ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR BASICS Mos: tus never eam more than 40 percent of th functionality of our moss computer aplication. Te ote 60 percent tends tobe techy su, ites and gimmick, aay The isrcin in hs ook ae designed forthe reader already 40 percent fia ith Adobe Mhsator, Bu justin ase the following is a bret rereser couse with emphasis om some ofthe ie pins equentglsied oer in ais An aor cy Wax tr ‘ w yl CLICKO POINTY The Selection Tol is is Latin She answers to the Direct rae, bt we mastic him Selection Too, or just the the Black Arow or “Cicko” White ow, bat we call er the moniker he hime “Pointy” (AKA “Besea) prefers). With one-click, Shes the most eae ofthe ico wil soléselet a narrow tos. Chose Pointy to jects points or many ob- select oe, some, oral the jst tat have been grouped. pois nan objec or path TYPE and CREATE OUTLINES Ghoose the Type tool and click anywhere on the page to set some {ype The Bl point tthe tf the deine els ws that this type is fash et, wich i the default paragraph aligent. Tou can now chose t9 ign Center, Align Right, o Ss i ou wish. eo ‘suming youl want o work with the type to et the eters o ad an elec, such a5 drop shadow, it is advil to save a copy. Hol down the Option key as you dag a copy aay fom your working ae, Later, you may need this copy if changes or dons tothe text ae require Op gies Ponty the same function 25 Clcko, so my felngs,ariteder ico! ‘anual This stton doesnot comprise 2 complete couse. It assumes that you ae sing Ilstrator maint st type, tweak type and daw ters, toward the ola esigning logos and fons. Other essential sil, such 25 use ofthe Pe to, re ‘covered elevherein this bok. These sons are writen for Mac users, bat, xcept fora few dea ik key combinations, they apply equal to Windows ses, The COMMANDER Former arto ana cappelia He is 2 prime mover inthe The Commander, chairman of troup called the Of Keys, Selective Services department. the keyboard is essen for Shifty and Op telpCicko and Point rs im oto hiding temporary toggling back to Pointy add selections and so Marky can select one or ick or Pointy while wig take copies. While depressed, more individual points on 2 such pals as “Peas” the Pen path or eject, oc many paths tool, Brush” the Bh to, and objects at once, not “Abeyce” the Type too, or neces selecting them al. “igo” the Scale to. ena Uses were ding avr sil oe, ve almost alvays make type into editable objects. Select type and goto TWPE> Greate Outines (0-9-0), The paths and points you now see are ‘exact tase craw bythe designer of the font FL, the placement of al anchor and bezier points in the ‘example above happen oe ideal So far, we've been working in the (ute View modes the fl clr of the pes not sb Above, the ype as been deselected (by cickng om any Hak area ofthe page) 50 the ints no longer show. Note, when {ype is made ito otis, the lets become “objects,” no ferent from any other hed paths or shapes,~ Compound Path> Make (or 3-8). This wil work pret provided ‘ve appli to esha vigin oj. Hower, when we've subjected the outer shape to varius regrupigs,ointrodced anew counteshpe to an objet that Gai We fave said that type and ponent parts come automaticaly grouped. But we can aso create Groups of our own, or Ungroup any roupings we dnt want grouped Soy ‘re want to make the loge above wih the ify jst added top and boom rls into a Group. We'd marquee the -wrks and o to OBJECT>Grop (or 38.6). Now weve created an even This grouped ogo can now be esky Selected tobe moved or tweaked 2s ne pice Otherwise, wha pica bappens to ungroped logs that we rel to selec all the “pieces” then tr to drag them a5 oe. We end up, 2 shown abo, avin behind pars, lke the dot over eter i, andthe Counter in eter 2 Dil somebody ak why the counter of 2 looks sold larger oergroup containing the orig- range, instead of car whit? See inl ype pus the ls, “ongoud Pats” below. (oritets anenice Whereas the Group's propensity to stay together is heli, an annoying aspect of Groups i, 25 we're just sen, their reluctance to become un- grouped. For example, we place a Copy ofthat ot of tothe side for Tater us (it, ay over to the righ, rar the page gute. But when we select the 7 aor, we may aso tnineonaly select that copy ofthe do because, having been bon of it thins belongs tothe Group To solve this problem, select the cop 7 dt by ching it ence with the White Arrow, then Cit (98-2) and Paste it in From 3-4). Doing this, tater than js Past (ED, replaces the abject inthe same spot it was Cat from Aso, we can select the Fda and 40 to OBIECT>Ungroup (0-2-6). Hever, find that when an objets life as inde several groupings nd regoupings, it sometimes refs 10 Ungoup and may tak seers toad previously been pat af 2 compound path vith arate Ble oF VO, OBE sd thir piss wie, hy how te attempts to Grp may b not take. 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