Illustrator CS4 For Dummies- P9: Adobe Illustrator is the gold standard for creating exciting, color-rich artwork for print, the Web, or even mobile devices. Whether you’re stepping up to Illustrator CS4 or tackling Illustrator for the first time, you’ll find Illustrator CS4 For Dummies is the perfect partner. This full-color guide gives you the scoop on the newest tools, tips on color control and path editing, ways to organize graphics, and how to get your work into print or on the Web. | 352 Illustrator CS4 For Dummies__ matte GIF files 316 JPEG format 319 measurement units document preferences 13 15 selecting 331-332 type 265-267 Menu bar hiding displaying 331 menu items keyboard shortcuts 337-338 menus command structure 22-23 contextual 24 ellipsis . display 23 grayed-out unavailable commands 23 item selections 23 keyboard shortcuts 23 pop-up 22 right-click Control key 24 submenus 23 Merge command Pathfinder panel 88 Mesh tool appearance settings 189 color selections 187 gradients 186-190 path editing 187 soft-beveled objects 189-190 meshes Envelope distortion BC10-BC11 Microsoft Office file saving support 70 Minus Back command Pathfinder panel 88 Minus Front mode Pathfinder panel 86 mirror images Reflect tool 231 mistakes undoing 34 Miter Join attribute strokes 195 monitors aliasing issues 278 color issues 278 resolutions 37 278 morphing object blending 60 mouse right-click menu display 24 Move dialog box object transformations 226-227 Move tool object transformations 226-227 multimedia RGB color mode advantages 17 Myriad Pro font family 263 N New Action dialog box creating custom actions 341-342 New Brush dialog box custom brush creation 169 New Color Group Swatches panel 103 105 New Document dialog box artboard preferences 13-14 color modes 13 15-18 document naming conventions 13-14 measurement units 13 15 page size settings 13-15 project preferences 12-18 New Swatch Swatches panel 103 105 Next Object Above command Select menu 127 Next Object Below command Select menu 127 Non-Uniform scale object transformations 229 O Object command Select menu 127 objects. See also shapes 3D effects 203-204 active layer selections 127 alignment functions 249 artboard selections 127 automatic gradient mesh 188-189 basic shapes 76-84 blends 60 bounding box 228 clipping masks 60-61 197-198 compound paths 62-64 compound shapes 62-64 copying while transforming 234 cropping 88 custom symbol creation 93 deselecting 127 distortion effects 55-57 BC01-BC04
