pathfinder Panel in Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Music CD Artwork 205
Save the File as PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Stage 1 / Compositing Images and Artwork . . . . . . . 207

Project Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 Open and Resize an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Portfolio Builder Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Crop the Canvas and Place Ruler Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Understanding File Saving Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Project 3 The Crop Tools in Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Identity Package 151 Copy and Paste Selected Pixels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Create a Feathered Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Stage 1 / Working with Gradient Meshes . . . . . . . . . .153
Understanding the Lasso Tool Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Set up the Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Rasterize a Vector File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Create a Gradient Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Place Files as Smart Object Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Understanding Gradient Mesh Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Working with Embedded and Linked Smart Objects . . . . . . . 231
Work in Outline Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Edit the Gradient Mesh Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

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