How to Do Everything with Adobe Illustrator CS

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editing

anchor points, 60, 6263, 88

bitmaps, 254255

blends, 162, 166

with Direct Selection tool, 6263

drawings, 6062

effects, 182

linked images, 5152

masks, 174175

with Pen tool, 9294

with Pencil tool, 6062

swatches, 235

symbols, 297

text, 114116

Effect menu, 181193

effects. See also filters

3-D. See 3-D effects

applying, 181, 255263

bitmaps, 77, 186, 255263

blur, 258, 322

cautions about, 182183

changing, 181182

Convert to Shape, 183

De-Interlace, 262

deleting, 181182

distortion. See distortion effects

Drop Shadow, 188

editing, 182

Extrude & Bevel, 188, 191193

Extrusion, 189, 191193

flare, 2122, 72, 76

Free Distort, 183

glow, 187

Gravity, 145

Hard Mix, 81

Inner Glow, 187

mosaic, 195

NTSC Colors, 262

Offset Path , 185

Outer Glow, 187

Outline Object, 185

Outline Stroke, 185

overview, 180

Pathfinder, 81, 185186

paths, 81, 180181, 184185

perspective, 188193

Photoshop, 196

pixelate, 260

Pucker & Bloat, 183184

Rainbow, 145

Rasterize, 186, 195

resizing, 104

Revolve, 188191

Rotate, 189, 191193

Roughen, 183184

sharpen, 261

sketch, 261

Skew, 145

Soft Mix, 81

Stair Step, 145

Stylize, 187188

texture, 261262

Transform, 184

Tweak, 183184

twinkle, 75

Twist, 183, 185

undoing, 182

Unsharp Mask, 261

video, 262

vs. filters, 180

Warp. See Warp effects

Zig Zag, 183

Ellipse tool, 2122, 74

ellipses, drawing, 74

embedded items

bitmaps, 4546, 256

converting links to, 46

fonts, 133, 306

images, 4546

managing, 5051

SVG format, 324

vs. linked items, 46, 252

Envelope Distort menu, 199202

Envelope Options dialog box, 200201

envelopes, 198202

EPS file format, 7, 306

EPS files, 305306

Erase tool, 2224, 6162

Exclude Overlapping Shape Areas tool, 7980

Exclusion blend mode, 224225

Expand command, 170, 200

Export dialog box, 305

exporting

to AI format, 305

to CAD format, 306

to EPS format, 306

file formats for, 305307

to GIF format, 320321

to HTML, 327328

illustrations to printer-friendly format, 305307

to JPEG format, 321322

to Microsoft Office format, 306

options, 306307

to PDF format, 306

to PICT format, 306

to PNG format, 306

to raster formats, 306

to SVG format, 306, 324

to SVGZ format, 306

to TGA format, 306

to TIFF format, 306

to vector formats, 323324

to WMF format, 306

extensions, 39, 295

Extrude & Bevel effect, 188, 191193

extruded objects, 191193

Extrusion effect, 189, 191193

Eyedropper tool

assigning fill colors, 6970

assigning stroke colors, 6970

described, 1920

sampling colors, 210211