471
Index
Bridge
compact mode, 14
opening, 11, 21
bringing shape to front of the
group, 61
Bring to Front, 212
Browse in Bridge, 88
Color panel, 54
constraining shapes, 57
converting units of measure, 17
convert point tool, 217
Copy, 254
creating new layers, 52
Cut, 211
deselecting all, 102
deselecting illustration, 267
deselecting path, 92
drawing tools, 44
Draw Normal, 212
editing text, 117
flipping selection, 61
gradient tool, 228
Group, 60
guides, 25
Hide Bounding Box, 118
Hide Gradient Annotator, 207
hiding/showing selection edges,
234, 248
hiding/showing toolbox and panels,
9
increasing/decreasing type size, 119
isolation mode, 81
join, 190
joining points, 47
Keyboard Increment preference, 77
Layers panel, 41
Make, 208
Make Clipping Mask, 222
Make Compound Mask, 222
making fill active, 259
New command, 15
New Document dialog box
bypassing, 19
opacity masks, turning on/off, 257
Open a File dialog box, 7
outline mode, 91
Paragraph panel, 130
Paste in Back, 74
Paste in Front, 74, 254
Paste in Place, 211, 256
Pathfinder panel, 181
pen tool, 100
Preferences dialog box, 59
rectangle tool, 58
Reflect dialog box, 61
reflect tool, 157
Release, 257
rotate tool, 157
rulers, 9
Save As, 213
selecting paths, 217
Selection, 217
Send Backward, 66
sending path to back of stack, 105
sending to the back of group, 221
setting reflection axis, 61
shortcut menu, 9
Show Bounding Box, 113
smart guides, turning off, 53
spirals, 43
Stroke panel, 79
switching to last arrow tool, 93
text formatting, 120
toggling between outline and
preview modes, 45
Transparency panel, 249
undo, 248
Ungroup, 229
warp tool, 236
white arrow tool, 102
zooming thumbnails, 12
zoom tool, 90
Key Color, 287, 291, 303, 304
keywords, 14
knife tool, 64
Knockout Group option, 252, 269
opacity, 246–250
taking effect, 250
tip, 249
Kuler, 419
Künstler Script typeface, 114
L
labeling assets, 14
laser printers, 439–449
lasso tool
deselecting with, 196
drawing a marquee with, 232
gradient mesh, 231–234
recoloring points, 231–234
Layer Options dialog box, 27
layers, 37
creating new, 27
cropping, 267–268
exporting layered Photoshop image,
459–462
guides, 27
keyboard shortcuts
creating new layers, 52
locking, 27
locking and unlocking, 213, 220
switching between preview and
outline modes, 237
toggling visibility, 27
Layers Options dialog box
Dim Artwork to check box, 105
Dim Images to check box, 104
Layers panel, 27, 30
layer visibility icon, 46
leading, 121–122, 135
editing, 123–124
libraries, predefined brush and symbol,
274
ligatures, 110, 132, 135
linear gradient, 207
converting to mesh, 229
line art, 6
enhancing with art brushes,
275–290
lines, 39
anchor points and paths, 87
attributes, 42
concentric rings, 49
dashed line options, 80
drawing lines, arcs, and spirals,
41–44
endpoints and closed paths, 41
splitting, joining, and aligning,
44–50
what makes lines bend, 87
(see also arcs; circles; rectangles;
spirals; stars)
line segment tool, 41
line weights, 438
linked files, 389, 433
printing, 437
Link option, 89, 107
Links panel, 437
liquify tools, 235, 236, 241
Live Color, 385, 388, 433
adding another color group, 421
assigning different color group, 426
beginning concept, 419
Color Groups panel, 424
Color Guides panel, 422
Color Guide suggestions, 423
harmony, 422
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