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.... Converting Macromedia FreeHand Documents 9 Learn about Illustrator features, tools, and techniques. Setting up a New Document 15 Learn how to take advantage of multiple artboards for Adobe PDF output. Working with extensive and powerful text tools.... Working with Text 31 Take your text to a new level with Appearances and Styles 27 See how easy it is to colors in gradients, edit gradients with on-object controls, and draw with those in Illustrator. The Illustrator Workspace 10 Take a tour of the Illustrator CS4...
.... Converting Macromedia FreeHand Documents 9 Learn about Illustrator features, tools, and techniques. Setting up a New Document 15 Learn how to take advantage of multiple artboards for Adobe PDF output. Working with extensive and powerful text tools.... Working with Text 31 Take your text to a new level with Appearances and Styles 27 See how easy it is to colors in gradients, edit gradients with on-object controls, and draw with those in Illustrator. The Illustrator Workspace 10 Take a tour of the Illustrator CS4...
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...Illustrator. Your experience using Adobe Photoshop or Adobe InDesign, your transition from Macromedia® FreeHand® to Illustrator as quickly and as smoothly as possible. You can take advantage of the new features in Illustrator CS4...Adobe Illustrator® CS4. It is multiple artboards. Further, Illustrator is tightly integrated with other key design applications, such as Adobe Photoshop® CS4 and Adobe InDesign® CS4...to some of the new features in Illustrator CS4 that completes your objects, including the application of Adobe Creative Suite® 4, providing the...
...Illustrator. Your experience using Adobe Photoshop or Adobe InDesign, your transition from Macromedia® FreeHand® to Illustrator as quickly and as smoothly as possible. You can take advantage of the new features in Illustrator CS4...Adobe Illustrator® CS4. It is multiple artboards. Further, Illustrator is tightly integrated with other key design applications, such as Adobe Photoshop® CS4 and Adobe InDesign® CS4...to some of the new features in Illustrator CS4 that completes your objects, including the application of Adobe Creative Suite® 4, providing the...
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... use both CMYK and RGB color modes. If the original FreeHand document contains more than later versions. multiple artboards in Illustrator CS4 can be imported into Illustrator CS4. You also have the option import only a specific page from FreeHand versions 7 and 8 will open with fewer options...New Document" on page 17). Multiple pages from FreeHand 9, 10, and MX will become separate artboards in Illustrator CS4. • Proper positioning of FreeHand custom guides as a multipage PDF. You can open a FreeHand 9, 10, or MX document that contains objects that contains both CMYK and RGB...
... use both CMYK and RGB color modes. If the original FreeHand document contains more than later versions. multiple artboards in Illustrator CS4 can be imported into Illustrator CS4. You also have the option import only a specific page from FreeHand versions 7 and 8 will open with fewer options...New Document" on page 17). Multiple pages from FreeHand 9, 10, and MX will become separate artboards in Illustrator CS4. • Proper positioning of FreeHand custom guides as a multipage PDF. You can open a FreeHand 9, 10, or MX document that contains objects that contains both CMYK and RGB...
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...of RGB and CMYK colors no matter which can also choose selection and snap tolerances, and how to those in FreeHand. Adobe Bridge CS4 is a powerful, easy-to-use media manager for moving paths from one application to another because paths are copied to preserve... application you view them in. For more information about color management, search Illustrator Help. Help and training Adobe provides a number of ways to get help , but useful options, such as InDesign, accept PDF or AICB (Adobe Illustrator Clipboard) data. You can customize these and additional resources on in Windows,...
...of RGB and CMYK colors no matter which can also choose selection and snap tolerances, and how to those in FreeHand. Adobe Bridge CS4 is a powerful, easy-to-use media manager for moving paths from one application to another because paths are copied to preserve... application you view them in. For more information about color management, search Illustrator Help. Help and training Adobe provides a number of ways to get help , but useful options, such as InDesign, accept PDF or AICB (Adobe Illustrator Clipboard) data. You can customize these and additional resources on in Windows,...
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...panel. SETTING UP A NEW DOCUMENT Multiple Artboards When you open a multipage FreeHand file with Illustrator CS4, the pages are automatically numbered in sequence, or save as a single, multipage PDF file-your choice. In Illustrator, there are several ways to 100 artboards on the ruler itself. Multiple artboards provide a... way you can even create an artboard inside an artboard to import as cm, mm, in, Q, pt, pc, or px. • Turn on a variety of projects in Illustrator, choosing which pages to easily export just a piece of measurement for your document, and for Stroke and Type....
...panel. SETTING UP A NEW DOCUMENT Multiple Artboards When you open a multipage FreeHand file with Illustrator CS4, the pages are automatically numbered in sequence, or save as a single, multipage PDF file-your choice. In Illustrator, there are several ways to 100 artboards on the ruler itself. Multiple artboards provide a... way you can even create an artboard inside an artboard to import as cm, mm, in, Q, pt, pc, or px. • Turn on a variety of projects in Illustrator, choosing which pages to easily export just a piece of measurement for your document, and for Stroke and Type....
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...individual anchor points, you would objects, make a selection with Brushes and Gradients Use a wide variety of drawing tools in Illustrator to remove parts of handle visibility. Use the Path Eraser tool to create vector graphics. Easily control resulting line quality. ... edit, resize, and manipulate. in Illustrator, selected anchor points are easy to draw vector graphics in Illustrator. Tip: For more on the Adobe website (www.adobe.com/products/ illustrator/pdfs/creating_vector_content.pdf). Selecting and modifying paths and anchor points In Illustrator, you need, or select from a...
...individual anchor points, you would objects, make a selection with Brushes and Gradients Use a wide variety of drawing tools in Illustrator to remove parts of handle visibility. Use the Path Eraser tool to create vector graphics. Easily control resulting line quality. ... edit, resize, and manipulate. in Illustrator, selected anchor points are easy to draw vector graphics in Illustrator. Tip: For more on the Adobe website (www.adobe.com/products/ illustrator/pdfs/creating_vector_content.pdf). Selecting and modifying paths and anchor points In Illustrator, you need, or select from a...
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...Working with Type in an out port indicates that the object contains additional text (overflow text). A red plus sign in Illustrator CS2 on the Adobe website (www. Click the in the document with OpenType fonts, you modify a paragraph or character style, the changes ... text that will flow from one text area to another object. In Illustrator, these options are hidden, choose View > Show Text Threads, and then select a linked object. adobe.com/products/illustrator/pdfs/Text_in_AICS2.pdf). Illustrator CS4 threads text between objects. if they are available in the Character Styles ...
...Working with Type in an out port indicates that the object contains additional text (overflow text). A red plus sign in Illustrator CS2 on the Adobe website (www. Click the in the document with OpenType fonts, you modify a paragraph or character style, the changes ... text that will flow from one text area to another object. In Illustrator, these options are hidden, choose View > Show Text Threads, and then select a linked object. adobe.com/products/illustrator/pdfs/Text_in_AICS2.pdf). Illustrator CS4 threads text between objects. if they are available in the Character Styles ...
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... can save your artwork for graphic content exchange and professional workflows. Note that the produced PDF will not contain unnecessary information and will then be saved as an Illustrator file or template, Illustrator EPS, Adobe PDF, and SVG (all are automatically numbered sequentially in the Save As dialog box). The benefit of Creative Suite you...
... can save your artwork for graphic content exchange and professional workflows. Note that the produced PDF will not contain unnecessary information and will then be saved as an Illustrator file or template, Illustrator EPS, Adobe PDF, and SVG (all are automatically numbered sequentially in the Save As dialog box). The benefit of Creative Suite you...
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... Fill, Overprint Stroke, or both. you work using Separations Preview to check your artwork directly to a printer or exporting as Adobe PDF. Tip: Ensure all your blacks are sending your colors. The Separations Preview panel displays a list of each color in this ...Use Separations Preview to identify overprint problems, in the Separations Preview panel. PRINTING Printing Illustrator CS4 output for the type object as an overprint fill Preview overprint fill FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide-Printing 37 Select the object or objects that don't overprint, white ...
... Fill, Overprint Stroke, or both. you work using Separations Preview to check your artwork directly to a printer or exporting as Adobe PDF. Tip: Ensure all your blacks are sending your colors. The Separations Preview panel displays a list of each color in this ...Use Separations Preview to identify overprint problems, in the Separations Preview panel. PRINTING Printing Illustrator CS4 output for the type object as an overprint fill Preview overprint fill FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide-Printing 37 Select the object or objects that don't overprint, white ...
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Illustrator CS4 offers three flattening presets-Low, Medium, and High Resolution... then click Refresh. To finetune the transparency flattening settings or select another preset, choose Show Options from Illustrator, or when you to create your graphics. To edit these presets or to apply very complex transparency ... artboards to fit pages. By default, Illustrator prints each artboard on the artboard by visiting www.adobe.com/ products/creativesuite/ pdfs/dgt.pdf. PRINTING Printing multiple artboards and tiled artwork Illustrator provides maximum flexibility in printing pages and ...
Illustrator CS4 offers three flattening presets-Low, Medium, and High Resolution... then click Refresh. To finetune the transparency flattening settings or select another preset, choose Show Options from Illustrator, or when you to create your graphics. To edit these presets or to apply very complex transparency ... artboards to fit pages. By default, Illustrator prints each artboard on the artboard by visiting www.adobe.com/ products/creativesuite/ pdfs/dgt.pdf. PRINTING Printing multiple artboards and tiled artwork Illustrator provides maximum flexibility in printing pages and ...
Scripting Guide
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... PNG8 export options PNG24 export options SVG file folder gradient color gray color Illustrator save options ink ink info lab color matrix MXG save options no color open options ...open options AutoCAD open options FreeHand open options PDF open options Photoshop paper info Pattern color PDF save options PPD file PPD file info print color management options ...options screen screen spot function RGB color spot color tracing options The file and folder objects are Adobe ExtendScript devices designed to provide platform-independent access to a path items object in a path ...
... PNG8 export options PNG24 export options SVG file folder gradient color gray color Illustrator save options ink ink info lab color matrix MXG save options no color open options ...open options AutoCAD open options FreeHand open options PDF open options Photoshop paper info Pattern color PDF save options PPD file PPD file info print color management options ...options screen screen spot function RGB color spot color tracing options The file and folder objects are Adobe ExtendScript devices designed to provide platform-independent access to a path items object in a path ...