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I liked this book while using the Illustrator software. It is easy to use, well-organized, and user friendly. Any graphic designer will enjoy this how-to even when they are just a beginning designer. My design skills are not advanced, with this book, the definite how-to's will do wonders for any novice designer!
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Peachpit Press/Scott Design A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator $PMPS ZPVS XPSME XJUI OFX IJHI EFOTJUZ XBY $PMPS4UJLT ɥFZ DPMPS PO BOZ TVSGBDF JODMVEJOH QMBT DFMMPQIBOF NFUBM BOE GPJM (SFBU GPS DSBGUT BOE IPNF VTF 'JOE UIFN BU ZPVS MPDBM HSPDFSZ PS DSBGUT TUPSF This interactive demonstration of Adobe Illustrator is designed to give an overview of key features of the program in about one hour. Illustrator_cib_book.indb 5 9/20/2003, 1:33:09 AM Peachpit Press/Scott Design 6 A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator Getting started You’ll work in one art file during this tour. All art files are located on the Adobe Classroom in a Book CD that is located on the inside back cover of this book. Make sure that you copy the AICIB folder from the CD to your hard drive before starting this exercise. Before you begin, you need to restore the default preferences for Adobe Illustrator. Then you’ll open the finished art file for this lesson to see what you’ll create. Note: If you’re new to Adobe Illustrator or to vector-drawing applications, you may want to begin with Lesson 1, “Getting to Know the Work Area.” 1 To ensure that the tools and palettes function exactly as described in this tour, delete or deactivate (by renaming) the Adobe Illustrator CS preferences file. See “Restoring default preferences” on page 4. 2 Start Adobe Illustrator. When the Welcome Screen appears choose Open Document, or File > Open. 3 Open the tour_done.ai file in the Lesson00 folder, located inside the Lessons folder within the AICIB folder on your hard drive. Note: The tour file uses an OpenType font named Chaparral Pro Regular. Illustrator CS comes with Chaparral Pro and a variety of other OpenType fonts so you can use these features in your work right away. See Lesson 11 for more information on fonts. Illustrator_cib_book.indb 6 9/20/2003, 1:33:10 AM Peachpit Press/Scott Design ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS 7 Classroom in a Book Zoom Out to make the finished artwork smaller, and leave it on your screen as you work. Use the Hand tool ( ) to reposition the artwork in the upper left of the page then drag the lower right corner to make the window smaller. If you don’t want to leave the image open, choose File > Close. $PMPS ZPVS XPSME XJUI OFX IJHI EFOTJUZ XBY $PMPS4UJLT ɥFZ DPMPS PO BOZ TVSGBDF JODMVEJOH QMBT DFMMPQIBOF NFUBM BOE GPJM (SFBU GPS DSBGUT BOE IPNF VTF 'JOE UIFN BU ZPVS MPDBM HSPDFSZ PS DSBGUT TUPSF The completed Tour illustration. For a color illustration of the finished artwork in this lesson, see the color section. Now open the start file to begin the tour. Illustrator_cib_book.indb 7 9/20/2003, 1:33:11 AM Peachpit Press/Scott Design 8 A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator 5 To open the start file, choose File > Open, and open the tour_start.ai file in the Lesson00 folder, located inside the Lessons folder within the AICIB folder on your hard drive. $PMPS ZPVS XPSME XJUI OFX IJHI EFOTJUZ XBY $PMPS4UJLT ɥFZ DPMPS PO BOZ TVSGBDF JODMVEJOH QMBTUJD DFMMPQIBOF NFUBM BOE GPJM (SFBU GPS DSBGUT BOE IPNF VTF 'JOE UIFN BU ZPVS MPDBM HSPDFSZ PS DSBGUT TUPSF The start file. 6 Choose File > Save As, name the file colorstik.ai, and leave the type of file format set to Adobe Illustrator®, and click Save. Leave the options at the defaults and click OK. Creating a basic blend Illustrator includes a variety of methods for creating blends from one