ADOBE® ILLUSTRATOR® Help and tutorials February 2013 Contents What’s New...................................................................................................................................................1 What's new in CS6..................................................................................................................................................................2 Improved User Interface..........................................................................................................................................................5 Using Image Trace | CS6........................................................................................................................................................8 Arabic and Hebrew type........................................................................................................................................................10 What’s new in CS5................................................................................................................................................................15 Getting Started tutorials...............................................................................................................................18 Clipping masks......................................................................................................................................................................20 Drawing pixel-aligned paths for web workflows.....................................................................................................................22 Editing paths..........................................................................................................................................................................25 Painting with fills and strokes.................................................................................................................................................31 Workspace...................................................................................................................................................38 Workspace basics..................................................................................................................................................................39 Customizing the workspace...................................................................................................................................................43 Tools......................................................................................................................................................................................49 Tool galleries.........................................................................................................................................................................51 Improved User Interface........................................................................................................................................................57 Slicing and cutting tool gallery...............................................................................................................................................60 Artboard overview..................................................................................................................................................................61 Files and templates................................................................................................................................................................63 Recovery, undo, and automation...........................................................................................................................................67 Rulers, grids, guides, and crop marks...................................................................................................................................68 Setting preferences................................................................................................................................................................72 Using multiple artboards........................................................................................................................................................74 Viewing artwork.....................................................................................................................................................................79 Working with ConnectNow.....................................................................................................................................................82 Drawing........................................................................................................................................................83 Drawing basics......................................................................................................................................................................84 Drawing simple lines and shapes..........................................................................................................................................88 Drawing pixel-aligned paths for web workflows.....................................................................................................................91 Drawing with the Pen, Pencil, or Flare tool............................................................................................................................94 Editing paths........................................................................................................................................................................101 Adjust path segments..........................................................................................................................................................107 Using Live Trace | CS5 and earlier......................................................................................................................................110 Using Image Trace | CS6....................................................................................................................................................114 About Perspective Grid........................................................................................................................................................116 Perspective drawing............................................................................................................................................................118 Symbolism tools and symbol sets........................................................................................................................................130 Symbols...............................................................................................................................................................................134 Color..........................................................................................................................................................140 About color...........................................................................................................................................................................141 Selecting colors...................................................................................................................................................................146 Using and creating swatches...............................................................................................................................................149 Color groups (harmonies)....................................................................................................................................................155 Create color themes with Kuler............................................................................................................................................168 Adjusting colors...................................................................................................................................................................170 Painting......................................................................................................................................................174 About painting......................................................................................................................................................................175 Painting with fills and strokes...............................................................................................................................................176 Live Paint groups.................................................................................................................................................................183 Brushes................................................................................................................................................................................189 Transparency and blending modes.....................................................................................................................................199 Gradients.............................................................................................................................................................................205 Gradient panel and Gradient tool overview.........................................................................................................................206 Apply or edit a gradient........................................................................................................................................................208 Stroke an object...................................................................................................................................................................211 Meshes................................................................................................................................................................................214 Patterns...............................................................................................................................................................................217 Selecting and arranging objects................................................................................................................222 Selecting objects..................................................................................................................................................................223 Grouping and expanding objects.........................................................................................................................................230 Moving, aligning, and distributing objects............................................................................................................................232 Rotating and reflecting objects............................................................................................................................................236 Layers..................................................................................................................................................................................240 Locking, hiding, and deleting objects...................................................................................................................................244 Duplicating objects...............................................................................................................................................................246 Stacking objects...................................................................................................................................................................248 Reshaping objects.....................................................................................................................................250 Transforming objects...........................................................................................................................................................251 Scaling, shearing, and distorting objects.............................................................................................................................253 Reshape using envelopes...................................................................................................................................................257 Combining objects...............................................................................................................................................................259 Cutting and dividing objects.................................................................................................................................................265 Clipping masks....................................................................................................................................................................267 Creating shapes using Shape BuilderTool | CS6, CS5.......................................................................................................269 Blending objects..................................................................................................................................................................271 Building new shapes using the Shape Builder tool..............................................................................................................274 Creating 3D objects.............................................................................................................................................................276 Reshaping objects with effects............................................................................................................................................282 Importing, exporting, and saving................................................................................................................283 Adobe PDF options..............................................................................................................................................................284 Creating Adobe PDF files....................................................................................................................................................289 Exporting artwork.................................................................................................................................................................293 File information and metadata.............................................................................................................................................298 Importing Adobe PDF files...................................................................................................................................................299 Importing EPS, DCS, and AutoCAD files.............................................................................................................................300 Importing artwork files..........................................................................................................................................................302 Importing artwork from Photoshop.......................................................................................................................................306 Importing bitmap images.....................................................................................................................................................308 Saving artwork.....................................................................................................................................................................310 Type...........................................................................................................................................................315 Importing and exporting text................................................................................................................................................316 Creating text........................................................................................................................................................................318 Creating type on a path.......................................................................................................................................................325 Scaling and rotating type.....................................................................................................................................................329 Spelling and language dictionaries......................................................................................................................................330 Fonts....................................................................................................................................................................................332 Arabic and Hebrew type......................................................................................................................................................335 Character and paragraph styles..........................................................................................................................................340 Creating composite fonts.....................................................................................................................................................342 Formatting Asian characters................................................................................................................................................345 Formatting paragraphs........................................................................................................................................................352 Formatting type....................................................................................................................................................................356 Hyphenation and line breaks...............................................................................................................................................363 Line and character spacing..................................................................................................................................................365 Special characters...............................................................................................................................................................368 Tabs.....................................................................................................................................................................................371 Text and type.......................................................................................................................................................................374 Updating text from Illustrator 10...........................................................................................................................................375 Creating special effects.............................................................................................................................376 Appearance attributes..........................................................................................................................................................377 Working with effects.............................................................................................................................................................381 Summary of effects..............................................................................................................................................................384 Create a drop shadow.........................................................................................................................................................389 Drop shadows, glows, and feathering..................................................................................................................................390 Creating sketches and mosaics...........................................................................................................................................391 Graphic styles......................................................................................................................................................................393 Web graphics.............................................................................................................................................397 Best practices for creating web graphics.............................................................................................................................398 Slices and image maps........................................................................................................................................................401 SVG.....................................................................................................................................................................................405 Creating animations.............................................................................................................................................................408 Working with FXG......................................................................................................................................411 FXG format..........................................................................................................................................................................412 Printing.......................................................................................................................................................427 Setting up documents for printing........................................................................................................................................428 Change the page size and orientation.................................................................................................................................431 Printing color separations....................................................................................................................................................432 Printer’s marks and bleeds..................................................................................................................................................435 PostScript printing................................................................................................................................................................437 Printing with color management..........................................................................................................................................440 Specify crop marks for trimming or aligning.........................................................................................................................442 Overprinting.........................................................................................................................................................................443 Print presets.........................................................................................................................................................................445 Printing.................................................................................................................................................................................447 Printing and saving transparent artwork..............................................................................................................................448 Printing gradients, meshes, and color blends......................................................................................................................454 Trapping...............................................................................................................................................................................457 Automating tasks.......................................................................................................................................461 Automation with actions.......................................................................................................................................................462 Automation with scripts........................................................................................................................................................468 Data-driven graphics through templates and variables.......................................................................................................469 Graphs.......................................................................................................................................................473 Graphs.................................................................................................................................................................................474 Keyboard shortcuts....................................................................................................................................484 Customizing keyboard shortcuts..........................................................................................................................................485 Default keyboard shortcuts..................................................................................................................................................487 What’s New 1 What's new in CS6 Adobe Mercury Performance System Improved user interface Simplified Workflows Patterns Gradient on a stroke Image Trace Gaussian Blur New or improved profiles and components To the top Adobe Mercury Performance System The Adobe Mercury Performance system is a combination of solutions that makes Illustrator faster, more responsive, and able to handle larger files. 64-bit native support Makes general processing faster on 64-bit Macintosh and Windows operating systems. Illustrator can now take advantage of RAM beyond 3 GB. Handle larger files Concurrent handling of large files is less likely to cause errors, like out-of-memory exceptions. Complex tasks, such as creating package designs, large-format graphics, or cartography, are better handled. Improved memory handling Reduces out-of-memory errors for operations such as rasterization, export, and working on several large files simultaneously. For more information, view the video on the Mercury Performance System, by Lynda.com. To the top Improved user interface The user interface is more efficient, streamlined, and more configurable, to make working in Illustrator a more pleasing experience. For more information on the aspects of the user interface that have been improved, see Improved user interface. Example of a user interface enhancement: Configurable brightness levels and corresponding canvas colors To the top Simplified Workflows Patterns Pattern creation and editing tasks have been simplified, so you can save hours of repetitive and tedious work. 2 To create a pattern using existing artwork or from scratch, choose Object > Pattern > Make. The new pattern is added to the Swatches panel. To edit a pattern, double-click the pattern in the Swatches panel or select the object containing the pattern, and choose Object > Pattern > Edit Pattern. When you create or edit a pattern, you enter the pattern editing mode, similar to the symbol editing mode. You can use the Pattern Options panel to modify the settings of the pattern, and preview your modifications in real time. For more information, view the video on pattern creation and editing, by Lynda.com. Pattern creation Gradient on a stroke The gradient on a stroke feature provides you with three types of gradients to apply to a stroke. You no longer have to expand a stroke to fill it, and then apply a gradient to it. Apply a gradient to a stroke using the Gradient panel (Window > Gradient): Within: Behaves as if the stroke has been expanded to a filled object with a gradient Along: The gradient is applied along the length of the stroke. Across: The gradient is applied across the width of the stroke. For more information, view the video on applying gradients to a stroke, by Lynda.com. Apply a gradient to a stroke Image Trace The workflow to vectorize a raster image now produces much cleaner tracings. The output has fewer paths and anchor points, and better color recognition than the Live Trace feature in previous versions. For more information on the new Image Trace workflow, read this article, or watch this video by Lynda.com. Gaussian Blur The new Gaussian Blur effect (Effect > Blur > Gaussian Blur) is speedy and efficient. Select the Preview checkbox to view the Gaussian Blur applied to your artwork, in real time. New or improved profiles and components Use the improved profiles and additional component libraries to get a quick start on your art projects: A new profile named Devices has been introduced in the New Document dialog box (File > New). The new profile contains presets for the iPad, iPhone, Xoom, Fire, Nook, and Galaxy devices. The Web profile has a new default size (960px x 560px). 3 New Pattern and new Pantone Plus™ color libraries have been added. For more information, view the video on enhanced startup profiles and other changes, by Lynda.com Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy 4 Improved user interface Improved and efficient user interface User interface color and brightness Panels The new user interface framework leverages performance enhancements and advantages like native 64-bit support to render a cleaner interface, enabling a better user experience. Also, important additions and modifications to the user interface and workflows make working with Illustrator an efficient experience. To the top Improved and efficient user interface Efficient and flexible interface. The newer usability enhancements enable you to use fewer clicks and fewer steps to achieve routine or frequent actions. For example, in the Character panel (Ctrl+T), the font list displays names in the font style itself. You can quickly pick the font of your choice from the list. Time-saving enhancement — quickly select a font by visually searching the font list Inline editing. Easily work with Layers, Actions, Swatches, Symbols, and other panels, with the ability to edit object names directly in the panel. You no longer need an additional modal dialog for such routine actions. For example, double-click the name of a layer in the Layers panel to switch to inline editing mode. Type the new name and press Enter. Inline editing — quickly rename object attributes Quick-edit object attributes. In the user interface, values of object attributes are set through drop-down lists or text fields. You can now quickly edit these fields by hovering your mouse pointer over a control, and scrolling the mouse wheel. For example, to increase or decrease the weight of a stroke, hover the mouse pointer over the stroke weight control, and scroll. Dialog boxes. Buttons to commit an action or event are placed uniformly at the lower-right corner. Dialog boxes also have full keyboard access. Workspaces. New workspaces are task-based. A workspace can now 'remember' the state it was last left in, and then be reset to default settings when necessary. New icons. Updated to enhance usability, newer icons contribute to a better, more intuitive interface. Cursors. Modifications have been done to make cursors larger and more precise. To the top 5