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Chapters:
1, 2,
3, 4,
5, 6,
7, 8,
9, 10,
11, 12,
13, 14,
15, 16,
17, 18,
19, 20,
21, 22,
23
Reviewer's Guide to Key topics:
- Demystify Illustrator's vector-based illustrations 1
- Grasp Illustrator's interface, and find tools in the Toolbox 1
- Setup documents for print or web 2
- Define color options for print and web 2
- Set up your interface using grids, snap, and rulers 2
- Import and link embedded bitmap images 3
- Define and draw with custom brush strokes 4
- Draw freehand curves with the Pencil tool 4
- Combine shapes and objects with Pathfinder tools 5
- Illustrate creatively with shapes 5
- Master the Pen tool - the heart and soul of Illustrator 6
- Design efficiently with grouping, scaling, and rotation 7
- Learn the best ways to import, edit, and format type 8
- Access thousands of characters with OpenType font sets 8
- Bend and mold type into shapes, and align type with curves 9
- Manage the flow of type between multiple type blocks 10
- Use alignment tools and Smart Guides to line up objects 11
- Create smooth blends for effect, and step blends to automate work 12
- Crop objeccts with clipping masks 13
- Use Illustrator CS's new 3-D effects to rotate, extrude, and add depth
to objects 14
- Unleash Illustrator's dozens of Effects and Filters 14
- Add perspective and reshape illustrations with Envelope tools 15
- Manage intricate color gradationusing a gradient mesh 15
- Let loose Illustrator's wild Liquify tools objects 15
- Understand, organize, and manage palettes of colors, fills, and gradients
16
- Define and apply transparency, and apply transparency masking 17
- Organize large projects and manage effects using layers 20
- Save time with automated graphical styles and saved actions 21