Creating Paths

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Special Edition Using Adobe® Illustrator® 9

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About the Author

Acknowledgments

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INTRODUCTION

Pt. : I Overview of Adobe Illustrator 9

Pt. : II Basic Creation in Illustrator

Ch. 4. Creating Paths

What Paths Are Made Of

Using the Pen Tools

Using the Smooth and Erase Tools

Creating Free-Form Shapes with the Pencil Tool

Tracing with the Auto Trace Tool

Drawing Paths With A Tablet And Stylus

Real-World Project

Troubleshooting

Ch. 5. Creating Shapes

Ch. 6. Utilizing the Four Types of Brushes

Ch. 7. Type and Text in Illustrator

Pt. : III Manipulating Objects in Illustrator

Pt. : IV Enhancing Illustrator Objects

Pt. : V Getting the Most Out of Illustrator

Pt. : VI Between Vector and Raster

Pt. : VII Illustrator and the Web

Pt. : VIII Prepress and Four-Color Process Printing

Pt. : IX Illustrator Efficiency and Interoperability

Pt. : X Appendixes

Index

Chapter 4. Creating Paths

by Kate Binder

In this chapter

What Paths Are Made Of
Using the Pen Tools
Using the Smooth and Erase Tools
Creating Free-Form Shapes with the Pencil Tool
Tracing with the Auto Trace Tool
Drawing Paths with a Tablet and Stylus
Real-World Project
Troubleshooting

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