Photoshop 7 and Illustrator 10 : Create Great Advanced Graphics

by Cross, David/Huggins, Barry

ISBN13: 9781903450932

ISBN10: 1903450934

Format: Trade Paper

Pub. Date: 2002-07-27

Publisher(s): WROX

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Tutorial offers a practical design project for readers to complete while encouraging experimentation with the tools. Softcover.

Welcome	p. 1
Platform specifics	p. 1
All about this book	p. 2
Files for download	p. 3
Support	p. 3
Knowing your Tools	p. 5
Resolution dependence and independence	p. 5
Designing for print and the web	p. 6
Application integration	p. 8
Advantages of Illustrator	p. 8
Advantages of Photoshop	p. 11
Using the applications in tandem	p. 12
Swapping information between Photoshop and Illustrator	p. 14
Using Illustrator data in Photoshop	p. 14
Opening an Illustrator file from within Photoshop	p. 14
Placing an Illustrator file in a Photoshop image	p. 15
Copying and pasting an Illustrator file into Photoshop	p. 16
Drag and drop method	p. 16
Dragging and dropping paths into the Photoshop Paths palette	p. 17
Exporting a file from Illustrator as a Photoshop (PSD) file	p. 17
Using Photoshop data in Illustrator	p. 18
Opening a Photoshop file from within Illustrator	p. 18
Opening a Photoshop generated EPS from within Illustrator	p. 20
Opening a Photoshop generated PDF from within Illustrator	p. 21
Drag and drop method	p. 22
Copying and pasting a Photoshop file into Illustrator	p. 23
Exporting Photoshop paths for use in Illustrator	p. 24
Placing a Photoshop file in an Illustrator graphic	p. 24
Which program to use	p. 25
Simple vector graphics	p. 25
Complex vector graphics and illustrations	p. 26
Graphs and charts	p. 26
Maps and technical drawing	p. 26
Painting	p. 27
Type	p. 27
Web page design	p. 28
Web graphic design	p. 28
Rollovers	p. 28
SVG graphics	p. 28
Animation	p. 28
Data-driven graphics	p. 29
Mixed formats--vectors and pixels	p. 29
Blending components and images	p. 29
Scanning images	p. 30
Pixel-based artwork	p. 30
Image color correction	p. 30
Image correction--removal of unwanted objects	p. 30
Spot colors	p. 30
Duotones and sepia tones	p. 30
Summary	p. 31
Conclusion	p. 33
Illustrator and Photoshop in Tandem	p. 35
Setting cross-application preferences	p. 35
Setting file saving options for native PSD files	p. 35
Setting file saving options for native AI files	p. 36
Managing color across the applications	p. 37
Why do we use Color Management?	p. 37
How does a Color Management System work?	p. 38
Consistent color between Illustrator and Photoshop	p. 39
Calibrating your monitor	p. 40
Choosing Photoshop color settings	p. 45
Understanding the Working Space profiles	p. 47
Choosing Color Management policies	p. 48
Specifying how to be alerted to missing or mismatched profiles	p. 49
Managing conversion options	p. 50
Understanding the rendering intent options	p. 50
Perceptual	p. 51
Saturation	p. 51
Absolute Colorimetric	p. 51
Relative Colorimetric	p. 51
Using Black Point Compensation when converting images	p. 51
Saving files with embedded profiles	p. 52
Converting and assigning profiles	p. 52
Viewing the embedded profile	p. 52
Using the Assign Profile command	p. 53
Using the Convert Profile command	p. 53
Choosing Illustrator color settings	p. 55
Changing profiles in Illustrator	p. 56
Saving custom Color Management Settings	p. 57
To Color Manage or not, that is the question	p. 59
Soft proofing your colors	p. 60
CMYK vs RGB: Viewing print simulations	p. 60
Mac vs Windows: Viewing web simulations	p. 60
Displaying soft proofs in Photoshop	p. 61
Creating a custom soft proof setup in Photoshop	p. 63
Displaying soft proofs in Illustrator	p. 65
Creating a custom soft proof setup in Illustrator	p. 66
Conclusion	p. 67
The Building Blocks	p. 69
Layers	p. 70
Photoshop layers	p. 70
Structuring a document	p. 70
Layer blending modes	p. 75
Layer clipping groups	p. 79
Complex layer combinations	p. 81
Illustrator layers	p. 82
Layer blending modes	p. 84
Layer Clipping Masks	p. 86
Masks	p. 89
Photoshop Layer Masks	p. 89
Illustrator Opacity Masks	p. 94
Illustrator Clipping Masks	p. 96
The power of vectors	p. 98
Vectors and Photoshop	p. 98
Vector tools in Photoshop	p. 99
Vectors and Illustrator	p. 102
Channels	p. 103
Selection storage with Alpha channels	p. 107
Color correction	p. 115
Components and re-purposing	p. 128
Brushes	p. 128
Illustrator brushes	p. 128
Photoshop brushes	p. 131
Shapes	p. 134
Styles	p. 137
Illustrator styles	p. 137
Photoshop styles	p. 142
Gradients	p. 146
Creating custom gradients	p. 146
Patterns	p. 148
Illustrator patterns	p. 148
Photoshop patterns	p. 156
Actions	p. 164
Achieving effects without presets	p. 173
Vector shadows in Illustrator	p. 173
Photoshop shadows	p. 175
Reflections and shading	p. 179
Reflections	p. 179
Shading	p. 183
Working with type	p. 185
Illustrator type	p. 185
Text blocks	p. 185
Text Wrap	p. 186
Tabs, rows, and columns	p. 188
Photoshop type	p. 189
Paragraph text	p. 190
Type tips	p. 191
Changing the color of highlighted text	p. 191
Editing multiple type layers	p. 193
Browsing through fonts	p. 194
Conclusion	p. 195
Creating a Corporate Identity	p. 175
The scenario	p. 176
Creating the body of the guitar with the Pen tool	p. 177
Creating the neck of the guitar	p. 179
Creating the other half of the guitar	p. 180
Combining all the shapes with Pathfinders	p. 181
Creating the ellipse	p. 183
Combining the guitar and ellipse	p. 184
Creating the musical notes	p. 191
Rotating the musical notes around the guitar	p. 194
Adding the text	p. 196
Working with Photoshop images in Illustrator	p. 205
Placing files	p. 206
Managing linked and embedded images	p. 207
Updating links through the Links palette preferences	p. 207
Creating clipping masks	p. 208
Creating complex clipping masks	p. 210
Conclusion	p. 211
Building a company web site	p. 213
Preparing the logo using Illustrator	p. 215
Adding further elements in ImageReady	p. 218
Slicing the image	p. 224
Editing rollover states	p. 228
Changing the animation speed	p. 232
Assigning URLs to slices	p. 232
Optimizing images for the web	p. 234
Compressed file formats	p. 234
Other animation techniques	p. 241
Creating SVG web graphics	p. 249
Fonts	p. 251
Data Driven Graphics	p. 253
Understanding the use of variables	p. 255
Defining a Pixel Replacement variable	p. 257
Defining a Text Replacement variable	p. 259
Defining a Visibility variable	p. 259
Using Data Sets	p. 260
Editing the default Data Set	p. 260
Creating a new Data Set	p. 261
Previewing Data Sets	p. 262
Modifying Data Sets	p. 263
Replacing an image using variables	p. 264
Editing text in a text variable	p. 264
Conclusion	p. 265
Producing Packaging Artwork	p. 267
The scenario	p. 267
Adding images in Photoshop	p. 277
Creating flattened artwork from the layered original	p. 284
Quick keyboard commands to create artwork	p. 285
Creating the illusion of dimension	p. 289
Mapping flat artwork to an image in Photoshop	p. 297
One step beyond	p. 308
Creating two-color artwork	p. 310
Conclusion	p. 320
Managing files with WebDAV	p. 323
Working with WebDAV	p. 324
What is XML?	p. 327
From HTML to XML	p. 327
Beyond hypertext	p. 328
Some rules of XML	p. 328
Structured appeal	p. 329
Attributes of elements	p. 330
Element or attribute?	p. 330
Separating presentation and content	p. 331
Self-documenting data	p. 332
Brief introduction to SVG	p. 333
Installing an Adobe SVG viewer	p. 333
A first SVG document	p. 334
Making it move	p. 335
Index	p. 339
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