Need answers quickly? Adobe IllustratorCS5 on Demand provides those answers in a visual step-by-step format. We will show you exactly what to do through lots of full color illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions.   Includes Workshops ACE Exam Objectives More than 500 Essential Illustrator CS5 Tasks   Inside the Book • Improve publishing and productivity with the CS5 interface • Browse, organize, and process files using Adobe Bridge • Transform and reshape objects to create a new look • Use Live Paint to create recolor and modify images • Use Live Color to create color harmony in a design • Create complex shapes and perspective objects • Create text and apply style to display artistic text • Apply appearances and graphic styles for a unique design • Create eye catching special effects and filters   Bonus Online Content Register your book at queondemand.com to gain access to: • Workshops and related files • Keyboard shortcuts  

Table of Contents:
Introduction     xvii 1  Getting Started with Illustrator CS5     1 Installing Illustrator     2 Getting Started     4 New! Viewing the Illustrator Window     6 Showing and Hiding Panels     7 Working with Panels     8 Using the Tools and Control Panel     10 Opening a Document     12 Opening a Document with Adobe Bridge     14 Inserting Images in a Document     16 Using the Status Bar     17 New! Working with Document Windows     18 Checking for Updates Online     20 New! Getting Help While You Work    22 New! Saving a Document     24 New! Finishing Up     26 2  Creating and Viewing a Document     27 Creating a New Document     28 Creating a New Document Using Presets     29 New! Creating a New Document from a Template     30 Setting Up a Document     32 Using Multiple Artboards     34 New! Working with Multiple Artboards     36 New! Changing the Display View     38 New! Changing the View with the Navigator Panel     40 Customizing the Navigator Panel     42 Changing the Screen Display Mode     43 Changing the View with the Zoom Tool     44 Viewing and Using Rulers     46 New! Using the Guides     48 Using Smart Guides     50 New! Using the Grid     52 New! Moving Around with the Hand Tool     53 Using Crop Marks     54 New! Working with the Info Panel     56 Using Undo and Redo     57 Creating and Selecting Workspaces     58 3  Working with Objects     61 Understanding Vector and Raster Graphics     62 Understanding Paths     63 Selecting a Drawing Mode     64 New! Creating Pixel Aligned Objects     65 New! Creating Rectangles and Ellipses     66 Creating Polygons and Stars     68 Creating Line Segments     69 Creating Arcs and Spirals     70 Creating Grids     72 Using the Shape Builder Tool     74 New! Creating Perspective Objects     76 New! Working with Perspective Objects     78 New! Customizing a Perspective Grid     79 New! Understanding Selections     80 New! Using the Selection Tool     81 Using the Direct Selection Tool     82 Using the Lasso Tool     83 Using the Magic Wand Tool     84 Selecting and Grouping Objects     86 Selecting Similar Objects     88 Saving and Editing Selections     90 Moving Objects     91 Duplicating Objects     92 New! Aligning and Distributing Objects     94 Transforming Objects     95 Using the Free Transform Tool     96 Rotating and Scaling Objects     98 Reflecting and Shearing Objects     99 Applying Multiple Transformations     100 Reshaping Objects with Envelopes     102 4  Working with Color     103 Changing Color Settings     104 Changing Color Profiles     106 Working with Color Modes     107 Changing Color Modes     108 Applying Colors     109 Working with the Color Panel    110 Working with the Swatches Panel     112 Working with Swatch Libraries     114 Adding Colors Using the Kuler Panel     116 Replacing Colors     118 Inverting Colors     120 Using the Color Guide Panel     121 Applying Color with the Color Panel     122 Editing Colors with Live Color     124 Proofing Colors on the Screen     126 5  Applying Fills, Strokes, and Gradients     127 Applying Fill and Stroke Colors     128 Changing Stroke Attributes     130 Changing Stroke Style     132 New! Creating Variable Stroke Widths     134 New! Using the Eyedropper Tool     136 Using Patterns as Fills     138 Blending Fill Colors     140 Creating Blends Automatically     141 Applying Blend Options     142 Creating Blends with the Blend Tool     143 Modifying Blend Objects     144 Setting Transparency Options     145 Controlling Transparency Effects     146 Using the Transparency Grid     147 Applying Gradients     148 Creating Gradients     149 Editing Gradients     150 Using the Gradient Tool     151 Creating a Gradient Mesh     152 New! 6  Working with Points and Paths     155 Drawing with the Pen Tools     156 Setting Anchor Point Preferences     158 Moving Points and Segments     159 Converting Points     160 Adding and Deleting Anchor Points     162 Aligning and Joining Anchor Points     164 New! Reshaping Paths     166 Simplifying Paths     168 Dividing Paths     169 Splitting Paths     170 Merging Paths     172 Working with Shape Mode     174 Working with Pathfinder     175 Creating a Compound Path     176 Creating a Clipping Set    178 Editing a Clipping Set     180 Erasing to Reshape Paths     182 7  Working with Layers     183 Understanding the Layers Panel     184 Setting Layers Panel Options     185 Creating Layers     186 Selecting Layers     188 Deleting Layers     189 Selecting Objects with Layers     190 Arranging Layers and Objects    192 Duplicating Layers and Objects     194 Locking Layers and Objects    195 Showing and Hiding Layers and Objects    196 Merging Layers and Groups    197 Moving Objects to a Layer    198 Flattening Layers    200 Locating Objects in the Layers Panel    201 8  Working with Type     203 Using Type Tools     204 Creating Type     205 Creating Type in a Text Box     206 Creating Area Type     207 Creating Path Type     208 Modifying Type on a Path     210 Importing Text     211 Selecting Type     212 Copying or Moving Type     214 Working with Overflow Type     216 Changing Fonts     218 Changing Font Size     220 Leading Type     221 Kerning Type     222 Tracking Type     223 Scaling Type     224 Rotating Type     225 Aligning Paragraphs     226 Indenting and Spacing Paragraphs     227 Setting Tabs     228 Working with Hyphenation     229 Working with Type Styles     230 Using Smart Punctuation     232 Working with Glyphs     233 Wrapping Type Around an Object     234 Creating Type Outlines     235 Anti-aliasing Type     236 New! 9  Working with Graphics     237 Opening Graphics     238 Placing Graphics     239 Placing Graphics from Adobe Bridge     240 Linking Graphics    242 Managing Linked Graphics     244 Tracing Raster Graphics     246 Converting Tracing to Paths     248 Applying Graphic Styles     249 Creating Graphic Styles     250 Editing Graphic Styles     252 Applying Appearance Attributes     254 Creating a Mosaic Graphic     256 10  Manipulating Artwork with Effects     257 Applying Illustrator Effects     258 New! Applying the Convert to Shape Effect     260 Applying the Scribble Effect 261 Applying the Inner or Outer Glow Effect     262 Applying the Drop Shadow Effect     263 Applying 3D Effects     264 Changing Raster Effects Settings     266 New! Working with the Effect Gallery     268 Using the Gaussian Blur Effect     270 Using the Unsharp Mask Effect     271 Applying Multiple Effects     272 Controlling Effects Using Selections     273 Viewing Various Effects     274 11  Drawing and Painting     277 Using the Pencil Tool     278 Creating Live Paint Groups     280 Setting Live Paint Bucket Tool Options     282 Using the Live Paint Bucket Tool     284 Using the Live Paint Selection Tool    286 Modifying Live Paint Groups     288 Selecting Gap Options     290 Using the Brushes Panel     291 Using the Paintbrush Tool     292 Creating and Editing Scatter Brushes     294 Creating and Editing Calligraphic Brushes     296 Creating and Editing Art Brushes     298 New! Creating and Editing Pattern Brushes     300 New! Creating and Editing Bristle Brushes     302 New! Working with Brushes     304 Working with Liquify Tools     306 12  Using Symbols     307 Using the Symbols Panel 308     New! Using Symbol Libraries     309 Working with Symbols 310 Duplicating and Editing Symbols     312 New! Breaking Symbol Links     314 Using the Symbol Sprayer Tool     316 Setting Symbolism Tools Options     317 Using the Symbol Shifter Tool     318 Using the Symbol Scruncher Tool     319 Using the Symbol Sizer Tool     320 Using the Symbol Spinner Tool     321 Using the Symbol Stainer Tool     322 Using the Symbol Screener Tool     323 Using the Symbol Styler Tool     324 Expanding Symbol Instances     325 Using 9-Slice Scaling for Symbols     326 New! Aligning Symbols to the Pixel Grid     328 New! Setting the Symbol Registration Point     329 New! 13  Automating the Way You Work     331 Examining the Actions Panel     332 Building a New Action     334 Controlling the Playback of a Command     335 Adding a Stop to an Action     336 Inserting a Non-Recordable Command into an Action     337 Adding a Command to an Action     338 Deleting a Command from an Action     339 Working with Batch File Processing    340 Opening and Using Scripts     342 New! Defining and Editing Data Variables     344 Creating and Formatting a Data Graph     346 Adding Graph Designs to a Graph 348 14  Proofing and Printing Documents     349 Using Spell Check     350 Using Custom Dictionaries     351 Finding and Replacing Text and Elements     352 Finding and Changing Fonts     354 Printing a Document     356 Printing with Presets     357 Setting General Print Options     358 Setting Marks and Bleed Options     360 Setting Graphics Options     362 Previewing Color Separations     363 Setting Output Options     364 Setting Advanced Options     366 Setting Color Management Options     368 Checking for Print Problems     369 Inserting File Information     370 Using the Document Info Panel     372 15  Exporting a Document     373 Exporting a Document     374 Understanding Export File Formats     375 Exporting as a Bitmap     376 New! Exporting as a TIFF     377 New! Exporting to Photoshop     378 Exporting with Presets     379 Exporting as a Flash Movie     380 Saving as Adobe PDF     382 Saving as an EPS    384 Saving as Adobe Flex    386 New! Saving a Document for Microsoft Office     388 Saving as a Template     389 16  Designing for the Web and Devices     391 Saving for the Web     392 Working with Save For Web Options     394 Optimizing an Image to File Size     395 Working with Web File Formats     396 Optimizing a JPEG Document     398 Optimizing a GIF Document     400 Optimizing a PNG-8 Document     402 Optimizing a PNG-24 Document     404 Optimizing a WBMP Document     405 Slicing Images the Easy Way     406 Working with Slices     408 Arranging Slices    410 Adding HTML Text or an URL Link to a Slice     412 Saving Slices for the Web     414 Saving Selected Slices     416 New! Optimizing SWF or SVG for the Web     417 17  Customizing the Way You Work     419 Setting General Preferences     420 Changing Selection & Anchor Display Preferences      422 New! Setting Type Preferences     424 Changing Units Preferences     426 Setting Slices and Hyphenation Preferences     427 Selecting Plug-ins     428 Selecting Scratch Disks      429 Setting User Interface Preferences     430 Setting File Handling & Clipboard Preferences     431 Working with Appearance of Black Preferences     432 Defining Keyboard Shortcuts     433 Using Drawing Tablets     434 18  Working Together with Adobe Programs     435 Exploring Adobe Programs     436 New! Exploring Adobe Bridge     437 Getting Started with Adobe Bridge     438 Getting Photos from a Digital Camera     439 Working with Raw Images from a Digital Camera     440 New! Working with Images Using Adobe Bridge     442 Setting Preferences in Adobe Bridge     444 Applying Image Adjustments     446 Creating a Web Photo Gallery     447 Automating Tasks in Adobe Bridge     448 Using Mini Bridge     449 New! Exploring CS Live Services     450 New! Sharing My Screen     451 New! Reviewing CS Documents     452 New! Exploring Adobe Device Central     454 Checking Content Using Adobe Device Central     455 Using Adobe Extension Manager     456 W  Workshops: Putting It All Together     457 Project 1: Creating and Using Multiple Artboards     457 Project 2: Tracing and Recoloring Artwork     460 Project 3: Creating Stylized 3D Type     462 Project 4: Creating and Using the Bristle Brush     464 Want More Projects     465 New Features     467 New! Adobe Certified Expert     471 Keyboard Shortcuts     477 Index     489