Adobe Illustrator

Tools panel

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What are the selection tools

What is -selection -direct selection -group selection -magic wand -lasso -artboard

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What are the type tools

What is -type -area type -type on a path -vertical type -vertical anchor point -vertical type on a path

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What is paintbrush tool

What is -paintbrush -blob brush -mesh -gradient -eye dropper -measure -live paint bucket -live paint selection

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What are the reshaping tools

What is -rotate -reflect -scale -shear -reshape -width -warp -twirl -pucker -bloat -scallop -crystallize -wrinkle -free transform -shape builder -blend

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How to scroll around a document with the Hand tool

What is 1. Zoom into an area of your document until some of the content is out of view (Figure 13). 2. Select the Hand tool from the Tools panel (Figure 14). You can also press Shift+H. 3. Using the Hand tool, drag to scroll around and view different parts of the document (Figure 15).

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How to add and edit artboards:

What is 1. To access the Artboards panel, click Window > Artboards. The Artboards panel opens. 2. To add artboards, click the New Artboard icon at the bottom of the Artboards panel. A new artboard the same size as the first is added to the document window and appears in the Artboard panel (Figure 17). 3. To create a custom artboard, select the Artboard tool (Figure 18) and drag in the workspace to define the shape, size, and location. Green Smart Guides and dimension values appear to help you align and resize the new artboard (Figure 19). 4. With the Artboard tool selected: • To resize the artboard, position the pointer on an edge or corner until the cursor changes to a double- sided arrow, and then drag to adjust. • To change the orientation of the artboard, click the Portrait or Landscape button in the Control panel. • To move the artboard and its contents, click to select the Move/Copy Artwork With Artboard icon on the Control panel, and then position the pointer in the artboard and drag (Figure 20). 5. To delete an artboard, select the artboard in the Artboard panel and click the Delete icon, or click the Delete icon in an artboard’s upper-right corner. You can delete all but the last remaining artboard. 6. To commit the artboard and exit the artboard-editing mode, click a different tool in the Tools panel or ckick esc

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Navigator panel overview

What is 1. At the lower-left part of the document window, you can move from one artboard to another by using the arrow controls. Click the forward arrow to go to the next page and the back arrow to go to the previous artboard. The arrow will be dimmed if there is no artboard to go to. There is also a pop-up menu that allows you to navigate by artboard (Figure 24). 2. Open the Navigator panel by choosing Window > Navigator. 3. Locate the slider under the image thumbnail in the Navigator panel and drag it to the right. (If your document has only one artboard, this slider is inactive.) The image in the image window enlarges. 4. Now drag the slider to the left to reduce the scale of the image in the image window. Note: The red rectangular outline represents the portion of the image that appears in the image window (Figure 25). When you zoom in until the image window shows only part of the image, you can drag the red outline to pan around other areas of the thumbnail image. This also is an excellent way to verify which part of an image you’re working on when you work at very high zoom levels.

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How to select an object and work with the Control panel

What is 1. With a document open, choose the Selection tool from the Tools panel (Figure 21), and then select an object in your document. Notice that the Control panel information reflects such things as the path color, stroke, and brush options (Figure 22). 2. Next, choose the Type tool and select a region of text. The Control panel changes to show options that provide control over text formatting (Figure 23).

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How to use rulers, grids, and guides:

What is 1. To show rulers, choose View > Rulers > Show Rulers. To turn off rulers, choose View> Rulers > Hide Rulers. 2. To set the general unit of measurement for rulers in the current document, choose File > Document Setup. The Document Setup dialog box opens (Figure 27) 3. Choose the unit of measure you want to use from the Units menu, and click OK to close the Document Setup dialog box. Note: You can also set the default unit of measurement for all your Illustrator documents by choosing Edit > Preferences > Units (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Units (Mac OS), and then select units for the General, Stroke, and Type options. 4. To use the grid, choose View > Show Grid. To hide the grid, choose View > Hide Grid. 5. To snap objects to gridlines, choose View > Snap To Grid, select the object you want to move, and drag it to the desired location. When the object’s boundaries come within 2 pixels of a gridline, it snaps to the point. Note: To specify the spacing between gridlines, grid style (lines or dots), grid color, or whether grids appear in the front or back of artwork, choose Edit > Preferences > Guides & Grid (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Guides & Grid (Mac OS). 6. To show guides, choose View > Guides > Show Guides. To hide guides, choose View > Guides > Hide Guides. 7. Position the pointer on the left ruler for a vertical guide or on the top ruler for a horizontal guide. 8. Drag the guide into position (Figure 28). 9. Move the guide by dragging or delete the guide by pressing Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac OS), or by choosing Edit > Cut or Edit > Clear. 10. Choose View > Smart Guides to turn guides on or off. 11. Use Smart Guides in the following ways: • When you create an object, use the Smart Guides to position a new object's position relative to an existing object. Or, when you create a new artboard, use Smart Guides to position it relative to another artboard or an object. • When you move an object or artboard, use the Smart Guides to align the selected object or artboard to other objects or artboards. The alignment is based on the geometry of objects and artboards. Guides appear as the object approaches the edge or center point of other objects (Figure 29). • When you transform an object, Smart Guides automatically appear to assist the transformation. You can change when and how Smart Guides appear by setting Smart Guide preferences. Choose Edit > Preferences > Smart Guides (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Smart Guides (Mac OS).

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How to add a bleed:

What is 1. Click the Document Setup button in the Control Panel. The Document Setup dialog box opens (Figure 31). 2. In the Bleed and View Options section, set the units of measure, and enter values for Top, Left, Bottom, and Right to specify the placement of the bleed marks. Click the Link icon to make all the values the same. 3. Click OK to close the Document Setup dialog box.

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How to add a bleed when printing:

What is 1. Choose File > Print. The Print dialog box opens (Figure 32). 2. Select Marks & Bleed on the left side of the Print dialog box. 3. Do one of the following: • Enter values for Top, Left, Bottom, and Right to specify the placement of the bleed marks. Click the Link icon to make all the values the same (Figure 33). • Select Use Document Bleed Settings to use the bleed settings defined in the New Document dialog box. 4. Click Done or Print to close the Print dialog box.

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How to create a layer and move objects to a different layer:

What is 1. In the Layers panel, click the name of the layer above which (or in which) you want to add the new layer (Figure 2). 2. To add a new layer above the selected layer, click the Create New Layer button in the Layers panel. Note: You can also create a new sublayer inside the selected layer by using the Create New Sublayer button. The new layer is added. 3. To move an object to a different layer, select the object in the Layers panel. 4. Drag the selected-art indicator, located at the right of the layer in the Layers panel, to the layer you want (Figure 3). 5. To edit the layer name, double-click the item name in the Layers panel and type a new name in the text field (Figure 4).

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How to duplicate a layer:

What is 1. Select one or more layers in the Layers panel. 2. Choose Duplicate “” in the Layers panel menu (Figure 5). 3. The swatch is copied, “copy” is appended to its name, and it is added to the Layers panels (Figure 6).

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How to delete a layer:

What is 1. Select one or more layers in the Layers panel. 2. Click the Delete icon at the bottom of the Layers panel (Figure 7). Illustrator notifies you that the layer contains artwork and asks you to confirm that you want to delete the layer (Figure 8). 3. Click OK to delete the layer.

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How to release items to separate layers:

What is 1. In the Layers panel, click the name of a layer or group that contains multiple objects (Figure 9). 2. Do one of the following: • To release each item to a new layer, choose Release To Layers (Sequence) from the Layers panel menu. • To release items into layers and duplicate objects to create a cumulative sequence, choose Release To Layers (Build) from the Layers panel menu. The bottommost object appears in each of the new layers, and the topmost object only appears in the topmost layer (Figure 10). For example, assume Layer 2 contains an Atom (bottommost object), Radiation, a Flask, and DNA (topmost object). This command creates four layers—one with each element added sequentially. This is useful for creating cumulative animation sequences.

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How to hide parts of objects with a clipping mask:

What is 1. Create the object you want to use as the mask. This object is called the clipping path. Only vector objects can be clipping paths. 2. Move the clipping path above the objects you want to mask in the stacking order. In the example in Figure 12, the blue oval shape will the clipping path. 3. In the Target column of the Layers panel, select all of the clipping path and the objects you want to mask (Figure 12). 4. Choose Object > Clipping Mask > Make. The clipping mask is applied (Figure 13). 5. To edit a clipping mask, select and target the clipping path in the Layers panel. 6. Do any of the following: • Move the clipping path by dragging the object’s center reference point with the Direct Selection tool. • Reshape the clipping path by using the Direct Selection tool. • Apply a fill and stroke to a clipping path (Figure 14). 7. To release objects from a clipping mask, select the group that contains the clipping mask and choose Object > Clipping Mask > Release.

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How to create an opacity mask:

What is 1. Select a single object or group, or target a layer in the Layers panel. 2. Open the Transparency panel and choose Show Options from the panel menu to see the thumbnail images (Figure 17). 3. Double-click directly to the right of the thumbnail in the Transparency panel. An empty mask is created and Illustrator automatically enters mask-editing mode. 4. Use the drawing or text tools to draw a mask shape (Figure 18). 5. Click the masked artwork’s thumbnail (left thumbnail) in the Transparency panel to apply and exit mask-editing mode (Figure 19). Note: The Clip option sets the mask background to black. Therefore, if you use a black object, such as black type, to create an opacity mask with the Clip option selected, it will not be visible. To see the objects, use a different color or deselect the Clip option. 6. To convert an existing object into an opacity mask, select at least two objects or groups, and choose Make Opacity Mask from the Transparency panel menu. The topmost selected object or group is used as the mask. 7. To edit a masking object, click the masking object’s thumbnail (right thumbnail) in the Transparency panel. 8. Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the mask thumbnail to hide all other artwork in the document window. (If the thumbnails aren’t visible, choose Show Thumbnails from the panel menu.) 9. Use any of the Illustrator editing tools and techniques to edit the mask. 10. Click the masked artwork’s thumbnail (left thumbnail) in the Transparency panel to exit mask-editing mode. 11. You can unlink, deactivate, or remove an opacity mask: • To unlink a mask, target the masked artwork in the Layers panel, and then click the link symbol between the thumbnails in the Transparency panel. The masking object is locked in position and size, and the masked objects can be moved and resized independently. To relink, click the area between the thumbnails in the Transparency panel. • To deactivate a mask, target the masked artwork in the Layers panel, and then Shift-click the masking object’s thumbnail (right thumbnail) in the Transparency panel. When the opacity mask is deactivated, a red x appears over the mask thumbnail in the Transparency panel (Figure 20). To reactivate a mask, target the masked artwork in the Layers panel, and then Shift-click the masking object’s thumbnail in the Transparency panel. • Target the masked artwork in the Layers panel, and then select Release Opacity Mask from the Transparency panel menu. The masking object reappears on top of the objects that were masked.

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How to create a color swatch:

What is 1. Select a color by using the Color Picker or Color panel, or select an object with the color you want. 2. In the Swatches panel, click the New Swatch button or select New Swatch from the panel menu. The New Swatch dialog box opens. 3. In the dialog box, select Global if you want the swatch to be a global color. Set additional swatch options, and click OK.

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How to create gradient swatches:

What is 1. Create a gradient by using the Gradient panel, or select an object with the gradient you want (Figure 5). 2. In the Swatches panel, click the New Swatch button or select New Swatch from the Swatches panel menu. The New Swatch dialog box opens (Figure 6). 3. In the dialog box that appears, enter a swatch name, and click OK.

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What is this command choose View > Show Bounding Box.

What is show the bounding box

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What does this command do choose View > Hide Bounding Box.

What is hide the bounding box

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What does this do choose Object > Transform > Reset Bounding Box

What is reorient the bounding box