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Contents
Chapter 1: Getting started
Installation and registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Adobe Help Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tips and training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What’s new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2: Tutorials
Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 3: Work area
Work area basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Palettes, tools, and menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Files and templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Viewing artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rulers, grids, and guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Customizing the work area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Recovery and undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 4: Adobe Bridge
The basics of Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Files and folders in Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Bridge Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Running automated tasks with Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Metadata in Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Using Version Cue with Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 5: Adobe Stock Photos
Adobe Stock Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Comp images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Buying stock photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Stock Photos accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chapter 6: Adobe Version Cue
Using Adobe Version Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Working with Version Cue projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Working with files in Version Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Disconnecting from projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Deleting files, folders, and projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Version Cue versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Version Cue alternates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Editing and synchronizing offline files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
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The Version Cue Administration utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Creating and editing projects in Version Cue Administration . . . . . . .127
Backing up and restoring from Version Cue Administration . . . . . . . .132
Working with users and privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Viewing logs, reports, and workspace information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Version Cue PDF reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Chapter 7: Drawing
About drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Drawing simple lines and shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Drawing with the Pencil tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Drawing with the Pen tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Reshaping paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Adding, deleting, and converting anchor points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Smoothing and simplifying paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Erasing, splitting, and joining paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Tracing artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Template layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Sets of symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Drawing flares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Chapter 8: Color
About color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Selecting colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Using and creating swatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Managing swatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Adjusting colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Chapter 9: Color management
Understanding color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
Keeping colors consistent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Color-managing imported images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Color-managing documents for online viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Proofing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Color-managing documents when printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Working with color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Color settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Chapter 10: Painting
About painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Fills and strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Live Paint groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Creating and modifying brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Blending modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
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Gradients, meshes, and color blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
Chapter 11: Arranging objects
Selecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262
Moving objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Aligning and distributing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
Rotating objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Reflecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276
Using layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
Stacking objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
Grouping and expanding objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
Duplicating objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285
Locking, hiding, and deleting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
Chapter 12: Reshaping objects
Transforming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Scaling objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Shearing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Distorting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
Combining objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
Cutting, dividing, and trimming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Clipping masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Blending objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Reshaping objects with effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
Creating 3D objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316
Chapter 13: Importing, exporting, and saving
Importing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
Bitmap images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
Adobe PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330
EPS and DCS files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
Importing artwork from Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
Saving artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Exporting artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
Creating Adobe PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
Adobe PDF options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
File information and metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Chapter 14: Type
Updating legacy text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Creating type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
Importing and exporting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364
Area type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
Type on a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
Editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
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Letterforms as graphic objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378
Selecting type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
Formatting characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382
Line and character spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
Underline, strikethrough, caps, superscripts, and subscripts . . . . . . . .388
Special characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389
Scaling and rotating type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394
Formatting paragraphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395
Hyphenation and line breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398
Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400
Character and paragraph styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404
Formatting Asian characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406
Mojikumi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Kinsoku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413
Burasagari, leading, and kurikaeshi moji shori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
Creating composite fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416
Chapter 15: Creating special effects
Appearance attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419
Copying appearance attributes between objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421
Working with effects and filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423
Summary of effects and filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426
Drop shadows, glows, and feathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434
Making objects look hand-sketched . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
Changing vector graphics to bitmap images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437
Creating mosaics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438
Graphic styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438
Chapter 16: Web graphics
Best practices for creating web graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
Slices and image maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
SVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
Creating animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450
Optimizing and saving web graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452
Web graphics formats and options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456
Output settings for web graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464
Chapter 17: Printing
Basic printing tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468
Printing color separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .469
Setting up pages for printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472
Cropping artwork for printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .475
Printer’s marks and bleed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .476
PostScript printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .477
Printing with color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480
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Printing gradients, meshes, and color blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481
Printing and saving transparent artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .484
Overprinting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490
Trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .492
Print presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496
Chapter 18: Automating tasks
Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .498
Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504
Data-driven graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505
Chapter 19: Graphs
Creating graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510
Formatting graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515
Adding pictures and symbols to graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .520
Chapter 20: Keyboard shortcuts
Customizing keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525
Default keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540
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Chapter 1: Getting started
Installation and registration
To install
1 Close any Adobe® applications that are open.
2 Insert the product CD into your computer’s CD drive.
3 Double-click the CD icon, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
After the installation, you may be prompted to activate your copy of the product. (See “To activate” on page 1.)
For more detailed instructions about installing the product, see the How To Install file on the product CD. For
instructions about uninstalling the product, see the How To Uninstall file on the product CD.
To activate
Activation is a simple, anonymous process you must complete within 30 days of installing the product. Activation
allows you to continue using the product, and it helps prevent casual copying of the product onto more computers
than the license agreement allows. To learn more about activation, visit the Adobe website at
www.adobe.com/activation/main.html.
1 Start the product to access the Activation dialog box. (If you’ve just installed Adobe Creative Suite or Adobe
Photoshop®, the Activation dialog box appears automatically.)
2 Follow the on-screen instructions.
Important: If you intend to install the product on a different computer, you must first transfer the activation to that
computer. To transfer an activation, choose Help > Transfer Activation.
For more detailed instructions about activating the product and transferring an activation, see the How To Install
file on the product CD.
To register
Register your Adobe product to receive complimentary support on installation and product defects and notifications
about product updates. Registering your product also gives you access to the wealth of tips, tricks, and tutorials in
Adobe Studio® and access to Adobe Studio Exchange, an online community where users download and share
thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products. Adobe Studio is available in
English, French, German, and Japanese. Find it from the home page of the Adobe website.
❖ Do one of the following:
• Install and activate the software to access the Registration dialog box, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
An active Internet connection is required.
• Register at any time by choosing Help > Registration.
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See also
“Adobe Studio” on page 7
“Extras” on page 9
Adobe Help Center
About Adobe Help Center
Adobe Help Center is a free, downloadable application that includes three primary features.
Product Help Provides Help topics for Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe CS2 products installed on your
system. (If none of these products are installed, Help topics for them aren’t available.) Help topics are updated period-
ically and can be downloaded through Adobe Help Center preferences.
Expert Support Provides information about Adobe Expert Support plans and lets you store details about plans
you’ve purchased. If you have an active support plan, you can also use the Expert Support section to submit web
cases—questions sent to Adobe support professionals over the web. To access links in the Expert Support section,
you must have an active Internet connection.
More Resources Provides easy access to the extensive resources on Adobe.com, including support pages, user
forums, tips and tutorials, and training. You can also use this area to store contact information for friends, colleagues,
or support professionals, or even websites you turn to for inspiration or troubleshooting information.
Product Help, Expert Support, and More Resources in Adobe Help Center
See also
“Using Help” on page 3
“To search Help topics” on page 5
“To navigate Help” on page 4
To check for updates
Adobe periodically provides updates to software and to topics in Adobe Help Center. You can easily obtain these
updates through Adobe Help Center. An active Internet connection is required.
1 Click the Preferences button
2 In the Preferences dialog box, click Check For Updates. If updates are available, follow the on-screen directions to
download and save them.
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To set Adobe Help Center preferences
1 Click the Preferences button . Set any of the following options:
Region Specifies your geographical location. Changing this option may affect which services are available to you.
Language Specifies the language in which Expert Support content is displayed.
Display Renewal Reminders For Expert Support Contracts Displays reminder screens when your Expert Support
plan has almost expired. Deselect this option if you’d like to turn off these reminders.
Enable Auto Login For Web Case Submission Allows you to submit support questions over the web. This option is
available only if you have an active Expert Support plan.
User Interface Language Specifies the language in which Adobe Help Center interface text is displayed.
Check For Updates Searches for new updates to software and Help topics as they become available from Adobe.
Network Administrators Displays options for network administration.
2 Click OK.
To display More Resources
The More Resources section in Adobe Help Center provides easy access to some of the content and services available
from the Adobe website, including support, training, and tutorials.
❖ To display this section, click More Resources.
To add contact information in More Resources
1 Click More Resources, and then click Personal Contacts.
2 Do any of the following:
• To add a contact, click New, type the contact information you want to save, and click OK.
• To edit a contact, click a contact in the list, click Edit, make changes to the information, and click OK.
• To delete a contact, click a contact in the list, and then click Delete. To confirm the deletion, click Yes when
prompted, or click No to cancel.
Using Help
Using Help
The complete documentation for using your Adobe product is available in Help, a browser-based system you can
access through Adobe Help Center. Help topics are updated periodically, so you can always be sure to have the most
recent information available. For more information, see “To check for updates” on page 2.
Important: Adobe Help systems include all of the information in the printed user guides, plus additional information
not included in print. The Resources and Extras CD included with the software also includes a PDF version of the
complete Help content, optimized for printing.
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A B C D E
Product Help section of Adobe Help Center
A. Returns you to Help home page B. Adds bookmark for current topic C. Prints contents of right pane D. Opens Preferences dialog box
E. Opens About Adobe Help Center window
See also
“To navigate Help” on page 4
“To search Help topics” on page 5
To navigate Help
❖ Do any of the following:
• To view Help for a product, choose the product name from the Help For menu. (To view only topics that apply
across all Creative Suite products, choose Adobe Creative Suite.)
• To expand or collapse a section, click the blue triangle to the left of the section name.
• To display a topic , click its title.
See also
“To use bookmarks” on page 6
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To search Help topics
Search using words or phrases to quickly find topics. You can search Help for one product or for all Adobe products
you’ve installed. If you find a topic that you may want to view again, bookmark it for quick retrieval.
1 In Adobe Help Center, click Product Help.
2 Type oneormorewords in theSearchbox.TosearchacrossHelpfor allAdobe products youhaveinstalled,click
the black triangle to the left of the Search box and choose Search All Help.
Search Help for one product or for all products you’ve installed
3 Click Search. Topics matching the search words appear in the navigation pane.
4 To view a topic, click its title.
5 To return to the navigation pane, do one of the following:
• Click the Home button.
• Click the Back button.
• Click Next Topic or Previous Topic.
See also
“To print a topic from Help” on page 5
“To use bookmarks” on page 6
Search tips
Adobe Help search works by searching the entire Help text for topics that contain all of the words typed in the Search
box. These tips can help you improve your search results in Help:
• If you search using a phrase, such as “shape tool,” put quotation marks around the phrase. The search returns only
those topics containing all words in the phrase.
• Make sure that the search terms are spelled correctly.
• If a search term doesn’t yield results, try using a synonym, such as “web” instead of “Internet.”
To print a topic from Help
1 Select the topic you want to print, and click the Print button.
2 Choose the printer you’d like to use, and then click Print.
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To change the view
By default, Adobe Help Center opens in Full view. Full view gives you access to the Product Help, Expert Support,
and More Resources sections. Switch to Compact view when you want to see only the selected Help topic and you
want to keep the Help window on top of your product workspace.
❖ Click the view icon to switch between Full and Compact views.
To use bookmarks
You can bookmark especially helpful topics for easy access, just as you bookmark pages in a web browser, and reread
them at another time.
1 Click the Bookmarks tab in the navigation pane to view the bookmarks.
2 Do any of the following in the Bookmarks pane:
• To create a bookmark, select the topic you want to mark, and click the Bookmark button . When the Bookmark
dialog box appears, type a new name in the text box if desired, and then click OK.
• To delete a bookmark, select it and click the Delete button. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
• To rename a bookmark, select it and then click the Rename button . In the dialog box, type a new name for the
bookmark and then click OK.
• To move a bookmark, select it and then click the Move Up button or the Move Down button .
Tips and training
Learning resources
Adobe provides a wide range of resources to help you learn and use Adobe products.
• “Tutorials in Help” on page 7: Short step-by-step lessons through Adobe Help Center.
• “Total Training Video Workshop CD” on page 7: Professional training videos from experts.
• “Adobe Studio” on page 7: Videos, tips and tricks, and other learning material on Adobe products.
• Adobe Creative Suite Design Guide (Adobe Creative Suite only): A full-color printed book about using Adobe
Creative Suite 2 as a complete design and publishing toolbox, including five guided projects on print, web, and
mobile workflows.
• “Technical information” on page 8: Reference material, scripting guides, and other in-depth information.
• “Other resources” on page 8: Training, books, user forums, product certification, and more.
• Support: Complimentary and paid technical support options from Adobe.
• “Extras” on page 9: Downloadable content and software.
See also
“About Adobe Help Center” on page 2
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Tutorials in Help
The Help system for each Adobe CS2 product includes several step-by-step tutorials on key features and concepts.
These tutorials are also available in the complete, printable, PDF version of the Help contents, included on the
Resources and Extras CD.
To use these tutorials with the product, select the tutorial you want from the Contents pane in Adobe Help Center,
and click the View icon to switch to Compact view. Compact view keeps the Help window on top of the appli-
cation windows, regardless of what window or application is selected. Drag an edge or a corner of the Help window
to resize it.
See also
“Adobe Studio” on page 7
“Total Training Video Workshop CD” on page 7
“Other resources” on page 8
Total Training Video Workshop CD
Presented by experts in their fields, Total Training videos provide overviews, demos of key new features, and many
useful tips and techniques for beginning and advanced users. Look for accompanying step-by-step instructions to
selected Total Training videos in monthly updates to Adobe Studio.
Short Total Training web videos on a variety of products and topics are also available in Adobe Studio, and complete
Total Training courseware can be purchased online from the Adobe Store.
See also
“Adobe Studio” on page 7
“Other resources” on page 8
Adobe Studio
Adobe Studio provides a huge wealth of tips and tricks, tutorials, and instructional content in video, Adobe PDF, and
HTML, authored by experts from Adobe and its publishing partners. You can search the entire collection or sort by
product, topic, date, and type of content; new content is added monthly. Adobe Studio is available in English, French,
German, and Japanese. Find it from the home page of the Adobe website.
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Tips and tutorials in Adobe Studio
See also
“Total Training Video Workshop CD” on page 7
“Other resources” on page 8
Technical information
The Technical information folder on the Resources and Extras CD included with your Adobe product includes
several useful documents in PDF, fully searchable and optimized for printing. These documents provide conceptual
and reference material on various in-depth topics, such as scripting, transparency, and high-end printing. For
complete developer documentation and resources, visit the Developers area of the Adobe website at
http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/main.html. For additional backgrounders and instructional content,
visit Adobe Studio.
The Resources and Extras CD also includes the entire Help content optimized for printing. Note that the Help
content includes everything in the printed Adobe user guides, plus much more.
See also
“Adobe Studio” on page 7
“Other resources” on page 8
Other resources
Additional sources of information and help are available for Adobe products.
• Visit the Training area of the Adobe website for access to Adobe Press books; online, video, and instructor-led
training resources; Adobe software certification programs; and more.
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• Visit the Adobe user forums, where users share tips, ask questions, and find out how others are getting the most
out of their software. User forums are available in English, French, German, and Japanese on the main Support
page of your local Adobe website.
• Visit the Support area of the Adobe website for additional information about free and paid technical support
options. Top issues are listed by product on the Adobe U.S. and Adobe Japan websites.
• Visit the Developers area of the Adobe website to find information for software and plug-in developers, including
SDKs, scripting guides, and technical resources.
• ClickMoreResources in AdobeHelpCentertoaccessmanyofthe resourcesonthe Adobewebsite andtocreate
your own list of frequently visited user groups and websites and valuable contacts.
• Look in Bridge Center for RSS feeds on the latest technical announcements, tutorials, and events. To access Bridge
Center, select it in the Favorites panel in Adobe Bridge. (Bridge Center is available with Adobe Creative Suite only.)
See also
“To display More Resources” on page 3
“Learning resources” on page 6
Extras
The Resources and Extras CD included with your CS2 product includes a Goodies folder that contains bonus content
and files for use with your Adobe product. For more free content and add-ons, visit Adobe Studio Exchange, an
online community where users download and share thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content for use
with Adobeproducts. To visitAdobe Studio Exchange,gotoAdobe Studio from thehomepageofthe Adobewebsite.
In addition, your CS2 product includes Adobe Stock Photos, an integrated service available within Adobe Bridge that
lets you search, view, try, and buy royalty-free stock photography from leading stock libraries. Because of the tight
integration between Stock Photos and CS2 products, you can download images directly into your Adobe Illustrator®,
Adobe InDesign®, and Adobe GoLive® projects. From Photoshop, you can open any downloaded image.
See also
“Adobe Studio” on page 7
“About Adobe Stock Photos” on page 71
“About Adobe Bridge” on page 48
Other downloads
TheDownloads area of theAdobe websiteincludesfreeupdates,tryouts, andother useful software.Inaddition, the
Plug-ins section of the Adobe Store provides access to thousands of plug-ins from third-party developers, helping
you automate tasks, customize workflows, create specialized professional effects, and more.
See also
“About Adobe Stock Photos” on page 71
“Other resources” on page 8
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What’s new
New features
Live Trace LiveTraceautomaticallyturnsplacedimagesintobeautifullydetailedvectorgraphicsthatareeasytoedit,
resize, and manipulate without distortion. Live Trace reduces the amount of time it takes to recreate a scanned
drawing on-screen from days to minutes or seconds, without loss of quality. You can interactively adjust the results
of a Live Trace using a rich assortment of vectorization options, including preprocessing, tracing, and overlay
options. (See “About tracing artwork” on page 165.)
Live Paint Live Paint lets you paint vector graphics more intuitively by automatically detecting and correcting gaps
that previously would have affected how fills and strokes were applied. Instead of having to plan every detail of an
illustration in advance to ensure the right shading and colors, you can work more as you would coloring by hand on
paper. (See “About Live Paint” on page 228.)
Enhanced support for spot colors in raster images and effects Use spot colors in new ways:
• Apply spot colors in raster-based effects, such as drop shadows, glows, feathers, and blurs.
• Colorize an embedded grayscale image with one spot or process color, in either CMYK or RGB document color
spaces. Color can be applied by dragging onto the image or just by clicking on the Swatches palette. (See “To
colorize grayscale or 1-bit images” on page 196.)
• Preserve spot-color rasters and spot-colorized grayscale images when saving to AI, EPS, or PDF files or when
exporting to legacy EPS or legacy AI formats. These spot colors will print accurately from Adobe InDesign® CS2
or QuarkXPress 6 or later, and from Adobe Acrobat® 6.0 or 7.0 Professional.
Offset a stroke on its path Control whether a stroke is centered on a path or positioned on the inside or the outside
of the path. (See “To change the stroke’s color, width, and alignment” on page 224.)
Type enhancements Apply underlining and strikethrough to text using the Character palette. (See “To underline or
strike through text” on page 388.) Experience improved performance working with advanced typographical
controls.
Workspace management Customize your Illustrator workspace to suit your creative workflow:
• Select commonly used options from the context-sensitive Control palette, which reduces the number of palettes
you need to have open. In addition, the Control palette makes options more accessible and allows you to work
with different features more quickly. (See “About the Control palette” on page 33.)
• Arrange palettes and defaults to support a specific workflow or client project, and then save the setup as a named
workspacethatyou canactivateatany time or sharewithother people or computers. Workspaces help youcontrol
on-screen clutter and streamline the tools available to you for different tasks. (See “To save a custom workspace”
on page 45.)
Expanded support for Wacom tablets Take advantage of new Wacom tablet features, including pressure tip and
eraser, tilt two side switches, barrel rotation, and large felt-marker-shaped nib. Illustrator® CS2 has built-in support
for the new Wacom Intuos3 tablet.
Place Photoshop® layer comps You can now control the visibility of layer comps in linked, embedded, and opened
Photoshop files as easily as you control the visibility of regular Photoshop layers. (See “Photoshop import options”
on page 333.)
New SVG and SWF options Save rich graphical content in SVG-Tiny format, which is optimized for mobile wireless
devices. Then incorporate these graphics into your mobile design and development workflows. (See “SVG format
options” on page 338.)
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Export Adobe Illustrator artwork as SWF (Flash) files with more control over mapping layers to animation frames,
maintaining the appearance of stylized text, and file compression. (See “Macromedia Flash export options” on
page 342.)
New Adobe PDF options Illustrator has long used Adobe PDF as its native file format, which makes it easy for clients
and others to open and review your artwork files in Adobe Acrobat or the free Adobe Reader®. Now you can export
Illustrator artwork to multipage PDF files and take advantage of PDF/X standards. (See “About Adobe PDF” on
page 346.)
Adobe Bridge Organize and browse Illustrator and other creative assets using Adobe Bridge, an independent file-
management system that you can launch from within Illustrator CS2. Through Adobe Bridge, you can automate
workflows across Adobe Creative Suite 2 applications, apply consistent color settings across Adobe applications, and
access version control features and online stock photo purchase services. A Start Page provides centralized control
of settings, as well as ongoing access to tips and tutorials in Adobe Studio. (See “About Adobe Bridge” on page 48.)
Templates and other professionally designed content Get a jump on the design process with new professionally
designed templates and other easily accessible content. Click Browse Cool Extras on the Welcome Screen (choose
Help > Welcome Screen) to view templates and sample files in Adobe Bridge.
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Chapter 2: Tutorials
Tutorials
Tutorials
Below you will find a list of tutorials that will help you get started using Illustrator quickly. Before going through the
tutorials, it’s helpful to know how to create and save documents. (See “To create a new document” on page 34 and
“Saving and exporting artwork” on page 334.)
In addition to these tutorials, Adobe provides a variety of resources for learning Illustrator. (See “Learning resources”
on page 6.)
For more advanced tutorials, go to Adobe Studio at
http://studio.adobe.com. (A one-time registration is required.)
See also
“Design a quick logo or web button” on page 12
“Discover the power of compound shapes” on page 15
“Paint illustrations with graphic styles” on page 19
“Create headline type with a twist” on page 22
“Play with hand-painted effects” on page 25
Design a quick logo or web button
Adobe Illustrator provides a variety of tools for creating basic geometric shapes, as well as hundreds of professionally
designed symbols. Follow along and learn how to use shapes and symbols as building blocks for artwork.
1. Draw a shape.
Hold down the mouse on a shape tool in the toolbox, and select the shape tool you want to use. Then drag in the
document window to draw the shape.
We selected the Ellipse tool and held down the Shift key while dragging to draw a circle. Holding down the Shift key
tells Illustrator to constrain proportions. For example, you can use the Shift key with the Rectangle tool to draw a
square.
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2. Fill the shape with color.
Click the Fill box in the Control palette. (The Control palette is at the top of the work area, just beneath the menu
bar. If you don’t see it, choose Window > Control Palette.) This tells Illustrator that you want to apply color inside
the shape rather than to its stroke (or outline). Then click any swatch to fill the shape with color.
If you don’t like any of the default swatches, there are several other ways to select a color. Double-click the Fill box
in the toolbox to select a color using the Color Picker, or choose Window > Color to select a color using the Color
palette. Or choose Window > Swatch Libraries, and choose a swatch library from the submenu.
3. Change the shape’s stroke weight.
In the Control palette, type a different value in the Stroke Weight box, and press Enter or Return to apply the change.
We increased the stroke weight to 3 points. Although we decided to stick with a black stroke, you can change the
stroke color by clicking the stroke box in the Control palette and selecting a different color.
4. Place a symbol instance.
If the Symbols palette isn’t showing, choose Window > Symbols. The Symbols palette displays a variety of default
symbols; however, many additional symbols are available to you through symbol libraries.Toopenasymbol library,
click the triangle icon at the top right corner of the Symbols palette, and choose an option from the Open Symbol
Library submenu.
Once you locate the symbol you want to use, drag it from the palette into the document window. The placed symbol
is called a symbol instance. We used the Home symbol from the Web Icons symbol library.
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