Adobe illustrator cs4- P5

Adobe illustrator cs4- P5: Good designers have many tools at their disposal. Especially in an environmentwhere most designers have other powerful graphics applications, itcan be diffi cult to choose which one to use for a particular task. For example,a designer can apply soft drop shadows in Photoshop, Illustrator, andInDesign—is one application any better than the others for this?
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Adobe illustrator cs4- P594 CHAPTER 4: CREATIVE DRAWING DR AWING WITH LIVE PAINT Although you can appreciate the power and precision that vector graphics have to offer, you can also appreciate how easy it is to use pixel-based paint programs such as Adobe Photoshop CS4 or Corel Painter to easily apply color to artwork. In a paint program, you can perform flood fills, in which you choose a color and use a paint bucket–like tool to fill areas of the illus- tration with color. When working with vectors, you know that you have to create distinct paths and shapes in order to apply a fill to add color. In other words, you can’t just apply a fill to any arbitrary area on your artboard; rather, you need to select a distinct object to which to apply the fill. This need to create distinct objects can make drawing in Illustrator seem nonintuitive or time-consuming at best. Live Paint introduces a new concept of working with vector paths, where you can colorize vectors and edit them without having to follow the tradi- tional vector rules we’ve been covering up to this point. This feature makes it a lot easier to draw (and edit) in Illustrator. Let’s take a closer look. Using Live Paint to Color Paths First let’s draw something using Live Paint so you can get a feel for what the feature is all about. Then we’ll discuss how the feature works, and at that point, you’ll better understand how to use it in a meaningful way. The art itself may not be that exciting to look at, but the concepts you learn will be priceless. 1. Using the Line Segment tool, draw two parallel vertical lines and two parallel horizontal lines to create a rough outline of a rectangle. It doesn’t matter if the lines or spacing aren’t perfect; for this exercise, you just want to make sure the lines cross each other (Figure 4.1).Figure 4.1 Using the LineSegment tool, you cancreate a simple tic-tac-toegraphic. DRAWING WITH LIVE PAINT 952. Select the four lines, and select the Live Paint Bucket tool. As you move your pointer over the four paths, the paths become highlighted (Figure 4.2). Figure 4.2 If you have the Live Paint Bucket tool selected, Illustrator shows a tool tip to create a Live Paint group when your pointer passes over a valid selection.3. Click once to create a Live Paint group.4. Pick a fill color (a solid color, gradient, or pattern) from the Control or Swatches panel, and move your pointer over the center area of the four paths. The enclosed area in the middle becomes highlighted in red, which indicates an area that you can fill with color (Figure 4.3). Figure 4.3 Illustrator’s Live Paint Bucket tool highlights areas that can be filled as your pointer moves over them, even if the Live Paint groups aren’t selected.96 CHAPTER 4: CREATIVE DRAWING 5. Click once with the Live Paint Bucket tool to fill the highlighted area (Figure 4.4).Figure 4.4 With one click ofthe Live Paint Bucket tool,you can fill areas that appearto be enclosed, even thoughthere isn’t an actual vectorobject there. ...