Index

A

Actions, 27–29

Add Anchor Point tool, 18

Adobe Illustrator. See also individual tools

color swatches in, 219

core tools for vector building in, 17–22

customizing, 26–28

layers in, 213

shortcomings of, 16–17, 32–33, 134

toggling modes in, 11

Alignment Guides, 27

anchor points

adding, 18

bad, 74

converting, 19, 77, 122

corner, 72–73, 100, 101

deleting, 18

good, 72–73, 80–81, 83–86

importance of, 71–72, 100

incorrect, 75, 77, 82, 104

placing, 87–109

preferences for, 26

Prime Point Placement of, 72, 89, 100–103, 104, 109

rounding off, 24–25

selecting, 19

smooth, 73, 100, 101, 122

spotting potential problems with, 76–79

wrong number of, 105–7, 125

art direction

fresh eyes effect, 182–84

importance of, 181–82, 194

vector building and, 185–89 ...

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