Adobe Illustrator CS5 Unit C:

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Going Beyond the Basics

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Objectives

Use the Transform Each command

Select within groups and make guides

Modify objects with the Direct Selection tool Work with the stacking order

Create interlocking objects Use the Unite shape mode

Add visual complexity with the stacking order Apply effects

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Using the Transform Each Command

Offers the option to transform multiple objects simultaneously but individually

 Great for making a complex pattern from a simple illustration

Transform Each dialog box

 One of nine reference points can be selected

• Indicates which point the selected object will transform from

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Using the Transform Each Command

Point of origin

 Chosen the from in the dialog box

Default point of origin

 Center reference point selected

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Using the Transform Each Command

FIGURE C-2: Squares are scaled 70%

FIGURE C-3: Pattern created with the Transform Each command

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Selecting Within Groups and Making Guides

Selection tool

 Used to select all objects in a group

Direct Selection tool

 Used to select individual objects within a group

Make Guides command

 Used to convert Illustrator objects into guides (i.e., object guides)

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Selecting Within Groups and Making Guides

Working with guides

 Quick keys for Hide, Lock, Make, and Release Guides

 Use the Preferences dialog box with the Guides & Grid settings to change the color or style of guides

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Selecting Within Groups and Making Guides

FIGURE C-4: Converting the rectangle to an object guide

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Selecting Within Groups and Making Guides

FIGURE C-5: Viewing two object guides

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Modifying Objects with the Direct Selection Tool

Direct Selection tool performs two essential functions:

 Selects individual objects within a group

 Selects individual components of a single vector object

• Select individual paths and anchor points on vector objects

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Modifying Objects with the Direct Selection Tool

Anchor points appear white or hollow

 Hollow anchor points can be selected individually

 When you apply the Add Anchor Points command, the entire object becomes selected

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FIGURE C-6: Repositioning the 4" x 4" square

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Modifying Objects with the Direct Selection Tool

FIGURE C-7: Moving a single anchor point

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FIGURE C-8: Recreating the starburst

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Working with the Stacking Order

Stacking order

 Order of how objects are arranged in front of and behind other objects on the artboard

• Objects are created in front of the existing objects

 Arrange commands on the Object menu

• Allows you to manipulate stacking order

 Draw Behind drawing mode

• Allows objects to be created behind a object or at the bottom of the stacking order

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Working with the Stacking Order

FIGURE C-9: Red rectangle sent to the back of the stacking order

FIGURE C-10: Moving the blue oval forward in the stacking order

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FIGURE C-11: The new red circle behind the purple rectangle

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Arrange commands

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Creating Interlocking Objects

Line segments

 Selected when you click a path with the Direct Selection tool

 Fall within each set of two anchor points

Interlocking objects

 Created using the Paste In Front command

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FIGURE C-12: Identifying the orange path to select

FIGURE C-13: A copy of the

orange path is in front of all objects

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Creating Interlocking Objects

FIGURE C-14: Identifying the green path to select

FIGURE C-15: Identifying the purple path to select

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FIGURE C-16: Identifying the two anchor points to select

FIGURE C-17: The completed effect—it’s all an illusion

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Using the Unite Shape Mode

Pathfinder panel

 Contains pre-programmed actions to

perform basic functions on selected objects

 Shape modes and pathfinders: allow new shapes to be created from overlapping

objects

• Shape modes: top row

• Pathfinders: bottom row

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Unite shape mode

 Unites multiple paths as a single object

FIGURE C-18: Uniting all the paths

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FIGURE C-19: Odd “holes” remain where paths didn’t overlap

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FIGURE C-20: Drawing rectangles over holes

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Adding Visual Complexity with the Stacking Order

Stacking order

 Manages which objects are in front of or behind other objects

 Can be used to add visual complexity to an illustration

• Pasting new objects in front of or behind

existing objects can add a sense of dimension, layering, and depth

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Adding Visual Complexity with the Stacking Order

Using the Offset Path command

 Works by making a copy of a path and moving it a specific distance from the original path

 Great way to make concentric circles

FIGURE C-24: Concentric and evenly spaced circles

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Adding Visual Complexity with the Stacking Order

FIGURE C-21: Bringing the paths to the front

FIGURE C-22: Pasted path with dark blue fill

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Adding Visual Complexity with the Stacking Order

FIGURE C-23: Final illustration

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Applying Effects

Effects

 Operations that you can apply to an object to alter its appearance without actually

altering the object itself

 Distort, transform, warp, outline, and offset a path—among others—without changing the original size, anchor points, and shape of the object

 Appearance refers to what an object looks like when an effect has been applied to it

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Applying Effects

FIGURE C-25: Viewing the Bloat effect

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Applying Effects

FIGURE C-26: Viewing the square with the appearance of a circle

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Applying Effects

If you use the Scale tool to try and create

concentric circles, each successive circle is a percentage of a different size original circle

Percentages are relative, not absolute, so the space between each circle and the original

from which it was scaled keeps getting

smaller, because the original keeps getting smaller

With the Offset Path command, the offset is an absolute

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Summary

 Use the Transform Each command

 Select within groups and make guides

 Modify objects with the Direct Selection tool

 Work with the stacking order

 Create interlocking objects

 Use the Unite shape mode

 Add visual complexity with the stacking order

 Apply effects