Course Overview
All-new Adobe
Illustrator CS4 software is an essential tool for anyone who needs
to express ideas visually in print, on the Web, and in any other
medium. With powerful new 3D features, advanced typographical
controls, smooth Adobe Portable Document Format, PDF, integration,
enhanced printing options, and faster performance, this powerful
upgrade from helps you explore your creative vision
and efficiently publish your artwork anywhere. This course is
required to prepare for the Adobe Certified Expert, ACE,
certification exam.
Job Profile
Graphic Designers, Web
Design
Course Outline
GETTING STARTED
About Classroom in a Book
Prerequisites
Installing the program
Fonts used in this book
Copying the Classroom in a Book files
To install the Classroom in a Book files
Restoring default preferences
To save current Illustrator preferences
To delete current Illustrator preferences
To restore saved preferences after completing the lessons
Additional resources
Adobe certification
WHAT'S NEW IN ADOBE
ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Workspace improvements
Multiple artboards
Smart guides
Gradient enhancements
Transparency in gradients
The Blob Brush tool
In-panel appearance editing
Enriched Graphic Styles panel
A QUICK TOUR OF ADOBE
ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Getting started
Working with multiple art boards
Working with alignment and smart guides
Working with the Blob Brush tool
Placing Adobe Photoshop images in Illustrator CS4
Using Live Trace
Using Live Paint
Working with color groups and Edit Color/Recolor Artwork
Working with type
Using the Appearance panel
Saving the appearance as a graphic style
Applying warp to the text
Creating and editing a gradient
Working with symbols
Creating a clipping mask.
1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK AREA
Lesson overview
Getting started
Understanding the workspace
Working with the Tools panel
The Control panel
Working with panels
Using panel menus
Resetting and saving your workspace
Changing the view of artwork
Viewing artwork
Using the view commands
Using the Zoom tool
Scrolling through a document
Navigating multiple artboards
Arranging documents
Document groups
Using the Navigator panel
Searching for a topic in Help
Checking for updates
Exploring on your own
2 SELECTING AND ALIGNING
Lesson overview
Getting started
Using the Selection tool
Using the Direct Selection tool
Creating selections with a marquee
Creating selections with the Magic Wand tool
Grouping items
Adding to a group
Working in isolation mode
Selecting similar objects
Applying selection techniques
Advanced selection techniques
Aligning objects
Aligning to a key object
Aligning points
Distributing objects
Aligning to the artboard
Exploring on your own
3 CREATING AND EDITING SHAPES
Lesson overview
Getting started
Creating a document with multiple artboards
Working with basic shapes
Accessing the basic shape tools
Creating with shapes
Outlining strokes
Working with line segments
Joining paths
Using the Eraser tool
Combining objects
Working with Pathfinder effects
Working with shape modes
Using Live Trace to create shapes.
Exploring on your own
4 TRANSFORMING OBJECTS
Lesson Overview
Getting Started
Working with artboards
Adding artboards to the documents
Editing artboards
Transforming content
Working with rulers and guides
Scaling objects
Reflecting objects
Rotating objects
Distorting objects
Shearing objects
Positioning objects precisely
Changing the perspective
Using the free distort effect
Making multiple transformations
Exploring on your own
5 DRAWING WITH THE PEN AND PENCIL TOOLS
Lesson overview
Getting started
Creating straight lines
Creating curved paths
Building a curve
Converting curved points to cornet points
Creating the apple illustration
Creating the arrow
Splitting a path
Adding arrowheads
Drawing curves
Slecting a curve
Drawing the leaf
Drawing different kinds of curves
Convert between smooth points and corner points
Drawing the apple shape.
6 COLOR AND PAINTING
Lesson overview
Getting started
Understanding color
Color modes
Understanding the color controls
Creating color
Building and saving a custom color
Editing a swatch
Using Illustrator swatch libraries
Creating a spot color
Using the Color Picker.
Creating and saving a tint of a color
Copying attributes
Creating color groups
Working with the Color Guide panel
Editing a color group
Editing colors in artwork
Assigning colors to your artwork
Adjusting colors
Painting with gradients and patterns
Using patterns
Creating your own pattern
Applying a pattern
Editing a pattern
Working with Live Paint
Editing Live Paint regions
Exploring on your own
7 WORKING WITH TYPE
Lesson overview
Getting started
Working with type
Creating point type
Creating area type
Importing a plain text file
Creating columns of text
Understanding text flow
Working with overflow text and text reflow
Threading text..
Resizing type objects
Formatting type
Changing the font size
Changing the font color
Changing additional text attributes
Changing paragraph attributes
Saving and using styles
Creating and using a paragraph style
Creating and using a character style
Sampling text
Reshaping text with an envelope warp
Wrapping text around an object
Creating text on paths and shapes
Creating text outlines
Exploring on your own
8 WORKING WITH LAYERS
Lesson overview
Getting started
Creating layers
Moving objects and layers
Locking layers
Viewing layers
Pasting layers
Creating clipping masks
Merging layers
Applying appearance attributes to layers
Isolating layers
Exploring on your own
9 BLENDING SHAPES AND COLORS
Lesson overview
Getting started
Working with gradients
Creating and applying a linear gradient
Adjusting the direction and angle of a gradient blend
Creating a radial gradient
Changing colors and adjusting the gradient
Applying gradients to multiple objects
Adding transparency to gradients
Working with blended objects
Creating a blend with specified steps
Modifying the blend
Creating smooth color blends
Exploring on your own
10 WORKING WITH
BRUSHES
Lesson overview
Getting started
Working with the Blob Brush tool
Drawing with the Blob Brush tool
Editing with the Blob Brush and Eraser tools
Merge paths with the Blob Brush tool
Working with brushes
Using Art brushes
Drawing with the Paintbrush tool
Editing paths with the Paintbrush tool
Using Scatter brushes
Changing brush options
Applying a Scatter brush to paths
Changing the color attributes of brushes
Changing the brush color using Hue Shift colorization
Changing the brush color using Tints colorization
Using a fill color with brushes
Using Calligraphic brushes
Using Pattern brushes
Creating brushes
Creating swatches for a Pattern brush
Creating a Pattern brush from swatches
Painting with the Pattern brush
Applying the Scribble effect
Exploring on your own
The Blob Brush tool
Applying brushes
Creating brushes
11 APPLYING EFFECTS
Lesson overview
Getting started
Using live effects
Applying an effect
Editing an effect
Creating a banner logo with the Warp effect
Creating the logotype
Stylizing the banner and logotype
Creating the 3D cylinder
Using the 3D Extrude & Bevel effect
Applying a symbol as mapped artwork
Creating a revolved object
Mapping a Photoshop image
Adjusting the lighting
Exploring on your own
12 APPLYING APPEARANCE
ATTRIBUTES AND GRAPHIC STYLES
Lesson overview
Getting started
Using appearance attributes
Editing and adding appearance attributes
Reordering appearance attributes
Adding an additional stroke and fill
Using graphic styles
Creating and saving a graphic style
Applying a graphic style to an object
Applying a graphic style to a layer
Applying existing graphic styles
Adding to an existing graphic style
Applying an appearance to a layer
Copying, applying, and removing graphic styles
Exploring on your own
13 WORKING WITH
SYMBOLS
Lesson overview
Getting started
Working with symbols
Using Illustrator symbol libraries
Creating symbols
Spraying symbol instances
Editing symbol sets using the symbolism tools
Editing symbols
Updating a symbol
Breaking a link to a symbol
Replacing symbols
Storing and retrieving artwork in the Symbols panel
Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork
Symbols and Flash integration
Changing brush options
Applying a Scatter brush to paths
Changing the color attributes of brushes
Changing the brush color using Hue Shift colorization
Changing the brush color using Tints colorization
Using a fill color with brushes
Using Calligraphic brushes
Using Pattern brushes
Creating brushes
Creating swatches for a Pattern brush
Creating a Pattern brush from swatches
Painting with the Pattern brush
Applying the Scribble effect
Exploring on your own
The Blob Brush tool
Applying brushes
Creating brushes
14 COMBINING
ILLUSTRATOR CS4 GRAPHICS WITH OTHER ADOBE APPLICATIONS
Lesson overview
Getting started
Working with Adobe Bridge
Combining artwork
Vector versus bitmap graphics
Editing the artboard
Placing an Adobe Photoshop file
About layer comps
Editing and duplicating a placed image
Applying color edits to a placed image
Masking an image
Applying a clipping mask to an image
Creating compound paths and opacity masks
Editing an imported mask
Sampling colors in placed images
Replacing a placed image
Exporting a layered file to Adobe Photoshop
Placing Illustrator files in Adobe InDesign
Integrating Illustrator and Adobe Flash
Creating Illustrator files for Adobe Flex
Exploring on your own
15 OUTPUT
Lesson overview
Getting started
Understanding the printing process
Understanding printing devices
Halftone screens
Screen frequency
Output device resolution
About color
RGB color model
CMYK color model
Spot colors
What is color management?
Setting up color management in Illustrator
Soft-proofing colors
Color separations
Previewing color separations
Printing color separations
Specifying the bleed area
Separating colors
Specifying the screen frequency
Working with two-color illustrations
Separating spot colors
Understanding trapping
Overprinting objects
Saving and exporting artwork
Using the Document Info panel
Saving a file with transparency
Saving in the EPS format
Printing transparent artwork
Saving as Adobe PDF
Index